New York Times Best Sellers
The Bestseller
Observatory
What were we reading? Every book on the New York Times bestseller lists — every rank, every week, back to 1931.
This week’s #1
THE CASE FOR AMERICA
Bret Baier
Nonfiction
- 15,677
- Books
- 7,866
- Authors
- 128,086
- List appearances
- 96 yrs
- 1931 – 2026
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Then & Now
#1 This Week, Through the Years
2026
This week
2001
25 years ago
1976
50 years ago
Nonfiction
THE FINAL DAYS
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
THE FINAL DAYS
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
1951
75 years ago
Nonfiction
WASHINGTON CONFIDENTIAL
Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer
WASHINGTON CONFIDENTIAL
Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer
May 31
On This Day in Bestseller History
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Recent #1 Bestsellers
Fiction
Nonfiction
THE CASE FOR AMERICA
Bret Baier
DOGS, BOYS, AND OTHER THINGS I'VE CRIED ABOUT
Isabel Klee
WHEN WE SEE YOU AGAIN
Rachel Goldberg-Polin
FAMESICK
Lena Dunham
LONDON FALLING
Patrick Radden Keefe
PHASES
Brandy with Gerrick Kennedy
STRIPPED DOWN
Bunnie Xo
KIDS, WAIT TILL YOU HEAR THIS!
Liza Minnelli, as told to Michael Feinstein, with Josh Getlin and Heidi Evans
YOU WITH THE SAD EYES
Christina Applegate
THE INVISIBLE COUP
Peter Schweizer
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