NY Times Bestsellers List (Fiction) 10/06/2019

New York Times Bestseller List

Top 10

Hardback Fiction

Week Ending October 6th 2019

10 - A Better Man - Louis Penny 
(4 weeks on list)

9  -  The Titanic Secret - Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul
(2 weeks on list)

8  -  Red At The Bone - Jacqueline Woodson
(Debut)
The long-lasting decisions young people make are explored through the history of a Brooklyn teenager's family.

7  -  Killer Instinct - James Patterson and Howard Roughan
(2 weeks on list)

6  -  The Oracle - Jonathan Cahn
(3 weeks on list)

5  -  The Girl Who Lived Twice - David Lagercrantz 
(4 weeks on list)

4  -  Land of Wolves - Craig Johnson
(Debut)
The 15th book in the Longmire series.  Back from Mexico, Sheriff Longmire must deal with a wolf and a killer on the loose. 

3  -  Where The Crawdad Sings - Delia Owens 
(55 weeks on list)

2  -  The Testaments - Margaret Atwood 
(2 weeks on list)  (last week at #1)
In a sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale", old secrets bring three women together as the Republic of Gilead's theocratic regime shows signs of decay.

1  -  The Institute - Stephen King
(Debut)
Children with special talents are abducted and sequestered in an institution where the sinister staff seeks to extract their gifts through harsh methods.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) October 28th 2018

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending October 28th 2018

10 - Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
(6 weeks on list)

9  -  Vince Flynn : Red War - Kyle Mills
(3 weeks on list)

8  -  Killing Commendatore - Haruki Murakami 
(Debut)
The discovery of an unseen work in an artist's attic unleashes a series of bizarre occurrences that a painter must navigate.

7  -  The Witch Elm - Tana French
(Debut)
After Toby Hennessy retreats to his family's ancestral home, a skull discovered in the backyard exposes his family's past.

6  -  A Spark of Light - Jodi Picoult 
(2 weeks on list)  (#1 last week)

5  -  Winter In Paradise - Elin Hilderbrand 
(Debut)
Irene Steele uncovers her husband's secret life on a Caribbean Island following his death.

4  -  Ambush - James Patterson and James O. Born
(Debut)
Michael Bennett discovers that an assassin is targeting him and his family.

3  -  The Clockmaker's Daughter - Kate Morton
(Debut)
A century-old mystery at the Birchwood Manor on the Thames connects the lives of an archivist and artist.

2  -  Holy Ghost - John Sandford
(Debut)
Virgil Flowers investigates shootings in a Minnesota town following an attempt to revive its ailing economy.

1  -  The Next Person You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
(Debut)
The sequel to "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" follows Annie on her heavenly journey.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) August 12th 2018

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending August 12th 2018

10 - All We Ever Wanted - Emily Griffin
(5 weeks on list)

9  -  Clock Dance - Anne Tyler
(3 weeks on list)
A window into Willa Drake's life over 50 years and how she adjusts to some of life's surprises.

8  -  Spymaster - Brad Thor
(4 weeks on list)
The 18th book in the Scot Harvath series

7  -  The Perfect Couple - Elin Hilderbrand
(6 weeks on list)

6  -  Cottage By The Sea - Debbie Macomber
(2 weeks on list)
Annie Marlow forms new relationships in the Pacific Northwest as she tries to recover from tragedy.

5  -  Ghosted - Rosie Walsh
(Debut)
When Eddie disappears, Sarah realizes they did not share the truth with each other.

4  -  The Outsider - Stephen King
(10 weeks on list)

3  -  The Other Woman - Daniel Silva
(2 weeks on list)  (last week at #1)
Gabriel Allon, the art restorer and assassin, fights the Russians to decide the fate of postwar global order.

2  -  The President Is Missing - James Patterson
(8 weeks on list)  (6 weeks at #1)

1  -  Thrawn : Alliances - Timothy Zahn
(Debut)
A Star Wars saga.  Darth Vader and Grand Admiral Thrawn join forces to serve Emperor Palpatine.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) April 2nd 2017

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending April 2nd 2017

10 - Silence Fallen - Patricia Briggs 
(2 weeks on list)
The shape-shifter Mercy Thompson finds herself in the clutches of the world's most powerful vampire.

9  -  Exit West - Mohsin Hamid 
(2 weeks on list)
Lovers in a city overwhelmed with violence escape through mysterious doors

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

7  -  Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders
(5 weeks on list)

6  -  Without Warning - Joel C. Rosenberg
(Debut)
A journalist pursues the head of ISIS after an attack on the Capitol when the administration fails to take action.

5  -  In This Grave Hour - Jacqueline Winspear
(Debut) 
The psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs gets an assignment as World War II begins.

4  -  The Devil's Triangle - Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison
(Debut)
The F.B.I. special agent Nicholas Drummond and his partner, Michaela Caine, track evil twins who can control the weather.

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

2  -  Dangerous Games - Danielle Steel 
(2 weeks on list)  (last week at #1)
A television correspondent investigates damning allegations against the vice president of the United States.

1  -  The Cutthroat - Clive Cussler and Justin Scott
(Debut)
In 1911. searching for a young actress who has disappeared, the detective Isaac Bell discovers a serial killer. 

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 02/26/2017

New York Times Bestseller List

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Week of February 26th 2017

10 - Universal Harvester - John Darnielle
(Debut)
A mystery/thriller set in Iowa

9  -  My No So Perfect Life - Sophie Kinsella
(Debut)
A young woman fired from her job in London is forced to reconsider the meaning of success.

8  -  The Girl Before - J.P. Delaney
(3 weeks on list)
A sadistic architect builds a modern house that controls its (young,female) inhabitants in this psychological thriller.  Soon to be a major motion picture.

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

6  -  The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead
(27 weeks on list)

5  -  Right Behind You - Lisa Gardner
(2 weeks on list) (#1 last week)
The former F.B.I. profiler Pierce Quincy and his partner, Rainie Conner, foster a girl whose older brother murdered their drunken father.  Now, eight years later, he has killed again.

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

3  -  Never Never - James Patterson and Candice Fox
(4 weeks on list)
Harriet Blue, a Sydney sex crimes detective, is sent to the outback (the never never) to investigate the disappearance of a mine worker.  The first in a new series.

2  -  Echoes in Death - J.D. Robb
(Debut)
Lt. Eve Dallas of the NYPD investigates a fatal home invasion.

1  -  Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman
(Debut)
A retelling of Norse folklore

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 11/27/2016

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending November 27th 2016

10 - Escape Clause - John Sandford
(4 weeks on list)

9  -  Vince Flynn : Order To Kill - Kyle Mills 
(5 weeks on list)

8  -  The Award - Danielle Steel 
(2 weeks on list)
A Frenchwoman who worked with the Resistance but was accused of collaboration finally has her name cleared.

7  -  This Was A Man - Jeffrey Archer 
(Debut)
The final installment of the Clifton Chronicles

6  -  Small Great Things - Jodi Picoult 
(5 weeks on list)

5  -  The Chemist - Stephanie Meyer 
(Debut) 
A specialist in chemically controlled torture, on the run from her former employers, takes one last job - pursuing a man with whom she joins forces.  

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

3  -  The Wrong Side of Goodbye - Michael Connelly
(2 weeks on list)
The detective Harry Bosch helps a small police department track a serial rapist, while as a P.I. he aids a billionaire in search of a possible heir.

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

1  -  Night School - Lee Child
(Debut)
Jack Reacher, still in the Army, becomes involved in an investigation with elite agents from the F.B.I and C.I.A. 

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 06/19/2016)

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending June 19th 2016

10 - The Nest - Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
(11 weeks on list)

9  -  The Last Mile - David Baldacci 
(7 weeks on list)

8  -  The Weekenders - Mary Kay Andrews
(3 weeks on list)

7  -  A Hero of France - Alan Furst
(Debut)
A Resistance leader aids the wartime effort without losing sight of the simple and essential pleasures of life.

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

5  -  After You - Jojo Moyes 
(15 weeks on list)

4  -  The Girl On The Train - Paula Hawkins
(73 weeks on the list)

3  -  All Summer Long - Dorothea Benton Frank 
(Debut)
A successful interior decorator balks at retiring with her husband to South Carolina.

2  -  Before the Fall - Noah Hawley 
(Debut)
After a private jet crashes, a firestorm of media madness ensues.

1  -  The Emperor's Revenge - Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison
(Debut)
Juan Cabrillo teams up with a former C.I.A. colleague to thwart a plan involving the death of millions and international economic meltdown.