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 popular books of the year were The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt and Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn with 4 weeks at the top.
DateBookAuthor January 5 Sycamore Row John Grisham January 12 January 19 January 26 The Invention of Wings Sue Monk Kidd February 2 The Goldfinch Donna Tartt February 9 February 16 February 23 March 2 Private L.A. James Patterson and Mark Sullivan March 9 Concealed in Death Nora Roberts March 16 The Chance Robyn Carr March 23 Words of Radiance Brandon Sanderson March 30 Night Broken Patricia Briggs April 6 Missing You Harlan Coben April 13 Shadow Spell Nora Roberts April 20 The King J. R. Ward April 27 Carnal Curiosity Stuart Woods May 4 The Collector Nora Roberts May 11 The Target David Baldacci May 18 May 25 Unlucky 13 James Patterson June 1 June 8 The One and Only Emily Giffin June 15 Skin Game Jim Butcher June 22 Mr. Mercedes Stephen King June 29 Written in My Own Heart's Blood Diana Gabaldon July 6 Top Secret Twenty-One Janet Evanovich July 13 Invisible James Patterson July 20 July 27 Act of War Brad Thor August 3 The Book of Life Deborah Harkness August 10 Fifty Shades of Grey E. L. James August 17 Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty August 24 Outlander Diana Gabaldon August 31 September 7 September 14 The Long Way Home Louise Penny September 21 Personal Lee Child September 28 Festive in Death J. D. Robb October 5 Edge of Eternity Ken Follett October 12 Gone Girl Gillian Flynn October 19 October 26November 2November 9 Gray Mountain John GrishamNovember 16 Blood Magick Nora RobertsNovember 23 The Burning Room Michael ConnellyNovember 30 Revival Stephen KingDecember 7 Captivated by You Sylvia DayDecember 14 Hope to Die James PattersonDecember 21 Gray Mountain John GrishamDecember 28 All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr
Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best selling nonfiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.Beginning with: The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand with 12 weeks at the top of the list.
DateBookAuthorPublisher January 5 Things That Matter Charles Krauthammer Crown Forum January 12 January 19 Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson Little, Brown January 26 February 2 Duty Robert M. Gates Knopf February 9 Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson Little, Brown February 16 February 23 March 2 The Monuments Men Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter Center Street March 9 March 16 March 23 Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup Various publishers March 30 April 6 April 13 Thrive Arianna Huffington Harmony Books April 20 Flash Boys Michael Lewis Norton April 27 May 4 Heaven Is for Real Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent Thomas Nelson May 11 May 18 May 25 Finding Me Michelle Knight with Michelle Burford Weinstein Weinstein Books June 1 Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty Belknap/Harvard University June 8 One Nation Ben Carson with Candy Carson Sentinel June 15 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou Random House June 22 One Nation Ben Carson with Candy Carson Sentinel June 29 Hard Choices Hillary Rodham Clinton Simon & Schuster July 6 July 13 Blood Feud Edward Klein Regnery July 20 Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand Random House July 27 August 3 August 10 August 17 August 24 August 31 September 7 September 14 September 21 What If? Randall Munroe Houghton Mifflin Harcourt September 28 13 Hours Mitchell Zuckoff with members of the Annex Security Team Twelve October 5 October 12 Killing Patton Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Holt October 19 October 26 November 2 November 9 November 16 Yes Please Amy Poehler Dey St./Morrow November 23 November 30 41 George W. Bush Crown December 7 December 14 Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand Random House December 21 December 28
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2010s
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