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

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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.

Fiction

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

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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 [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 [15]
April 19 Game On Navessa Allen Slowburn [16]
April 26 Rites of the Starling Devney Perry Red Tower Books [17]
May 3 Hope Rises David Baldacci Grand Central Publishing [18]
May 10 Theo of Golden Allen Levi Atria Books [19]
May 17 [20]
May 24 [21]
May 31 A Parade of Horribles Matt Dinniman Ace [22]
June 7 The Ballad of Falling Dragons Sarah A. Parker Avon [23]
June 14 The Divorce Freida McFadden Poisoned Pen Press [24]
June 21 Whistler Ann Patchett Harper [25]
June 28 Theo of Golden Allen Levi Atria Books [26]
July 5 [27]
July 12 [28]
July 19 [29]
July 26 [30]
August 2 Ransom Daniel Silva Harper [31]
August 9 Theo of Golden Allen Levi Atria Books [32]
August 16 [33]
August 23 Adversary to the Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer Red Tower Books [34]
August 30 Theo of Golden Allen Levi Atria Books [35]
September 6 [36]
September 13 [37]
September 20 The Knave and The Moon Rachel Gillig Orbit Books [38]
September 27 Fury in Death J. D. Robb St. Martin's Press [39]
October 4 Hollow Bones Jodi Picoult Ballantine Books [40]
October 11 Hollywood, Ending John Green Dutton Books [41]
October 18 Threshing Day Rebecca Yarros Red Tower Books [42]
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Nonfiction

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

More information Issue date, Title ...
Issue date Title Author(s) Publisher Ref.
January 4 The Look Michelle Obama with Meredith Koop Crown [43]
January 11 1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin Viking [44]
January 18 [45]
January 25 [46]
February 1 Strangers Belle Burden The Dial Press [47]
February 8 The Invisible Coup Peter Schweizer Harper [48]
February 15 [49]
February 22 [50]
March 1 Nobody's Girl Virginia Roberts Giuffre Alfred A. Knopf [51]
March 8 Stripped Down Bunnie Xo Dey Street Books [52]
March 15 [53]
March 22 You with the Sad Eyes Christina Applegate Little, Brown and Company [54]
March 29 Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! Liza Minnelli, as told to Michael Feinstein, with Josh Getlin and Heidi Evans Grand Central Publishing [55]
April 5 Stripped Down Bunnie Xo Dey Street Books [56]
April 12 Strangers Belle Burden The Dial Press [57]
April 19 [58]
April 26 [59]
May 3 Famesick Lena Dunham Random House [60]
May 10 Strangers Belle Burden The Dial Press [61]
May 17 Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About Isabel Klee William Morrow [62]
May 24 Strangers Belle Burden The Dial Press [63]
May 31 Suicidal Empathy Gad Saad Broadside Books [64]
June 7 Liar's Kingdom Andrew Weissmann Little, Brown and Company [65]
June 14 The Land and Its People David Sedaris Little, Brown and Company [66]
June 21 View from the East Wing Jill Biden Gallery Books [67]
June 28 Strangers Belle Burden The Dial Press [68]
July 5 Communion JD Vance Harper [69]
July 12 Regime Change Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan Simon & Schuster [70]
July 19 [71]
July 26 [72]
August 2 [73]
August 9 [74]
August 16 [75]
August 23 [76]
August 30 [77]
September 6 This Is Me Hayden Panettiere Grand Central Publishing [78]
September 13 Going Furthur Ted Cruz Sentinel [79]
September 20 This Is Me Hayden Panettiere Grand Central Publishing [80]
September 27 The Counter Revolution Victor Davis Hanson Basic Books [81]
October 4 The Perilous Fight Colin Kaepernick with Nick Chiles Legacy Lit [82]
October 11 Swan Song Charles Spencer Penguin Press [83]
October 18 The Steps Sylvester Stallone William Morrow and Company [84]
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