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List of The New York Times number-one books of 2017

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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.

Changes to the list

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Beginning on February 5, 2017, The New York Times introduced revisions to multiple categories in the publication. The revisions included the elimination of the graphic novel/manga and the mass market paperback lists as well as the middle grade e-book and young adult e-book lists.[1]

Fiction

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The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.[2] The most frequent weekly best seller of the year is Camino Island by John Grisham with 5 weeks at the top of the list, followed by The Shack by William P. Young with 4 weeks.

Date Book Author
January 1 The Whistler John Grisham
January 8
January 15 The Wrong Side of Goodbye Michael Connelly
January 22 The Mistress Danielle Steel
January 29 A Dog's Purpose W. Bruce Cameron
February 5 Never Never James Patterson and Candice Fox
February 12 A Dog's Purpose W. Bruce Cameron
February 19 Right Behind You Lisa Gardner
February 26 Echoes in Death J. D. Robb
March 5 Heartbreak Hotel Jonathan Kellerman
March 12 The Shack William P. Young
March 19
March 26
April 2
April 9 Mississippi Blood Greg Iles
April 16 The Black Book James Patterson and David Ellis
April 23 The Chosen J. R. Ward
April 30 The Black Book James Patterson and David Ellis
May 7 The Fix David Baldacci
May 14 Golden Prey John Sandford
May 21 16th Seduction James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
May 28 Into the Water Paula Hawkins
June 4
June 11
June 18 Come Sundown Nora Roberts
June 25 Camino Island John Grisham
July 2
July 9
July 16
July 23
July 30 House of Spies Daniel Silva
August 6 The Late Show Michael Connelly
August 13
August 20 The Medical Examiner James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
August 27 Any Dream Will Do Debbie Macomber
September 3 Seeing Red Sandra Brown
September 10 "Y" Is for Yesterday Sue Grafton
September 17 Glass Houses Louise Penny
September 24 Secrets in Death J. D. Robb
October 1 A Column of Fire Ken Follett
October 8 The Cuban Affair Nelson DeMille
October 15 Sleeping Beauties Stephen King and Owen King
October 22 Origin Dan Brown
October 29
November 5
November 12 The Rooster Bar John Grisham
November 19 Two Kinds of Truth Michael Connelly
November 26 The Midnight Line Lee Child
December 3 Hardcore Twenty-Four Janet Evanovich
December 10 The People vs. Alex Cross James Patterson
December 17 Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian E. L. James
December 24 Year One Nora Roberts
December 31 The Rooster Bar John Grisham

Nonfiction

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The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.[3] The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls with seven weeks at the top of the list.

Date Book Author Publisher
January 1 Killing the Rising Sun Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Holt
January 8
January 15 The Princess Diarist Carrie Fisher Blue Rider Press
January 22 Hillbilly Elegy JD Vance HarperCollins
January 29 Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly Morrow/HarperCollins
February 5
February 12
February 19
February 26
March 5 Hillbilly Elegy JD Vance HarperCollins
March 12 Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly Morrow/HarperCollins
March 19 Portraits of Courage George W. Bush Crown
March 26
March 16 How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life Lilly Singh Ballantine
April 2 Hillbilly Elegy JD Vance HarperCollins
April 9 The Zookeeper's Wife Diane Ackerman Norton
April 16 Old School: Life in the Sane Lane Bill O'Reilly and Bruce Feirstein Holt
April 23
April 30
May 7 Shattered Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes Crown
May 14 Option B Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant Knopf
May 21 Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil deGrasse Tyson Norton
May 28
June 4
June 11
June 18 Al Franken, Giant of the Senate Al Franken Twelve
June 25 I Can't Make This Up Kevin Hart and Neil Strauss 37 INK
July 2 Understanding Trump Newt Gingrich Center Street
July 9 Hillbilly Elegy JD Vance HarperCollins
July 16
July 23 Rediscovering Americanism Mark Levin Simon & Schuster
July 30 Hillbilly Elegy JD Vance HarperCollins
August 6 Devil's Bargain Joshua Green Penguin Press
August 13 The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls Scribner
August 20
August 27
September 3
September 10
September 17
September 24
October 1 What Happened Hillary Clinton Simon & Schuster
October 8
October 15 Killing England Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Holt
October 22
October 29 Grant Ron Chernow Penguin Press
November 5 Leonardo Da Vinci Walter Isaacson Simon & Schuster
November 12 Sisters First Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush Grand Central
November 19 Leonardo Da Vinci Walter Isaacson Simon & Schuster
November 26 Obama: An Intimate Portrait Pete Souza Little, Brown
December 3 Promise Me, Dad Joe Biden Flatiron Books
December 10 Leonardo Da Vinci Walter Isaacson Simon & Schuster
December 17
December 24
December 31

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Reid, Calvin (January 26, 2017). "'New York Times' Cuts a Range of Bestseller Lists". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  2. ^ "Combined Print & E-Book Fiction Books – Best Sellers – The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  3. ^ "Combined Print and E-book Nonfiction Books – Best Sellers". New York Times. Retrieved December 22, 2017.