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 hardcover fiction category.[1]

The most popular books of the year were The Appeal, by John Grisham and Change of Heart, by Jodi Picoult with respectively 5 and 3 weeks at the top. The author James Patterson was at the top for four different books (Double Cross, Sundays at Tiffany's, Sail and Cross Country).

Date Book Author
January 6Double CrossJames Patterson
January 13A Thousand Splendid SunsKhaled Hosseini
January 20
January 27Plum LuckyJanet Evanovich
February 3
February 10Duma KeyStephen King
February 17The AppealJohn Grisham
February 24
March 2
March 9
March 16
March 23Change of HeartJodi Picoult
March 30
April 6
April 13CompulsionJonathan Kellerman
April 20Unaccustomed EarthJhumpa Lahiri
April 27Where Are You Now?Mary Higgins Clark
May 4Hold TightHarlan Coben
May 11The Whole TruthDavid Baldacci
May 18Sundays at Tiffany'sJames Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet
May 25The HostStephenie Meyer
June 1
June 8Odd HoursDean Koontz
June 15Blood NoirLaurell K. Hamilton
June 22Nothing to LoseLee Child
June 29SailJames Patterson and Howard Roughan
July 6Fearless FourteenJanet Evanovich
July 13
July 20The Last PatriotBrad Thor
July 27TributeNora Roberts
August 3
August 10Moscow RulesDaniel Silva
August 17
August 24AcheronSherrilyn Kenyon
August 31Smoke ScreenSandra Brown
September 7The Force UnleashedSean Williams
September 14Devil BonesKathy Reichs
September 21Dark CurseChristine Feehan
September 28AnathemNeal Stephenson
October 5The Story of Edgar SawtelleDavid Wroblewski
October 12
October 19The Lucky OneNicholas Sparks
October 26
November 2The Brass VerdictMichael Connelly
November 9Extreme MeasuresVince Flynn
November 16The Gate HouseNelson DeMille
November 23Divine JusticeDavid Baldacci
November 30The Christmas SweaterGlenn Beck
December 7Cross CountryJames Patterson
December 14
December 21ScarpettaPatricia Cornwell
December 28

Nonfiction

The following list ranks the number-one best selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category.[2]

Date Book Author Publisher
January 6I Am America (And So Can You!)Stephen ColbertGrand Central
January 13
January 20In Defense of FoodMichael PollanPenguin Press
January 27
February 3Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized BiographyAndrew MortonSt. Martin's
February 10In Defense of FoodMichael PollanPenguin Press
February 17
February 24
March 2
March 9Liberal FascismJonah GoldbergDoubleday
March 16Losing ItValerie BertinelliFree Press
March 23
March 30
April 6Beautiful BoyDavid SheffHoughton Mifflin
April 13Mistaken IdentityDon and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb Howard
April 20
April 27HomeJulie AndrewsHyperion
May 4Beautiful BoyDavid SheffHoughton Mifflin
May 11Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, ChelseaChelsea HandlerSimon Spotlight
May 18The Revolution: A ManifestoRon PaulGrand Central
May 25Audition: A MemoirBarbara WaltersKnopf
June 1
June 8
June 15What HappenedScott McClellanPublicAffairs
June 22When You Are Engulfed in FlamesDavid SedarisLittle, Brown
June 29
July 6
July 13
July 20
July 27
August 3
August 10
August 17The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of PersonalityJerome R. CorsiThreshold Editions
August 24
August 31
September 7
September 14sTORI TellingTori Spelling with Hilary LiftinSimon Spotlight
September 21
September 28Hot, Flat, and CrowdedThomas L. FriedmanFarrar, Straus and Giroux
October 31Against Medical Advice: A True StoryJames Patterson, Hal FriedmanLittle, Brown and Company
November 30Too Fat to FishArtie Lange with Anthony BozzaSpiegel & Grau
December 7Things That MatterCharles KrauthammerCrown Forum
December 15
December 21OutliersMalcolm GladwellLittle, Brown

See also

References

  1. ↑ Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 2008 Hawes Publications
  2. ↑ "Hardcover Nonfiction". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
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