List of The New York Times number-one books of 2026

The American daily newspaper The New York Times publishes multiple weekly lists ranking the best-selling books in the United States. The lists are split into three genres—fiction, nonfiction and children's books. Both the fiction and nonfiction lists are further split into multiple lists.

Fiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.

Issue dateTitleAuthor(s)PublisherThe WidowJohn GrishamDoubledayThe HousemaidFreida McFaddenGrand Central PublishingThe CorrespondentVirginia EvansCrownTwelve MonthsJim ButcherAceDear DebbieFreida McFaddenPoisoned Pen PressStolen in DeathJ. D. RobbSt. Martin's PressTheo of GoldenAllen LeviAtria BooksThe CrossroadsC. J. BoxG. P. Putnam's SonsTheo of GoldenAllen LeviAtria BooksJudge StoneViola Davis and James PattersonLittle, Brown and Company and JVL MediaProject Hail MaryAndy WeirBallantine BooksGame OnNavessa AllenSlowburnRites of the StarlingDevney PerryRed Tower BooksHope RisesDavid BaldacciGrand Central PublishingTheo of GoldenAllen LeviAtria BooksA Parade of HorriblesMatt DinnimanAceThe Ballad of Falling DragonsSarah A. ParkerAvonThe DivorceFreida McFaddenPoisoned Pen PressWhistlerAnn PatchettHarperTheo of GoldenAllen LeviAtria BooksRansomDaniel SilvaHarperTheo of GoldenAllen LeviAtria BooksAdversary to the VillainHannah Nicole MaehrerRed Tower BooksTheo of GoldenAllen LeviAtria BooksThe Knave and The MoonRachel GilligOrbit BooksFury in DeathJ. D. RobbSt. Martin's PressHollow BonesJodi PicoultBallantine BooksHollywood, EndingJohn GreenDutton Books Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.

Issue dateTitleAuthor(s)PublisherThe LookMichelle Obama with Meredith KoopCrown1929Andrew Ross SorkinVikingStrangersBelle BurdenThe Dial PressThe Invisible CoupPeter SchweizerHarperNobody's GirlVirginia Roberts GiuffreAlfred A. KnopfStripped DownBunnie XoDey Street BooksYou with the Sad EyesChristina ApplegateLittle, Brown and CompanyKids, Wait Till You Hear This!Liza Minnelli, as told to Michael Feinstein, with Josh Getlin and Heidi EvansGrand Central PublishingStripped DownBunnie XoDey Street BooksStrangersBelle BurdenThe Dial PressFamesickLena DunhamRandom HouseStrangersBelle BurdenThe Dial PressDogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried AboutIsabel KleeWilliam MorrowStrangersBelle BurdenThe Dial PressSuicidal EmpathyGad SaadBroadside BooksLiar's KingdomAndrew WeissmannLittle, Brown and CompanyThe Land and Its PeopleDavid SedarisLittle, Brown and CompanyView from the East WingJill BidenGallery BooksStrangersBelle BurdenThe Dial PressCommunionJD VanceHarperRegime ChangeMaggie Haberman and Jonathan SwanSimon & Schuster This Is MeHayden PanettiereGrand Central PublishingGoing FurthurTed CruzSentinel This Is MeHayden PanettiereGrand Central PublishingThe Counter RevolutionVictor Davis HansonBasic BooksThe Perilous FightColin Kaepernick with Nick ChilesLegacy Lit Swan Song Charles SpencerPenguin Press See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2020s

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