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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

August 21, 2016

1

Bullseyeby James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
Detective Michael Bennett must stop a team of assassins prowling the Upper West Side.

2

Sweet Tomorrowsby Debbie Macomber
The journeys of the characters at the Rose Harbor Inn come to a close in this last book of the series.

3

Truly Madly Guiltyby Liane Moriarty
Tense turning points for three couples at a backyard barbecue gone wrong.

4

The Underground Railroadby Colson Whitehead
A slave girl heads toward freedom on the network, envisioned as actual tracks and tunnels.

5

The Black Widowby Daniel Silva
Gabriel Allon, the Israeli art restorer and spy, recruits a doctor from Jerusalem to help capture a secret ISIS terrorist in France.

6

The Woman in Cabin 10by Ruth Ware
A travel writer on a cruise is certain she has heard a body thrown overboard, but no one believes her.

7

The Girlsby Emma Cline
In the summer of 1969, a California teenager is drawn to a Manson-like cult.

8

Smooth Operatorby Stuart Woods and Parnell Hall
When the former rogue C.I.A. agent Teddy Fay, a master of disguise, takes the lead to help a powerful woman, her fate, and that of the nation, is in his hands.

9

Dark Carouselby Christine Feehan
A woman falls for a rich-bachelor vampire, but she also has a separate plan for which he is the bait. A Carpathian novel.

10

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.

11

The Nightingaleby Kristin Hannah
Two sisters in World War II France: one struggling to survive in the countryside, the other joining the Resistance.

12

Dragonmarkby Sherrilyn Kenyon
The first book of a new trilogy featuring Illarion, a dragon made into a human against his will. A Dark-Hunter novel.

13

Before the Fallby Noah Hawley
After a private jet crashes, a firestorm of media madness ensues.

14

First Comes Loveby Emily Giffin
Two estranged sisters — one a successful lawyer with a small child and an unhappy marriage, the other a single teacher who yearns to be a mother — strive for forgiveness.

15

Dark Matterby Blake Crouch
A quantum physicist is drawn into an alternate reality of tech-savvy criminals.

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Hardcover Nonfiction

August 21, 2016

1

Hillary's Americaby Dinesh D'Souza
The conservative author and pundit warns of disaster if Hillary Clinton is elected president.

2

Liarsby Glenn Beck
The author says progressive politicians gain power and control by exploiting Americans' fears.

3

Crisis of Characterby Gary J. Byrne with Grant M. Schmidt
A former Secret Service officer claims to have witnessed scandalous behavior by the Clintons.

4

Armageddonby Dick Morris and Eileen McGann
The political strategist offers a game plan for how to defeat Hillary Clinton.

5

Hamilton: the Revolutionby Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
The libretto of the award-winning musical, with backstage photos, a production history and interviews with the cast.

6

Hillbilly Elegyby JD Vance
The Yale Law School graduate and 2024 Republican vice presidential nominee looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood.

7

When Breath Becomes Airby Paul Kalanithi

8

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.

9

American Heiressby Jeffrey Toobin
The story of Patty Hearst’s kidnapping in 1974 by the Symbionese Liberation Army, her crimes and her trial.

10

The War on Copsby Heather Mac Donald
The author expands on her reporting on the "Ferguson effect," the criminal-justice system and the Black Lives Matter movement.

11

Gritby Angela Duckworth

12

Bill O'reilly's Legends and Lies: the Patriotsby David Fisher
Stories of the American Revolution; a companion volume to the Fox News series.

13

Shoe Dogby Phil Knight

14

White Trashby Nancy Isenberg
The role of the white poor in American history.

15

The Making of Donald Trumpby David Cay Johnston
An in-depth look at the presidential nominee, his real estate career and pivot to politics, drawing on decades of interviews and financial records.