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 The Women by Kristin Hannah with 10 weeks at the top of the list, followed by Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros with 6 weeks at the top of the list and It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover with 5 weeks at the top of the list.
Issue dateTitleAuthor(s)PublisherFourth WingRebecca YarrosRed Tower BooksRandom in DeathJ. D. RobbSt. Martin's PressHouse of Flame and ShadowSarah J. MaasBloomsbury PublishingThe WomenKristin HannahSt. Martin's PressJust for the SummerAbby JimenezForeverToxic PreyJohn SandfordG. P. Putnam's SonsA Calamity of SoulsDavid BaldacciGrand Central PublishingFunny StoryEmily HenryBerkleyKing of SlothAna HuangBloom BooksThe 24th HourJames Patterson and Maxine PaetroLittle, Brown and CompanyThink TwiceHarlan CobenGrand Central PublishingYou Like It DarkerStephen KingScribnerCamino GhostsJohn GrishamDoubledayEruptionMichael Crichton and James PattersonLittle, Brown and CompanyThe Housemaid Is WatchingFreida McFaddenPoisoned Pen PressRed Sky MourningJack CarrEmily Bestler BooksThe WomenKristin HannahSt. Martin's PressA Death in CornwallDaniel SilvaHarperThe Black Bird OracleDeborah HarknessBallantine BooksIt Ends with UsColleen HooverAtria BooksDaydreamHannah GracePassions in DeathJ. D. RobbSt. Martin's PressSomewhere Beyond the SeaTJ KluneTor BooksFourth WingRebecca YarrosRed Tower BooksCounting MiraclesNicholas SparksRandom HouseThe BoyfriendFreida McFaddenPoisoned Pen PressThe WaitingMichael ConnellyLittle, Brown and CompanyIn Too DeepLee Child and Andrew ChildDelacorte PressThe Grey WolfLouise PennyMinotaur BooksHexedEmily McIntireBloom BooksTo Die ForDavid BaldacciGrand Central PublishingThe MirrorNora RobertsSt. Martin's PressWickedGregory MaguireWilliam MorrowWind and TruthBrandon SandersonTor BooksJamesPercival EverettDoubleday
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 Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann with 6 weeks at the top of the list, followed closely by The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, The Demon of Unrest of Erik Larson and Melania by Melania Trump with 5 weeks at the top of the list. David Grann was also the most frequent weekly best-selling author with 8 weeks at the top of the list.
Issue dateTitleAuthor(s)PublisherThe WagerDavid GrannDoubledayThe Boys in the BoatDaniel James BrownPenguin BooksOath and HonorLiz CheneyLittle, Brown and CompanyKillers of the Flower MoonDavid GrannDoubledayBlood MoneyPeter SchweizerHarperThe House of Hidden MeaningsRuPaulDey Street BooksBlood MoneyPeter SchweizerHarperGet It TogetherJesse WattersBroadside BooksThe Anxious GenerationJonathan HaidtPenguin PressSomehowAnne LamottRiverhead BooksAn Unfinished Love StoryDoris Kearns GoodwinSimon & SchusterThe Anxious GenerationJonathan HaidtPenguin PressThe Demon of UnrestErik LarsonCrownThe Situation RoomGeorge Stephanopoulos with Lisa DickeyGrand Central PublishingWhat This Comedian Said Will Shock YouBill MaherSimon & SchusterThe Demon of UnrestErik LarsonCrownThe War on WarriorsPete HegsethBroadside BooksThe Demon of UnrestErik LarsonCrownOn CallAnthony FauciVikingThe Demon of UnrestErik LarsonCrownThe Anxious GenerationJonathan HaidtPenguin PressHillbilly ElegyJ. D. VanceHarperShamelessBrian Tyler CohenImminentLuis ElizondoWilliam MorrowThe Anxious GenerationJonathan HaidtPenguin PressLovely OneKetanji Brown JacksonRandom HouseConfronting the PresidentsBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardSt. Martin's PressSomething Lost, Something GainedHillary Rodham ClintonSimon & SchusterThe Small and the MightySharon McMahonThesisBe Ready When the Luck HappensIna GartenCrownMelaniaMelania TrumpSkyhorse PublishingWarBob WoodwardSimon & SchusterFramedJohn Grisham and Jim McCloskeyDoubledayMelaniaMelania TrumpSkyhorse PublishingCher: The Memoir, Part OneCherDey Street BooksMelaniaMelania TrumpSkyhorse Publishing
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2020s
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