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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

August 16, 2020

1

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

2

The Vanishing Halfby Brit Bennett
The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern Black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity but their fates intertwine.

3

1st Caseby James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts
After getting kicked out of M.I.T., Angela Hoot interns with the F.B.I. and tracks the murderous siblings known as the Poet and the Engineer.

4

The Orderby Daniel Silva
The 20th book in the Gabriel Allon series. The art restorer and spy cuts his family’s vacation short to investigate whether Pope Paul VII was murdered.

5

Near Darkby Brad Thor
The 19th book in the Scot Harvath series. With a bounty on his head, Harvath makes an alliance with a Norwegian intelligence operative.

6

28 Summersby Elin Hilderbrand
A relationship that started in 1993 between Mallory Blessing and Jake McCloud comes to light while she is on her deathbed and his wife runs for president.

7

The Guest Listby Lucy Foley
A wedding between a TV star and a magazine publisher on an island off the coast of Ireland turns deadly.

8

Deadlockby Catherine Coulter
The 24th book in the F.B.I. Thriller series. A young wife, a psychopath and three red boxes puzzle agents Savich and Sherlock.

9

Mexican Gothicby Silvia Moreno-Garcia
In 1950s Mexico, a debutante travels to a distant mansion where family secrets of a faded mining empire have been kept hidden.

10

Camino Windsby John Grisham
The line between fact and fiction becomes blurred when an author of thrillers is found dead after a hurricane hits Camino Island.

11

American Dirtby Jeanine Cummins
A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel.

12

The End of Herby Shari Lapena
The parents of colicky twin girls have other trouble delivered in the form of suspicions surrounding the husband’s first wife’s death.

13

If It Bleedsby Stephen King
Four novellas: “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone,” “The Life of Chuck,” “Rat” and “If It Bleeds.”

14

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

15

Sex and Vanityby Kevin Kwan
A nod to “A Room With a View” in which Lucie Tang Churchill is torn between her WASPy billionaire fiancé and a privileged hunk born in Hong Kong.

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Hardcover Nonfiction

August 16, 2020

1

Too Much and Never Enoughby Mary L. Trump
The clinical psychologist gives her assessment of events and patterns inside her family and how they shaped President Trump.

2

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

3

Untamedby Glennon Doyle
The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.

4

The Answer is ...by Alex Trebek
A memoir by the host of the TV game show “Jeopardy!,” from 1984 to 2020.

5

Begin Againby Eddie S. Glaude Jr
An appraisal of the life and work of James Baldwin and their meaning in relation to the Black Lives Matter movement and the Trump presidency.

6

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Stepsby Ben Shapiro
The conservative commentator describes what he perceives as threats to American history, ideals and culture.

7

The Room Where It Happenedby John Bolton
The former national security advisor gives his account of the 17 months he spent working for President Trump.

8

Breathby James Nestor
A re-examination of a basic biological function and a look at the science behind ancient breathing practices.

9

Becomingby Michelle Obama
The former first lady describes her journey from the South Side of Chicago to the White House, and how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.

10

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

11

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

12

The Splendid and the Vileby Erik Larson
An examination of the leadership of the prime minister Winston Churchill.

13

Blitzby David Horowitz
The author of “Big Agenda” explains why he thinks President Trump will be re-elected.

14

Memorial Driveby Natasha Trethewey
The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet explores the trauma of her mother’s murder by her stepfather and how this incident impacted her work as an artist.

15

Hood Feminismby Mikki Kendall
A critique of how today's mainstream feminism overlooks basic needs such as access to food, education, living wages and medical care.