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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, our NYT Best Sellers for Teens page , or The New York Times's Best Sellers page.

Hardcover Fiction

September 25, 2016

1

Apprentice in Deathby J. D. Robb
Lt. Eve Dallas of the N.Y.P.D. is on the case when three skaters are shot by a sniper. By Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.

2

Razor Girlby Carl Hiaasen
The ex-cop Andrew Yancy​ from ​“Bad Monkey” gets involved in a kidnapping gone wrong.

3

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

4

A Great Reckoningby Louise Penny
Armand Gamache, the retired homicide chief of the Sûreté du Québec, investigates a murder at the police academy.

5

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.

6

Rushing Watersby Danielle Steel
Six people cope with a hurricane in New York City.

7

Here I Amby Jonathan Safran Foer
Private and public crises converge for four generations of a Jewish family.

8

A Gentleman in Moscowby Amor Towles
A Russian count undergoes 30 years of house arrest.

9

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

10

Downfallby J. A. Jance
Joanna Brady, the sheriff of Cochise County, must cope with pregnancy, the recent deaths of her mother and stepfather, an upcoming election — and the mysterious discovery of the bodies of two women at the base of a nearby peak. The 17th novel in a series.

11

Manitou Canyonby William Kent Krueger
Cork O’Connor, a former sheriff turned private investigator, goes missing in Minnesota’s north woods while searching for a man who disappeared while camping. The 15th book in a series.

12

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.

13

Stingby Sandra Brown
A hired killer and a woman he kidnapped join forces to elude the F.B.I. agents and others who are searching for her corrupt brother.

14

The Nixby Nathan Hill
An aspiring writer who spends too much time playing video games investigates the past of the mother who abandoned him.

15

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

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Hardcover Nonfiction

September 25, 2016

1

Love Warriorby Glennon Doyle Melton
After her husband confesses to multiple infidelities, a woman who has overcome bulimia and alcoholism struggles to grow — and so does he.

2

The Girl with the Lower Back Tattooby Amy Schumer
Humorous personal essays by the comedian, actor and writer.

3

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.

4

When Breath Becomes Airby Paul Kalanithi

5

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.

6

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.

7

Hidden Figuresby Margot Lee Shetterly
The black women mathematicians who worked at then-segregated NASA. The basis of the movie.

8

Best. State. Everby Dave Barry
Florida may be the Joke State, but Barry explains why he loves it.

9

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

10

The Pigeon Tunnelby John le Carré
A memoir by the great spy novelist.

11

Clean Houseby Tom Fitton
The president of Judicial Watch discusses Benghazi, Hillary Clinton’s emails and other (in the words of the subtitle) “secrets and lies” of the Obama administration.

12

The Red Bandannaby Tom Rinaldi
The life of Welles Crowther, a young equities trader, and his heroism at the World Trade Center on 9/11.

13

Sapiensby Yuval Noah Harari

14

Gritby Angela Duckworth

15

The Perfect Horseby Elizabeth Letts
The attempt in the closing days of World War II to rescue purebred horses raised for Hitler.