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.
The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros with 8 weeks at the top of the list, followed by The Widow by John Grisham with 4 weeks at the top of the list and James by Percival Everett with 3 weeks at the top of the list.
Issue dateTitleAuthor(s)PublisherJamesPercival EverettDoubledayFourth WingRebecca YarrosRed Tower BooksOnyx StormBattle MountainC. J. BoxG. P. Putnam's SonsOnyx StormRebecca YarrosRed Tower BooksLethal PreyJohn SandfordG. P. Putnam's SonsSay You'll Remember MeAbby JimenezForeverEnchantraKaylie SmithThe Perfect DivorceJeneva RoseBlackstone PublishingGreat Big Beautiful LifeEmily HenryBerkley25 AliveJames Patterson and Maxine PaetroLittle, Brown and CompanyThe TenantFreida McFaddenPoisoned Pen PressA Curse Carved in BoneDanielle L. JensenDel ReyNightshadeMichael ConnellyLittle, Brown and CompanyNever FlinchStephen KingScribnerAtmosphereTaylor Jenkins ReidBallantine BooksCaught UpNavessa AllenSlowburnAtmosphereTaylor Jenkins ReidBallantine BooksDon't Let Him InLisa JewellAtria BooksEdge of HonorBrad ThorEmily Bestler BooksRose in ChainsJulie SotoForeverAn Inside JobDaniel SilvaHarperThe Hamptons LawyerJames Patterson and Mike LupicaLittle, Brown and CompanyMy FriendsFredrik BackmanAtria BooksAccomplice to the VillainHannah Nicole MaehrerRed Tower BooksWe Are All Guilty HereKarin SlaughterWilliam MorrowQuicksilverCallie HartForeverKatabasisR. F. KuangHarper VoyagerFramed in DeathJ. D. RobbSt. Martin's PressThe Secret of SecretsDan BrownDoubledayAlchemisedSenLinYuDel Rey BooksThe Impossible FortuneRichard OsmanPamela Dorman BooksMateAli HazelwoodBerkleyGone Before GoodbyeReese Witherspoon and Harlan CobenGrand Central PublishingThe WidowJohn GrishamDoubledayThe Black WolfLouise PennyMinotaurThe WidowJohn GrishamDoubledayExit StrategyLee Child and Andrew ChildBantam BooksBrimstoneCallie HartForeverThe WidowJohn GrishamDoubleday
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 The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk with 6 weeks at the top of the list, followed by Nobody's Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre with 4 weeks at the top of the list.
Issue dateTitleAuthor(s)PublisherThe Backyard Bird ChroniclesAmy TanAlfred A. KnopfThe Anxious GenerationJonathan HaidtPenguin PressThe House of My MotherShari FrankeGallery BooksHillbilly ElegyJ. D. VanceHarperThe Sirens' CallChris HayesPenguin PressSource CodeBill GatesAlfred A. KnopfOutlivePeter Attia with Bill GiffordHarmonyThe Technological RepublicAlexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. ZamiskaCrown CurrencyThe Body Keeps the ScoreBessel van der KolkPenguin BooksThe House of My MotherShari FrankeGallery BooksCareless PeopleSarah Wynn-WilliamsFlatiron BooksEverything Is TuberculosisJohn GreenCrash Course BooksFightJonathan Allen and Amie ParnesWilliam MorrowFahrenheit-182Mark Hoppus with Dan OzziDey Street BooksAbundanceEzra Klein and Derek ThompsonAvid Reader PressMatriarchTina Knowles with Kevin Carr O'LearyOne WorldThe Fate of the DayRick AtkinsonCrownBig Dumb EyesNate BargatzeGrand Central PublishingMark TwainRon ChernowPenguin PressOriginal SinJake Tapper and Alex ThompsonHow Countries Go BrokeRay DalioAvid Reader PressThe Body Keeps the ScoreBessel van der KolkPenguin BooksBehind the BadgeJohnny Joey JonesFox News BooksThe Body Keeps the ScoreBessel van der KolkPenguin BooksButlerSalena ZitoCenter StreetThe Idaho FourJames Patterson and Vicky WardLittle, Brown and CompanyOn PowerMark LevinThreshold EditionsComing Up ShortRobert ReichAlfred A. KnopfThe Body Keeps the ScoreBessel van der KolkPenguin BooksSister WifeChristine Brown WoolleyGallery BooksConfronting EvilBill O'Reilly and Josh HammerSt. Martin's PressPoems & PrayersMatthew McConaugheyCrown107 DaysKamala HarrisSimon & SchusterHow to Test Negative for StupidJohn KennedyBroadside BooksUnder SiegeEric TrumpThreshold EditionsNobody's GirlVirginia Roberts GiuffreAlfred A. KnopfHeart Life MusicKenny Chesney with Holly GleasonWilliam MorrowNobody's GirlVirginia Roberts GiuffreAlfred A. Knopf1929Andrew Ross SorkinViking
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2020s
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