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New York Times Best Seller lists

The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. It is updated online every Wednesday evening. Below are best seller lists for hardcover fiction and non-fiction. For more lists, visit our New York Times Children’s Best Sellers page or The New York Times’s Best Sellers page.

Hardcover Fiction

December 13, 2015

1

Cross Justiceby James Patterson
Detective Alex Cross returns to his hometown, for the first time in 35 years, to help a cousin who has been accused of murder.

2

Tricky Twenty-twoby Janet Evanovich
Stephanie Plum pursues a fraternity member arrested for beating up a college dean and investigates a murder.

3

Rogue Lawyerby John Grisham
The attorney Sebastian Rudd is a “lone gunman” who hates injustice and the system and defends unpopular clients.

4

The Guiltyby David Baldacci
The government hit man Will Robie investigates murder charges against his estranged father in their Mississippi hometown.

5

The Bazaar of Bad Dreamsby Stephen King
Twenty short stories, some never before published.

6

See Meby Nicholas Sparks
A couple in love are threatened by secrets from the past.

7

The Magic Strings of Frankie Prestoby Mitch Albom
A mystical tale of a guitar genius’s journey through 20th-century music.

8

All the Light We Cannot Seeby Anthony Doerr
The lives of a blind French girl and a gadget-obsessed German boy before and during World War II.

9

The Crossingby Michael Connelly
The retired detective Harry Bosch reluctantly agrees to help his half brother, a defense attorney.

10

Go Set a Watchmanby Harper Lee
In the mid-1950s, a grown-up Jean Louise Finch returns to Maycomb and realizes that her adored father is a racist.

11

The Girl on the Trainby Paula Hawkins
A psychological thriller set in the environs of London is full of complications and betrayals.

12

All Dressed in Whiteby Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke
A TV producer investigates a bride’s disappearance for her show, “Under Suspicion.”

13

The Pharaoh's Secretby Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
When the NUMA crew is exposed to a dangerous toxin, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala rush to find a cure foretold by ancient Egyptian lore.

14

The Mistletoe Innby Richard Paul Evans
An aspiring romance writer with a broken heart meets a complicated man at a Christmas writers’ retreat.

15

Rules for a Knightby Ethan Hawke
Letters from the actor’s imagined medieval ancestor instruct his children on ethical behavior.

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Hardcover Nonfiction

December 13, 2015

1

Humans of New York: Storiesby Brandon Stanton
Photographs and interviews from the creator of the blog and the book “Humans of New York.”

2

Killing Reaganby Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the events surrounding the attempted assassination of President Reagan in 1981.

3

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Piratesby Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger
The war against the Barbary pirates in 1801.

4

Destiny and Powerby Jon Meacham
A biography of George H.W. Bush.

5

Why Not Me?by Mindy Kaling
More personal essays from the comedian and actress, the creator of "The Mindy Project."

6

Between the World and Meby Ta-Nehisi Coates
Winner of the 2015 National Book Award for nonfiction. A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story, framed as a letter to the author's teenage son.

7

Troublemakerby Leah Remini and Rebecca Paley
The actress describes her life in Scientology and the aftermath of her break with the church in 2013.

8

Bingeby Tyler Oakley
Personal essays from the L.G.B.T.Q. YouTube personality.

9

Boys in the Treesby Carly Simon
A memoir by the singer.

10

The Witchesby Stacy Schiff
An account of the Salem witch trials of 1692.

11

The Wright Brothersby David McCullough
The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight.

12

Crippled Americaby Donald J. Trump
The real estate developer and candidate for the Republican presidential nomination shares his ideas for making America great again.

13

What If?by Randall Munroe

14

My Life on the Roadby Gloria Steinem
A memoir by the feminist writer and activist is also a history of the movement.

15

Lights outby Ted Koppel
The journalist describes how a cyberattack on the nation’s power grids could paralyze our infrastructure, warns that government has not planned for the possibility, and visits “preppers” who are taking their own precautions.