Publication year 2023
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Friendship, Community
Tags Fantasy, Mystery & Crime Fiction, LGBTQ+, Romance, Science Fiction
New York Times Best Sellers
Since 1931, the country's best-selling books have appeared on an authoritative weekly list in the New York Times, a list that has transformed into a resource for readers and booksellers alike. Read on to discover both past and present best sellers—you just might find your next book club pick!
Bookshops & Bonedust
Bottle of Lies
Boys & Sex
Brooklyn
Call Me By Your Name
Call Sign Chaos
Camino Island
Cane River
Can't Hurt Me
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Caraval
Carrie Soto Is Back
Chapterhouse: Dune
Chasing the Scream
Cheaper By The Dozen
Chomp
Christy
Chronicles: Volume One
Circus Mirandus
City of Girls
Publication year 2023
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Friendship, Community
Tags Fantasy, Mystery & Crime Fiction, LGBTQ+, Romance, Science Fiction
Publication year 2019
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Globalization, Power & Greed, Economics, Science & Technology, Truth & Lies
Tags Science & Nature, Health, Business & Economics, Journalism, Politics & Government
Publication year 2020
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Masculinity, Sexual Identity, Gender Identity
Tags Parenting, Gender & Feminism, Love & Sexuality, Sociology, Psychology, Psychology, Self-Improvement, Health
Publication year 2009
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Love, Coming of Age, Immigration, Nostalgia, Family
Tags Romance, Historical Fiction, Irish Literature, American Literature, World History
Brooklyn is a 2009 historical fiction novel written by Colm Tóibín. The book follows Eilis Lacey as she emigrates from Ireland to Brooklyn in the 1950s, finding a job in a department store and falling in love with a young Italian man named Tony. Despite her new life in Brooklyn, Eilis makes a return to Enniscorthy, the same town Colm Tóibín was born and raised in, when her older sister Rose dies. While there, she... Read Brooklyn Summary
Publication year 2007
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Love, The Past, Childhood & Youth, Language
Tags Romance, LGBTQ+, Coming of Age, Modern Classic Fiction
IntroductionCall Me By Your Name by André Aciman is a piece of literary fiction in the subgenres of romance literature and queer literature. Published in 2007, the novel became a bestseller, received positive critical reception, and won the 2008 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction. The 2017 film adaptation of Call Me By Your Name, directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer, won, among other accolades, the Academy Award for Best Adapted... Read Call Me By Your Name Summary
Publication year 2019
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Politics & Government, War, Power & Greed
Tags Inspirational, Military & War, Business & Economics, World History, Biography, Politics & Government
Publication year 2017
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Literature, Place, Truth & Lies
Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Horror & Suspense
Camino Island, by John Grisham, is the first book in his new Camino series, published in 2017 by Anchor. The novel is a departure from the legal thrillers that Grisham is known for, and he did his first book tour in years in order to promote it. Grisham’s career began in 1989 with his debut novel, A Time to Kill, and since then, his novels have been translated into nearly 50 languages. He boasts 47... Read Camino Island Summary
Publication year 2001
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Family, Fear, Race, The Past, Daughters & Sons, Social Class, Politics & Government, War, Justice, Safety & Danger
Tags Historical Fiction, Race & Racism, Southern Literature, African American Literature
Cane River (2001) by Lalita Tademy is a story about four generations of women from Tademy’s family. Set in the United States, the novel progresses from the era of enslavement to Post-Reconstruction. In retelling her family’s history, Tademy chooses to pen a work of historical metafiction, blurring the boundary between recorded events and imaginative stories in order to capture the essence of who the women in her family truly were. In the final reckoning, the... Read Cane River Summary
Publication year 2018
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Tags Self-Improvement, Psychology, Military & War, Psychology, Biography
Publication year 2014
Genre Graphic Memoir , Nonfiction
Themes Family, Aging, Apathy, Conflict, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Grief, Guilt, Love, Memory, Regret, Mental Health, Death
Tags Humor, Grief & Death, Biography
Publication year 2017
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Love, Family, Fear
Tags Romance, Fantasy, Relationships, Mystery & Crime Fiction
Publication year 2022
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Wins & Losses, Fame, Fathers, Perseverance, Fear
Tags Sports, Historical Fiction, Romance, Modern Classic Fiction, World History
Publication year 1985
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Space, Conflict, Perseverance, Fear, Hate & Anger, Hope, Memory, Regret, Revenge, Femininity, Race, Sexual Identity, Death, Future, Appearance & Reality, Climate, Self Discovery, Politics & Government, War, Justice, Power & Greed, Religion & Spirituality, Safety & Danger
Tags Science Fiction, Fantasy
Publication year 2015
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Community, Justice
Tags Sociology, Health, Politics & Government, Social Justice, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Science & Nature, World History, Psychology, Psychology
Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs is a 2015 work of investigative nonfiction by British-Swiss author Johann Hari. Hari explores the so-called international war on drugs by looking deeply into its historical roots, its legal and social implications, and the possibility for reform. He examines addiction and the consequences of past and present drug laws across nine continents and 30,000 miles. A major focus is the criminalization and... Read Chasing the Scream Summary
Publication year 1948
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Family, Joy, Love, Memory, Nostalgia, Femininity, Language, Mental Health, Sexual Identity, Coming of Age, The Past, Daughters & Sons, Fathers, Teamwork, Community, Education, Fame, Order & Chaos, Science & Technology
Tags Humor
Published in 1948, Cheaper by the Dozen is a humorous memoir by siblings Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. The book chronicles their unconventional childhood in Montclair, New Jersey, as two of 12 children raised by parents who were pioneering efficiency experts. The authors’ father, Frank B. Gilbreth, treats the family home as a laboratory, applying the principles of scientific management and motion study to every aspect of domestic life, from bathing to... Read Cheaper By The Dozen Summary
Publication year 2012
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Coming of Age, Animals, Environment, Family, Justice
Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Humor, Action & Adventure, Realistic Fiction, Animals, Children`s Literature
Written in 2012 by Carl Hiaasen, Chomp is a young adult novel set in Hiaasen’s native Florida (specifically, Everglades National Park). Hiaasen, who began his career as a journalist, is the author of six other books for young readers (as well as numerous adult novels). Because his work blends humor with grim realism, Chomp features characters who are just as “bizarre” as their Florida setting. Primarily known for his crime fiction, Hiaasen also crafts stories... Read Chomp Summary
Publication year 1967
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Place, Social Class, Religion & Spirituality
Tags World History, Religion & Spirituality, Historical Fiction, Classic Fiction, Christian, Romance, Inspirational
Publication year 2004
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Fame, Perseverance, Memory, Nostalgia, Coming of Age, Midlife, The Past, Place, Teamwork, Self Discovery, Community, Music
Tags Arts & Culture, Music
Publication year 2015
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Friendship, Family, Coming of Age, Death, Grandparents
Tags Fantasy, Magical Realism, Grief & Death, Children`s Literature
Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley is a middle-grade fantasy/magical realism novel about a young boy named Micah Tuttle who is struggling to come to terms with the impending death of his grandfather, Ephraim. Micah learns from Ephraim that Circus Mirandus, a fantastical traveling circus that Micah thought was a fictional story, is actually real. As Ephraim nears death, Micah and his friend Jenny go to Circus Mirandus to find the Lightbender, who owes Ephraim a... Read Circus Mirandus Summary
Publication year 2019
Genre Novel, Fiction
Tags Modern Classic Fiction, World History, Historical Fiction, Romance
City of Girls is the third novel by author Elizabeth Gilbert, published in 2019. Gilbert is a New York Times bestselling author whose novels include Stern Men (2000) and The Signature of All Things (2013). A noted writer of nonfiction, she has also written a biography entitled The Last American Man (2002), as well as several memoirs including Eat Pray Love (2006), Committed (2010), and Big Magic (2015). Eat Pray Love became a worldwide bestseller... Read City of Girls Summary