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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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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