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List of The New York Times number-one books of 2008

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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 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 hardcover fiction category.[1]

The most popular books of the year were The Appeal, by John Grisham and Change of Heart, by Jodi Picoult with respectively 5 and 3 weeks at the top. The author James Patterson was at the top for four different books (Double Cross, Sundays at Tiffany's, Sail and Cross Country).

Date Book Author
January 6 Double Cross James Patterson
January 13 A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini
January 20
January 27 Plum Lucky Janet Evanovich
February 3
February 10 Duma Key Stephen King
February 17 The Appeal John Grisham
February 24
March 2
March 9
March 16
March 23 Change of Heart Jodi Picoult
March 30
April 6
April 13 Compulsion Jonathan Kellerman
April 20 Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri
April 27 Where Are You Now? Mary Higgins Clark
May 4 Hold Tight Harlan Coben
May 11 The Whole Truth David Baldacci
May 18 Sundays at Tiffany's James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet
May 25 The Host Stephenie Meyer
June 1
June 8 Odd Hours Dean Koontz
June 15 Blood Noir Laurell K. Hamilton
June 22 Nothing to Lose Lee Child
June 29 Sail James Patterson and Howard Roughan
July 6 Fearless Fourteen Janet Evanovich
July 13
July 20 The Last Patriot Brad Thor
July 27 Tribute Nora Roberts
August 3
August 10 Moscow Rules Daniel Silva
August 17
August 24 Acheron Sherrilyn Kenyon
August 31 Smoke Screen Sandra Brown
September 7 The Force Unleashed Sean Williams
September 14 Devil Bones Kathy Reichs
September 21 Dark Curse Christine Feehan
September 28 Anathem Neal Stephenson
October 5 The Story of Edgar Sawtelle David Wroblewski
October 12
October 19 The Lucky One Nicholas Sparks
October 26
November 2 The Brass Verdict Michael Connelly
November 9 Extreme Measures Vince Flynn
November 16 The Gate House Nelson DeMille
November 23 Divine Justice David Baldacci
November 30 The Christmas Sweater Glenn Beck
December 7 Cross Country James Patterson
December 14
December 21 Scarpetta Patricia Cornwell
December 28

Nonfiction

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The following list ranks the number-one best selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category.[2]

Date Book Author Publisher
January 6 I Am America (And So Can You!) Stephen Colbert Grand Central
January 13
January 20 In Defense of Food Michael Pollan Penguin Press
January 27
February 3 Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography Andrew Morton St. Martin's
February 10 In Defense of Food Michael Pollan Penguin Press
February 17
February 24
March 2
March 9 Liberal Fascism Jonah Goldberg Doubleday
March 16 Losing It Valerie Bertinelli Free Press
March 23
March 30
April 6 Beautiful Boy David Sheff Houghton Mifflin
April 13 Mistaken Identity Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb Howard
April 20
April 27 Home Julie Andrews Hyperion
May 4 Beautiful Boy David Sheff Houghton Mifflin
May 11 Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea Chelsea Handler Simon Spotlight
May 18 The Revolution: A Manifesto Ron Paul Grand Central
May 25 Audition: A Memoir Barbara Walters Knopf
June 1
June 8
June 15 What Happened Scott McClellan PublicAffairs
June 22 When You Are Engulfed in Flames David Sedaris Little, Brown
June 29
July 6
July 13
July 20
July 27
August 3
August 10
August 17 The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality Jerome R. Corsi Threshold Editions
August 24
August 31
September 7
September 14 sTORI Telling Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin Simon Spotlight
September 21
September 28 Hot, Flat, and Crowded Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux
October 31 Against Medical Advice: A True Story James Patterson, Hal Friedman Little, Brown and Company
November 30 Too Fat to Fish Artie Lange with Anthony Bozza Spiegel & Grau
December 7 Things That Matter Charles Krauthammer Crown Forum
December 15
December 21 Outliers Malcolm Gladwell Little, Brown

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 2008 Hawes Publications
  2. ^ "Hardcover Nonfiction". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
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