List of The New York Times number-one books of 2014

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.[1] The most popular books of the year were The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt and Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn with 4 weeks at the top.

Date Book Author
January 5 Sycamore Row John Grisham
January 12
January 19
January 26 The Invention of Wings Sue Monk Kidd
February 2 The Goldfinch Donna Tartt
February 9
February 16
February 23
March 2 Private L.A. James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
March 9 Concealed in Death Nora Roberts
March 16 The Chance Robyn Carr
March 23 Words of Radiance Brandon Sanderson
March 30 Night Broken Patricia Briggs
April 6 Missing You Harlan Coben
April 13 Shadow Spell Nora Roberts
April 20 The King J. R. Ward
April 27 Carnal Curiosity Stuart Woods
May 4 The Collector Nora Roberts
May 11 The Target David Baldacci
May 18
May 25 Unlucky 13 James Patterson
June 1
June 8 The One and Only Emily Giffin
June 15 Skin Game Jim Butcher
June 22 Mr. Mercedes Stephen King
June 29 Written in My Own Heart's Blood Diana Gabaldon
July 6 Top Secret Twenty-One Janet Evanovich
July 13 Invisible James Patterson
July 20
July 27 Act of War Brad Thor
August 3 The Book of Life Deborah Harkness
August 10 Fifty Shades of Grey E. L. James
August 17 Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty
August 24 Outlander Diana Gabaldon
August 31
September 7
September 14 The Long Way Home Louise Penny
September 21 Personal Lee Child
September 28 Festive in Death J. D. Robb
October 5 Edge of Eternity Ken Follett
October 12 Gone Girl Gillian Flynn
October 19
October 26
November 2
November 9 Gray Mountain John Grisham
November 16 Blood Magick Nora Roberts
November 23 The Burning Room Michael Connelly
November 30 Revival Stephen King
December 7 Captivated by You Sylvia Day
December 14 Hope to Die James Patterson
December 21 Gray Mountain John Grisham
December 28 All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr

Nonfiction

The following list ranks the number-one best selling nonfiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.[2] The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand with 12 weeks at the top of the list.

Date Book Author Publisher
January 5 Things That Matter Charles Krauthammer Crown Forum
January 12
January 19 Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson Little, Brown
January 26
February 2 Duty Robert M. Gates Knopf
February 9 Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson Little, Brown
February 16
February 23
March 2 The Monuments Men Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter Center Street
March 9
March 16
March 23 Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup Various publishers
March 30
April 6
April 13 Thrive Arianna Huffington Harmony Books
April 20 Flash Boys Michael Lewis Norton
April 27
May 4 Heaven Is for Real Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent Thomas Nelson
May 11
May 18
May 25 Finding Me Michelle Knight with Michelle Burford Weinstein Weinstein Books
June 1 Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty Belknap/Harvard University
June 8 One Nation Ben Carson with Candy Carson Sentinel
June 15 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou Random House
June 22 One Nation Ben Carson with Candy Carson Sentinel
June 29 Hard Choices Hillary Rodham Clinton Simon & Schuster
July 6
July 13 Blood Feud Edward Klein Regnery
July 20 Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand Random House
July 27
August 3
August 10
August 17
August 24
August 31
September 7
September 14
September 21 What If? Randall Munroe Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
September 28 13 Hours Mitchell Zuckoff with members of the Annex Security Team Twelve
October 5
October 12 Killing Patton Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard Holt
October 19
October 26
November 2
November 9
November 16 Yes Please Amy Poehler Dey St./Morrow
November 23
November 30 41 George W. Bush Crown
December 7
December 14 Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand Random House
December 21
December 28

See also

References

  1. ^ "Combined Print & E-Book Fiction Books – Best Sellers – December 28, 2014 – The New York Times". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Beginning with: "Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction". The New York Times. January 5, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2023.