List of The New York Times number-one books of 2013

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

edit

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.

Date Book Author
January 6 The Racketeer John Grisham
January 13 Gone Girl Gillian Flynn
January 20
January 27 A Memory of Light Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
February 3
February 10 Private Berlin James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
February 17 Until the End of Time Danielle Steel
February 24
March 3 A Week in Winter Maeve Binchy
March 10 Alex Cross, Run James Patterson
March 17 Calculated in Death J. D. Robb
March 24 Reckless S.C. Stephens
March 31 Alex Cross, Run James Patterson
April 7 Six Years Harlan Coben
April 14 Lover At Last J. R. Ward
April 21 Walking Disaster Jamie McGuire
April 28 The Bet Rachel Van Dyken
May 5 Whiskey Beach Nora Roberts
May 12 The Hit David Baldacci
May 19 12th of Never James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
May 26 Dead Ever After Charlaine Harris
June 2 Inferno Dan Brown
June 9
June 16
June 23 Entwined With You Sylvia Day
June 30 Inferno Dan Brown
July 7
July 14 Second Honeymoon James Patterson and Howard Roughan
July 21 Inferno Dan Brown
July 28 Hidden Order Brad Thor
August 4 The Cuckoo's Calling Robert Galbraith
August 11
August 18
August 25 Burn Maya Banks
September 1 The Cuckoo's Calling Robert Galbraith
September 8
September 15 How the Light Gets In Louise Penny
September 22 Never Go Back Lee Child
September 29 W is for Wasted Sue Grafton
October 6 The Longest Ride Nicholas Sparks
October 13 Doctor Sleep Stephen King
October 20 Gone James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
October 27 Storm Front John Sandford
November 3 Just One Evil Act Elizabeth George
November 10 Sycamore Row John Grisham
November 17 Dark Witch Nora Roberts
November 24 Sycamore Row John Grisham
December 1
December 8 Takedown Twenty Janet Evanovich
December 15 Cross My Heart James Patterson
December 22 The Gods of Guilt Michael Connelly
December 29 Sycamore Row John Grisham

Nonfiction

edit

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

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "Combined Print & E-Book Fiction". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction". The New York Times. Retrieved February 12, 2023.