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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 (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) September 9th 2018

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending September 9th 2018

10 - A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles 
(59 weeks on list)

9  -  Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng
(46 weeks on list)

8  -  The Other Woman - Daniel Silva 
(6 weeks on list)

7  -  Before We Were Yours - Lisa Wingate 
(49 weeks on list)

6  -  Desolation Mountain - William Kent Krueger 
(Debut)
An independent investigation into a deadly plane crash in a remote part of a Native American reservation faces a menace.

5  -  The Outsider - Stephen King
(14 weeks on list)

4  -  Tailspin - Sandra Brown 
(3 weeks on list)  (former #1)
A pilot navigates treacherous situations when he attempts to deliver a mysterious black box to a doctor in Georgia.

3  -  Pieces of Her - Karin Slaughter 
(Debut)
When a violent incident reveals her mother's secret past, Andrea Oliver searches for clues to save her.

2  -  The President is Missing - James Patterson
(12 weeks on list)

1  -  Texas Ranger - James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle
(2 weeks on list)  (2 consecutive weeks at #1)
Rory Yates's job and reputation are at risk when he is accused of killing his ex-wife.

NY Times Bestseller List (Non-Fiction) October 15th 2017

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non-Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending October 15th 2017

10 - Al Franken, Giant of the Senate - Al Franken
(18 weeks on list)

9  -  The Vietnam War - Geoffrey Ward
(9 weeks on list)

8  -  Hillbilly Elegy - J.D. Vance
(62 weeks on list)

7  -  The Paradigm - Jonathan Cahn
(2 weeks on list)
Ancient figures from the Middle East are used to explain the rise and fall of contemporary leaders and events.

6  -  Autobiography of Gucci Mane - Gucci Mane with Neil Martinez-Belkin
(2 weeks on list)
A memoir by the East Atlanta hip-hop artist, who made a comeback.

5  -  Hit Refresh - Satya Nadella 
(Debut)
Microsoft's chief executive discusses changes at the company, advancements in technology and the importance of empathy.

4  -  Astrophysics For People In A Hurry - Neil deGrasse Tyson 
(22 weeks on list)

3  -  Unbelievable - Katy Tur
(3 weeks on list)

2  -  What Happened - Hillary Clinton
(3 weeks on list)

1  -  Killing England - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(2 weeks on list)  (#2 last week)
Major events and battles during the Revolutionary War are told from the perspectives of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and others.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 04/09/2017

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending  April 9th 2017

10 - Man Overboard - J.A. Jance 
(Debut)
Ali Reynolds pursues a man who manipulates the children of suicides into killing themselves in the 15th novel in the series.

9  -  The Devil's Triangle - Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison
(2 weeks on list)

8  -  Mangrove Lightning - Randy Wayne White 
(Debut)
Doc Ford, a Florida marine biologist and former government agent, investigates a series of killings near Marco Island.

7  -  Dangerous Games - Danielle Steel
(3 weeks on list)

6  -  The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane - Lisa See
(Debut)
A Woman from rural China becomes a tea seller and eventually moves to California, where the daughter she gave up for adoption lives.

5  -  The Cutthroat - Clive Cussler and Justin Scott
(2 weeks on list) (last week at #1)

4  -  Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman 
(7 weeks on list)

3  -  If Not For You - Debbie Macomber 
(Debut)
An unlikely relationship is tested.

2  -  Vicious Circle - C.J. Box 
(Debut)
Newly released from prison, Dallas Cates tries to exact revenge on the Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett, who him there.

1  -  Mississippi Blood - Greg Iles 
(Debut)
Penn Cage, now the mayor of Natchez, MS., investigates the secrets of his family and the South to save his, and his father's lives in the conclusion to the Natchez Burning trilogy.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) August 14th 2016

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending August 14th 2016

10 - End of Watch - Stephen King 
(8 weeks on list)

9  -  Magic - Danielle Steel
(4 weeks on list)

8  -  Heroes of the Frontier - Dave Eggers 
(Debut)
Josie, a former dentist, is on the run from a bad relationship and on the lam in the Alaskan wilderness with her children.

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

6  -  The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
(72 weeks on list)

5  -  First Comes Love - Emily Griffin
(5 weeks on list)

4  -  The Woman in the Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware 
(2 weeks on list)
A travel writer on a cruise is certain she has heard a body thrown overboard, but no one believes her.

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

2  -  The Black Widow - Daniel Silva 
(3 weeks on list) (last 2 weeks at #1)
Gabriel Allon, the Israeli art restorer and spy, recruits a doctor from Jerusalem to help capture a secret ISIS terrorist in France.

1  -  Truly Madly Guilty - Liane Moriarty
(Debut)
Tense turning points for three couples at a backyard barbecue gone wrong.

NY Times Bestseller List (Non Fiction) May 24th 2015

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Non-Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending May 24th 2015

10 - Deal - Bill Kreutzmann and Benjy Eisen
(Debut)
An account of the three wild decades of drumming for the Grateful Dead.

9  -  Dead Wake - Erik Larson
(9 weeks on list)

8  -  Hope - Amanda Berry and Gina Dejesus with Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan
(2 weeks on list) (#1 last week)
Two of the women abducted and abused by a Cleveland school bus driver until they escaped after 10 years, tell their story.

7 -  American Wife - Taya Kyle with Jim DeFelice
(Debut)
The widow of Chris Kyle, of "American Sniper" fame, describes her life after his death.

6  -  The Book of Joan - Melissa Rivers
(Debut)
A memoir of life, often uproarious, with the comedian Joan Rivers, written by her daughter.

5  -  It's A Long Story - Willie Nelson and David Ritz
(Debut)
The country music star discusses his life's journey, from selling encyclopedias to professional fame.

4  -  And The Good News is... - Dana Perino
(3 weeks on list)

3  -  The Road To Character - David Brooks
(4 weeks on list)

2  -  Clinton Cash - Peter Schweizer
(Debut)
An examination of donations made to the Clinton Foundation by foreign entities.

1  -  THE WRIGHT BROTHERS - DAVID MCCULLOUGH
(DEBUT)
THE STORY OF THE BICYCLE MECHANICS FROM OHIO WHO USHERED IN THE AGE OF FLIGHT.

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

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending May 17th 2015

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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 (Non-Fiction) 04/19/2015

New York Times Bestseller List

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Top 10

Week Ending April 19th 2015

10 - Pioneer Girl - Laura Ingalls Wilder
(4 weeks on list)

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

8  -  Heretic - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
(2 weeks on list)
The author of "Infidel" and "Nomad" argues that fundamental doctrines of Islam must change for it to be compatible with democracy.

7  -  Yes Please - Amy Poehler
(23 weeks on list)

6  -  In Defense of a Liberal Education - Fareed Zakaria
(Debut)
A case for the centrality of the curriculum in the sciences and humanities.

5  -  Killing Patton - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
(28 weeks on list)

4  -  H is for Hawk - Helen Macdonald
(7 weeks on list)

3  -  Becoming Steve Jobs - Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzli
(2 weeks on list)
Jobs, who started out as a brash young genius, developed a more mature management style.

2  -  Being Mortal - Atul Gawande
(26 weeks on list)

1  -  Dead Wake - Erik Larson
(4 weeks on list and 4 weeks at #1)
The last voyage of the Lusitania,

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 02/01/15

New York Times Bestseller List

Top 10 Hardback Fiction

Week Ending February 1st 2015

10 - Insatiable Appetites - Stuart Woods
(2 weeks on list)

9  -  The Boston Girl - Anita Diamant
(6 weeks on list)

8  -  Hope To Die - James Patterson
(8 weeks on list)

7  -  The Escape - David Baldacci
(9 weeks on list)

6  -  The First Bad Man - Miranda July
(Debut)
A houseguest forces a passive woman into a bizarre but liberating sexual friendship.

5  - Cold Cold Heart - Tami Hoag
(Debut)
Shaken by torture and rape at a serial killer's hands, a TV reporter returns to her hometown, where she investigates the disappearance of a high school friend many years earlier.

4  -  Gray Mountain - John Grisham
(13 weeks on list)

3  -  Saint Odd - Dean Koontz
(Debut)
In the conclusion to the Odd Thomas series, Odd, who can communicate with the dead, returns home to small town California to meet one last challenge.

2  -  The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
(Debut)
A psychological thriller set in London is a full of complications and betrayals.

1  -  All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(37 weeks on list) (3rd consecutive week at #1)
The lives of a blind French girl and a gadget obsessed German boy before and during WWII.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 01/25/15

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction Top Ten

Week Ending January 25th 2015

10 - Revival - Stephen King
(9 weeks on list)

9  -  The Boston Girl - Anita Diamant
(5 weeks on list)

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

7  -  Hope To Die - James Patterson
(7 weeks on list)

6  -  Golden Son - Pierce Brown
(Debut)
In Book 2 of the Red Rising trilogy, set in a dystopian future, a young laborer in the mines of Mars fights his world's ruling elite.

5  -  The Empty Throne - Bernard Cornwell
(Debut)
Rivals clash over succession when the king of Mercia in 10th century Britain dies without an heir;
the eight volume of the Saxon Tales.

4  -  Insatiable Appetites - Stuart Woods
(Debut)
Distributing the estate of a friend, the New York lawyer Stone Barrington unearths disturbing secrets.

3  -  As Chimney Sweepers Come To Dust - Alan Bradley
(Debut)
The chemist and sleuth Flavia de Luce, now 12 now and in boarding school in Canada, discovers a mummified body.

2  -  Gray Mountain - John Grisham
(12 weeks on list)

1  -  All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(36 weeks on list) (2nd consecutive week at #1)

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) 11/16/2014

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Week Ending November 16th 2014

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

9  -  The Peripheral - William Gibson
(Debut)
A woman in the rural south, later in our century, witnesses a murder as part of a video game and is drawn into a power struggle in the further off future.

8  -  Edge of Eternity - Ken Follett
(7 weeks on list)

7  -  Pegasus - Danielle Steel
(Debut)
A German aristocrat, fleeing the Nazis, settles in America with a gift of eight purebred horses from his closest friend.

6  -  The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe - Alexander McCall Smith
(Debut)
The 15th book in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series.

5  -  Leaving Time - Jodi Picoult
(3 weeks on list)

4  -  Havana Storm - Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
(Debut)
Dirk Pitt becomes involved in a post-Castro power struggle in Cuba.

3  -  Prince Lestat - Anne Rice
(Debut)
The Vampire Chronicles continue after a long hiatus with the reappearance of Lestat De Lioncourt.

2  -  The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss
(Debut)
An exploration of the world of Auri, a character in the Kingkiller Chronicles.

1  -  Gray Mountain - John Grisham
(2nd week on list and 2nd week at #1)
A downsized Wall Street lawyer joins a legal clinic in a small Virginia town.

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)