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 hardcover fiction category.

The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was For One More Day by Mitch Albom with 6 weeks at the top of the list.

Nonfiction

The following list ranks the number-one best selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category.

See also

  • Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2000s

References


The New York Times in 2006 Web Design Museum

The New York Times

2006 List

New York Times Best Sellers 2024 List Estele Tamarah

Popular and Bestselling Books From 2006