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 hardcover fiction category.[1]

The most popular books of the year were A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini with 13 weeks at the top. The author James Patterson was at the top for five different books.

Date Book Author
January 7For One More DayMitch Albom
January 14
January 21
January 28Plum Lovin'Janet Evanovich
February 4
February 11
February 18
February 25Step on a CrackJames Patterson
March 4
March 11Innocent in DeathJ. D. Robb
March 18Shopaholic and BabySophie Kinsella
March 25Nineteen MinutesJodi Picoult
April 1
April 8
April 15
April 22I Heard That Song BeforeMary Higgins Clark
April 29
May 6The Children of HúrinJ. R. R. Tolkien
May 13Simple GeniusDavid Baldacci
May 20
May 27The 6th TargetJames Patterson and Maxine Paetro
June 3
June 10A Thousand Splendid SunsKhaled Hosseini
June 17
June 24
July 1
July 8Lean Mean ThirteenJanet Evanovich
July 15A Thousand Splendid SunsKhaled Hosseini
July 22The QuickieJames Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
July 29
August 5A Thousand Splendid SunsKhaled Hosseini
August 12
August 19
August 26
September 2
September 9
September 16
September 23
September 30You've Been WarnedJames Patterson and Howard Roughan
October 7
October 14Playing for PizzaJohn Grisham
October 21
October 28World Without EndKen Follett
November 4Playing for PizzaJohn Grisham
November 11Book of the DeadPatricia Cornwell
November 18Protect and DefendedVince Flynn
November 25Stone ColdDavid Baldacci
December 2Double CrossJames Patterson
December 9
December 16
December 23"T" Is for TrespassSue Grafton
December 30

Nonfiction

The following list ranks the number-one best selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category.[2]

Date Book Author
January 7The Audacity of HopeBarack Obama
January 14
January 21
January 28
February 4
February 11
February 18
February 25
March 4
March 11
March 18In an InstantLee and Bob Woodruff
March 25
April 1
April 8
April 15A Long Way GoneIshmael Beah
April 22
April 29EinsteinWalter Isaacson
May 6
May 13
May 20At the Center of the StormGeorge Tenet
May 27EinsteinWalter Isaacson
June 3God Is Not GreatChristopher Hitchens
June 10The Assault on ReasonAl Gore
June 17
June 24The Reagan DiariesRonald Reagan
July 1
July 8The Diana ChroniclesTina Brown
July 15
July 22Lone SurvivorMarcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson
July 29
August 5Quiet StrengthTony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker
August 12Lone SurvivorMarcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson
August 19It's All About HimDenise Jackson with Ellen Vaughn
August 26You Can Run But You Can't HideDuane Chapman with Laura Morton
September 2
September 9Quiet StrengthTony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker
September 16Wonderful TonightPattie Boyd with Penny Junor
September 23Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the WorldBill Clinton
September 30Power to the PeopleLaura Ingraham
October 7The Age of TurbulenceAlan Greenspan
October 14
October 21My Grandfather's SonClarence Thomas
October 28I Am America (And So Can You!)Stephen Colbert
November 4
November 11
November 18
November 25
December 2
December 9An Inconvenient BookGlenn Beck and Kevin Balfe
December 16I Am America (And So Can You!)Stephen Colbert
December 23
December 30

See also

References

  1. ↑ Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 2007 Hawes Publications
  2. ↑ "Hardcover Nonfiction". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
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