New York Times Bestseller Lists (December 8th 2019)

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) May 26th 2019

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending May 26th 2019

10 - The Guest Book - Sarah Blake
(Debut)
Evie Milton uncovers a story going back a couple of generations that may shatter a family myth.

9  -  Neon Prey - John Sanford
(4 weeks on list)  (former #1)
The 29th book in the Prey series.  Lucas Davenport goes after a serial killer.

8  -  The Big Kahuna - Janet Evanovich and Peter Evanovich
(Debut)
The sixth book in the Ford and O'Hare series.  An FBI agent teams up with a con man to search for a Silicon Valley billionaire.

7  -  The Road Home - Richard Paul Evans
(Debut)
The third book in the Broken Road series.  Charles James continues his journey on Route 66 to his ultimate destination.

6  -  Storm Cursed - Patricia Biggs
(Debut)
The 11th book in the Mercy Thompson series.  Dangers swell as Death approaches.

5  -  Sunset Beach - Mary Kay Andrews
(Debut)
Drue Campbell inherits a run-down beach bungalow and takes a job at her estranged father's personal injury attorney office.

4  -  Redemption - David Baldacci
(4 weeks on list) (former #1)
The fifth book in the Memory Man series.  The first man Amos Decker put behind bars asks to have his name cleared.

3  -  Blessing in Disguise - Danielle Steel
(Debut)
Isabelle McAvoy faces challenges as she raises three daughters from three separate fathers on her own.

2  -  The 18th Abduction - James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
(2 weeks on list)
The 18th book in the Women's Murder Club series.  Lindsay Boxer investigates the disappearance of three female teachers.

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

NY Times Bestseller List (May 13th 2018)

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending  May 13th 2018

10 - The Great Alone - Kristin Hannah
(10 weeks on list)

9  -  The Woman in the Window - A.J. Finn
(17 weeks on list)

8  -  After Anna - Lisa Scottoline 
(3 weeks on list)

7  -  The Female Persuasion - Meg Wolitzer
(4 weeks on list)

6  -  Before We Were Yours - Lisa Wingate
(32 weeks on list)

5  -  I've Got My Eyes On You - Mary Higgins Clark
(4 weeks on list)

4  -  Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng
(32 weeks on list)

3  -  The Hellfire Club - Jake Tapper
(Debut)
Charlie Marder, a World War II veteran and unlikely congressman, gets entangled in a dangerous series of events in 1950s D.C.

2  - The Fallen - David Baldacci
(2 weeks on list)  (#1 last week)
Amos Decker, known as the Memory Man, puts his talents toward solving a string of murders in a Rust Belt town. 

1  -  Twisted Prey - John Sandford
(Debut)
The 28th book in the Prey series.  A federal marshal looks into the actions of a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) May 7th 2017

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending May 7th 2017

10 - A Gentleman in Moscow - Armor Towles
A Russian count undergoes 30 years of house arrest.
(23 weeks on list)

9  -  One Perfect Lie - Lisa Scottoline
(2 weeks on list)
A high school baseball coach hiding his real identity poses a threat to an idyllic suburban community.

8  -  Two From the Heart - James Patterson
(2 weeks on list)
Two stories about the power of stories.

7  -  The Women in the Castle - Jessica Shattuck 
(4 weeks on list)
The widows of three men killed for attempting to assassinate Hitler take refuge together at the war's end.

6  -  Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman
(11 weeks on list)

5  -  All By Myself, Alone - Mary Higgins Clark
(3 weeks on list)
On a luxury cruise ship, a wealthy aristocrat is found murdered, and her emerald necklace is gone.

4  -  Thrawn - Timothy Zahn 
(2 weeks on list)
The origins of Grand Admiral Thrawn, an iconic "Star Wars" villian.

3  -  Fast and Loose - Stuart Woods
(Debut)
In the 41st Stone Barrington novel, the New York attorney acquires a ruthless, hot-headed enemy.

2  -  The Black Book - James Patterson
(4 weeks on list)  (3 consecutive weeks at #1)
After a raid on a brothel that serviced Chicago's elite, the madam's black book has disappeared. 

1  -  The Fix - David Baldacci
(Debut)
The detective Amos Decker ("Memory Man") witnesses a murder-suicide that turns out to be a matter of national security.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) December 4th 2016

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending December 4th 2016

10 - Catalyst - James Luceno 
(Debut)
This novel sets the stage for "Rogue One : A Star Wars Story", to be released this month.

9  -  The Wrong Side of Goodbye - Michael Connelly
(3 weeks on list)

8  -  The Mistletoe Secret - Richard Paul Evans
(Debut)
A man struggling with the aftermath of a divorce sets out to find the anonymous writer of a blog about loneliness, and discovers more than he expected.

7  -  Chaos - Patricia Cornwell 
(Debut)
In the 24th novel in the series, the forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta investigates a death that seems to have been (but was not) caused by lightning.  Is her old nemesis Carrie Grethen involved.

6  -  Two By Two - Nicholas Sparks
(7 weeks on list)

5  -  Odessa Sea - Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
(Debut)
Trying to locate an Ottoman shipwreck in the Black Sea, the NUMA director Dirk Pitt encounters more than he expected.

4  -  Night School - Lee Child
(2 weeks on list)

3  -  The Whistler - John Grisham 
(4 weeks on list)

2  -  No Man's Land - David Baldacci 
(Debut)
John Puller, a special agent with the Army, searches for the truth about his mother, who disappeared 30 years ago.

1  -  Turbo Twenty Three - Janet Evanovich
(Debut)
The bounty hunter Stephanie Plum juggles the investigation of a crime in an ice cream factory and the two men in her life.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 12/06/2015

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending December 6th 2015

10 - The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto - Mitch Albom
(2 weeks on list)

9  -  The Mistletoe Inn - Richard Paul
(Debut)
An aspiring romance writer with a broken heart meets a complicated man at a Christmas writer's retreat.

8  -  The Pharaoh's Secret - Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
(Debut)
Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala must save the NUMA crew from a mysterious toxin deployed by a villian who wants to build a new Egyptian empire.

7  -  All Dressed in White - Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke
(Debut)
A TV producer investigates a bride's disappearance for her show, "Under Suspicion".

6  -  The Crossing - Michael Connelly
(3 weeks on list)

5  -  See Me - Nicholas Sparks
(6 weeks on list)


4  -  The Bazaar of Bad Dreams - Stephen King
(3 weeks on list)

3  -  Rogue Lawyer - John Grisham 
(5 weeks on list)

2  -  The Guilty - David Baldacci 
(Debut)
The government hit man Will Robie investigates murder charges against his estranged father in their Mississippi hometown

1  -  Tricky Twenty-Two - Janet Evanovich
(Debut)
The New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum pursues a fraternity member arrested for beating up a college dean and investigates a murder.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 05/17/2015

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending May 17th 2015

(click on debut titles to purchase at Amazon)

10 - Early Warning - Jane Smiley
(Debut)
The second volume of the Last Hundred Years trilogy, covers the years 1953-1986.

9  -  The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
(13 weeks on list)

8  -  At the Water's Edge - Sara Gruen
(5 weeks on list)

7  -  The Liar - Nora Roberts 
(3 weeks on list)

6  -  The Bone Tree - Greg Iles
(2 weeks on list)

5  -  God Help the Child - Toni Morrison
(2 weeks on list)

4  -  All  The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(52 weeks on list)

3  -  The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
(16 weeks on list)

2  -  Memory Man - David Baldacci
(2nd week on list) (last week at #1)

1  - Gathering Prey - John Sanford
(Debut)
In the 25th installment of the Prey series, Lucas Davenport is on the trail of killers who have targeted a group of vagabonds called the Travelers.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 05/10/2015

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top Ten

Week Ending May 10th 2015

(click on the debut titles to buy at Amazon)

10 - At the Water's Edge - Sara Gruen
(4 weeks on list)

9  -  The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
(12 weeks on list)

8  -  The Stranger - Harlan Coben
(5 weeks on list)

7  -  Every Fifteen Minutes - Lisa Scottoline
(2 weeks on list)

6  -  The Liar - Nora Roberts
(2 weeks on list)

5  -  God Help The Child - Toni Morrison
(Debut)
Her mother's rejection shapes the life of a dark-skinned woman who becomes successful in business but personally unhappy.

4  -  The Bone Tree - Greg Iles
(Debut)
In the second book of a trilogy, following "Natchez Burning", the prosecutor Penn Cage's attempt to find his father, a doctor who has gone into hiding following the murder of his African-American nurse, brings him up against the KKK.

3  -  All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(51 weeks on list)

2  -  The Girls on the Train - Paula Hawkins
(15 weeks on list) (13 consecutive weeks at #1)

1  -  MEMORY MAN - DAVID BALDACCI
(DEBUT)
A POLICE DETECTIVE WHO LEFT THE FORCE WHEN HIS FAMILY WAS MURDERED TEAMS UP WITH HIS FORMER PARTNER TO SOLVE THE CASE, RELYING ON THE EXTRAORDINARY MEMORY HE DEVELOPED AS A RESULT OF A COLLISION IN HIS EARLIER FOOTBALL CAREER.

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 (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 05/19/2013

A little late but its here

New York Times Bestseller List

Fiction

Week Ending May 19th 2013

10 - Paris - Edward Rutherford
(2 weeks on list)

9  -  Life After Life - Kate Atkinson
(5 weeks on list)

8  -  Fly Away - Kristin Hannah
(2 weeks on list)

7  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(48 weeks on list)

6  -  Daddy's Gone A Hunting - Mary Higgins Clark
(4 weeks on list)

5  -  NOS4A2 - Joe Hill
(Debut)
In a creepy battle between real and imaginary worlds, a brave biker chick is pitted against a ghoulish villian who lures children to a place where its always Christmas.

4  -  Best Kept Secret - Jeffrey Archer
(Debut)
In Volume 3 of the Clifton Chronicles, the focus shifts to a new generation - Sebastian, the son of Harry and Emma Clifton.

3  -  Whiskey Beach - Nora Roberts
(3 weeks on list)

2  -  The Hit - David Baldacci
(2 weeks on list) (Last week's #1)

1  -  12th Of Never - James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
(DEBUT)
One Week after the birth of her baby, Detective Lindsay Boxer must return to Work to investigate a string of grisly murders; a Women's Murder Club novel.

NY Times Bestseller List - Fiction 05/12/2013

New York Times Bestseller List

Fiction

Week Ending May 12th 2013

10 - The Mystery Woman - Amanda Quick
(Debut)
The second book of a new Victorian paranormal series, Ladies of Lantern Street, by Jane Ann Krenta writing pseudonymously.

9  -  The Burgess Boys - Elizabeth Strout
(5 weeks on list)

8  -  Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
(47 weeks on list)

7  -  Daddy's Gone A Hunting - Mary Higgins Clark
(3 weeks on list)

6  -  Wedding Night - Sophie Kinsella
(Debut)
A woman tries to break up her sister's impulsive marriage.

5  -  Life After Life - Kate Atkinson
(4 weeks on list)

4  -  Paris - Edward Rutherford
(Debut)
Characters real and imaginary in the City of Lights.

3  -  Fly Away - Kristin Hannah
(Debut)
A woman must deal with her personal issues before she can keep her promise to help the family of her deceased friend.

2  -  Whiskey Beach - Nora Roberts
(2nd week on list)  (Last week's #1)

1  -  The Hit - David Baldacci
(DEBUT)
The government hitman Will Robie uncovers a serious threat as he attempts to take out a fellow assassin who has gone rogue.

New York Times Bestseller List(Fiction) May 13th 2012

Here are the Top Ten bestselling novels on the New York Times Bestseller list for Fiction for the week ending May 13th 2012
(click the title to go to Amazon to purchase or read more)

10 - Sacre Bleu - Christopher Moore   (4 weeks on list)
9  -  The Shoemaker's Wife - Adriana Trigiani   (4 weeks)
8  -  Unnatural Acts - Stuart Woods  (2 weeks)
7  -  The Lost Years - Mary Higgins Clark   (4 weeks)
6  -  Guilty Wives - James Patterson   (5 weeks)
5  -  Crystal Gardens - Amanda Quick  (Debut)
4  -  The Witness - Nora Roberts   (2 weeks)
3  -  Calico Joe - John Grisham   (3 weeks)
2  -  The Innocent - David Baldacci  (2 weeks)
(Last week at #1)
1  -  The Wind Through The Keyhole - Stephen King
(debut)