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The most popular books of the year was The Help by Kathryn Stockett, and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen with respectively 15 and 8 cumulative weeks at the top. The Help had been released in 2009, was a #1 best seller in 2010, and had a resurgence in 2011. The prolific James Patterson was at the top for three different books ( Tick Tock, Now ...
Having sold more than 600 million copies worldwide, [13] Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling is the best-selling book series in history. The first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, has sold in excess of 120 million copies, [14] making it one of the best-selling books of all time.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Fifty Shades Darker by E. L. James. Fifty Shades Freed by E. L. James. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney. Fifty Shades trilogy box set by E. L. James. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn [5]
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.
Nonfiction. The following list ranks the number-one best selling nonfiction books, in the combined print and e-books category. The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was Killing Kennedy by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard with 9 weeks at the top of the list.
The most popular books of the year were A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini with 13 weeks at the top. The author James Patterson was at the top for five different books. Date. Book. Author. January 7. For One More Day. Mitch Albom. January 14.
January 27. February 3. February 10. The Joy of Sex. Alex Comfort. February 17. How to Be Your Own Best Friend. Mildred Newman, Bernard Berkowitz with Jean Owen. February 24.
January 29. Loreen Rice Lucas, Canadian author (born 1914) Hemayel Martina, Curaçaon poet (born 1990) January 30 – Hisaye Yamamoto, Japanese American author (born 1921) February 2 – Eric Nicol, Canadian author (born 1919) February 3 – Édouard Glissant, Martinique poet and critic writing in French (born 1928) February 5.