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List of The New York Times number-one books of 2020

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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 combined print and e-books category.[1] For the second consecutive year, the most frequent weekly best seller of the year was Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens with 7 weeks at the top of the list.

Date Book Author Ref.
January 5 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens [2]
January 12 [3]
January 19 [4]
January 26 [5]
February 2 [6]
February 9 American Dirt Jeanine Cummins [7]
February 16 [8]
February 23 Golden in Death J. D. Robb [9]
March 1 American Dirt Jeanine Cummins [10]
March 8 One Minute Out Mark Greaney [11]
March 15 Blindside James Patterson and James O. Born [12]
March 22 House of Earth and Blood Sarah J. Maas [13]
March 29 The Mirror & the Light Hilary Mantel [14]
April 5 The Boy from the Woods Harlan Coben [15]
April 12 Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng [16]
April 19 [17]
April 25 [18]
May 3 Masked Prey John Sandford [19]
May 10 Walk the Wire David Baldacci [20]
May 17 Camino Winds John Grisham [21]
May 24 The 20th Victim James Patterson and Maxine Paetro [22]
May 31 Camino Winds John Grisham [23]
June 7 [24]
June 14 Hideaway Nora Roberts [25]
June 21 The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett [26]
June 28 The Summer House James Patterson and Brendan DuBois [27]
July 5 28 Summers Elin Hilderbrand [28]
July 12 [29]
July 19 The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett [30]
July 26 [31]
August 2 The Order Daniel Silva [32]
August 9 Near Dark Brad Thor [33]
August 16 Deadlock Catherine Coulter [34]
August 23 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens [35]
August 30 [36]
September 6 Royal Danielle Steel [37]
September 13 Thick as Thieves Sandra Brown [38]
September 20 All the Devils Are Here Louise Penny [39]
September 27 Shadows in Death J. D. Robb [40]
October 4 The Evening and the Morning Ken Follett [41]
October 11 The Book of Two Ways Jodi Picoult [42]
October 18 The Return Nicholas Sparks [43]
October 25 Troubles in Paradise Elin Hilderbrand [44]
November 1 A Time for Mercy John Grisham [45]
November 8 [46]
November 15 The Sentinel Lee Child and Andrew Child [47]
November 22 Fortune and Glory Janet Evanovich [48]
November 29 The Law of Innocence Michael Connelly [49]
December 6 Rhythm of War Brandon Sanderson [50]
December 13 Ready Player Two Ernest Cline [51]
December 20 [52]
December 27 [53]

Nonfiction

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The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.

Issue date Title Author(s) Publisher Ref.
January 5 Educated Tara Westover Random House [54]
January 12 [55]
January 19 [56]
January 26 [57]
February 2 Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson Spiegel & Grau [58]
February 9 A Very Stable Genius Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig Penguin Press [59]
February 16 Profiles in Corruption Peter Schweizer HarperCollins [60]
February 23 Open Book Jessica Simpson with Kevin Carr O'Leary Dey Street [61]
March 1 [62]
March 8 The Mamba Mentality Kobe Bryant Melcher Media [63]
March 15 The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson Crown [64]
March 22 [65]
March 29 Untamed Glennon Doyle The Dial Press [66]
April 5 The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson Crown [67]
April 12 [68]
April 19 [69]
April 26 Hidden Valley Road Robert Kolker Doubleday [70]
May 3 Untamed Glennon Doyle The Dial Press [71]
May 10 [72]
May 17 [73]
May 24 [74]
May 31 [75]
June 7 [76]
June 14 [77]
June 21 White Fragility Robin DiAngelo Beacon Press [78]
June 28 [79]
July 5 How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi Random House [80]
July 12 The Room Where It Happened John Bolton Simon & Schuster [81]
July 19 [82]
July 26 [83]
August 2 Too Much and Never Enough Mary L. Trump [84]
August 9 [85]
August 16 [86]
August 23 Live Free or Die Sean Hannity Threshold Editions [87]
August 30 [88]
September 6 Untamed Glennon Doyle The Dial Press [89]
September 13 His Truth Is Marching On Jon Meacham Random House [90]
September 20 Melania and Me Stephanie Winston Wolkoff Gallery Books [91]
September 27 Disloyal Michael Cohen Skyhorse Publishing [92]
October 4 Rage Bob Woodward Simon & Schuster [93]
October 11 [94]
October 18 The Meaning of Mariah Carey Mariah Carey with Michaela Angela Davis Andy Cohen / Holt [95]
October 25 Humans Brandon Stanton St. Martin's Press [96]
November 1 Caste Isabel Wilkerson Random House [97]
November 8 Greenlights Matthew McConaughey Crown [98]
November 15 [99]
November 22 Clanlands Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish Quercus [100]
November 29 Humans Brandon Stanton St. Martin's Press [101]
December 6 A Promised Land Barack Obama Crown [102]
December 13 [103]
December 20 [104]
December 27 [105]

See also

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References

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