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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

March 12, 2017

1

Lincoln in the Bardoby George Saunders
Visiting the grave of his recently deceased young son in 1862, Lincoln encounters a cemetery full of ghosts.

2

Norse Mythologyby Neil Gaiman
A retelling of Norse folklore.

3

Aftermath:: Empire's Endby Chuck Wendig
The conclusion to the Star Wars trilogy set in the years between "Return of the Jedi" and "The Force Awakens."

4

Echoes in Deathby J. D. Robb
Lt. Eve Dallas of the N.Y.P.D. investigates a fatal home invasion. By Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.

5

Heartbreak Hotelby Jonathan Kellerman
The psychologist Alex Delaware and the L.A.P.D. Lt. Milo Sturgis investigate a mysterious death.

6

A Conjuring of Lightby V. E. Schwab
The final book in the Shades of Magic fantasy series.

7

A Piece of the Worldby Christina Baker Kline
Imagining the life of the central figure of Andrew Wyeth’s iconic painting “Christina’s World.”

8

Humans, Bow Downby James Patterson and Emily Raymond with Jill Dembowski
A woman is determined to save humanity from the robots.

9

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

10

The Girl Beforeby J P Delaney
A sadistic architect builds a modern house that controls its (young, female) inhabitants in this psychological thriller.

11

Never Neverby James Patterson and Candice Fox
Harriet Blue, a Sydney sex crimes detective, is sent to the outback (the never never) to investigate the disappearance of a mine worker. The first in a new series.

12

The Whistlerby John Grisham
A whistleblower alerts a Florida investigator to judicial corruption involving the Mob and Indian casinos.

13

Two by Twoby Nicholas Sparks
A man who became a single father when his marriage and business collapsed learns to take a chance on a new love.

14

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

15

Small Great Thingsby Jodi Picoult
A medical crisis entangles a black nurse, a white supremacist father and a white lawyer.

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Hardcover Nonfiction

March 12, 2017

1

Hillbilly Elegyby JD Vance
A Yale Law School graduate looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood.

2

Killing the Rising Sunby Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the final years of World War II.

3

Homo Deusby Yuval Noah Harari

4

The Book of Joyby the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams
Two spiritual leaders discuss how to find joy in the face of suffering.

5

Big Agendaby David Horowitz
A battle plan for the Trump White House.

6

This Life I Liveby Rory Feek
The songwriter describes his difficult childhood, love for his wife, and her death from cancer in 2016.

7

The Magnolia Storyby Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with Mark Dagostino

8

Born a Crimeby Trevor Noah
A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of “The Daily Show.”

9

When Breath Becomes Airby Paul Kalanithi

10

Sapiensby Yuval Noah Harari

11

Three Days in Januaryby Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney
Eisenhower’s farewell address and his role in the Kennedy transition.

12

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

13

Thank You for Being Lateby Thomas L. Friedman

14

Tears We Cannot Stopby Michael Eric Dyson
A frank and searing discussion of race.

15

The Undoing Projectby Michael Lewis