The New York Times Best Seller List

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  • The New York Times Best Seller List ranks the top-selling books in the United States.

    Since its inception in the early 1940s, the list has become one of the most well-regarded and influential of its kind. Publishers and book buyers often cite the list to determine the success (and sometimes the quality) of new releases.

    Though it is not exactly known how the list is compiled, journalist Edwin Diamond stated in his 1993 book Behind The Times: Inside the New New York Times that thousands of bookstores and wholesalers are surveyed to determine how books rank on the list.

    Comprised of fiction, nonfiction and children's literature sections, the list is published weekly in the Sunday edition of The New York Times, and also in The New York Times Book Review magazine.

  • Key Sections of the List

    Best Sellers as of January 20, 2010http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller


    • Hardcover Fiction
    1. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett
    2. THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown
    3. NOAH’S COMPASS, by Anne Tyler
    4. IMPACT, by Douglas Preston
    5. I, ALEX CROSS, by James Patterson


    • Hardcover Nonfiction
    1. COMMITTED, by Elizabeth Gilbert
    2. HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom
    3. THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO, by Atul Gawande
    4. GOING ROGUE, by Sarah Palin
    5. STONES INTO SCHOOLS, by Greg Mortenson


    • Paperback Trade Fiction
    1. THE LOVELY BONES, by Alice Sebold
    2. A RELIABLE WIFE, by Robert Goolrick
    3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, by Stieg Larsson
    4. PUSH, by Sapphire
    5. OLIVE KITTERIDGE, by Elizabeth Strout


    • Paperback Mass-Market Fiction
    1. THE DEVIL’S PUNCHBOWL, by Greg Iles
    2. DEAR JOHN, by Nicholas Sparks
    3. THE LOVELY BONES, by Alice Sebold
    4. PLUM SPOOKY, by Janet Evanovich
    5. STREET GAME, by Christine Feehan


    • Paperback Nonfiction
    1. THE BLIND SIDE, by Michael Lewis
    2. THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
    3. EAT, PRAY, LOVE, by Elizabeth Gilbert
    4. ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea Handler
    5. I HOPE THEY SERVE BEER IN HELL, by Tucker Max


    • Children's Books
    1. LEGO STAR WARS, by Simon Beecroft
    2. WADDLE!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder
    3. SKIPPYJON JONES, LOST IN SPICE, written and illustrated by Judy Schachner
    4. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder
    5. THE LION AND THE MOUSE, by Jerry Pinkney

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