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.
The following list ranks the number-one best selling fiction books, in the hardcover fiction category.
[1] Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, released in the spring of 2003, was the best seller for a second straight year, spending a cumulative 28 weeks at the top.
The following list ranks the number-one best selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category.