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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

February 18, 2018

1

Dark in Deathby J.D. Robb
Lieutenant Eve Dallas must find a killer inspired by police thrillers before another victim is murdered.

2

Still Meby Jojo Moyes
Louisa Clark moves to New York and is torn between high society and the life she enjoys at a vintage clothing store.

3

The Woman in the Windowby A.J. Finn
A recluse who drinks heavily and takes prescription drugs may have witnessed a crime across from her Harlem townhouse.

4

Fall from Graceby Danielle Steel
A widow left out of her huband's will tries to make a new life as a fashion designer.

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

The Wife Between Usby Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
The story of a love triangle is told from several points of view.

9

The Rooster Barby John Grisham
Three students at a sleazy for-profit law school hope to expose the student-loan banker who runs it.

10

The Grave's a Fine and Private Placeby Alan Bradley
Flavia de Luce, a young British sleuth, gets involved in solving a murder after experiencing a family tragedy.

11

The Immortalistsby Chloe Benjamin
Four adolescents learn the dates of their deaths from a psychic and their lives go on different courses.

12

Sing, Unburied, Singby Jesmyn Ward
A 13-year-old boy comes of age while his black mother takes him to pick up his white father from the state penitentiary.

13

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

14

City of Endless Nightby Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
A New York City detective and an F.B.I. special agent track down a killer.

15

End Gameby David Baldacci
Jessica Reel and Will Robie fight a dangerous adversary in Colorado.

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Hardcover Nonfiction

February 18, 2018

1

Fire and Furyby Michael Wolff
A journalist offers an inside account of the first year of the Trump White House.

2

All-american Murderby James Patterson and Alex Abramovich with Mike Harvkey

3

Astrophysics for People in a Hurryby Neil deGrasse Tyson

4

Killers of the Flower Moonby David Grann
The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil.

5

Whenby Daniel H. Pink

6

Leonardo Da Vinciby Walter Isaacson

7

Rise and Kill Firstby Ronen Bergman
A history of Israel’s targeted assassination programs, with accounts from current and former members of the Israeli government.

8

It's Even Worse Than You Thinkby David Cay Johnston
A case for how the scope of the Trump presidency differs from all the others.

9

Braveby Rose McGowan
The Hollywood actress details growing up in a cult and the traumas of the entertainment industry.

10

The Last Black Unicornby Tiffany Haddish
The comedian recounts growing up in South Central Los Angeles and finding success after a period of homelessness.

11

Trumpocracyby David Frum
A former speechwriter for George W. Bush argues how America might become an illiberal democracy.

12

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

13

How Democracies Dieby Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
The decline of democracies in Europe and Latin America and ways to avoid authoritarianism.

14

The Monk of Mokhaby Dave Eggers
A Yemeni-American doorman travels to a civil war-engulfed Yemen in the hopes of restoring a nearly lost art of coffee cultivation.

15

Jackie, Janet & Leeby J. Randy Taraborrelli
A biography of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; her mother, Janet Lee Auchincloss; and her sister Lee Radziwill.