List of The New York Times number-one books of 2012

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

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The following list ranks the number-one best selling fiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.[1]

The most popular book of the year was Fifty Shades of Grey, by E. L. James with 28 weeks at the top.

Date Book Author
January 1 11/22/63 Stephen King
January 8
January 15 77 Shadow Street Dean Koontz
January 22 Private: #1 Suspect James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
January 29 Believing the Lie Elizabeth George
February 5 Private: #1 Suspect James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
February 12 Taken Robert Crais
February 19 Home Front Kristin Hannah
February 26 Kill Shot Vince Flynn
March 4 Private Games James Patterson
March 11 Celebrity in Death J. D. Robb
March 18 Fifty Shades of Grey E. L. James
March 25
April 1
April 8
April 15
April 22
April 29
May 6
May 13
May 20
May 27
June 3
June 10
June 17
June 24
July 1
July 8
July 15
July 22
July 29
August 5
August 12
August 19
August 26
September 2
September 9
September 16
September 23
September 30 A Wanted Man Lee Child
October 7 Winter of the World Ken Follett
October 14 The Casual Vacancy J. K. Rowling
October 21 Reflected in You Sylvia Day
October 28
November 4 The Bone Bed Patricia Cornwell
November 11 The Racketeer John Grisham
November 18
November 25 The Perfect Hope Nora Roberts
December 2 The Last Man Vince Flynn
December 9 Notorious Nineteen Janet Evanovich
December 16 The Black Box Michael Connelly
December 23 Threat Vector Tom Clancy
December 30 Gone Girl Gillian Flynn

Nonfiction

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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 Killing Kennedy by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard with 9 weeks at the top of the list.

Date Book Author Publisher
January 1 Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson Simon & Schuster
January 8
January 15 Heaven Is for Real Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent Thomas Nelson
January 22
January 29
February 5 Ameritopia Mark R. Levin Threshold Editions
February 12 Heaven Is for Real Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent Thomas Nelson
February 19
February 26 Once Upon a Secret Mimi Alford Random House Publishing
March 4 The Vow Kim and Krickitt Carpenter with Dana Wilkerson B&H Publishing Group
March 11
March 18
March 25
April 1 Heaven Is for Real Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent Thomas Nelson
April 8 Imagine Jonah Lehrer Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
April 15 The Big Miss Hank Haney Crown Publishing
April 22 Drift Rachel Maddow Crown Publishing
April 29 A Night to Remember Walter Lord Open Road Integrated Media
May 6 Let's Pretend This Never Happened Jenny Lawson Penguin Group
May 13 Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Anna Quindlen Random House Publishing
May 20 The Passage of Power Robert A. Caro Knopf Doubleday Publishing
May 27
June 3 Amateur Edward Klein Regnery Publishing
June 10
June 17
June 24
July 1
July 8
July 15 Becoming Sister Wives Kody, Meri, Janelle, Christine and Robyn Brown Simon & Schuster
July 22 Wild Cheryl Strayed Knopf
July 29
August 5
August 12
August 19
August 26
September 2 Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand Random House Publishing
September 9 Paterno Joe Posnanski Simon & Schuster
September 16 The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls Simon & Schuster
September 23 No Easy Day Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer Penguin Group
September 30
October 7
October 14
October 21 Killing Kennedy Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Henry Holt & Company
October 28
November 4
November 11 Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander Simon & Schuster
November 18 Killing Kennedy Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Henry Holt & Company
November 25
December 2
December 9
December 16
December 23 Proof of Heaven Eben Alexander Simon & Schuster
December 30 Killing Kennedy Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Henry Holt & Company

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Combined Print & E-Book Fiction". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction". The New York Times. Retrieved February 12, 2023.