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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

November 5, 2017

1

Originby Dan Brown
A symbology professor goes on a perilous quest with a beautiful museum director.

2

Deep Freezeby John Sandford
Virgil Flowers investigates the death of a local bank’s president.

3

Uncommon Typeby Tom Hanks
Seventeen short stories, each incorporating a typewriter, by the Academy Award-winning actor.

4

Sleeping Beautiesby Stephen King and Owen King
Women who fall asleep become shrouded in mysterious cocoons while the men battle one another.

5

Fairytaleby Danielle Steel
Tragedy and unexpected dangers come to life at a Napa Valley winery.

6

A Column of Fireby Ken Follett
A pair of lovers find themselves on opposite sides of a conflict while Queen Elizabeth fights to maintain her throne.

7

Manhattan Beachby Jennifer Egan
The first female diver at the Brooklyn Naval Yard during World War II tries to understand why her father disappeared.

8

Don't Let Goby Harlan Coben
Det. Napoleon Dumas investigates a murder and uncovers clues about personal events that happened 15 years ago.

9

The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eyeby David Lagercrantz
Stieg Larsson's character Lisbeth Salander seeks to uncover the secrets of her childhood.

10

It Devours!by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
A female scientist investigates an unusual rumbling in an American Southwest desert and comes across a religious congregation planning a dangerous ritual.

11

Hauntedby James Patterson and James O. Born
A New York detective on vacation in Maine is enlisted to help solve a crime in the woods.

12

The Cuban Affairby Nelson DeMille
A Miami lawyer solicits an Army veteran to go on a secret mission to recover $60 million stashed away in Cuba.

13

Little Fires Everywhereby Celeste Ng
An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.

14

The Rules of Magicby Alice Hoffman
Three singular siblings in the 1960s uncover secrets as they each try to break a family curse.

15

Before We Were Yoursby Lisa Wingate
A South Carolina lawyer learns about the questionable practices of a Tennessee orphanage.

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Hardcover Nonfiction

November 5, 2017

1

Leonardo Da Vinciby Walter Isaacson

2

Killing Englandby Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Major events and battles during the Revolutionary War are told from several perspectives.

3

Grantby Ron Chernow
A biography of the Union general of the Civil War and two-term president of the United States.

4

What Happenedby Hillary Clinton
An inside look at her campaign and how she recovered in its aftermath.

5

Enduranceby Scott Kelly
A memoir by the retired astronaut and former commander of the International Space Station.

6

The Dangerous Case of Donald Trumpby Bandy X. Lee
27 psychiatrists and mental health experts give their assessments of the president.

7

We're Going to Need More Wineby Gabrielle Union
Essays by the actress and activist on love, step-parenting and living beyond personal tragedy.

8

We Were Eight Years in Powerby Ta-Nehisi Coates
A series of essays that cover each year of the Obama administration, the writer's own journey and the echoes of American history in modern times.

9

Astrophysics for People in a Hurryby Neil deGrasse Tyson
A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to the universe.

10

Soonishby Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith

11

The Autobiography of Gucci Maneby Gucci Mane with Neil Martinez-Belkin
A memoir by the East Atlanta hip-hop artist, who made a comeback.

12

Beyond the Messy Truthby Van Jones
A look at the failures of both major political parties and a call for bipartisan efforts to solve current problems.

13

Be Fierceby Gretchen Carlson

14

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.

15

Chasing Lightby Amanda Lucidon
150 color photographs of the former first lady Michelle Obama, with commentary by a White House photographer.