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New York Times Bestseller Lists (December 8th 2019)

New York Times Bestseller List (Fiction) April 21st 2019

New York Times Bestseller

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending April 21st 2019

10 - The Chef - James Patterson and Max DiLallo
(7 weeks on list)
Caleb Rooney, a police detective and celebrity food truck chef, must clear his name of murder allegations.

9  -  Wolf Pack - C.J. Box
(4 weeks on list)
The Wyoming game wardens Joe Pickett and Katelyn Hamm take on killers working for the Sinaloa cartel.

8  -  Cemetery Road - Greg Iles
(5 weeks on list)
The journalist Marshall McEwan returns to his hometown, which is shaken by two deaths and an economy on the brink.

7  -  Daisy Jones and The Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid
(5 weeks on list)
A fictional oral history charting the rise and fall of a 70s rock n roll band.

6  -  The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides
(9 weeks on list)
Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.

5  -  Celtic Empire - Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
(3 weeks on list)
The 25th book in the Dirk Pitt Series

4  -  Run Away - Harlan Coben
(3 weeks on list)
A family is torn apart when the daughter becomes addicted to drugs and goes missing.

3  -  The Savior - J.R. Ward
(Debut)
The 17th book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Secrets about inhumane experiments surface at a biomedical firm.

2  -  The Cornwalls Are Gone - James Patterson and Brendan DuBois
(2 weeks on list)
An Army intelligence officer must commit a crime or lose her kidnapped husband and daughter.

1  -  Where The Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
(31 weeks on list) 
A woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.

NY Times Bestseller List (Non-Fiction) September 16th 2018

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non-Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending September 16th 2018

10 - Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
(84 weeks on list)

9  -  House of Trump, House of Putin - Craig Unger
(3 weeks on list)

8  -  Winners Take All - Anand Giridharadas 
(Debut)
The former New York Times columnist examines the new gilded age and the failures of modern philanthropy.

7  -  Astrophysics for People in a Hurry - Neil deGrasse Tyson 
(69 weeks on list)

6  -  Liars, Leakers and Liberals - Jeanine Pirro 
(7 weeks on list)

5  -  Unhinged - Omarosa 
(3 weeks on list)

4  -  Aware - Daniel Siegel 
(Debut)
A look at the science that supports the effectiveness of meditation. 

3  -  Educated - Tara Westover 
(28 weeks on list)

2  -  The Russia Hoax - Gregg Jarrett
(6 weeks on list)

1  -  The Restless Wave - John McCain and Mark Salter
(5th week on list)
A memoir by the recently deceased Republican senator from Arizona.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) June 17th 2018

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardcover Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending  June 17th 2018

10 - Before We Were Yours - Lisa Wingate
(37 weeks on list)

9  -  The Cast - Danielle Steel 
(3 weeks on list)

8  -  By Invitation Only - Dorothea Benton Frank
(3 weeks on list)

7  -  The Fallen - David Baldacci
(7 weeks on list)

6  -  The 17th Suspect - James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
(5 weeks on list)

5  -  To The Moon And Back - Karen Kingsbury 
(Debut)
A man whose mother died in the Oklahoma City bombing seeks to reconnect with a woman who is also affected by the tragedy.

4  -  The Death Of Mrs. Westaway - Ruth Ware
(Debut)
A tarot card reader mistakenly receives an inheritance letter and attends the funeral of the deceased.

3  -  The Gray Ghost - Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell
(Debut)
Sam and Remi Fargo search for a Rolls-Royce prototype that has vanished for a second time.

2  -  Shelter In Place - Nora Roberts
(Debut)
Survivors of a mass shooting outside a mall in Portland, ME., develop different coping mechanisms and face a new menace.

1  -  THE OUTSIDER - STEPHEN KING
(2 weeks on list) (2nd week at #1)
A detective investigates a seemingly wholesome member of the community when an 11-year-old boy's body is found.

NY Times Bestseller List (Non-Fiction) October 1st 2017

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non-Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending  October 1st 2017

10 - Between The World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
(80 weeks on list)

9  -  Option B - Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
(21 weeks on list)

8  -  Why Buddhism Is True - Robert Wright
(6 weeks on list)

7  -  Unstoppable - Maria Sharapova with Rich Cohen
(Debut)
A memoir by the Russian-American Grand Slam tennis champion and Olympic medalist.

6  -  Fantasyland - Kurt Anderson 
(2 weeks on list)
The politics and culture of 21st-century America are put in the context of five centuries of historical events and movements, including elements of conspiracy theories, crackpot ideas and hucksterism.

5  -  Al Franken, Giant of the Senate - Al Franken
(16 weeks on list)

4  -  Hillbilly Elegy - J.D. Vance 
(60 weeks on list)

3  -  Astrophysics For People In A Hurry - Neil deGrasse Tyson
(20 weeks on list)  (#1 last week)

2  -  Unbelievable - Katy Tur
(Debut)
The NBC News correspondent describes her work covering the 2016 campaign for the Republican nominee for President and his behavior toward her.

1  -  What Happened - Hillary Clinton
(Debut)
The first woman nominated for president by a major political party details her campaign, mistakes she made, outside forces that affected the outcome and how she recovered in its aftermath.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) October 1st 2017

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending October 1st 2017

10 - Camino Island - John Grisham
(15 weeks on list)

9  -  "Y" Is For Yesterday - Sue Grafton
(4 weeks on list)

8  -  Enigma - Catherine Coulter 
(Debut)
F.B.I. agents Savich and Sherlock team up with Cam Wittier and Jack Cabot to capture an international criminal and solve a John Doe case.

7  - Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng 
(Debut)
An artist with a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.

6  -  Secrets in Death - J.D. Robb 
(2 weeks on list)

5  -  A Legacy of Spies - John Le Carre
(2 weeks on list)  (#1 last week)

4  -  The Romanov Ransom - Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell 
(Debut)
Sam and Remi Fargo Search for two missing filmmakers in North Africa and uncover a group seeking to create the Fourth Reich

3  -  Enemy of the State - Kyle Mills
(2 weeks on list)

2  -  The Girl Who Takes An Eye For An Eye - David Lagercrantz 
(Debut)
Lisabeth Salander teams up with an investigative journalist to uncover the secrets of her childhood. A continuation of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series.

1  -  A Column Of Fire - Ken Follett 
(Debut)
The lovers Ned Willard and Margery Fitzgerald find themselves on opposite sides of a conflict between English Catholicas and Protestants while Queen Elizabeth fights to maintain her throne.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) September 10th 2017

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top Ten

Week Ending September 10th 2017

10 - Exposed - Lisa Scottoline
(2 weeks on list)
Bennie Rosato and Mary DiNunzio find themselves on opposite sides of a lawsuit, threatening their friendship and their law firm.

9  -  Sulfur Springs - William Kent Krueger
(Debut)
A newly married couple search for the wife's missing son, which leads them to a border town in the middle of a drug war.

8  -  A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
(40 weeks on list)

7  -  The Lying Game - Ruth Ware
(5 weeks on list)

6  -  Any Dream Will Do - Debbie Macomber 
(3 weeks on list)

5  -  The Late Show - Michael Connelly 
(6 weeks on list)

4  -  Camino Island - John Grisham
(12 weeks on list)

3  -  Seeing Red - Sandra Brown 
(2 weeks on list)  (#1 last week)
The TV journalist Kerra Bailey and former federal agent John Trapper join forces to expose a web of conspiracy behind a hotel bombing in Dallas.

2  -  The Store - James Patterson and Richard DiLallo
(2 weeks on list)
Two New York writers go undercover to expose the secrets of a powerful retailer.

1  -  Y Is For Yesterday - Sue Grafton 
(Debut)
The 25th Kinsey Milhone mystery novel.  A former student from an elite private school is released from prison and a sociopath returns to haunt the detective.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) March 12th 2017

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending March 12th 2017

10 - The Girl Before - J.P. Delaney
(5 weeks on list)

9  -  The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead
(29 weeks on list)

8  -  Humans, Bow Down - James Patterson
(Debut)
After the Great War, a woman is determined to save humanity before the victorious robots wipe it out.

7  -  A Piece of the World - Christina Baker Kline
(Debut)
Imagining the life of the central figure of Andrew Wyeth's iconic painting "Christina's World".

6  -  A Conjuring of Light - V.E. Schwab
(Debut)
The final book of the Shades of Magic fantasy series.

5  -  Heartbreak Hotel - Jonathan Kellerman
(2 weeks on list)

4  -  Echoes In Death - J.D. Robb
(3 weeks in list)

3  -  Aftermath : Empire's End - Chuck Wendig
(Debut)
The conclusion to the Star Wars trilogy set in the years between "Return of the Jedi" and "The Force Awakens".

2  -  Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman
(3 weeks on list)

1  -  Lincoln In The Bardo - George Saunders
(2 weeks on list) (2nd week at #1)
Visiting the grave of his recently deceased young son in 1862, Lincoln encounters a cemetery full of ghosts.

NYTimes Bestseller List (Fiction) October 23rd 2016

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending October 23rd 2016

10 - Winter Storms - Elin Hilderbrand
(Debut)
In the final book of the Winter Street trilogy, a huge snowstorm bearing down on Nantucket threatens the Quinn family's Christmas, after a year of significant events.

9  -  The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead
(10 weeks on list)

8  -  The Woman in Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware
(12 weeks on list)

7  -  Twelve Days of Christmas - Debbie Macomber
(Debut)
A woman starts a blog about her attempt to reach out to a grumpy neighbor at Christmas time, and finds herself falling for him.

6  - Today Will Be Different - Maria Semple
(Debut)
A calamitous day in the life of a cynical Seattle transplant from the author of "Where'd You Go, Bernadette".

5  -  Home - Harlan Coben
(3 weeks on list)

4  -  Woman of God - James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
(2 weeks on list) (last week at #1)
The story of a woman doctor who, after a life of service and suffering, becomes a Catholic priest.

3  -  Commonwealth - Ann Patchett
(4 weeks on list)

2  -  The Trespasser - Tana French
(Debut)
In the sixth Dublin Murder Squad novel, Detective Antoinette Conway confronts a case that is more complicated than it appears.

1  -  Two By Two - Nicholas Sparks
(Debut)
A man who became a single father when his marriage and business collapsed, learns to take a chance on a new love.

NY Times Bestseller List - Fiction (July 17th 2016)

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending July 17th 2016

10 - All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(113 weeks on list)

9  -  Foreign Agent - Brad Thor 
(3 weeks on list)

8  -  Before The Fall - Noah Hawley 
(5 weeks on list)

7  -  After You - Jojo Moyes 
(19 weeks on list)

6  -  Here's To Us - Elin Hilderbrand
(3 weeks on list)

5  -  The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
(77 weeks on list)

4  -  End of Watch - Stephen King
(4 weeks on list) (3 consecutive weeks at #1)

3  -  The Girls - Emma Cline
(3 weeks on list)

2  -  The Games  - James Patterson and Mark Sullvian
(Debut)
Hired by Olympic organizers to protect the Rio games, Jack Morgan of Private, an international security and consulting firm, encounters dangerous threats.

1  -  First Comes Love - Emily Griffin
(Debut)
Two Sisters - one a successful lawyer with a small child and an unhappy marriage, the other a single teacher who yearns to be a mother - struggle toward forgiveness after 15 years of estrangement.

NY Times Bestseller List - Fiction (June 26th 2016)

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending June 26th 2016

10 - The Last Mile - David Baldacci 
(8 weeks on list)

9  -  15th Affair - James Patterson 
(6 weeks on list)

8  -  All Summer Long - Dorothea Benton Frank
(2 weeks on list)

7  -  Dishonorable Intentions - Stuart Woods
(Debut)
The New York lawyer Stone Barrington and his latest girlfriend are pursued by her ex-husband, who has connections to the Russian mob.

6  -  The House of Secrets - Brad Meltzer and Tod Goldberg
(Debut)
The host of a conspiracy TV show is dead, his daughter is injured and has lost her memory, and questions proliferate.

5  -  Before the Fall - Noah Hawley
(2 weeks on list)

4  -  After You - Jojo Moyes
(16 weeks on list)

3  -  The Emperor's Revenge - Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison
(2 weeks on list) (last week's #1)

2  -  The Girl On The Train - Paula Hawkins 
(74 weeks on list)

1  - END OF WATCH - STEPHEN KING
(DEBUT)
THE CONCLUSION OF THE BILL HODGES TRILOGY