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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 in 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. [1] For the second consecutive year, the most frequent weekly best seller of the year was Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens with 7 weeks at the top of the list.

Date Book Author Ref.
January 5 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens [2]
January 12 [3]
January 19 [4]
January 26 [5]
February 2 [6]
February 9 American Dirt Jeanine Cummins [7]
February 16 [8]
February 23 Golden in Death J. D. Robb [9]
March 1 American Dirt Jeanine Cummins [10]
March 8 One Minute Out Mark Greaney [11]
March 15 Blindside James Patterson and James O. Born [12]
March 22 House of Earth and Blood Sarah J. Maas [13]
March 29 The Mirror and the Light Hilary Mantel [14]
April 5 The Boy from the Woods Harlan Coben [15]
April 12 Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng [16]
April 19 [17]
April 25 [18]
May 3 Masked Prey John Sandford [19]
May 10 Walk The Wire David Baldacci [20]
May 17 Camino Winds John Grisham [21]
May 24 The 20th Victim James Patterson and Maxine Paetro [22]
May 31 Camino Winds John Grisham [23]
June 7 [24]
June 14 Hideaway Nora Roberts [25]
June 21 The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett [26]
June 28 The Summer House James Patterson and Brendan DuBois [27]
July 5 28 Summers Elin Hilderbrand [28]
July 12 [29]
July 19 The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett [30]
July 26 [31]
August 2 The Order Daniel Silva [32]
August 9 Near Dark Brad Thor [33]
August 16 Deadlock Catherine Coulter [34]
August 23 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens [35]
August 30 [36]
September 6 Royal Danielle Steel [37]
September 13 Thick as Thieves Sandra Brown [38]
September 20 All the Devils Are Here Louise Penny [39]
September 27 Shadows in Death J. D. Robb [40]
October 4 The Evening and the Morning Ken Follett [41]
October 11 The Book of Two Ways Jodi Picoult [42]
October 18 The Return Nicholas Sparks [43]
October 25 Troubles in Paradise Elin Hilderbrand [44]
November 1 A Time for Mercy John Grisham [45]
November 8 [46]
November 15 The Sentinel Lee Child and Andrew Child [47]
November 22 Fortune and Glory Janet Evanovich [48]
November 29 The Law of Innocence Michael Connelly [49]
December 6 Rhythm of War Brandon Sanderson [50]
December 13 Ready Player Two Ernest Cline [51]
December 20 [52]
December 27 [53]

Nonfiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.

Issue date Title Author(s) Publisher Ref.
January 5 Educated Tara Westover Random House [54]
January 12 [55]
January 19 [56]
January 26 [57]
February 2 Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson Spiegel & Grau [58]
February 9 A Very Stable Genius Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig Penguin Press [59]
February 16 Profiles in Corruption Peter Schweizer HarperCollins [60]
February 23 Open Book Jessica Simpson with Kevin Carr O'Leary Dey Street [61]
March 1 [62]
March 8 The Mamba Mentality Kobe Bryant Melcher Media [63]
March 15 The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson Crown [64]
March 22 [65]
March 29 Untamed Glennon Doyle The Dial Press [66]
April 5 The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson Crown [67]
April 12 [68]
April 19 [69]
April 26 Hidden Valley Road Robert Kolker Doubleday [70]
May 3 Untamed Glennon Doyle The Dial Press [71]
May 10 [72]
May 17 [73]
May 24 [74]
May 31 [75]
June 7 [76]
June 14 [77]
June 21 White Fragility Robin DiAngelo Beacon Press [78]
June 28 [79]
July 5 How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi Random House [80]
July 12 The Room Where It Happened John Bolton Simon & Schuster [81]
July 19 [82]
July 26 [83]
August 2 Too Much and Never Enough Mary L. Trump Simon & Schuster [84]
August 9 [85]
August 16 [86]
August 23 Live Free or Die Sean Hannity Threshold Editions [87]
August 30 [88]
September 6 Untamed Glennon Doyle The Dial Press [89]
September 13 His Truth Is Marching On Jon Meacham Random House [90]
September 20 Melania and Me Stephanie Winston Wolkoff Gallery Books [91]
September 27 Disloyal Michael Cohen Skyhorse Publishing [92]
October 4 Rage Bob Woodward Simon & Schuster [93]
October 11 [94]
October 18 The Meaning of Mariah Carey Mariah Carey with Michaela Angela Davis Andy Cohen / Holt [95]
October 25 Humans Brandon Stanton St. Martin's Press [96]
November 1 Caste Isabel Wilkerson Random House [97]
November 8 Greenlights Matthew McConaughey Crown [98]
November 15 [99]
November 22 Clanlands Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish Quercus [100]
November 29 Humans Brandon Stanton St. Martin's Press [101]
December 6 A Promised Land Barack Obama Crown [102]
December 13 [103]
December 20 [104]
December 27 [105]

See also

References

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