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.
Changes to the list Beginning on February 5, 2017, The New York Times introduced revisions to multiple categories in the publication. The revisions included the elimination of the graphic novel/manga and the mass market paperback lists as well as the middle grade e-book and young adult e-book 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 is Camino Island by John Grisham with 5 weeks at the top of the list, followed by The Shack by William P. Young with 4 weeks.
DateBookAuthorJanuary 1The WhistlerJohn GrishamJanuary 8January 15The Wrong Side of GoodbyeMichael ConnellyJanuary 22The MistressDanielle SteelJanuary 29A Dog's PurposeW. Bruce Cameron February 5Never NeverJames Patterson and Candice FoxFebruary 12A Dog's PurposeW. Bruce CameronFebruary 19Right Behind YouLisa GardnerFebruary 26Echoes in DeathJ. D. Robb March 5Heartbreak HotelJonathan KellermanMarch 12The ShackWilliam P. YoungMarch 19March 26April 2April 9Mississippi BloodGreg IlesApril 16The Black BookJames Patterson and David EllisApril 23The ChosenJ. R. WardApril 30The Black BookJames Patterson and David EllisMay 7The FixDavid BaldacciMay 14Golden PreyJohn SandfordMay 2116th SeductionJames Patterson and Maxine PaetroMay 28Into the WaterPaula HawkinsJune 4June 11June 18Come SundownNora RobertsJune 25Camino IslandJohn GrishamJuly 2July 9July 16July 23July 30House of SpiesDaniel SilvaAugust 6The Late ShowMichael ConnellyAugust 13August 20The Medical ExaminerJames Patterson and Maxine PaetroAugust 27Any Dream Will DoDebbie MacomberSeptember 3Seeing RedSandra BrownSeptember 10"Y" Is for YesterdaySue GraftonSeptember 17Glass HousesLouise PennySeptember 24Secrets in DeathJ. D. RobbOctober 1A Column of FireKen FollettOctober 8The Cuban AffairNelson DeMilleOctober 15Sleeping BeautiesStephen King and Owen KingOctober 22OriginDan BrownOctober 29November 5November 12The Rooster BarJohn GrishamNovember 19Two Kinds of TruthMichael ConnellyNovember 26The Midnight LineLee ChildDecember 3Hardcore Twenty-FourJanet EvanovichDecember 10The People vs. Alex CrossJames PattersonDecember 17Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by ChristianE. L. JamesDecember 24Year OneNora RobertsDecember 31The Rooster BarJohn 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 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls with seven weeks at the top of the list.
DateBookAuthorPublisherJanuary 1 Killing the Rising Sun Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard HoltJanuary 8January 15The Princess DiaristCarrie FisherBlue Rider PressJanuary 22Hillbilly ElegyJD VanceHarperCollinsJanuary 29 Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly Morrow/HarperCollinsFebruary 5February 12February 19February 26March 5Hillbilly ElegyJD VanceHarperCollinsMarch 12Hidden FiguresMargot Lee ShetterlyMorrow/HarperCollinsMarch 19 Portraits of Courage George W. Bush CrownMarch 26March 16How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering LifeLilly SinghBallantineApril 2Hillbilly ElegyJD VanceHarperCollinsApril 9The Zookeeper's WifeDiane AckermanNortonApril 16 Old School: Life in the Sane Lane Bill O'Reilly and Bruce Feirstein HoltApril 23April 30May 7ShatteredJonathan Allen and Amie ParnesCrownMay 14Option BSheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant KnopfMay 21 Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil deGrasse Tyson NortonMay 28June 4June 11June 18Al Franken, Giant of the SenateAl FrankenTwelveJune 25I Can't Make This UpKevin Hart and Neil Strauss37 INKJuly 2Understanding TrumpNewt GingrichCenter StreetJuly 9 Hillbilly Elegy JD Vance HarperCollinsJuly 16July 23Rediscovering AmericanismMark LevinSimon & SchusterJuly 30Hillbilly ElegyJD VanceHarperCollinsAugust 6Devil's BargainJoshua GreenPenguin PressAugust 13 The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls ScribnerAugust 20August 27September 3September 10September 17September 24October 1 What Happened Hillary Clinton Simon & SchusterOctober 8October 15 Killing England Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard HoltOctober 22October 29GrantRon ChernowPenguin PressNovember 5Leonardo Da VinciWalter IsaacsonSimon & SchusterNovember 12Sisters FirstJenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce BushGrand CentralNovember 19Leonardo Da VinciWalter IsaacsonSimon & SchusterNovember 26Obama: An Intimate PortraitPete SouzaLittle, BrownDecember 3Promise Me, DadJoe BidenFlatiron BooksDecember 10Leonardo Da VinciWalter IsaacsonSimon & SchusterDecember 17December 24December 31
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2010s
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