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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

September 15, 2019

1

A Better Manby Louise Penny
The 15th book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series. The search for a missing girl is imperiled by rising floodwaters across the province.

2

Where the Crawdads Singby Delia Owens
In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.

3

The Girl Who Lived Twiceby David Lagercrantz
Mikael Blomkvist helps Lisbeth Salander put her past behind her in the latest installment of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series.

4

The Dark Sideby Danielle Steel
Painful childhood memories surface for Zoe Morgan when she has a child of her own.

5

The Innby James Patterson with Candice Fox
A former Boston police detective who is now an innkeeper must shield a seaside town from a crew of criminals.

6

One Good Deedby David Baldacci
A World War II veteran on parole must find the real killer in a small town or face going back to jail.

7

The Nickel Boysby Colson Whitehead
Two boys respond to horrors at a Jim Crow-era reform school in ways that impact them decades later.

8

The Turn of the Keyby Ruth Ware
A nanny working in a technology-laden house in Scotland goes to jail when one of the children dies.

9

The Silent Patientby Alex Michaelides
Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.

10

Old Bonesby Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
An expedition into the Sierra Nevada uncovers new twists to the events involving the Donner party during the 1840s.

11

Ask Again, Yesby Mary Beth Keane
The lives of neighboring families in a New York City suburb intertwine over four decades.

12

The Bitterrootsby C.J. Box
The fourth book in the Cassie Dewell series. The black sheep of an influential family is accused of assault.

13

Inlandby Téa Obreht
The lives of a frontierswoman and a former outlaw intersect in the unforgiving climate of the Arizona Territory in 1893.

14

Outfoxby Sandra Brown
F.B.I. Agent Drex Easton has a hunch that the conman Weston Graham is also a serial killer.

15

The New Girlby Daniel Silva
Gabriel Allon, the chief of Israeli intelligence, partners with the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, whose daughter is kidnapped.

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Hardcover Nonfiction

September 15, 2019

1

Educatedby Tara Westover
The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.

2

Becomingby Michelle Obama
The former first lady describes how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.

3

Radicals, Resistance and Revengeby Jeanine Pirro
The Fox News host posits those she labels anti-Trump conspirators have committed possible crimes and a plot to destroy liberty.

4

The Pioneersby David McCullough
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian tells the story of the settling of the Northwest Territory through five main characters.

5

How to Be an Antiracistby Ibram X. Kendi
A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism.

6

Three Womenby Lisa Taddeo
The inequality of female desire is explored through the sex lives of a homemaker, a high school student and a restaurant owner.

7

Maybe You Should Talk to Someoneby Lori Gottlieb
A psychotherapist gains unexpected insights when she becomes another therapist’s patient.

8

Trick Mirrorby Jia Tolentino
Nine essays delving into late capitalism, online engagement and the author’s personal history.

9

Thank You for My Serviceby Mat Best with Ross Patterson and Nils Parker
An inside look into military life by the YouTube personality and former Army Ranger.

10

Between the World and Meby Ta-Nehisi Coates
Winner of the 2015 National Book Award for nonfiction. A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story, framed as a letter to the author's teenage son.

11

Unfreedom of the Pressby Mark R. Levin
The conservative commentator and radio host makes his case that the press is aligned with political ideology.

12

Rangeby David Epstein

13

Bad Bloodby John Carreyrou

14

The Moment of Liftby Melinda Gates
The philanthropist shares stories of empowering women to improve society.

15

The British Are Comingby Rick Atkinson
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist begins his Revolution Trilogy with events from 1775 to 1777.