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.
Beginning on February 5, 2017, The New York Times introduced revisions to multiple categories in the publication. The revisions included the elimination of the graphic novel/manga and the mass market paperback lists as well as the middle grade e-book and young adult e-book lists.[1]
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.[2] The most frequent weekly best seller of the year is Camino Island by John Grisham with 5 weeks at the top of the list, followed by The Shack by William P. Young with 4 weeks.
| Date | Book | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | The Whistler | John Grisham | |
| January 8 | |||
| January 15 | The Wrong Side of Goodbye | Michael Connelly | |
| January 22 | The Mistress | Danielle Steel | |
| January 29 | A Dog's Purpose | ||
| February 5 | Never Never | James Patterson and Candice Fox | |
| February 12 | A Dog's Purpose | W. Bruce Cameron | |
| February 19 | Right Behind You | Lisa Gardner | |
| February 26 | Echoes in Death | ||
| March 5 | Heartbreak Hotel | Jonathan Kellerman | |
| March 12 | The Shack | William P. Young | |
| March 19 | |||
| March 26 | |||
| April 2 | |||
| April 9 | Mississippi Blood | Greg Iles | |
| April 16 | The Black Book | James Patterson and David Ellis | |
| April 23 | The Chosen | J. R. Ward | |
| April 30 | The Black Book | James Patterson and David Ellis | |
| May 7 | The Fix | David Baldacci | |
| May 14 | Golden Prey | John Sandford | |
| May 21 | 16th Seduction | James Patterson and Maxine Paetro | |
| May 28 | Into the Water | Paula Hawkins | |
| June 4 | |||
| June 11 | |||
| June 18 | Come Sundown | Nora Roberts | |
| June 25 | Camino Island | John Grisham | |
| July 2 | |||
| July 9 | |||
| July 16 | |||
| July 23 | |||
| July 30 | House of Spies | Daniel Silva | |
| August 6 | The Late Show | Michael Connelly | |
| August 13 | |||
| August 20 | The Medical Examiner | James Patterson and Maxine Paetro | |
| August 27 | Any Dream Will Do | Debbie Macomber | |
| September 3 | Seeing Red | Sandra Brown | |
| September 10 | "Y" Is for Yesterday | Sue Grafton | |
| September 17 | Glass Houses | Louise Penny | |
| September 24 | Secrets in Death | J. D. Robb | |
| October 1 | A Column of Fire | Ken Follett | |
| October 8 | The Cuban Affair | Nelson DeMille | |
| October 15 | Sleeping Beauties | Stephen King and Owen King | |
| October 22 | Origin | Dan Brown | |
| October 29 | |||
| November 5 | |||
| November 12 | The Rooster Bar | John Grisham | |
| November 19 | Two Kinds of Truth | Michael Connelly | |
| November 26 | The Midnight Line | Lee Child | |
| December 3 | Hardcore Twenty-Four | Janet Evanovich | |
| December 10 | The People vs. Alex Cross | James Patterson | |
| December 17 | E. L. James | ||
| December 24 | Year One | Nora Roberts | |
| December 31 | The Rooster Bar | John Grisham |
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.[3] The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls with seven weeks at the top of the list.
| Date | Book | Author | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Killing the Rising Sun | Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard | Holt |
| January 8 | |||
| January 15 | The Princess Diarist | Carrie Fisher | Blue Rider Press |
| January 22 | Hillbilly Elegy | J. D. Vance | HarperCollins |
| January 29 | Hidden Figures | Margot Lee Shetterly | Morrow/HarperCollins |
| February 5 | |||
| February 12 | |||
| February 19 | |||
| February 26 | |||
| March 5 | Hillbilly Elegy | J. D. Vance | HarperCollins |
| March 12 | Hidden Figures | Margot Lee Shetterly | Morrow/HarperCollins |
| March 19 | Portraits of Courage | George W. Bush | Crown |
| March 26 | |||
| March 16 | Lilly Singh | Ballantine | |
| April 2 | Hillbilly Elegy | J. D. Vance | HarperCollins |
| April 9 | The Zookeeper's Wife | Diane Ackerman | Norton |
| April 16 | Old School: Life in the Sane Lane | Bill O'Reilly and Bruce Feirstein | Holt |
| April 23 | |||
| April 30 | |||
| May 7 | Shattered | Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes | Crown |
| May 14 | Option B | Knopf | |
| May 21 | Astrophysics for People in a Hurry | Neil deGrasse Tyson | Norton |
| May 28 | |||
| June 4 | |||
| June 11 | |||
| June 18 | Al Franken, Giant of the Senate | Al Franken | Twelve |
| June 25 | I Can't Make This Up | Kevin Hart and Neil Strauss | 37 INK |
| July 2 | Understanding Trump | Newt Gingrich | Center Street |
| July 9 | Hillbilly Elegy | J. D. Vance | HarperCollins |
| July 16 | |||
| July 23 | Rediscovering Americanism | Mark Levin | Simon & Schuster |
| July 30 | Hillbilly Elegy | J. D. Vance | HarperCollins |
| August 6 | Devil's Bargain | Joshua Green | Penguin Press |
| August 13 | The Glass Castle | Jeannette Walls | Scribner |
| August 20 | |||
| August 27 | |||
| September 3 | |||
| September 10 | |||
| September 17 | |||
| September 24 | |||
| October 1 | What Happened | Hillary Clinton | Simon & Schuster |
| October 8 | |||
| October 15 | Killing England | Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard | Holt |
| October 22 | |||
| October 29 | Grant | Ron Chernow | Penguin Press |
| November 5 | Leonardo Da Vinci | Walter Isaacson | Simon & Schuster |
| November 12 | Sisters First | Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush | Grand Central |
| November 19 | Leonardo Da Vinci | Walter Isaacson | Simon & Schuster |
| November 26 | Obama: An Intimate Portrait | Pete Souza | Little, Brown |
| December 3 | Promise Me, Dad | Joe Biden | Flatiron Books |
| December 10 | Leonardo Da Vinci | Walter Isaacson | Simon & Schuster |
| December 17 | |||
| December 24 | |||
| December 31 |