The American daily newspaper The New York Times publishes multiple weekly lists ranking the best-selling books in the United States. The lists are split in three genres—fiction, nonfiction and children's books. Both the fiction and nonfiction lists are further split into multiple lists.
Fiction
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.
The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens with 25 weeks at the top of the list.
Date | Book | Author | Ref. |
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January 6 | The Reckoning | John Grisham | |
January 13 | Long Road to Mercy | David Baldacci | |
January 20 | Verses for the Dead | Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child | |
January 27 | Turning Point | Danielle Steel | |
February 3 | Where the Crawdads Sing | Delia Owens | |
February 10 | |||
February 17 | |||
February 24 | Connections in Death | J. D. Robb | |
March 3 | Where the Crawdads Sing | Delia Owens | |
March 10 | |||
March 17 | |||
March 24 | |||
March 31 | |||
April 7 | |||
April 14 | |||
April 21 | |||
April 28 | |||
May 5 | Redemption | David Baldacci | |
May 12 | Neon Prey | John Sandford | |
May 19 | 18th Abduction | James Patterson and Maxine Paetro | |
May 26 | Where the Crawdads Sing | Delia Owens | |
June 2 | |||
June 9 | |||
June 16 | |||
June 23 | |||
June 30 | |||
July 7 | Summer of '69 | Elin Hilderbrand | |
July 14 | Where the Crawdads Sing | Delia Owens | |
July 21 | |||
July 28 | Under Currents | Nora Roberts | |
August 4 | The New Girl | Daniel Silva | |
August 11 | One Good Deed | David Baldacci | |
August 18 | Where the Crawdads Sing | Delia Owens | |
August 25 | |||
September 1 | |||
September 8 | |||
September 15 | A Better Man | Louise Penny | |
September 22 | Vendetta in Death | J. D. Robb | |
September 29 | The Institute | Stephen King | |
October 6 | |||
October 13 | The Water Dancer | Ta-Nehisi Coates | |
October 20 | Bloody Genius | John Sandford | |
October 27 | The 19th Christmas | James Patterson and Maxine Paetro | |
November 3 | The Guardians | John Grisham | |
November 10 | The Night Fire | Michael Connelly | |
November 17 | Blue Moon | Lee Child | |
November 24 | |||
December 1 | Twisted Twenty-Six | Janet Evanovich | |
December 8 | A Minute to Midnight | David Baldacci | |
December 15 | The Rise of Magicks | Nora Roberts | |
December 22 | The Guardians | John Grisham | |
December 29 | Where The Crawdads Sing | Delia Owens |
Nonfiction
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.
The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was Becoming by Michelle Obama with 15 weeks at the top of the list; it was also a best seller for the last five weeks in 2018.
Date | Book | Author | Publisher | Ref. |
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January 6 | Becoming | Michelle Obama | Crown | |
January 13 | ||||
January 20 | ||||
January 27 | ||||
February 3 | ||||
February 10 | ||||
February 17 | ||||
February 24 | ||||
March 3 | ||||
March 10 | The Threat | Andrew McCabe | St. Martin's | |
March 17 | Becoming | Michelle Obama | Crown | |
March 24 | ||||
March 31 | ||||
April 7 | The Right Side of History | Ben Shapiro | Broadside | |
April 14 | Becoming | Michelle Obama | Crown | |
April 21 | ||||
April 28 | Life Will Be the Death of Me | Chelsea Handler | Spiegel & Grau | |
May 5 | Becoming | Michelle Obama | Crown | |
May 12 | The Mueller Report | The Washington Post | Scribner | |
May 19 | ||||
May 26 | The Pioneers | David McCullough | Simon & Schuster | |
June 2 | Howard Stern Comes Again | Howard Stern | Simon & Schuster | |
June 9 | Unfreedom of the Press | Mark Levin | Threshold Editions | |
June 16 | ||||
June 23 | ||||
June 30 | ||||
July 7 | Educated | Tara Westover | Random House | |
July 14 | ||||
July 21 | ||||
July 28 | Three Women | Lisa Taddeo | Avid Reader | |
August 4 | Educated | Tara Westover | Random House | |
August 11 | ||||
August 18 | ||||
August 25 | ||||
September 1 | ||||
September 8 | ||||
September 15 | ||||
September 22 | Call Sign Chaos | Jim Mattis and Bing West | Random House | |
September 29 | Talking to Strangers | Malcolm Gladwell | Little, Brown | |
October 6 | ||||
October 13 | Inside Out | Demi Moore | Harper | |
October 20 | Blowout | Rachel Maddow | Crown | |
October 27 | ||||
November 3 | Me | Elton John | Holt | |
November 10 | ||||
November 17 | The Beautiful Ones | Prince | Spiegel & Grau | |
November 24 | Triggered | Donald Trump Jr. | Center Street | |
December 1 | ||||
December 8 | A Warning | Anonymous | Twelve | |
December 15 | Crime in Progress | Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch | Random House | |
December 22 | Educated | Tara Westover | Random House | |
December 29 |
See also
References
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