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.[1] The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins with 10 weeks at the top of the list, followed by Me Before You by Jojo Moyes with 7 weeks.

Date Book Author
January 3Rogue LawyerJohn Grisham
January 10
January 17The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins
January 24
January 31Scandalous BehaviorStuart Woods
February 7BlueDanielle Steel
February 14NYPD Red 4James Patterson and Marshall Karp
February 21Brotherhood In DeathJ. D. Robb
February 28Morning StarPierce Brown
March 6Cometh the HourJeffrey Archer
March 13Me Before YouJojo Moyes
March 20The GangsterClive Cussler and Justin Scott
March 27Fire TouchedPatricia Briggs
April 3Private ParisJames Patterson and Mark Sullivan
April 10Fool Me OnceHarlan Coben
April 17
April 24One with YouSylvia Day
May 1The ObsessionNora Roberts
May 8The Last MileDavid Baldacci
May 15Extreme PreyJohn Sandford
May 2215th AffairJames Patterson and Maxine Paetro
May 29Me Before YouJojo Moyes
June 5
June 12
June 19
June 26End of WatchStephen King
July 3Bay of SighsNora Roberts
July 10Me Before YouJojo Moyes
July 17The GamesJames Patterson and Mark Sullivan
July 24Me Before YouJojo Moyes
July 31The Black WidowDaniel Silva
August 7The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins
August 14Truly Madly GuiltyLiane Moriarty
August 21BullseyeJames Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
August 28InsidiousCatherine Coulter
September 4The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins
September 11
September 18A Great ReckoningLouise Penny
September 25Apprentice in DeathJ. D. Robb
October 2The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins
October 9
October 16
October 23
October 30
November 6Escape ClauseJohn Sandford
November 13The WhistlerJohn Grisham
November 20The Wrong Side of GoodbyeMichael Connelly
November 27Night SchoolLee Child
December 4Turbo Twenty-ThreeJanet Evanovich
December 11Cross the LineJames Patterson
December 18The WhistlerJohn Grisham
December 25Island of GlassNora Roberts

Nonfiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.[2] The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi with 13 weeks at the top of the list, followed by Killing the Rising Sun with nine weeks.

Date Book Author Publisher
January 3 Killing Reagan Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Holt
January 10
January 17 Not My Father's Son: A Memoir Alan Cumming Dey Street
January 24 Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates Spiegel & Grau
January 31 When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi Random House
February 7
February 14
February 21
February 28
March 6
March 13
March 20
March 27
April 3
April 10
April 17
April 24 The Rainbow Comes and Goes Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt Harper
May 1 Hamilton: The Revolution Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter Grand Central Publishing
May 8 The Rainbow Comes and Goes Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt Harper
May 15
May 22
May 29 Hamilton: The Revolution Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter Grand Central Publishing
June 5 The Gene: An Intimate History Siddhartha Mukherjee Charles Scribner's Sons
June 12 When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi Random House
June 19 Bill O'Relly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots David Fisher Holt
June 26
July 3
July 10 Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow Penguin
July 17 Crisis of Character Gary J. Byrne with Grant M. Schmidt Center Street
July 24
July 31
August 7 It Gets Worse: A Collection of Essays Shane Dawson Keywords Press/Atria
August 14 Crisis of Character Gary J. Byrne with Grant M. Schmidt Center Street
August 21 Hillary's America Dinesh D'Souza Regnery
August 28 Hillbilly Elegy J. D. Vance HarperCollins
September 4 The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo Amy Schumer Gallery Books
September 11
September 18
September 25 Love Warrior Glennon Doyle Melton Flatiron Books
October 2 Killing the Rising Sun Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Holt
October 9
October 16 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen Simon & Schuster
October 23 Killing the Rising Sun Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Holt
October 30
November 6 The Magnolia Story Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with Mark Dagostino W Publishing/Thomas Nelson
November 13 Killing the Rising Sun Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Holt
November 20
November 27
December 4 Settle for More Megyn Kelly Harper/HarperCollins
December 11 Killing the Rising Sun Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Holt
December 18 The Magnolia Story Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with Mark Dagostino W Publishing/Thomas Nelson
December 25 Killing the Rising Sun Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Holt

See also

References

  1. Oct 16, 2016 Combined Print & E-Book Fiction. The New York Times. Retrieved Oct 7, 2016
  2. "Combined Print and E-book Nonfiction". New York Times. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
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