List of The New York Times number-one books of 2016

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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 in three genres—fiction, nonfiction and children's books. Both the fiction and nonfiction lists are further split into multiple lists.

Fiction[edit]

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.[1] The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins with 10 weeks at the top of the list, followed by Me Before You by Jojo Moyes with 7 weeks.

Date Book Author
January 3 Rogue Lawyer John Grisham
January 10
January 17 The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins
January 24
January 31 Scandalous Behavior Stuart Woods
February 7 Blue Danielle Steel
February 14 NYPD Red 4 James Patterson and Marshall Karp
February 21 Brotherhood In Death J. D. Robb
February 28 Morning Star Pierce Brown
March 6 Cometh the Hour Jeffrey Archer
March 13 Me Before You Jojo Moyes
March 20 The Gangster Clive Cussler and Justin Scott
March 27 Fire Touched Patricia Briggs
April 3 Private Paris James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
April 10 Fool Me Once Harlan Coben
April 17
April 24 One with You Sylvia Day
May 1 The Obsession Nora Roberts
May 8 The Last Mile David Baldacci
May 15 Extreme Prey John Sandford
May 22 15th Affair James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
May 29 Me Before You Jojo Moyes
June 5
June 12
June 19
June 26 End of Watch Stephen King
July 3 Bay of Sighs Nora Roberts
July 10 Me Before You Jojo Moyes
July 17 The Games James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
July 24 Me Before You Jojo Moyes
July 31 The Black Widow Daniel Silva
August 7 The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins
August 14 Truly Madly Guilty Liane Moriarty
August 21 Bullseye James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
August 28 Insidious Catherine Coulter
September 4 The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins
September 11
September 18 A Great Reckoning Louise Penny
September 25 Apprentice in Death J. D. Robb
October 2 The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins
October 9
October 16
October 23
October 30
November 6 Escape Clause John Sandford
November 13 The Whistler John Grisham
November 20 The Wrong Side of Goodbye Michael Connelly
November 27 Night School Lee Child
December 4 Turbo Twenty-Three Janet Evanovich
December 11 Cross the Line James Patterson
December 18 The Whistler John Grisham
December 25 Island of Glass Nora Roberts

Nonfiction[edit]

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.[2] The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi with 13 weeks at the top of the list, followed by Killing the Rising Sun with nine weeks.

Date Book Author Publisher
January 3 Killing Reagan Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Holt
January 10
January 17 Not My Father's Son: A Memoir Alan Cumming Dey Street
January 24 Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates Spiegel & Grau
January 31 When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi Random House
February 7
February 14
February 21
February 28
March 6
March 13
March 20
March 27
April 3
April 10
April 17
April 24 The Rainbow Comes and Goes Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt Harper
May 1 Hamilton: The Revolution Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter Grand Central Publishing
May 8 The Rainbow Comes and Goes Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt Harper
May 15
May 22
May 29 Hamilton: The Revolution Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter Grand Central Publishing
June 5 The Gene: An Intimate History Siddhartha Mukherjee Charles Scribner's Sons
June 12 When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi Random House
June 19 Bill O'Relly's Legends and Lies: The Patriots David Fisher Holt
June 26
July 3
July 10 Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow Penguin
July 17 Crisis of Character Gary J. Byrne with Grant M. Schmidt Center Street
July 24
July 31
August 7 It Gets Worse: A Collection of Essays Shane Dawson Keywords Press/Atria
August 14 Crisis of Character Gary J. Byrne with Grant M. Schmidt Center Street
August 21 Hillary's America Dinesh D'Souza Regnery
August 28 Hillbilly Elegy J. D. Vance HarperCollins
September 4 The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo Amy Schumer Gallery Books
September 11
September 18
September 25 Love Warrior Glennon Doyle Melton Flatiron Books
October 2 Killing the Rising Sun Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Holt
October 9
October 16 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen Simon & Schuster
October 23 Killing the Rising Sun Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Holt
October 30
November 6 The Magnolia Story Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with Mark Dagostino W Publishing/Thomas Nelson
November 13 Killing the Rising Sun Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Holt
November 20
November 27
December 4 Settle for More Megyn Kelly Harper/HarperCollins
December 11 Killing the Rising Sun Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Holt
December 18 The Magnolia Story Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with Mark Dagostino W Publishing/Thomas Nelson
December 25 Killing the Rising Sun Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Holt

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Oct 16, 2016 Combined Print & E-Book Fiction. The New York Times. Retrieved Oct 7, 2016
  2. ^ "Combined Print and E-book Nonfiction". New York Times. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
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