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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 19, 2017

1

Norse Mythologyby Neil Gaiman
A retelling of Norse folklore.

2

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

3

Banana Cream Pie Murderby Joanne Fluke
Hannah Swensen, the bakery owner and amateur sleuth of Lake Eden, Minn., returns from her honeymoon to confront an actress’s mysterious death.

4

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

5

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.

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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."

12

Bone Boxby Faye Kellerman
Rina Lazarus and Pete Decker discover evidence of a decades-old crime.

13

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

14

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.

15

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

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Hardcover Nonfiction

March 19, 2017

1

Portraits of Courageby George W. Bush
Paintings with brief biographies of members of the military who have served since 9/11. By the former president.

2

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.

3

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.

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

Homo Deusby Yuval Noah Harari

6

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

7

The Magnolia Storyby Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with Mark Dagostino

8

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

9

Sapiensby Yuval Noah Harari

10

When Breath Becomes Airby Paul Kalanithi
A memoir by a physician who received a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36.

11

Thank You for Being Lateby Thomas L. Friedman

12

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

13

Dodge Cityby Tom Clavin
This history of the “wickedest town in the West,” full of colorful characters, focuses on Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson.

14

Between the World and Meby Ta-Nehisi Coates
A meditation on race in America.

15

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