The Complete List of New York Times Fiction Best Sellers

Go beyond just the current list of New York Times Fiction Best Sellers to discover every bestselling book listed on the NYT Bestseller List in 2023.

Current #1 New York Times Best Seller

book cover Storm Watch by C. J. Box

C. J. Box

(1 Week) In the 23rd novel of the series, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett investigates a murder at a secretive high-tech facility. While hunting down a wounded elk, Picket discovers the car and the mutilated body of a missing University of Wyoming professor. But his investigation is hampered by federal agents, extremists and even the governor, pulled into a movement determined to secede from the US.

Publication Date: 28 February 2023
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Previous #1 New York Times Fiction Best Sellers

book cover The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Matt Haig

(106 Weeks) In the Midnight Library, there are two books – one book for the life you’ve lived and one for the one you could have lived. Nora Seed must decide which book to choose from. What if she had made different choices? Would her life truly have been better?

Publication Date: 29 September 2020
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book cover The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

Laura Dave

(65 Weeks) Before Owen Michaels disappeared, he smuggled a note to his new wife Hannah: Protect her. Hannah knows he’s referring to his sixteen-year-old daughter Bailey, but Bailey doesn’t want anything to do with Hannah. As Owen’s boss gets arrested and the FBI come knocking, Hannah and Bailey must come together to discover Owen’s secrets.

Publication Date: 4 May 2021
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book cover Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Bonnie Garmus

(43 Weeks) Elizabeth Zott has always defied stereotyping, especially as the only woman chemist at the Hastings Research Institute in the 1960s. After falling in love with another chemist who sees her for who she is, life throws her a curveball. Now as a single mom, she unexpectedly finds herself the host of a tv cooking show. When Elizabeth’s unusual approach to cooking charms her audience, the women who watch her begin to question the status quo in their own lives, making Elizabeth a target of those who find the change unwelcome.

Publication Date: 5 April 2022
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book cover Fairy Tale by Stephen King

Stephen King

(26 Weeks) Seventeen-year-old Charlie is used to being on his own until he befriends Howard, an old recluse, and his beloved dog Radar, who live in a large house on the hill. After Howard dies, he leaves Charlie a note about a magical portal to a parallel world where good and evil are at war. Now, it’s up to Charlie and Radar to save both worlds.

Publication Date: 6 September 2022
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book cover The Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham

John Grisham

(20 Weeks) In the 1960s, Keith and Hugh were best friends and baseball all-stars. But as they grow older, their lives take different trajectories. Keith’s father becomes a legendary prosecutor determined to clean up Biloxi and Hugh’s dad works his way up to become the head of the local mob. As both boys follow in their father’s footsteps, they find themselves on opposite sides of the law in Grisham’s latest legal thriller.

Publication Date: 18 October 2022
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book cover Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Sparks

(17 Weeks) After tragedy ruins his dream of becoming a musician, Colby Mills settles into the life of a small-town farmer. When he spontaneously takes a gig at a bar in Florida, Colby falls in love with Morgan, an ambitious up-and-coming singer. As Colby and Morgan fall head over heels, their lives are changed when they meet a woman fleeing an abusive husband.

Publication Date: 20 September 2022
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book cover Verity by Colleen Hoover

Colleen Hoover

(10 Weeks) Struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh receives the chance of a lifetime when Jeremy Crawford hires her to complete the bestselling book series of his injured wife, Verity. However, in Verity’s study, Lowen stumbles upon an unpublished autobiography full of dark confessions. As Lowen falls in love with Jeremy, she debates whether to show Jeremy Verity’s writing. Although originally published in 2018, Verity has become a fan favorite on TikTok and was recently reprinted with a brand new chapter.

Publication Date: 7 December 2018
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book cover Desert Star by Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly

(6 Weeks) LAPD Detective Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch team up to finally hunt down the killer of Bosch’s entire family. Returning to the police force to work the cold case unit, Ballard convinces Bosch to volunteer so he can use the task force’s resources to search for his family’s killer. While Ballard is working on solving the rape and murder of a teen girl, Bosch finds his focus fractured and they two must hunt down two killers at once.

Publication Date: 8 November 2022
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book cover A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

Louise Penny

(6 Weeks) In the 18th book in the series, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir are worried when the children of a murdered woman return to Three Pines. Why are they back and has their mother’s murder damaged them beyond repair? Meanwhile, Gamache discovers a 150-year-old letter from a stone mason about a bricked-up attic. When the room is discovered, the villagers open it up to find a room of curiosities and hidden messages.

Publication Date: 29 November 2022
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book cover Babel by R. F. Kuang

R. F. Kuang

(7 Weeks) In 1828, Robin Swift, an orphan, is brought from Canton to London by the mysterious Dr. Lovell. For years he trains in different languages to be accepted to Oxford’s Royal Institute of Translation, known as Babel. Learning to translate, and the magic that comes with it, soon puts Swift on a collision course between loyalty to his homeland and his adopted company when Britain starts a war with China.

Publication Date: 23 August 2022
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book cover Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

Leigh Bardugo

(3 Weeks) In a sequel to the dark academia fantasy, Ninth House, Alex Stern is back and determined to rescue Darlington from purgatory. Without the aid of Ninth House, Alex and Dawes must dive into the society’s deepest secrets to find a portal to the underworld. When Yale faculty members begin to die, Alex realizes that something more is going on in New Haven.

Publication Date: 10 January 2023
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book cover Encore in Death by J.D. Robb

J. D. Robb

(2 Weeks) At a glittering Hollywood event, celebrity couple Eliza Lane and Brant Fitzhugh were the toast of the room. Until Brant fell dead, poisoned by his glass of champagne which was originally intended for Eliza. Now Eve Dallas must investigate the murder without being caught up in the media circus surrounding the case.

Publication Date: 7 February 2023
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The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers

 

Heavyweights

(10+ Weeks on the NYT Bestseller List)

book cover Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Gabrielle Zevin

(23 Weeks) On a bitterly cold day, Sam Masur runs into Sadie Green on a train platform and they renew their childhood friendship bonding over video games. Together, they create Ichigo, a blockbuster game that changes their lives. Over the next three decades, their friendship is tested as their success leads them to money, fame, love, and betrayal. More a heartrending story about friendship than video games, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is an unputdownable read with complex character development.

Publication Date: 12 July 2022
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book cover Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

(22 Weeks) Olivia McAfee’s picture-perfect life is shattered when she finds out her husband’s dark secrets. Now divorced, she moves to her quiet New Hampshire hometown with her teenage son Asher. When Asher’s girlfriend dies and he’s the prime suspect, Olivia knows he must be innocent. Yet as more of Asher’s secrets are revealed, she begins to wonder if he’s more like his father than she thought.

Publication Date: 4 October 2022
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book cover Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver

(20 Weeks) In a modern-day version of David Copperfield set in the American South, Demon Copperhead speaks of how institutional poverty damages young boys today. A child of a single mother living in a single wide trailer, young Demon must survive foster care, child labor, poor schools, addiction, success, and failure in this epic tale.

Publication Date: 18 October 2022
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book cover Horse by Geraldine Brooks

Geraldine Brooks

(10 Weeks) In 1850, an enslaved groom leads a thoroughbred horse to a series of stunning victories. When the Civil War breaks out, a young artist fighting for the Union encounters the groom and his horse under dangerous circumstances. In 1954, a gallery owner becomes obsessed with a mysterious 19th century equestrian painting and, in 2019, a scientist and an art historian are brought together to uncover the secrets of the horse and its groom.

Publication Date: 14 June 2022
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Fan Favorites

(5+ Weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List)

book cover No Plan B by Lee Child and Andrew Child

No Plan B by Lee Child and Andrew Child

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(9 Weeks) The 27th book in the Jack Reacher series. Reacher goes after a killer but is unaware of the bigger implications.

 
book cover Triple Cross by James Patterson

Triple Cross by James Patterson

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(9 Weeks) Detective Alex Cross and the true-crime author Thomas Tull search for a serial killer known as the Family Man.
 
book cover Going Rogue by Janet Evanovich

Going Rogue by Janet Evanovich

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(9 Weeks) The 29th book in the Stephanie Plum series. The man who abducted the office manager at Vinnie’s Bail Bonds demands a mysterious coin in exchange for her.
 
book cover The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes

The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes

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(9 Weeks) Seven years after witnessing her best friend drop dead, Maya returns to her Berkshires hometown to piece together what happened.
 
book cover Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

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(7 Weeks) A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there.
 
book cover The House of Wolves by James Patterson and Mike Lupica

The House of Wolves by James Patterson and Mike Lupica

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(6 Weeks) After her father is murdered, Jenny Wolf becomes the head of a powerful family in California.
 

 

New York Times Fiction Bestseller List

 

Honorable Mention

(2-4 Weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List)

One Hit Wonders

(1 Week on the New York Times Best Seller List)