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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 25, 2018

1

The Great Aloneby Kristin Hannah
A former prisoner of war moves his family to Alaska.

2

An American Marriageby Tayari Jones
A newlywed couple's relationship is tested when the husband is sentenced to 12 years in prison.

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

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.

5

Look for Meby Lisa Gardner
Sergeant Detective D.D. Warren teams up with a torture survivor to find a missing teenager whose family members were gunned down.

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

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.

15

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.

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Hardcover Nonfiction

February 25, 2018

1

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

2

Obamaby Pete Souza
More than 300 pictures of the former president by his White House photographer, with behind-the-scenes stories.

3

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

4

Directorate Sby Steve Coll
How the United States failed to understand a secret wing of a Pakistani intelligence agency and doomed two wars.

5

Astrophysics for People in a Hurryby Neil deGrasse Tyson

6

Leonardo Da Vinciby Walter Isaacson

7

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

8

Everything Happens for a Reasonby Kate Bowler
A divinity school professor examines her tacit beliefs when she learns she has late-stage colon cancer.

9

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

10

Promise Me, Dadby Joe Biden
The former vice president recalls his toughest year in office, as his son battled brain cancer.

11

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

12

Whenby Daniel H. Pink

13

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

14

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

15

The Line Becomes a Riverby Francisco Cantú
A memoir by a former U.S. Border Patrol agent who is the grandson of a Mexican immigrant.