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List of The New York Times number-one books of 2022

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.

For the third year, the most frequent weekly best seller of the year was Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens with 12 weeks at the top of the list, followed closely by It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover with 11 weeks at the top of the list. Colleen Hoover was also the most frequent weekly best-selling author with 19 weeks at the top of the list.

Issue date Title Author(s) Publisher Ref.
January 2 Call Us What We Carry Amanda Gorman Viking Books [1]
January 9 The Judge's List John Grisham Doubleday [2]
January 16 It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover Atria Books [3]
January 23 [4]
January 30 [5]
February 6 [6]
February 13 [7]
February 20 [8]
February 27 Abandoned in Death J. D. Robb St. Martin's Press [9]
March 6 House of Sky and Breath Sarah J. Maas Bloomsbury Publishing [10]
March 13 The Paris Apartment Lucy Foley William Morrow [11]
March 20 Hook, Line, and Sinker Tessa Bailey Avon [12]
March 27 Run, Rose, Run Dolly Parton and James Patterson Little, Brown and Company [13]
April 3 The Match Harlan Coben Grand Central Publishing [14]
April 10 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens G. P. Putnam's Sons [15]
April 17 [16]
April 24 It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover Atria Books [17]
May 1 The Investigator John Sandford G. P. Putnam's Sons [18]
May 8 Dream Town David Baldacci Grand Central Publishing [19]
May 15 It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover Atria Books [20]
May 22 Book Lovers Emily Henry Berkley Books [21]
May 29 [22]
June 5 In the Blood Jack Carr Emily Bestler Books [23]
June 12 Nightwork Nora Roberts St. Martin's Press [24]
June 19 Sparring Partners John Grisham Doubleday [25]
June 26 It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover Atria Books [26]
July 3 The Hotel Nantucket Elin Hilderbrand Little, Brown and Company [27]
July 10 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens G. P. Putnam's Sons [28]
July 17 [29]
July 24 [30]
July 31 [31]
August 7 [32]
August 14 [33]
August 21 [34]
August 28 [35]
September 4 [36]
September 11 It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover Atria Books [37]
September 18 [38]
September 25 Fairy Tale Stephen King Scribner [39]
October 2 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens G. P. Putnam's Sons [40]
October 9 Dreamland Nicholas Sparks Random House [41]
October 16 Verity Colleen Hoover Grand Central Publishing [42]
October 23 Righteous Prey John Sandford G. P. Putnam's Sons [43]
October 30 Long Shadows David Baldacci Grand Central Publishing [44]
November 6 It Starts with Us Colleen Hoover Atria Books [45]
November 13 [46]
November 20 [47]
November 27 [48]
December 4 [49]
December 11 [50]
December 18 A World of Curiosities Louise Penny Minotaur Books [51]
December 25 It Starts with Us Colleen Hoover Atria Books [52]

Nonfiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.

Issue date Title Author(s) Publisher Ref.
January 2 The 1619 Project Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine One World [53]
January 9 The Storyteller Dave Grohl Dey Street Books [54]
January 16 The 1619 Project Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine One World [55]
January 23 Unthinkable Jamie Raskin Harper [56]
January 30 The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk Penguin Books [57]
February 6 Enough Already Valerie Bertinelli Harvest [58]
February 13 Red-Handed Peter Schweizer Harper [59]
February 20 [60]
February 27 [61]
March 6 From Strength to Strength Arthur C. Brooks Portfolio [62]
March 13 Red-Handed Peter Schweizer Harper [63]
March 20 The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk Penguin Books [64]
March 27 One Damn Thing After Another William P. Barr William Morrow [65]
April 3 [66]
April 10 The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk Penguin Books [67]
April 17 [68]
April 24 Bittersweet Susan Cain Crown [69]
May 1 Freezing Order Bill Browder Simon & Schuster [70]
May 8 The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk Penguin Books [71]
May 15 Finding Me Viola Davis HarperOne [72]
May 22 Killing the Killers Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard St. Martin's Press [73]
May 29 [74]
June 5 The Office BFFs Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey Dey Street Books [75]
June 12 Here's the Deal Kellyanne Conway [76]
June 19 Happy-Go-Lucky David Sedaris Little, Brown and Company [77]
June 26 James Patterson James Patterson Little, Brown and Company [78]
July 3 Battle for the American Mind Pete Hegseth with David Goodwin Broadside Books [79]
July 10 [80]
July 17 [81]
July 24 The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk Penguin Books [82]
July 31 Tanqueray Stephanie Johnson and Brandon Stanton St. Martin's Press [83]
August 7 The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk Penguin Books [84]
August 14 [85]
August 21 [86]
August 28 I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy Simon & Schuster [87]
September 4 [88]
September 11 [89]
September 18 [90]
September 25 [91]
October 2 [92]
October 9 [93]
October 16 [94]
October 23 Confidence Man Maggie Haberman Penguin Press [95]
October 30 [96]
November 6 Beyond the Wand Tom Felton Grand Central Publishing [97]
November 13 Radio's Greatest of All Time Rush Limbaugh with Kathryn Adams Limbaugh and David Limbaugh Threshold Editions [98]
November 20 Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing Matthew Perry Flatiron Books [99]
November 27 [100]
December 4 The Light We Carry Michelle Obama Crown [101]
December 11 [102]
December 18 [103]
December 25 [104]

See also

References

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