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 combined print and e-books category.November 22, 2015 Combined Print & E-Book Fiction. The New York Times. Retrieved November 16, 2015 The most frequent weekly best seller was The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins with 16 weeks at the top of the list.
DateBookAuthor January 4 Gray Mountain John Grisham January 11 Gone Girl Gillian Flynn January 18 All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr January 25 February 1 The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins February 8 February 15 February 22 March 1 March 8 March 15 March 22 March 29 April 5 April 12 April 19 April 26 May 3 The Liar Nora Roberts May 10 Memory Man David Baldacci May 17 Gathering Prey John Sandford May 24 14th Deadly Sin James Patterson May 31 The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins June 7 June 14 Radiant Angel Nelson DeMille June 21 Finders Keepers Stephen King June 28 The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins July 5 Grey E. L. James July 12 July 19 July 26 August 2 Go Set a Watchman Harper Lee August 9 August 16 August 23 Alert James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge August 30 Go Set a Watchman Harper Lee September 6 Friction Sandra Brown September 13 X Sue Grafton September 20 The Girl in the Spider's Web David Lagercrantz September 27 Make Me Lee Child October 4 The Martian Andy Weir October 11 October 18 October 25 The Survivor Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills November 1 See Me Nicholas Sparks November 8 Rogue Lawyer John Grisham November 15 November 22 The Crossing Michael Connelly November 29 Rogue Lawyer John Grisham December 6 Tricky Twenty-Two Janet Evanovich December 13 Cross Justice James Patterson December 20 The Nightingale Kristin Hannah December 27 Rogue Lawyer John Grisham
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 sellers of the year were American Sniper and Killing Reagan.
DateBookAuthorPublisherJanuary 4 Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand Random HouseJanuary 11 January 18January 25February 1 American Sniper Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice Morrow/HarperCollinsFebruary 8 February 15 February 22 March 1 March 8 March 15March 22 March 29 Dead Wake Erik Larson CrownApril 5April 12 Becoming Steve Jobs Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli CrownApril 19 Dead Wake Erik Larson CrownApril 26 The Residence Kate Andersen Brower HarperMay 3The Road to CharacterDavid BrooksRandom HouseMay 10And the Good News Is...Dana PerinoTwelveMay 17HopeAmanda Berry and Gina DeJesusVikingMay 24The Wright BrothersDavid McCulloughSimon & SchusterMay 31June 7June 14June 21June 28July 5July 12 Down the Rabbit Hole Holly Madison Dey StreetJuly 19July 26August 2 Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates Spiegel & GrauAugust 9August 16August 23 Plunder and Deceit Mark Levin Threshold EditionsAugust 30September 6 It Is About Islam Glenn Beck Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio ArtsSeptember 13September 20 A Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson BroadwaySeptember 27October 4Why Not Me?Mindy KalingCrownOctober 11 Killing Reagan Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard HoltOctober 18October 25November 1Humans of New York: StoriesBrandon StantonSt. Martin'sNovember 8 Killing Reagan Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard HoltNovember 15November 22TroublemakerLeah Remini and Rebecca PaleyBallantineNovember 29December 6 Killing Reagan Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard HoltDecember 13December 20Humans of New York: StoriesBrandon StantonSt. Martin's PressDecember 27Killing ReaganBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHolt
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2010s
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