List of The New York Times number-one books of 2002

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 into 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 hardcover fiction category.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 2002

DateBookAuthor January 6 Skipping Christmas John Grisham January 13 January 20 One Door Away from Heaven Dean Koontz January 27 February 3 Journey Through Heartsongs Mattie Stepanek February 10 February 17 The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer Joyce Reardon February 24 The Summons John Grisham March 3 March 10 March 17 March 24 2nd Chance James Patterson and Andrew Gross March 31 April 7 Everything's Eventual Stephen King April 14 April 21 Three Fates Nora Roberts April 28 The Nanny Diaries Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus May 5 Daddy's Little Girl Mary Higgins Clark May 12 May 19 The Shelters of Stone Jean M. Auel May 26 June 2 June 9 June 16 In This Mountain Jan Karon June 23 June 30 The Beach House James Patterson and Peter de Jonge July 7 Hard Eight Janet Evanovich July 14 The Beach House James Patterson and Peter de Jonge July 21 The Remnant Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins July 28 August 4 August 11 August 18 The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold August 25 Red Rabbit Tom Clancy September 1 September 8 September 15 The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold September 22 September 29 October 6 Nights in Rodanthe Nicholas Sparks October 13 From a Buick 8 Stephen King October 20 The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold October 27 November 3 "Q" Is for Quarry Sue Grafton November 10 November 17 Answered Prayers Danielle Steel November 24 Chesapeake Blue Nora Roberts December 1 December 8 Four Blind Mice James Patterson December 15 Prey Michael Crichton December 22 December 29

Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category."The New York Times Book Review Best Sellers", The New York Times, January 6, 2002

DateBookAuthorJanuary 6 The No Spin Zone Bill O'ReillyJanuary 13 John Adams David McCulloughJanuary 20 Bias Bernard GoldbergJanuary 27February 3February 10February 17February 24 Shadow Warriors Tom ClancyMarch 3March 10 Bias Bernard GoldbergMarch 17March 24 Stupid White Men Michael MooreMarch 31April 7April 14April 21 Lucky Man Michael J. FoxApril 28May 5May 12May 19 Master of the Senate Robert A. CaroMay 26 Lucky Man Michael J. FoxJune 2 American Son Richard BlowJune 9 A Mind at a Time Mel LevineJune 16 The Right Words at the Right Time Marlo ThomasJune 23 Stupid White Men Michael MooreJune 30 You Cannot Be Serious John McEnroe with James KaplanJuly 7July 14 Slander Ann CoulterJuly 21July 28August 4August 11August 18August 25September 1September 8 Let's Roll! Lisa Beamer with Ken AbrahamSeptember 15September 22September 29October 6October 13October 20 Leadership Rudy Giuliani with Ken KursonOctober 27November 3November 10November 17November 24 Journals Kurt CobainDecember 1 Portrait of a Killer Patricia CornwellDecember 8December 15 Bush at War Bob WoodwardDecember 22December 29

See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2000s

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