List of The New York Times number-one books of 2026

List of The New York Times number-one books of 2026

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 into three genres—fiction, nonfiction and children's books. Both the fiction and nonfiction lists are further split into multiple lists.

Fiction

List of The New York Times number-one books of 2026

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Issue date</th><th>Title</th><th>Author(s)</th><th>Publisher</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>January 4</td><td>The Widow</td><td>John Grisham</td><td>Doubleday</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>January 11</td><td>The Housemaid</td><td>Freida McFadden</td><td>Grand Central Publishing</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>January 18</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>January 25</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>February 1</td><td>The Correspondent</td><td>Virginia Evans</td><td>Crown</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>February 8</td><td>Twelve Months</td><td>Jim Butcher</td><td>Ace</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>February 15</td><td>Dear Debbie</td><td>Freida McFadden</td><td>Poisoned Pen Press</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>February 22</td><td>Stolen in Death</td><td>J. D. Robb</td><td>St. Martin's Press</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>March 1</td><td>Theo of Golden</td><td>Allen Levi</td><td>Atria Books</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>March 8</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>March 15</td><td>The Crossroads</td><td>C. J. Box</td><td>G. P. Putnam's Sons</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>March 22</td><td>Theo of Golden</td><td>Allen Levi</td><td>Atria Books</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>March 29</td><td>Judge Stone</td><td>Viola Davis and James Patterson</td><td>Little, Brown and Company and JVL Media</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>April 5</td><td>Project Hail Mary</td><td>Andy Weir</td><td>Ballantine Books</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Nonfiction

List of The New York Times number-one books of 2026

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Issue date</th><th>Title</th><th>Author(s)</th><th>Publisher</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>January 4</td><td>The Look</td><td>Michelle Obama with Meredith Koop</td><td>Crown</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>January 11</td><td>1929</td><td>Andrew Ross Sorkin</td><td>Viking</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>January 18</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>January 25</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>February 1</td><td>Strangers</td><td>Belle Burden</td><td>The Dial Press</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>February 8</td><td>The Invisible Coup</td><td>Peter Schweizer</td><td>Harper</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>February 15</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>February 22</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>March 1</td><td>Nobody's Girl</td><td>Virginia Roberts Giuffre</td><td>Alfred A. Knopf</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>March 8</td><td>Stripped Down</td><td>Bunnie Xo</td><td>Dey Street Books</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>March 15</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>March 22</td><td>You with the Sad Eyes</td><td>Christina Applegate</td><td>Little, Brown and Company</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>March 29</td><td>Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!</td><td>Liza Minnelli, as told to Michael Feinstein, with Josh Getlin and Heidi Evans</td><td>Grand Central Publishing</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>April 5</td><td>Stripped Down</td><td>Bunnie Xo</td><td>Dey Street Books</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>