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 Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens with 25 weeks at the top of the list.
DateBookAuthor January 6 The Reckoning John Grisham January 13 Long Road to Mercy David Baldacci January 20 Verses for the Dead Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child January 27 Turning Point Danielle Steel February 3 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens February 10 February 17 February 24 Connections in Death J. D. Robb March 3 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 April 7 April 14 April 21 April 28 May 5 Redemption David Baldacci May 12 Neon Prey John Sandford May 19 18th Abduction James Patterson and Maxine Paetro May 26 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens June 2 June 9 June 16 June 23 June 30 July 7 Summer of '69 Elin Hilderbrand July 14 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens July 21 July 28 Under Currents Nora Roberts August 4 The New Girl Daniel Silva August 11 One Good Deed David Baldacci August 18 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens August 25 September 1 September 8 September 15 A Better Man Louise Penny September 22 Vendetta in Death J. D. Robb September 29 The Institute Stephen King October 6 October 13 The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates October 20 Bloody Genius John Sandford October 27 The 19th Christmas James Patterson and Maxine Paetro November 3 The Guardians John Grisham November 10 The Night Fire Michael Connelly November 17 Blue Moon Lee Child November 24 December 1 Twisted Twenty-Six Janet Evanovich December 8 A Minute to Midnight David Baldacci December 15 The Rise of Magicks Nora Roberts December 22 The Guardians John Grisham December 29 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens
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 Becoming by Michelle Obama with 15 weeks at the top of the list; it was also a best seller for the last five weeks in 2018.
DateBookAuthorPublisher January 6 Becoming Michelle Obama Crown January 13 January 20 January 27 February 3 February 10 February 17 February 24 March 3 March 10 The Threat Andrew McCabe St. Martin's March 17 Becoming Michelle Obama Crown March 24 March 31 April 7 The Right Side of History Ben Shapiro Broadside April 14 Becoming Michelle Obama Crown April 21 April 28 Life Will Be the Death of Me Chelsea Handler Spiegel & Grau May 5 Becoming Michelle Obama Crown May 12 The Mueller Report The Washington Post Scribner May 19 May 26 The Pioneers David McCullough Simon & Schuster June 2 Howard Stern Comes Again Howard Stern June 9 Unfreedom of the Press Mark Levin Threshold Editions June 16 June 23 June 30 July 7 Educated Tara Westover Random House July 14 July 21 July 28 Three Women Lisa Taddeo Avid Reader Press August 4 Educated Tara Westover Random House August 11 August 18 August 25 September 1 September 8 September 15 September 22 Call Sign Chaos Jim Mattis and Bing West September 29 Talking to Strangers Malcolm Gladwell Little, Brown October 6 October 13 Inside Out Demi Moore Harper October 20 Blowout Rachel Maddow Crown October 27 November 3 Me Elton John Holt November 10 November 17 The Beautiful Ones Prince Spiegel & Grau November 24 Triggered Donald Trump Jr. Center Street December 1 December 8 A Warning Anonymous Twelve December 15 Crime in Progress Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch Random House December 22 Educated Tara Westover December 29
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2010s
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