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Best Sellers · 2020s

2021

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

A TIME FOR MERCY

THE VANISHING HALF

STAR WARS: LIGHT OF THE JEDI

Hardcover Nonfiction

A PROMISED LAND

February

Hardcover Fiction

THE VANISHING HALF

James Patterson and James O. Born

Hardcover Nonfiction

A PROMISED LAND

Cicely Tyson with Michelle Burford

FOUR HUNDRED SOULS

Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain

WALK IN MY COMBAT BOOTS

James Patterson and Matt Eversmann with Chris Mooney

March

Hardcover Fiction

A COURT OF SILVER FLAMES

LIFE AFTER DEATH

Hardcover Nonfiction

HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER

THE CODE BREAKER

Walter Isaacson

April

Hardcover Fiction

THE HILL WE CLIMB

Hardcover Nonfiction

THIS IS THE FIRE

THE CODE BREAKER

Walter Isaacson

May

Hardcover Fiction

THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME

WHILE JUSTICE SLEEPS

Hardcover Nonfiction

OUT OF MANY, ONE

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey

KILLING THE MOB

Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard

KILLING THE MOB

Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

June

Hardcover Fiction

Elin Hilderbrand

THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER

Bill Clinton and James Patterson

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE ANTHROPOCENE REVIEWED

KILLING THE MOB

Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

HOW THE WORD IS PASSED

July

Hardcover Fiction

THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER

Bill Clinton and James Patterson

THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME

THE PAPER PALACE

Miranda Cowley Heller

Hardcover Nonfiction

KILLING THE MOB

Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

(RE)BORN IN THE USA

HOW I SAVED THE WORLD

August

Hardcover Fiction

THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME

Hardcover Nonfiction

AMERICAN MARXISM

September

Hardcover Fiction

THE MADNESS OF CROWDS

A SLOW FIRE BURNING

BEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU

Hardcover Nonfiction

AMERICAN MARXISM

October

Hardcover Fiction

APPLES NEVER FALL

Nicholas Sparks

THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY

STATE OF TERROR

Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny

Hardcover Nonfiction

AMERICAN MARXISM

Bob Woodward and Robert Costa

THE STORYTELLER

November

Hardcover Fiction

THE JUDGE'S LIST

THE STRANGER IN THE LIFEBOAT

Hardcover Nonfiction

TO RESCUE THE REPUBLIC

Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney

THE LYRICS: 1956 TO THE PRESENT

Will Smith with Mark Manson

December

Hardcover Fiction

THE JUDGE'S LIST

GO TELL THE BEES THAT I AM GONE

CALL US WHAT WE CARRY

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE 1619 PROJECT

Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman and Jake Silverstein

ALL AMERICAN CHRISTMAS

Rachel Campos-Duffy and Sean Duffy

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