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List of The New York Times number-one books of 2018

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

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 President Is Missing by James Patterson and Bill Clinton with 6 weeks at the top of the list, followed closely by The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah with 4 weeks.

Date Book Author
January 7 Origin Dan Brown
January 14 The People vs. Alex Cross James Patterson
January 21 The Woman in the Window A. J. Finn
January 28
February 4 City of Endless Night Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
February 11 Judgment Road Christine Feehan
February 18 Dark in Death J.D. Robb
February 25 The Great Alone Kristin Hannah
March 4
March 11
March 18
March 25 Burn Bright Patricia Briggs
April 1 The Rising Sea Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
April 8 Accidental Heroes Danielle Steel
April 15 The Disappeared C. J. Box
April 22 Ready Player One Ernest Cline
April 29 The Thief J. R. Ward
May 6 The Fallen David Baldacci
May 13 Twisted Prey John Sandford
May 20 The 17th Suspect James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
May 27
June 3 The Cast Danielle Steel
June 10 The Outsider Stephen King
June 17 Shelter in Place Nora Roberts
June 24 The President Is Missing James Patterson and Bill Clinton
July 1
July 8
July 15
July 22
July 29
August 5 The Other Woman Daniel Silva
August 12 Origin Dan Brown
August 19
August 26 Tailspin Sandra Brown
September 2 Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Kwan
September 9
September 16
September 23 Leverage In Death J. D. Robb
September 30 Juror #3 James Patterson and Nancy Allen
October 7 Lethal White Robert Galbraith
October 14 Vince Flynn: Red War Kyle Mills
October 21 A Spark Of Light Jodi Picoult
October 28 Holy Ghost John Sandford
November 4 Every Breath Nicholas Sparks
November 11 The Reckoning John Grisham
November 18 Dark Sacred Night Michael Connelly
November 25 Past Tense Lee Child
December 2 Look Alive Twenty-Five Janet Evanovich
December 9 Fire and Blood George R. R. Martin
December 16 Kingdom of the Blind Louise Penny
December 23 Of Blood and Bone Nora Roberts
December 30 The Reckoning John Grisham

Nonfiction

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 Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff with seven weeks at the top of the list followed by Becoming by Michelle Obama with five weeks at the top of the list; this book continued to be a best seller in 2019.

Date Book Author Publisher
January 7 Grant Ron Chernow Penguin Press
January 14 Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil deGrasse Tyson Norton
January 21 Fire and Fury Michael Wolff Holt
January 28
February 4
February 11
February 18
February 25
March 4
March 11 Educated Tara Westover Random House
March 18 I'll Be Gone in the Dark Michelle McNamara Harper
March 25
April 1 Russian Roulette Michael Isikoff and David Corn Twelve
April 8 Secret Empires Peter Schweizer Harper
April 15 This Is Me Chrissy Metz Dey St.
April 22 Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann Doubleday
April 29 Fascism: A Warning Madeleine Albright and Bill Woodward Harper
May 6 A Higher Loyalty James Comey Flatiron
May 13
May 27 The Soul of America Jon Meacham Random House
June 3 How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan Penguin Press
June 10 The Restless Wave John McCain and Mark Salter Simon & Schuster
June 17 Calypso David Sedaris Little, Brown
June 24 Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain Ecco
July 1
July 8
July 15
July 22 Things That Matter Charles Krauthammer Crown Forum
July 29 Educated Tara Westover Random House
August 5 Liars, Leakers and Liberals Jeanine Pirro Center Street
August 12 The Russia Hoax Gregg Jarrett Broadside
August 19
August 26 Everything Trump Touches Dies Rick Wilson Free Press
September 2 Unhinged Omarosa Manigault Newman Gallery
September 9 Educated Tara Westover Random House
September 16 The Restless Wave John McCain and Mark Salter Simon & Schuster
September 23 Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari Harper
September 30 Fear: Trump in the White House Bob Woodward Simon & Schuster
October 7
October 14
October 21 Ship of Fools Tucker Carlson Free Press
October 28 Killing the SS Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Holt
November 4
November 11
November 18 Beastie Boys Book Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz Spiegel & Grau
November 25 Killing the SS Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Holt
December 2 Becoming Michelle Obama Crown
December 9
December 16
December 23
December 30

See also

References

  1. ^ "Combined Print & E-Book Fiction Books – Best Sellers – The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
  2. ^ "Combined Print and E-book Nonfiction Books – Best Sellers". New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2018.

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