The American daily newspaper The New York Times publishes multiple weekly lists ranking the best selling books in the United States. The lists are split into three genres—fiction, nonfiction and children's books. Both the fiction and nonfiction lists are further split into multiple lists.
Fiction The following list ranks the number-one best selling fiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.
The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was Inferno by Dan Brown with 6 weeks at the top of the list, followed closely by The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith with 5 weeks at the top of the list and Sycamore Row by John Grisham with 4 weeks at the top of the list.
DateBookAuthor January 6 The Racketeer John Grisham January 13 Gone Girl Gillian Flynn January 20 January 27 A Memory of Light Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson February 3 February 10 Private Berlin James Patterson and Mark Sullivan February 17 Until the End of Time Danielle Steel February 24 March 3 A Week in Winter Maeve Binchy March 10 Alex Cross, Run James Patterson March 17 Calculated in Death J. D. Robb March 24 Reckless S.C. Stephens March 31 Alex Cross, Run James Patterson April 7 Six Years Harlan Coben April 14 Lover at Last J. R. Ward April 21 Walking Disaster Jamie McGuire April 28 The Bet Rachel Van Dyken May 5 Whiskey Beach Nora Roberts May 12 The Hit David Baldacci May 19 12th of Never James Patterson and Maxine Paetro May 26 Dead Ever After Charlaine Harris June 2 Inferno Dan Brown June 9 June 16 June 23 Entwined with You Sylvia Day June 30 Inferno Dan Brown July 7 July 14 Second Honeymoon James Patterson and Howard Roughan July 21 Inferno Dan Brown July 28 Hidden Order Brad Thor August 4 The Cuckoo's CallingRobert Galbraith August 11 August 18August 25 Burn Maya BanksSeptember 1 The Cuckoo's Calling Robert GalbraithSeptember 8 September 15 How the Light Gets In Louise Penny September 22 Never Go Back Lee Child September 29 W is for Wasted Sue Grafton October 6 The Longest Ride Nicholas Sparks October 13 Doctor Sleep Stephen King October 20 Gone James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge October 27 Storm Front John Sandford November 3 Just One Evil Act Elizabeth George November 10 Sycamore Row John Grisham November 17 Dark Witch Nora Roberts November 24 Sycamore Row John Grisham December 1 December 8 Takedown Twenty Janet Evanovich December 15 Cross My Heart James Patterson December 22 The Gods of Guilt Michael Connelly December 29 Sycamore Row John Grisham
Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best selling nonfiction books, in the combined print and e-books category. The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander with 11 weeks at the top of the list.
DateBookAuthorPublisher January 6 Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander Simon & Schuster January 13 January 20 January 27 February 3 February 10 February 17 February 24 American Sniper Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice Morrow/HarperCollins March 3 March 10 March 17 America the Beautiful Ben C. Carson and Candy Carson Zondervan March 24 Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander Simon & Schuster March 31 Lean In Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell Knopf Doubleday Publishing April 7 April 14 April 21 April 28 May 5 May 12 Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls David Sedaris Little, Brown May 19 Control Glenn Beck and others Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts May 26 Happy, Happy, Happy Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach Howard Books June 2 The Guns at Last Light Rick Atkinson Holt June 9 Eleven Rings Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty Penguin Press June 16 Lean In Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell Knopf Doubleday Publishing June 23 The Dog Lived (and So Will I) Teresa J. Rhyne Sourcebooks June 30 Happy, Happy, Happy Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach Howard Books July 7 July 14 Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander Simon & Schuster July 21 July 28 August 4 This Town Mark Leibovich Blue Rider August 11 Zealot Reza Aslan Random House August 18 August 25 September 1 The Liberty Amendments Mark R. Levin Threshold Editions September 8 September 15 September 22 Si-cology 1 Si Robertson with Mark Schlabach Howard Books September 29 October 6 October 13 Killing Jesus Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Holt October 20 October 27 November 3 November 10 November 17 November 24 Things That Matter Charles Krauthammer Crown Forum December 1 December 8 December 15 December 22 December 29
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2010s
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