List of The New York Times number-one books of 2016

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

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books, in the combined print and e-books category. The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins with 10 weeks at the top of the list, followed by Me Before You by Jojo Moyes with 7 weeks.

Nonfiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books, in the combined print and e-books category. The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi with 13 weeks at the top of the list, followed by Killing the Rising Sun with nine weeks.

See also

• Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2010s

References

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2. The New York Times Best Seller list
3. The New York Times Book Review
4. History of The New York Times (1998–present)
5. The New York Times
6. Online platforms of The New York Times
7. List of Fear Street books
8. The New York Review of Books
9. List of best-selling books
10. The New York Times Crossword
11. List of The New York Times controversies
12. Queens
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14. New York City
15. List of The New York Times Manga Best Sellers
16. Turtles All the Way Down (novel)
17. List of books banned by governments
18. List of Oz books
19. The Stormlight Archive
20. History of The New York Times (1945–1998)