New York Times Bestseller List Fiction 4/22/2012

Here are the Top Ten Bestselling novels on the New York Times Hardcover Fiction list for the week ending April 22 2012
(click the titles and go to Amazon to purchase or read more about the book)

10 - Beastly Things - Donna Leon  (Debut)
9  -  Lover Reborn - J.R. Ward    (2 weeks on list)
(last weeks #1)
8  -  The Beginner's Goodbye - Anne Tyler   (Debut)
7  -  Stay Close - Harlan Coben  (3 weeks)
6  -  Betrayal - Danielle Steel     (Debut)
5  -  The Shoemaker's Wife - Adriana Trigiani   (Debut)
4  -  The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection - Alexander McCall Smith
(Debut)
3  -  Sacre' Bleu - Christopher Moore    (Debut)
2  -  Guilty Wives - James Patterson   (2 weeks)
1  -  The Lost Years - Mary Higgins Clark
(Debut)

New York Times Bestseller List NonFiction 04/08/2012

Here are the top 10 books on the NY Times Bestseller list, Non Fiction for the week ending April 8th 2012

10 - Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman  (22 weeks on list)
9  -  Some Assembly Required - Anne Lamott  (debut)
8  -  Quiet - Susan Cain   (9 weeks)
7  -  Wild - Cheryl Strayed   (debut)
6  -  Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand   (71 weeks)
5  -  Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson  (22 weeks)
4  -  Killing Lincoln - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard   (26 weeks)
3  -  American Sniper - Chris Kyle  (12 weeks)
2  -  The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg   (4 weeks)
1  -  Imagine - Jonah Lehrer 
(Debut)

New York Times Bestsellers for Fiction 4/8/2012

Here are the Top 10 novels on the NY Times Bestseller list in Fiction for the week ending April 8th 2012

10 - The Wolf Gift - Anne Rice   (6 weeks on list)
9  -  Fate of the Jedi : Apocalypse - Troy Denning  (2 weeks)
8  -  Defending Jacob - William Landay  (8 weeks(
7  -  Phanton - Ted Bell   (Debut)
6  -  Private Games - James Patterson   (6 weeks)
5  -  The Thief - Clive Cussler    (3 weeks)
4  -  Kill Shot - Vince Flynn   (7 weeks)
3  -  Force of Nature - C.J. Box   (Debut)
2  -  Lone Wolf - Jodi Picoult  (4 weeks)
1  - Stay Close - Harlan Coben  
(Debut)

New York Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 04/01/2012

Here are the Top Ten novels on the NY Times Bestseller list for the week ending April 1st 2012

10 - The Wolf Gift - Anne Rice   (5 weeks on list)
9  -  The Expats - Chris Pavone   (2 weeks)
8  -  A Dance With Dragons - George RR Martin   (33 weeks)
7  -  Victims - Jonathan Kellerman  (3 weeks)
6  -  Defending Jacob - William Landay  (7 weeks)
5  -  Private Games - James Patterson   (5 weeks)
4  -  Kill Shot -  Vince Flynn   (6 weeks)
3  -  The Thief - Clive Cussler  (2 weeks and #1 last week)
2  -  Fate of the Jedi : Apocalypse - Troy Denning  (Debut)
1  -  Lone Wolf - Jodi Picoult  (3 weeks)

New York Times Bestseller List (Non Fiction) 03/18/2012

Here are the Top Ten books on the New York Times Non Fiction Bestseller List for the week ending March 18th 2012

10 - Quiet - Susan Cain      (6 weeks on list)
9  -  Bringing Up Bebe - Pamela Druckerman     (4 weeks)
8  -  Ameritopia - Mark Levin     (7 weeks)
7  -  Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand   (68 weeks)
6  -  Indivisible - James Robison and Jay Richards  (2 weeks)
5  -  Becoming China's Bitch - Peter D Kiernan  (Debut)
4  -  The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg  (Debut)
3  -  Steve Jobs - Walter Isaascson   (19 weeks)
2  -  Killing Lincoln - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard   (23 weeks)
1  -  American Sniper - Chris Kyle
(9 weeks on list)

New York Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 03/18/2012

Here are the Top Ten Novels on the NY Times Fiction Bestseller List for the week ending March 18th 2012

10 - 11/22/63 - Stephen King  (17 weeks on list)
9  -  Defending Jacob - William Landay (5 weeks)
8  -  A Perfect Blood - Kim Harrison  (2 weeks)
7  -  Cinnamon Roll Murder - Joanne Fluke  (Debut)
6  -  The Wolf Gift - Anne Rice  (3 weeks)
5  -  Private Games - James Patterson  (3 weeks)
4  -  Celebrity in Death - J.D. Robb (2 weeks)
(Last week's #1)
3  -  Kill Shot - Vince Flynn   (4 weeks)
2  -  Victims - Jonathan Kellerman  (Debut)
1  -  Lone Wolf - Jodi Picoult 
(DEBUT)

New York Times Bestseller List 02/19/2012 Fiction

Here are the Top Ten novels on the NY Times Bestseller List for Fiction.  
This is for the week ending February 19th 2012

10 - The Litigators - John Grisham (15 weeks on list)
9  -  Raylan - Elmore Leonard  (3 weeks)
8  -  Believing the Lie - Elizabeth George  (4 weeks)
7  -  The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson  (77 weeks)
6  -  11/22/63 - Stephen King  (13 weeks)
5  -  Death Comes to Pemberley - P.D. James  (9 weeks)
4  -  Defending Jacob - William Landay  (Debut)
3  -  Taken - Robert Crais  (2 weeks) (last week's #1)
2  -  Private: #1 Suspect - James Patterson  (5 weeks)
1  -  Home Front - Kristin Hannah
(DEBUT)

New York Times Bestseller List NonFiction 02/05/2012

Here are the Top 10 books on the NY Times Bestseller list for the week ending Feb 5th 2012

10 - Catherine the Great - Robert K Massie  (10 weeks on list)
9  -  Elizabeth the Queen - Sally Bedell Smith  (2 weeks)
8  -  Obamas - Jodi Kantor (2 weeks)
7  -  Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman (13 weeks)
6  -  Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand (62 weeks)
5  -  Through My Eyes - Tim Tebow (20 weeks)
4  -  Killing Lincoln - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard  (17 weeks)
3  -  Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson (13 weeks)
2  -  American Sniper - Chris Kyle (3 weeks)
1  -  Ameritopia - Mark R Levin 
(DEBUT)

New York Times Bestseller List 01/22/2012

Here are the Top 10 Books on the NY Times Fiction bestseller list for the week ending January 22nd 2012

10 - Kill Alex Cross - James Patterson   (8 weeks on list)
9  -  The Best of Me - Nicholas Sparks   (13 weeks)
8  -  The Litigators - John Grisham    (11 weeks)
7  -  The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson   (73 weeks)
6  -  Locked On -  Tom Clancy   (4 weeks)
5  -  77 Shadow Street - Dean Koontz   (2 weeks) (#1 last week)
4  -  11/22/63 - Stephen King   (9 weeks)
3  -  Death Comes To Pemberley - P.D. James   (5 weeks)
2  -  Love in a Nutshell - Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly  (DEBUT)
1  -  Private : #1 Suspect - James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
(DEBUT)

New York Times Bestseller List Fiction 1/14/2012

Here are the Top 10 books on the NY Times Bestseller list for the week ending January 14th 2012

10 - Explosive Eighteen - Janet Evanovich (6 weeks on list)
9  -  The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Steig Larsson (72 weeks)
8  -  Red Mist - Patricia Cornwell  (4 weeks)
7  -  The Best of Me - Nicholas Sparks  (12 weeks)
6  -  The Litigators - John Grisham  (10 weeks)
5  -  Kill Alex Cross - James Patterson (7 weeks)
4  -  Locked On - Tom Clancy  (3 weeks)
3  -  Death Comes To Pemberley - P.D. James  (4 weeks)
2  -  11/22/1963  -  Stephen King (8 weeks)
1  -  77 Shadow Street - Dean Koontz 
(DEBUT)
A 19th century tycoon's mansion has been turned into luxury apartments, but it remains in the grip of evil forces.

New York Times Bestseller List 1/8/2012

Here are the Top 10 Fiction Bestsellers on NY Times Fiction Best Seller List for the week ending January 8th 2012

10 - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest - Stieg Larsson (71 weeks on List)
9  -  V Is For Vengeance - Sue Grafton (6 weeks)
8  -  Explosive Eighteen - Janet Evanovich (5 weeks)
7  -  Red Mist - Patricia Cornwell (3 weeks)
6  -  The Best of Me - Nicholas Sparks (11 weeks)
5  -  Death Comes To Pemberley - P.D. James (3 weeks)
4  -  Locked On - Tom Clancy w/Mark Greaney (2 weeks)
3  -  Kill Alex Cross - James Patterson (6 weeks)
2  -  The Litigators - John Grisham (9 weeks)
1  -  11/22/63 - Stephen King (7 weeks)
(4th non consecutive week at #1)

New York Times Bestseller List NonFiction 12/04/2011

Here are the Top Ten Books on the New York Times NonFiction Bestseller for the Week Ending December 4th 2011

10 - No Higher Honor - Condoleezza Rice
9  -  Then Again - Diane Keaton (debut)
8  -  Back To Work - Bill Clinton
7  -  Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
6  -  Gabby - Gabrielle Giffords (debut)
5  -  How I Got This Way - Regis Philbin (debut)
4  -  Jack Kennedy - Chris Matthews
3  -  Imperfect Justice - Jeff Ashton w/Lisa Pulitzer (debut)
2  -  Killing Lincoln - Bill O'Reilly w/ Martin Dugard
1  -  Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson 
(4 consecutive weeks at #1)

New York Times Bestseller List Fiction 11/27/2011

Here are the Top Ten Books on the the NY Times Bestseller List for the week ending November 27th  2011

10 - The Prague Cemetery - Umberto Eco (debut)
9  -  The Snow Angel - Glenn Beck
8  -  Hotel Vendome - Danielle Steel
7  -  The Alloy of Law - Brandon Sanderson (debut)
6  -  1Q84 - Haruki Murakami
5  -  The Christmas Wedding - James Patterson
4  -  The Best of Me - Nicholas Sparks
3  -  Zero Day - David Baldacci
2  -  The Litigators - John Grisham
1  -  11/22/63 - Stephen King (debut)

Top 5

Today's Top 5 is a look at the Top 5 bestselling novels on the New York Times Bestseller list November 22nd 1981
This weeks list contained some of the biggest names in novels and some of their most famous works.


5 - The Legacy by Howard Fast

The Lavette family of ''The Immigrants'' and ''The Establishment'' reaches the turbulent 60's.

4 - Noble House by James Clavell

 A British-Chinese struggle for control of one of Hong Kong's oldest trading houses. 
The first of Clavell's 2 #1 novels and spent 15 weeks at #1 from May until August 1981.

3 - Cujo by Stephen King

Monsters haunt a New York family seeking peace in rural Maine.
This was the 3rd #1 for Stephen King, spending 5 weeks at #1.

2 - The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
Life with an eccentric family

John Irving's first #1 novel, spending 9 weeks at the top of the list.

1 - An Indecent Obsession by Colleen McCullough
A nurse and her charges in a special-care ward of a WWII hospital
This is the second and last novel to reach the top of the Times bestseller list. The 'Thorn Birds' spend 15 weeks at #1 in the summer of 1977.  
This was the 2nd of 13 weeks at #1 for "Obsession".

New York Times Bestseller List 11/20/2011 Non Fiction

Here are the Top Ten Books on the New York Times Non Fiction bestseller list for the week ending November 20th 2011

10 - No Regrets - Ace Frehley and Joe Layden
9  -  Boomerang - Michael Lewis
8  -  The Time of Our Lives - Tom Brokaw
7  -  Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
6  -  Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me - Mindy Kaling
5  -  No Higher Honor - Condoleeza Rice
4  -  Blue Nights - Joan Didion
3  -  Jack Kennedy - Chris Matthews
2  -  Killing Lincoln - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
1  -  Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson 
(2nd consecutive week at #1)

New York Times Bestseller List 11/20/2011 Fiction

Here are the Top Ten Books on the NY Times Fiction bestseller list for the week ending November 20th 2011

10 - The Marriage Plot - Jeffrey Eugenies
9  -  Out of Oz - Gregory Maguire
8  -  The Snow Angel - Glenn Beck
7  -  The Christmas Wedding - James Patterson
6  -  1Q84 - Haruki Murakami
5  -  Lost December - Richard Paul
4  -  Hotel Vendome - Danielle Steel
3  -  The Best of Me - Nicholas Sparks
2  -  The Litigators - John Grisham
(last week's #1)
1  -  Zero Day - David Baldacci
(debut)
A Military investigator unconvers a conspriacy

New York Times Bestseller List 10/23/2011 Fiction

Here are the Top 5 books on the NY Times Bestseller list for fiction for the week ending October 23rd 2011

1 - Shock Wave - John Sanford (Debut)
Virgil Flowers investigates several bombings of a superstore chain that seeks to open a store in a Minnesota river town.

2 - The Affair - Lee Child (2 weeks on list) 
 For Jack Reacher, an elite military police officer, it all started in 1997. A lonely railroad track. A crime scene. A cover-up.

3 - Survivors - James Wesley (Debut)
Individuals use survivalist skills to defend themselves after the United States suffers a socioeconomic collapse.

4 - Neverwinter -  R. A. Salvatore (Debut)
 The second book in a fantasy series featuring Drizzt Du‘Orden.

5 - The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern (4 weeks on list)
Two young rivals at a magical circus become collaborators as they fall in love.

New York Times Bestseller 10/02/2011

Here are the 2 books that are currently the #1 bestsellers on the NY Times Bestseller List
(click on the title to go to Amazon to see more or buy a copy)


Fiction
New York To Dallas - JD Robb
(debut)

NonFiction

Jacqueline Kennedy : Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy
(debut)

Top 5

Today's Top 5 is the Top 5 Bestselling Novels this week in 1991.  
From the New York Times Bestseller list from August 18th

1 - The Kitchen God's Wife - Amy Tan
A ChineseAmerican matriarch tells the harrowing story of her life.

2 - The Firm - John Grisham 
A young lawyer learns that his firm is engaged in secret, possibly illegal activities.

3 - Maximum Bob - Elmore Leonard

A woman probation officer pursues the people trying to kill a redneck Florida judge
(the basis for a short lived tv show in 1998 starring Beau Bridges)

4 - Pastime - Robert B Parker

The private eye Spenser learns much about his own past while helping a young man track down his mother, who has disappeared.

5 - Heir To The Empire - Timothy Zahn

The survival of the "Star Wars" galaxy is menaced by new forces.

New York Times Bestseller List 07/31/2011

Here are the top 5 books on the New York Times Bestseller List (Fiction) for the week ending 07/31/2011

Fiction

1 -  A Dance with Dragons - George R.R. Martin (Debut)

2 - Now You See Her - James Patterson (3 weeks on list)

3 - Then Came You - Jennifer Weiner (Debut)

4 - Smokin Seventeen - Janet Evanovich (4th week on list)

5 - Quinn - Iris Johansen (Debut)