List of The New York Times number-one books of 2013
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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.[1]
The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was Inferno by Dan Brown with 6 weeks at the top of the list, followed closely by The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith with 5 weeks at the top of the list and Sycamore Row by John Grisham with 4 weeks at the top of the list.
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 Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander with 11 weeks at the top of the list.
| Date | Book | Author | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | Proof of Heaven | Eben Alexander | Simon & Schuster |
| January 13 | |||
| January 20 | |||
| January 27 | |||
| February 3 | |||
| February 10 | |||
| February 17 | |||
| February 24 | American Sniper | Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice | Morrow/HarperCollins |
| March 3 | |||
| March 10 | |||
| March 17 | America the Beautiful | Ben C. Carson and Candy Carson | Zondervan |
| March 24 | Proof of Heaven | Eben Alexander | Simon & Schuster |
| March 31 | Lean In | Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell | Knopf Doubleday Publishing |
| April 7 | |||
| April 14 | |||
| April 21 | |||
| April 28 | |||
| May 5 | |||
| May 12 | Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls | David Sedaris | Little, Brown |
| May 19 | Control | Glenn Beck and others | Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts |
| May 26 | Happy, Happy, Happy | Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach | Howard Books |
| June 2 | The Guns at Last Light | Rick Atkinson | Holt |
| June 9 | Eleven Rings | Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty | Penguin Press |
| June 16 | Lean In | Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell | Knopf Doubleday Publishing |
| June 23 | The Dog Lived (and So Will I) | Teresa J. Rhyne | Sourcebooks |
| June 30 | Happy, Happy, Happy | Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach | Howard Books |
| July 7 | |||
| July 14 | Proof of Heaven | Eben Alexander | Simon & Schuster |
| July 21 | |||
| July 28 | |||
| August 4 | This Town | Mark Leibovich | Blue Rider |
| August 11 | Zealot | Reza Aslan | Random House |
| August 18 | |||
| August 25 | |||
| September 1 | The Liberty Amendments | Mark R. Levin | Threshold Editions |
| September 8 | |||
| September 15 | |||
| September 22 | Si-cology 1 | Si Robertson with Mark Schlabach | Howard Books |
| September 29 | |||
| October 6 | |||
| October 13 | Killing Jesus | Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard | Holt |
| October 20 | |||
| October 27 | |||
| November 3 | |||
| November 10 | |||
| November 17 | |||
| November 24 | Things That Matter | Charles Krauthammer | Crown Forum |
| December 1 | |||
| December 8 | |||
| December 15 | |||
| December 22 | |||
| December 29 |