List of The New York Times number-one books of 2025

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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 into three genres—fiction, nonfiction and children's books. Both the fiction and nonfiction lists are further split into multiple lists.

Rebecca Yarros was the most frequent weekly best-selling combined fiction author in 2025.

Fiction

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

The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros with 8 weeks at the top of the list, followed by The Widow by John Grisham with 4 weeks at the top of the list and James by Percival Everett with 3 weeks at the top of the list.

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Issue date Title Author(s) Publisher Ref.
January 5 James Percival Everett Doubleday [1]
January 12 [2]
January 19 [3]
January 26 Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros Red Tower Books [4]
February 2 [5]
February 9 Onyx Storm [6]
February 16 [7]
February 23 [8]
March 2 [9]
March 9 [10]
March 16 Battle Mountain C. J. Box G. P. Putnam's Sons [11]
March 23 Onyx Storm Rebecca Yarros Red Tower Books [12]
March 30 [13]
April 6 [14]
April 13 Lethal Prey John Sandford G. P. Putnam's Sons [15]
April 20 Say You'll Remember Me Abby Jimenez Forever [16]
April 27 Enchantra Kaylie Smith [17]
May 4 The Perfect Divorce Jeneva Rose Blackstone Publishing [18]
May 11 Great Big Beautiful Life Emily Henry Berkley [19]
May 18 25 Alive James Patterson and Maxine Paetro Little, Brown and Company [20]
May 25 The Tenant Freida McFadden Poisoned Pen Press [21]
June 1 A Curse Carved in Bone Danielle L. Jensen Del Rey [22]
June 8 Nightshade Michael Connelly Little, Brown and Company [23]
June 15 Never Flinch Stephen King Scribner [24]
June 22 Atmosphere Taylor Jenkins Reid Ballantine Books [25]
June 29 Caught Up Navessa Allen Slowburn [26]
July 6 Atmosphere Taylor Jenkins Reid Ballantine Books [27]
July 13 Don't Let Him In Lisa Jewell Atria Books [28]
July 20 Edge of Honor Brad Thor Emily Bestler Books [29]
July 27 Rose in Chains Julie Soto Forever [30]
August 3 An Inside Job Daniel Silva Harper [31]
August 10 The Hamptons Lawyer James Patterson and Mike Lupica Little, Brown and Company [32]
August 17 My Friends Fredrik Backman Atria Books [33]
August 24 Accomplice to the Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer Red Tower Books [34]
August 31 We Are All Guilty Here Karin Slaughter William Morrow [35]
September 7 Quicksilver Callie Hart Forever [36]
September 14 Katabasis R. F. Kuang Harper Voyager [37]
September 21 Framed in Death J. D. Robb St. Martin's Press [38]
September 28 The Secret of Secrets Dan Brown Doubleday [39]
October 5 [40]
October 12 Alchemised SenLinYu Del Rey Books [41]
October 19 The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman Pamela Dorman Books [42]
October 26 Mate Ali Hazelwood Berkley [43]
November 2 Gone Before Goodbye Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben Grand Central Publishing [44]
November 9 The Widow John Grisham Doubleday [45]
November 16 The Black Wolf Louise Penny Minotaur [46]
November 23 The Widow John Grisham Doubleday [47]
November 30 Exit Strategy Lee Child and Andrew Child Bantam Books [48]
December 7 Brimstone Callie Hart Forever [49]
December 14 [50]
December 21 The Widow John Grisham Doubleday [51]
December 28 [52]
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Nonfiction

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

The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk with 6 weeks at the top of the list, followed by Nobody's Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre with 4 weeks at the top of the list.

More information Issue date, Title ...
Issue date Title Author(s) Publisher Ref.
January 5 The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan Alfred A. Knopf [53]
January 12 [54]
January 19 The Anxious Generation Jonathan Haidt Penguin Press [55]
January 26 The House of My Mother Shari Franke Gallery Books [56]
February 2 [57]
February 9 Hillbilly Elegy J. D. Vance Harper [58]
February 16 The Sirens' Call Chris Hayes Penguin Press [59]
February 23 Source Code Bill Gates Alfred A. Knopf [60]
March 2 Outlive Peter Attia with Bill Gifford Harmony [61]
March 9 The Technological Republic Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska Crown Currency [62]
March 16 The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk Penguin Books [63]
March 23 The House of My Mother Shari Franke Gallery Books [64]
March 30 Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams Flatiron Books [65]
April 6 Everything Is Tuberculosis John Green Crash Course Books [66]
April 13 [67]
April 20 Fight Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes William Morrow [68]
April 27 Fahrenheit-182 Mark Hoppus with Dan Ozzi Dey Street Books [69]
May 4 Abundance Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson Avid Reader Press [70]
May 11 Matriarch Tina Knowles with Kevin Carr O'Leary One World [71]
May 18 The Fate of the Day Rick Atkinson Crown [72]
May 25 Big Dumb Eyes Nate Bargatze Grand Central Publishing [73]
June 1 Mark Twain Ron Chernow Penguin Press [74]
June 8 Original Sin Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson [75]
June 15 [76]
June 22 How Countries Go Broke Ray Dalio Avid Reader Press [77]
June 29 The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk Penguin Books [78]
July 6 Behind the Badge Johnny Joey Jones Fox News Books [79]
July 13 [80]
July 20 The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk Penguin Books [81]
July 27 Butler Salena Zito Center Street [82]
August 3 The Idaho Four James Patterson and Vicky Ward Little, Brown and Company [83]
August 10 [84]
August 17 On Power Mark Levin Threshold Editions [85]
August 24 Coming Up Short Robert Reich Alfred A. Knopf [86]
August 31 The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk Penguin Books [87]
September 7 [88]
September 14 [89]
September 21 Sister Wife Christine Brown Woolley Gallery Books [90]
September 28 Confronting Evil Bill O'Reilly and Josh Hammer St. Martin's Press [91]
October 5 Poems & Prayers Matthew McConaughey Crown [92]
October 12 107 Days Kamala Harris Simon & Schuster [93]
October 19 [94]
October 26 How to Test Negative for Stupid John Kennedy Broadside Books [95]
November 2 Under Siege Eric Trump Threshold Editions [96]
November 9 Nobody's Girl Virginia Roberts Giuffre Alfred A. Knopf [97]
November 16 [98]
November 23 Heart Life Music Kenny Chesney with Holly Gleason William Morrow [99]
November 30 Nobody's Girl Virginia Roberts Giuffre Alfred A. Knopf [100]
December 7 [101]
December 14 1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin Viking [102]
December 21 [103]
December 28 [104]
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