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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, our NYT Best Sellers for Teens page , or The New York Times's Best Sellers page.

Hardcover Fiction

June 20, 2021

1

Golden Girlby Elin Hilderbrand
A Nantucket novelist gets one final summer to watch what happens from the great beyond.

2

Malibu Risingby Taylor Jenkins Reid
An epic party has serious outcomes for four famous siblings.

3

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.

4

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.

5

Legacyby Nora Roberts
Threats put in rhymes and sent from shifting locations escalate as the daughter of a successful fitness celebrity’s own yoga business grows.

6

The Other Black Girlby Zakiya Dalila Harris
Tension unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing.

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

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.

9

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.

10

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.

11

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.

12

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.

13

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.

14

Seven Days in Juneby Tia Williams
A couple reconnect 20 years after they had a torrid week of love.

15

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.

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Hardcover Nonfiction

June 20, 2021

1

How the Word is Passedby Clint Smith
A staff writer at The Atlantic explores the legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history.

2

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.

3

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.

4

After the Fallby Ben Rhodes
A former White House aide and close confidant to President Barack Obama traveled the globe to discover just how much America’s fingerprints are on the world we shaped.

5

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.

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

Somebody's Daughterby Ashley C. Ford
A memoir about growing up a poor Black girl in Indiana with a family fragmented by incarceration.

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

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

13

Rememberingsby Sinead O’Connor
The singer-songwriter’s memoir sheds light on her fraught childhood, musical triumphs and activism.

14

Noiseby Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R. Sunstein

15

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