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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

June 6, 2021

1

Sooleyby John Grisham
Samuel Sooleymon receives a basketball scholarship to North Carolina Central and determines to bring his family over from a civil war-ravaged South Sudan.

2

The Last Thing He Told Meby Laura Dave
Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.

3

Project Hail Maryby Andy Weir
Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders.

4

While Justice Sleepsby Stacey Abrams
When Justice Wynn slips into a coma, his law clerk, Avery Keene, must unravel the clues of a controversial case.

5

21st Birthdayby James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
The 21st book in the Women’s Murder Club series. New evidence changes the investigation of a missing mother.

6

The Hill We Climbby Amanda Gorman
The poem read on President Joe Biden's Inauguration Day, by the youngest poet to write and perform an inaugural poem.

7

The Midnight Libraryby Matt Haig
Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.

8

That Summerby Jennifer Weiner
Daisy Shoemaker receives emails intended for a woman leading a more glamorous life and finds there was more to this accident.

9

The Four Windsby Kristin Hannah
As dust storms roll during the Great Depression, Elsa must choose between saving the family and farm or heading West.

10

A Gambling Manby David Baldacci
Aloysius Archer, a World War II veteran, seeks to apprentice with Willie Dash, a private eye, in a corrupt California town.

11

The Invisible Life of Addie Larueby V.E. Schwab
A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries.

12

The Devil May Danceby Jake Tapper
The second book in the Charlie and Margaret Marder Mystery series. Attorney General Robert Kennedy asks the Marders to look into a threat, which brings them into contact with the Rat Pack and the Church of Scientology.

13

The Plotby Jean Hanff Korelitz
Jacob Finch Bonner sells a story that wasn’t his to tell and finds out more about its source.

14

Where the Grass is Green and the Girls Are Prettyby Lauren Weisberger
The lives of two sisters, a morning show anchor and a stay-at-home helicopter parent, start to unravel when a small lie forces resentments to the surface.

15

Finding Ashleyby Danielle Steel
Two estranged sisters, one a former best-selling author, the other a nun, reconnect as one searches for the child the other gave up.

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Hardcover Nonfiction

June 6, 2021

1

The Anthropocene Reviewedby John Green
A collection of personal essays that review different facets of the human-centered planet.

2

Zero Failby Carol Leonnig
The three-time Pulitzer Prize winner brings to light the secrets, scandals and shortcomings of the Secret Service.

3

Killing the Mobby Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
The 10th book in the conservative commentator’s Killing series looks at organized crime in the United States during the 20th century.

4

What Happened to You?by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it.

5

Noiseby Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R. Sunstein

6

Yearbookby Seth Rogen
A collection of personal essays by the actor, writer, producer, director, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

7

Greenlightsby Matthew McConaughey
The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over 35 years.

8

The Premonitionby Michael Lewis
Stories of skeptics who went against the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of Covid-19. The profiles include a local public-health officer and a group of doctors nicknamed the Wolverines.

9

The Bomber Mafiaby Malcolm Gladwell
A look at the key players and outcomes of precision bombing during World War II.

10

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

11

Casteby Isabel Wilkerson
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.

12

Facing the Mountainby Daniel James Brown
The story of four Japanese-American families, who faced bigotry, and their sons, who volunteered for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II.

13

Breaking the Newsby Alex Marlow
The editor in chief of Breitbart News gives his views on establishment media.

14

Billie Eilishby Billie Eilish
A memoir by the multiple Grammy Award-winning recording artist.

15

Think Againby Adam Grant
An examination of the cognitive skills of rethinking and unlearning that could be used to adapt to a rapidly changing world.