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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 12, 2021

1

The Madness of Crowdsby Louise Penny
The 17th book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series. Gamache is tasked with providing security for a statistics professor whose views are repulsive to him.

2

Billy Summersby Stephen King
A killer for hire who only takes out bad guys seeks redemption as he does one final job.

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

The Love Songs of W.e.b. Du Boisby Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Ailey Pearl Garfield endeavors to embrace her full heritage by digging into the stories of her ancestors who were Indigenous, Black and white.

5

Lightning Strikeby William Kent Krueger
The 18th book in the Cork O’Connor mystery series. The 12-year-old son of a small town sheriff who rules a man’s death as a suicide suspects another cause.

6

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.

7

The Noiseby James Patterson and J.D. Barker
A strange vibration rises out of a forest near Mount Hood.

8

Complicationsby Danielle Steel
On a September night, guests at the reopening of an exclusive Paris hotel experience love, tragedy and political intrigue.

9

The Paper Palaceby Miranda Cowley Heller
After an extramarital dalliance, Elle must choose between her husband and her childhood love.

10

Bloodlessby Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
The 20th book in the Pendergast series. Bodies found without blood in their veins might be connected to an unsolved skyjacking.

11

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

12

The President's Daughterby James Patterson and Bill Clinton
Matthew Keating, a past president and former Navy SEAL, goes on his own to find his abducted teenage daughter.

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

We Were Never Hereby Andrea Bartz
Will the secrets Emily shares with Kristen about violent incidents in the past ruin her life?

15

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.

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Hardcover Nonfiction

September 12, 2021

1

American Marxismby Mark R. Levin
The Fox News host gives his take on the Green New Deal, critical race theory and social activism.

2

The Long Slideby Tucker Carlson
A collection of previously published essays from 1995 to 2016 by the Fox News host.

3

Hero of Two Worldsby Mike Duncan
An overview of Marquis de Lafayette’s career on both sides of the Atlantic during the Age of Revolution.

4

The Reckoningby Mary L. Trump
The author of “Too Much and Never Enough” examines potential trauma caused by current and historical events.

5

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.

6

Dopamine Nationby Anna Lembke
The medical director of Stanford Addiction Medicine explores the neuroscience and behaviors that inform the relationship between pleasure and pain.

7

Woke, Inc.by Vivek Ramaswamy

8

The Masterby Christopher Clarey
A biography of the tennis champion Roger Federer by a New York Times tennis correspondent.

9

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

10

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

11

Crying in H Martby Michelle Zauner
The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

12

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

13

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.

14

I Alone Can Fix Itby Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker
The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters examine Trump’s final year in office, with a focus on the key players around him.

15

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