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

Nonfiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.[2]

Date Book Author Publisher
January 5 Educated Tara Westover Random House
January 12
January 19
January 26
February 2 Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson Spiegel & Grau
February 9 A Very Stable Genius Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig Penguin Press
February 16 Profiles in Corruption Peter Schweizer HarperCollins
February 23 Open Book Jessica Simpson with Kevin Carr O'Leary Dey Street
March 1
March 8 The Mamba Mentality Kobe Bryant Melcher Media
March 15 The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson Crown
March 22
March 29 Untamed Glennon Doyle The Dial Press
April 5 The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson Crown
April 12
April 19
April 26 Hidden Valley Road Robert Kolker Doubleday
May 3 Untamed Glennon Doyle The Dial Press
May 10
May 17
May 24
May 31
June 7
June 14
June 21 White Fragility Robin DiAngelo Beacon Press
June 28
July 5 How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi Random House
July 12 The Room Where It Happened John Bolton Simon & Schuster
July 19
July 26
August 2 Too Much and Never Enough Mary L. Trump Simon & Schuster
August 9
August 16
August 23 Live Free or Die Sean Hannity Threshold Editions
August 30
September 6 Untamed Glennon Doyle The Dial Press
September 13 His Truth Is Marching On Jon Meacham Random House
September 20 Melania and Me Stephanie Winston Wolkoff Gallery Books
September 27 Disloyal Michael Cohen Skyhorse Publishing
October 4 Rage Bob Woodward Simon & Schuster
October 11
October 18 The Meaning of Mariah Carey Mariah Carey with Michaela Angela Davis Andy Cohen / Holt
October 25 Humans Brandon Stanton St. Martin's Press
November 1 Caste Isabel Wilkerson Random House
November 8 Greenlights Matthew McConaughey Crown
November 15
November 22 Clanlands Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish Quercus
November 29 Humans Brandon Stanton St. Martin's Press
December 6 A Promised Land Barack Obama Crown
December 13
December 20
December 27

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Combined Print & E-Book Fiction Books - Best Sellers". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  2. ↑ "Combined Print and E-book Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers". New York Times. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
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