NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 12/14/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Week Ending December 14th 2014

10 - Blue Labyrinth - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
(3 weeks on list)

9  -  Flesh and Blood - Patricia Cornwell
(3 weeks on list)

8  -  Leaving Time - Jodi Picoult
(7 weeks on list)

7  -  Prince Lestat - Anne Rice
(5 weeks on list)

6  -  All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(30 weeks on list)

5  -  The Burning Room - Michael Connelly
(4 weeks on list)

4  -  Revival - Stephen King 
(3 weeks on list)

3  -  Gray Mountain - John Grisham
(6 weeks on list)

2  -  The Escape - David Baldacci
(2 weeks on list)

1  -  Hope To Die - James Patterson 
(DEBUT)
Detective Alex Cross's family is kidnapped by a madman who wants to turn Cross into a perfect killer.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) December 7th 2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Week Ending December 7th 2014

10 - Prince Lestat - Anne Rice
(4 weeks on list)

9  -  The Job - Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
(Debut)
The F.B.I. special agent Kate O'Hare works with Nicolas Fox, a handsome con man, to pursue a drug kingpin.

8  -  All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(29 weeks on list)

7  -  Flesh and Blood - Patricia Cornwell
(2 weeks on list)

6  -  The Cinderella Murder - Mary Higgins Clark
(Debut)
A TV producer plans a show about a cold case - the murder of a UCLA student who was found with one shoe missing.

5  -  The Burning Room - Michael Connelly
(3 weeks on list)

4  -  The Mistletoe Promise - Richard Paul Evans
(Debut)
A divorced woman enters into a contract with a strange man to pretend to be a couple until Christmas.

3  -  Gray Mountain - John Grisham
(5 weeks on list)

2  -  Revival - Stephen King
(2 weeks on list)

1  -  The Escape - David Baldacci
(DEBUT)
John Puller, a special agent with the Army, hunts for his brother, who was convicted of treason and has escaped from prison.

NY Times Bestseller List (Nonfiction) 11/30/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non Fiction

Week Ending November 30th 2014

10 - What If? - Randall Munroe
(11 weeks on list)

9 -  Not That Kind of Girl - Lena Dunham
(7 weeks on list)

8  -  The Colder War - Marin Katusa
(Debut)
A hedge fund manager argues that Vladimir Putin's ambition is to consolidate Russian power by taking control of the world's energy resources.

7 -  The Art of Asking - Amanda Palmer
(Debut)
An expansion of a popular TED talk by the singer and blogger about the value of art and of pursuing dreams.

6  -  Being Mortal - Atul Gwande
(6 weeks on list)

5  -  Small Victories - Anne Lamott
(Debut)
Essays about forgiveness transformation and grace.

4 -  The Andy Cohen Diaries - Andy Cohen
(Debut)
One year in the (social) life of the TV producer and host of "Watch What Happens Live".

3  -  Yes Please - Amy Poehler
(3 weeks on list)

2  -  Killing Patton - Bill O'Reilly
(8 weeks on list)

1  -  41 - George W. Bush
(DEBUT)
The former president's portrait of his father, George H.W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States.

NY Times Bestseller List (Non Fiction) 11/16/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non Fiction

Week Ending November 16th 2014

10 - Stop The Coming Civil War - Michael Savage
(4 weeks on list)

9  -  Dreamers and Deceivers - Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe
(Debut)
More little known stories from America's past.

8  -  The Innovators - Walter Isaacson
(4 weeks on list)

7  -  What If? - Randall Munroe
(9 weeks on list)

6  -  Food - Jim Gaffigan
(2 weeks on list)

5  -  Jeter Unfiltered - Derek Jeter and Anthony Bozza
(Debut)
The Yankee shortstop and team captain looks back over his career with photographs from his recently concluded final season, as well as older ones.

4  -  Being Mortal - Atul Gawande 
(4 weeks on list)

3  -  Not That Kind of Girl - Lena Duham
(5 weeks on list)

2  - Killing Patton - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(6 weeks on list) (last week's #1)

1  -  Yes Please - Amy Poehler
(Debut)
A humorous miscellany from the comedian and actress.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 11/09/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Week Ending November 9th 2014

10 - Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good - Jan Karon
(8 weeks on list)

9 -  Burn - James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
(4 weeks on list)

8  -  All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(25 weeks on list)

7  -  Lila - Marilynne Robinson
(3 weeks on list)

6  -  Desert God - Wilbur Smith
(Debut)
In ancient Egypt, a freed slave embarks on a journey across Arabia to defeat the Pharaoh's enemies.

5  -  Beautiful You - Chuck Palahniuk
(Debut)
A Manhattan lawyer inadvertently becomes a test subject for a line of sex toys.

4  -  Deadline - John Sanford
(3 weeks on list)

3  -  Edge of Eternity - Ken Follett
(6 weeks on list)

2  -  Leaving Time - Jodi Picoult
(2 weeks on list)

1  -  Gray Mountain - John Grisham
(DEBUT)
A downsized Wall Street lawyer joins a legal clinic in a small Virginia town, and becomes involved both in real people's lives and in litigation against the coal mining industry.

NY Times Bestseller List (Non Fiction) 11/09/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non Fiction

Week Ending November 9th 2014

10 - Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson 
(Debut)
The executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Alabama describes his work in defense of poor people and the unjustly accused.

9  -  What If? - Randall Munroe
(8 weeks on list)

8  -  Stop the Coming Civil War - Michael Savage
(3 weeks on list)

7  -  The Innovators - Walter Isaacson
(3 weeks on list)

6  -  Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography - Neil Patrick Harris
(2 weeks on list)
The actor's life story is structured as a Choose Your Own Adventure Book.

5  -  As You Wish - Cary Elwes and Joe Layden
(2 weeks on list)
The making of the movie "The Princess Bride" 25 years ago

4  -  Being Mortal - Atul Gawande
(3 weeks on list)

3  -  Food (A Love Story)  - Jim Gaffigan
(Debut)
The comedian, author of "Dad is Fat", describes his relationship with food.

2  -  Not That Kind of Girl - Lena Dunham
(4 weeks on list)

1  -  Killing Patton - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(5th week on list) (5th consecutive week at #1)

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 10/26/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Week Ending October 25th 2014

10 - The Children Act - Ian McEwan
(5 weeks on list)

9  -  Paris Match - Stuart Woods
(Debut)
In the 31st Stone Barrington novel, the New York lawyer encounters an old enemy in Paris.

8  -  Some Luck - Jane Smiley
(Debut)
The lives of an Iowa farm family between 1920 and 1953; the first volume of a trilogy.

7  -  All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(23 weeks on list)

6  -  Personal - Lee Child
(6 weeks on list)

5  -  Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good - Jan Karon
(6 weeks on list)

4  -  Lila - Marilynne Robinson 
(Debut)
The difficult early life of the woman who becomes the wife of widower and minister John Ames: a back story to "Gilmead". 

3  -  Edge of Eternity - Ken Follett
(4 weeks on list)

2  -  Burn - James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
(2 weeks on list) (last week's #1)

1 -  Deadline - John Sanford
(DEBUT)
Dognappers and a murdered reporter draw the attention of the Minnesota investigator Virgil Flowers.

NY Times Bestseller List (NonFiction) 10/26/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non Fiction

Week Ending October 26th 2014

10 - 13 Hours - Mitchell Zuckoff 
(5 weeks on list)

9  -  Jesus On Trial - David Limbaugh
(4 weeks on list)

8  -  Rocks - Joe Perry with David Ritz
(Debut)
A memoir by the Aerosmith guitarist and songwriter.

7 -  What If? - Randall Munroe
(6 weeks on list)

6  -  Worthy Fights - Leon Panetta
(Debut)
The writer's experience in the Obama administration as director of the C.I.A. and secretary of defense.

5  -  Stop The Coming Civil War - Michael Savage
(Debut)
The radio host urges true patriots to save the country from the machinations of the left.

4  -  The Innovators - Walter Isaacson 
(Debut)
Studies of the people who created computers and the Internet, beginning in the 1840s

3  -  Being Mortal - Atul Gawande
(Debut)
The surgeon and New Yorker writer considers how doctors fail patients at the end of life,  and how they can do better.

2  - Not That Kind of Girl - Lena Dunham
(2 weeks on list)

1  -  Killing Patton - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(3 weeks on list) (3rd week at #1)
The host of "The O'Reilly Factor" recounts the death of Gen. George S. Patton in December 1945.

NY Time Bestseller List (Non Fiction) 10/19/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non Fiction

Week Ending October 19th 2014

10 - Rebel Yell - S.C. Gwynee
(Debut)
The life and career of Confederate general Stonewall Jackson.

9  -  This Changes Everything - Naomi Klein
(3 weeks on list)

8  -  World Order - Henry Kissinger
(4 weeks on list)

7  -  Jesus On Trial - David Limbaugh
(3 weeks on list)

6  -  13 Hours - Mitchell Zuckoff with Members of Annex Security Team
(4 weeks on list)

5  -  The Sense of Style - Steven Pinker
(Debut)
The Harvard psychologist and linguist updates the rules of writing with a more relaxed approach to grammar.


4  -  How We Got To Now - Steven Johnson
(Debut)
A history of innovation focused on the development of six key technologies of modern life.

3  -  What If? - Randall Munroe
(5 weeks on list)

2  -  Not That Kind of Girl - Lena Dunham
(Debut)
A collection of revealing and often humorous personal essays from the creator and star of "Girls".

1  -  Killing Patton - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(2nd week on list) (2nd consecutive week at #1)
The host of "The O'Reilly Factor" recounts the death of General George S. Patton in December 1945.

New York Times Bestseller (Non Fiction) 10/12/2014

The #1 book on the New York Times Bestseller List for the week ending October 12th 2014

Killing Patton - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

(Debut)

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 09/21/2014)

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Week Ending September 21st 2014

10 - Mean Streak - Sandra Brown
(3 weeks on list)

9  -  Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty
(6 weeks on list)

8  -  The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
(46 weeks on list)

7  -  The Long Way Home - Louise Penny
(2 weeks on list)
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, retired from the Surete du Quebec and settled in the village of Three Pines, searches for a neighbor's missing husband.

6  -  Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage - Haruki Murakami
(4 weeks on list)

5  -  The Eye of Heaven - Clive Cussler and Russell Blake
(Debut)
The treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo discover a Viking ship in the Artic ice, full of artifacts from pre-Columbian Mexico.

4  -  The Secret Place - Tana French
(Debut)
A clue to a murder on the grounds of a girls' school in the Dublin suburbs appears on a bulletin board, and Detectives Stephen Moran and Antoinette Conway investigate.

3  -  The Bone Clocks - David Mitchell
(Debut)
Stories from the medieval Swiss Alps to the 19th century Australian bush to a hotel in Shanghai to Manhattan in the near future are stitched together.

2  -  Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good - Jan Karon
(Debut)
The Mitford character Father Tim Kavanagh returns to his native town to find friends and family wrestling with difficulties.

1  -  Personal - Lee Child
(DEBUT)
Jack Reacher, a former military cop, helps the State Department and the C.I.A. stop a sniper who has targeted a G8 summit.

NY Times Bestseller List (NonFiction) 08/17/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non Fiction

Week Ending August 17th 2014

10 - Capital In The Twenty First Century - Thomas Piketty
(17 weeks on list)

9  -  Think Like A Freak - Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner
(12 weeks on list)

8  - The Mockingbird Next Door - Marja Mills
(3 weeks on list)

7  -  David and Goliath - Malcolm Gladwell
(42 weeks on list)

6  -  Blood Feud - Edward Klein
(6 weeks on list)

5  -  Hard Choices - Hillary Clinton
(8 weeks on list)

4  -  Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
(180 weeks on list)

3  -  One Nation - Ben Carson with Candy Carson
(11 weeks on list)

2  -  A Spy Among Friends - Ben Macintyre
(Debut)
An account of the British Cold War spy Kim Philby focuses on the two close friends whose trust he betrayed.

1  -  America - Dinesh D'Souza
(2nd consecutive week at #1) (4 weeks on list)
A defense of America against the view that its power in the world should be diminished.

 

NY Times Bestseller List (Hardback Fiction) 08/03/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction (Top 10)

Week Ending August 3rd 2014

10 - Mr. Mercedes - Stephen King
(7 weeks on list)

9  -  Wayfaring Stranger - James Lee Burke
(Debut)
A man's life is traced over decades starting with is encounter, at age 16, with Bonnie and Clyde.

8  -  Top Secret Twenty-One - Janet Evanovich
(5 weeks on list)

7  -  The Silkworm - Robert Galbraith
(5 weeks on list)

6  -  The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt 
(39 weeks on list)

5  -  Invisible - James Patterson and David Ellis(4 weeks on list)

4  -  Cut and Thrust - Stuart Woods 
(Debut)
Complications abound as the New York lawyer Stone Barrington attends a politcal convention in Los Angeles.

3  -  Act of War - Brad Thor
(2nd week on list) (last week's #1)
The counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath undertakes two dangerous missions as America faces an imminent attack.

2  -  The Heist - Daniel Silva
(Debut)
Gabriel Allon, an art restorer and occasional spy for the Israeli secret service, must track down a famous missing painting by Caravaggio.

1  -  The Book of Life - Deborah Harkness
(DEBUT)
In the conclusion to the All Souls trilogy, the Oxford scholar/witch Diana Bishop and the vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont return from Elizabethan London to the present.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 05/11/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Week Ending May 11th 2014

10 - Missing You - Harlan Coben
(6 weeks on list)

9  -  NYPD Red 2 - James Patterson
(5 weeks on list)

8  -  The Invention of Wings - Sue Monk Kidd
(16 weeks on list)

7  -  I've Got You Under My Skin - Mary Higgins Clark
(4 weeks on list)

6  -  Otherwise Engaged - Amanda Quick
(Debut)
Amity Doncaster joins forces with Benedict Stanbridge, a spy for the Crown, to defeat a serial killer known as the Bridegroom.

5  -  The Serpent of Venice - Christopher Moore
(Debut)
A farcical mash-up of "Merchant of Venice", "Othello" and "The Cask of Amontillado"

4  -  The Collector - Nora Roberts
(2 weeks on list)

3  -  Chestnut Street - Maeve Binchy
(Debut)

2  -  The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
(27 weeks on list)

1  -  The Target - David Baldacci
(DEBUT)
As the government hit man Will Robie and his partner, Jessica Reel, prepare for a mission, they face a new adversary.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 04/13/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Week Ending April 13th 2014

10 - Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson
(4 weeks on list)

9  -  Stone Cold - CJ Box
(3 weeks on list)

8  -  Tempting Fate - Jane Green
(Debut)
A happily married middle-aged woman is drawn to another man.

7  -  Be Careful What You Wish For - Jeffrey Archer
(3 weeks on list)

6  -  Power Play - Danielle Steel
(3 weeks on list)

5  -  The Invention of Wings - Sue Monk Kidd
(12 weeks on list)

4 - Blossom Street Brides - Debbie Macomber
(Debut)
Three women's lives intersect around a Seattle knitting store.

3  -  The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
(23 weeks on list)

2  -  Missing You - Harlan Coben
(2 weeks on list)  (last week's #1)
Kat Donovan, an NYPD detective, searches for the ex-fiance who left her years before; her father's murderer; and the reason the users of an online dating site are disappearing.

1  -  NYPD Red 2 - James Patterson and Marshall Karp
(DEBUT)
Detective Zach Jordan and his partner are called when the body of a wealthy woman is discovered on the Central Park carousel.

NY Times Bestseller List - NonFiction (03/30/2014)

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non Fiction

Week Ending March 30th 2014

10 - Overwhelmed - Brigid Schulte
(Debut)
A journalist probes the dilemmas faced by the working mothers.

9  -  Jesus - James Martin
(Debut)
A retelling of the life of Christ, based on scholarship, personal stories and the Christian tradition.  By the editor of America magazine, a Jesuit priest.

8  -  Things That Matter - Charles Krauthammer
(21 weeks on list)

7  -  The Future of the Mind - Michio Kaku
(3 weeks on list)

6  -  Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
(161 weeks on list)

5  -  Lean In - Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell
(51 weeks on list)

4  -  David and Goliath - Malcolm Gladwell
(24 weeks on list)

3  -  Killing Jesus - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(25 weeks on list)

2  -  10% Happier - Dan Harris
(Debut)
A co-anchor of "Nightline" reports on the science and spiritual basis of meditation, and describes how it has improved his life.

1  -  Uganda Be Kidding Me - Chelsea Handler
(2 week at #1) (2nd consecutive week at #1)
Humorous travel stories.

NY Times Bestseller List - Non Fiction (03/16/2014)

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardcover Non Fiction

Week Ending  March 16th 2014

10 - George Washington's Secret Six - Brian Kilmead and Don Yeager
(17 weeks on list)

9  -  Glitter and Glue - Kelly Corrigan
(4 weeks on list)

8  -  Lean In - Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell
(49 weeks on list)

7  -  Things That Matter - Charles Krauthammer
(19 weeks on list)

6  -  Duty - Robert M. Gates
(7 weeks on list)

5  -  The Sixth Extinction - Elizabeth Kolbert
(3 weeks on list)

4  -  Killing Jesus - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(23 weeks on list)

3  -  David and Goliath - Malcolm Gladwell
(22 weeks on list)

2  -  Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
(159 weeks on list)

1  -  The Future of the Mind - Michio Kaku
(DEBUT)
A theoretical physicist examines research at the intersection of neuroscience and physics that points to the day when science has a complete map of the brain, making telepathy, mind controlled robots and uploading memories possible.

NY Times Bestseller List (03/16/2014)

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardcover Fiction

Week Ending March 16th 2014

10 - Sycamore Row - John Grisham
(19 weeks on list)

9  -  One More Thing - B.J. Novak
(4 weeks on list)

8  -  Still Life With Bread Crumbs - Anna Quindlen
(5 weeks on list)

7  -  Blackberry Pie Murder - Joanne Fluke
(Debut)
The Minnesota baker Hannah Swensen accidentally hits a stranger with her cookie truck; his shirt is mysteriously stained with blackberry pie.

6  -  The Invention of Wings - Sue Monk Kidd
(8 weeks on list)

5  -  Concealed in Death - J.D. Robb
(2 weeks on list)

4  -  Private L.A. - James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
(3 weeks on list)

3  -  The Chase - Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
(Debut)
Nicolas Fox and Kate O'Hare team up to steal back a Chinese artifact taken from the Smithsonian

2  -  The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
(19 weeks on list)

1  -  The Undead Pool - Kim Harrison
(DEBUT)
The witch Rachel Morgan must prevent all-out supernatural war;  The 12th book in the Hollows series.

NY Times Bestseller List - Fiction (03/02/2014)

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Week Ending March 2nd 2014

10 - The First Phone Call From Heaven - Mitch Albom
(14 weeks on list)

9  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(76 weeks on list)

8  -  The Counterfeit Agent - Alex Berenson
(Debut)
John Wells is sent on a mission to find the truth about a mysterious Iranian package said to be bound for the United States.

7  -  Sycamore Row - John Grisham
(17 weeks on list)

6  -  One More Thing - B.J. Novak
(2nd week on list)
Humorous stories from the writer and actor ("The Office")

5  -  Still Life With Bread Crumbs - Anna Quindlen
(3 weeks on list)

4  -  The Invention of Wings - Sue Monk Kidd
(6 weeks on list)

3  -  Killer - Jonathan Kellerman
(Debut)
The psychologist and police consultant Alex Delaware becomes embroiled in a child custody dispute that escalates into murder.

2  -  The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt.
(17 weeks on list)

1  -  Private L.A. - James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
(DEBUT)
Shocking truths emerge after a high powered celebrity couple disappear from their luxurious ranch and Jack Morgan and Justine Smith are secretly flown in to search for them.

NY Times Bestseller List - NonFiction (02/02/2014)

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non Fiction 

Week Ending February 2nd 2014

10 - Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
(153 weeks on list)

9  -  The Loudest Voice In The Room - Gabriel Sherman
(Debut)
A journey inside the world of Fox News and the life of its combative visionary founder, Roger Ailes.

8  -  Your Life Calling - Jane Pauley
(2 weeks on list)

7  -  George Washington's Secret Six - Brian Kilmeade and Don Yeager
(11 weeks on list)

6  -  Lean In - Sheryl Sandberg and Nell Scovell
(43 weeks on list)

5  -  I Am Malala - Malala Yousafzai
(15 weeks on list)

4  -  Killing Jesus - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(17 weeks on list)

3  -  David and Goliath - Malcolm Gladwell
(16 weeks on list)

2  -  Things That Matter - Charles Krauthammer
(13 weeks on list)

1  - Duty - Robert M. Gates
(DEBUT)
The former defense secretary recounts his experience serving Presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.