List of The New York Times number-one books of 2019 explained

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 Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens with 25 weeks at the top of the list.

DateBookAuthor
January 6The ReckoningJohn Grisham[2]
January 13Long Road to MercyDavid Baldacci[3]
January 20Verses for the DeadDouglas Preston and Lincoln Child[4]
January 27Turning PointDanielle Steel[5]
February 3Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens[6]
February 10[7]
February 17[8]
February 24Connections in DeathJ. D. Robb[9]
March 3Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens[10]
March 10[11]
March 17[12]
March 24[13]
March 31[14]
April 7[15]
April 14[16]
April 21[17]
April 28[18]
May 5RedemptionDavid Baldacci[19]
May 12Neon PreyJohn Sandford[20]
May 1918th AbductionJames Patterson and Maxine Paetro[21]
May 26Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens[22]
June 2[23]
June 9[24]
June 16[25]
June 23[26]
June 30[27]
July 7Summer of '69Elin Hilderbrand[28]
July 14Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens[29]
July 21[30]
July 28Under CurrentsNora Roberts[31]
August 4The New GirlDaniel Silva[32]
August 11One Good DeedDavid Baldacci[33]
August 18Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens[34]
August 25[35]
September 1[36]
September 8[37]
September 15A Better ManLouise Penny[38]
September 22Vendetta in DeathJ. D. Robb[39]
September 29The InstituteStephen King[40]
October 6[41]
October 13The Water DancerTa-Nehisi Coates[42]
October 20Bloody GeniusJohn Sandford[43]
October 27The 19th ChristmasJames Patterson and Maxine Paetro[44]
November 3The GuardiansJohn Grisham[45]
November 10The Night FireMichael Connelly[46]
November 17Blue MoonLee Child[47]
November 24 [48]
December 1Twisted Twenty-Six[49]
December 8A Minute to MidnightDavid Baldacci[50]
December 15The Rise of MagicksNora Roberts[51]
December 22The GuardiansJohn Grisham[52]
December 29Where The Crawdads SingDelia Owens[53]

Nonfiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.[54]

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 6BecomingMichelle ObamaCrown[55]
January 13[56]
January 20[57]
January 27[58]
February 3[59]
February 10[60]
February 17[61]
February 24[62]
March 3[63]
March 10The ThreatAndrew McCabeSt. Martin's[64]
March 17BecomingMichelle ObamaCrown[65]
March 24[66]
March 31[67]
April 7The Right Side of HistoryBen ShapiroBroadside[68]
April 14BecomingMichelle ObamaCrown[69]
April 21[70]
April 28Life Will Be the Death of MeChelsea HandlerSpiegel & Grau[71]
May 5BecomingMichelle ObamaCrown[72]
May 12The Mueller ReportThe Washington PostScribner[73]
May 19[74]
May 26The PioneersDavid McCulloughSimon & Schuster[75]
June 2Howard Stern Comes AgainHoward SternSimon & Schuster[76]
June 9Unfreedom of the PressMark LevinThreshold Editions[77]
June 16[78]
June 23[79]
June 30[80]
July 7EducatedTara WestoverRandom House[81]
July 14[82]
July 21[83]
July 28Three WomenLisa TaddeoAvid Reader[84]
August 4EducatedTara WestoverRandom House[85]
August 11[86]
August 18[87]
August 25[88]
September 1[89]
September 8[90]
September 15[91]
September 22Call Sign ChaosJim Mattis and Bing WestRandom House [92]
September 29Talking to StrangersMalcolm GladwellLittle, Brown[93]
October 6[94]
October 13Inside OutDemi MooreHarper[95]
October 20BlowoutRachel MaddowCrown[96]
October 27[97]
November 3MeElton JohnHolt[98]
November 10[99]
November 17The Beautiful OnesPrinceSpiegel & Grau[100]
November 24TriggeredDonald Trump Jr.Center Street[101]
December 1[102]
December 8A WarningAnonymousTwelve[103]
December 15Crime in ProgressGlenn Simpson and Peter FritschRandom House[104]
December 22EducatedTara WestoverRandom House[105]
December 29[106]

See also

Notes and References

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