List of The New York Times number-one books of 2026

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.

Issue date	Title	Author(s)	Publisher	Ref.
January 4	The Widow	John Grisham	Doubleday	^[1]
January 11	The Housemaid	Freida McFadden	Grand Central Publishing	^[2]
January 18				^[3]
January 25				^[4]
February 1	The Correspondent	Virginia Evans	Crown	^[5]
February 8	Twelve Months	Jim Butcher	Ace	^[6]
February 15	Dear Debbie	Freida McFadden	Poisoned Pen Press	^[7]
February 22	Stolen in Death	J. D. Robb	St. Martin's Press	^[8]
March 1	Theo of Golden	Allen Levi	Atria Books	^[9]
March 8	Theo of Golden	Allen Levi	Atria Books	^[10]
March 15	The Crossroads	C. J. Box	G. P. Putnam's Sons	^[11]
March 22	Theo of Golden	Allen Levi	Atria Books	^[12]
March 29	Judge Stone	Viola Davis and James Patterson	Little, Brown and Company and JVL Media	^[13]
April 5	Project Hail Mary	Andy Weir	Ballantine Books	^[14]
April 12	Project Hail Mary	Andy Weir	Ballantine Books	^[15]
April 19	Game On	Navessa Allen	Slowburn	^[16]

Issue date	Title	Author(s)	Publisher	Ref.
January 4	The Look	Michelle Obama with Meredith Koop	Crown	^[17]
January 11	1929	Andrew Ross Sorkin	Viking	^[18]
January 18				^[19]
January 25				^[20]
February 1	Strangers	Belle Burden	The Dial Press	^[21]
February 8	The Invisible Coup	Peter Schweizer	Harper	^[22]
February 15				^[23]
February 22				^[24]
March 1	Nobody's Girl	Virginia Roberts Giuffre	Alfred A. Knopf	^[25]
March 8	Stripped Down	Bunnie Xo	Dey Street Books	^[26]
March 15	Stripped Down	Bunnie Xo	Dey Street Books	^[27]
March 22	You with the Sad Eyes	Christina Applegate	Little, Brown and Company	^[28]
March 29	Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!	Liza Minnelli, as told to Michael Feinstein, with Josh Getlin and Heidi Evans	Grand Central Publishing	^[29]
April 5	Stripped Down	Bunnie Xo	Dey Street Books	^[30]
April 12	Strangers	Belle Burden	The Dial Press	^[31]
April 19	Strangers	Belle Burden	The Dial Press	^[32]

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1971–1990	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
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List of The New York Times number-one books of 2026

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