New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers 2018

There are 35 books listed as #1 best seller in New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers 2018. The President Is Missing written by James Patterson and Bill Clinton is listed as the #1 best seller for 7 weeks.

There are 192 books in the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers 2018 list. Before We Were Yours written by Lisa Wingate is in this list for 40 weeks.

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#1 New York Times Best Sellers 2018

1. The President Is Missing

Weeks listed as #1: 7

by: James Patterson Bill Clinton
Release date: Jun 04, 2018
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President Jonathan Duncan, a Gulf War veteran and widower, takes on adversaries at home and abroad.

2. The Woman In The Window

Weeks listed as #1: 4

by: A.J. Finn
Release date: Jan 02, 2018
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A recluse who drinks heavily and takes prescription drugs may have witnessed a crime across from her Harlem townhouse.

3. The Great Alone

Weeks listed as #1: 4

by: Kristin Hannah
Release date: Feb 06, 2018
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A former prisoner of war returns from Vietnam and moves his family to Alaska, where they face tough conditions.

4. The Reckoning

Weeks listed as #1: 3

by: John Grisham
Release date: Oct 23, 2018
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A decorated World War II veteran shoots and kills a pastor inside a Mississippi church.

5. The 17Th Suspect

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: James Patterson Maxine Paetro
Release date: Apr 30, 2018
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The latest installment in the Women’s Murder Club series. Detective Lindsay Boxer searches for a killer in San Francisco.

6. The Outsider

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: Stephen King
Release date: May 22, 2018
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A detective investigates a seemingly wholesome member of the community when an 11-year-old boy’s body is found in a town park.

7. Texas Ranger

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: James Patterson Andrew Bourelle
Release date: Aug 13, 2018
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Rory Yates’s job and reputation are at risk when he is accused of killing his ex-wife.

8. Elevation

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Stephen King
Release date: Oct 30, 2018
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A man who is losing weight without getting thinner forms an unlikely alliance with his neighbors who are dealing with prejudices.

9. Past Tense

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Lee Child
Release date: Nov 05, 2018
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Jack Reacher explores the New England town where his father was born and a Canadian couple now find themselves stranded.

10. Origin

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Dan Brown
Release date: Oct 03, 2017
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After reconnecting with one of his first students, who is now a billionaire futurist, symbology professor Robert Langdon must go on a perilous quest with a beautiful museum director.

11. Look Alive Twenty-Five

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Janet Evanovich
Release date: Nov 13, 2018
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The 25th book in the Stephanie Plum series. When several managers of a deli in Trenton disappear, a bounty hunter and her detective boyfriend look for clues.

12. Fire And Blood

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: George RR Martin
Release date: Nov 20, 2018
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Set 300 years before the events of “A Game of Thrones,” this is the first volume of the two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros.

13. Kingdom Of The Blind

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Louise Penny
Release date: Nov 27, 2018
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While on suspension, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is made an executor of a stranger’s will and tries to keep a deadly narcotic off Montreal’s streets.

14. The Rooster Bar

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: John Grisham
Release date: Oct 24, 2017
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Three students at a sleazy for-profit law school hope to expose the student-loan banker who runs it.

15. Dark In Death

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: JD Robb
Release date: Jan 30, 2018
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Lieutenant Eve Dallas must find a killer inspired by police thrillers before another victim is murdered.

16. The Escape Artist

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Brad Meltzer
Release date: Mar 06, 2018
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Nola Brown, a painter and trained soldier, discovers a military secret that traces back to Harry Houdini.

17. The Rising Sea

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Clive Cussler Graham Brown
Release date: Mar 13, 2018
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A scientific team searches the globe for the threat causing sea levels to rise at an alarming rate.

18. Accidental Heroes

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Danielle Steel
Release date: Mar 20, 2018
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Strangers pull together to avert a disaster involving two flights from New York to San Francisco.

19. The Disappeared

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: CJ Box
Release date: Mar 27, 2018
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A Wyoming game warden teams up with his daughter to find a missing British businesswoman.

20. I’ve Got My Eyes On You

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Mary Higgins Clark
Release date: Apr 03, 2018
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A high school guidance counselor tries to uncover the identity of her sister’s murderer.

21. Circe

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Madeline Miller
Release date: Apr 10, 2018
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Zeus banishes Helios’ daughter to an island, where she must choose between living with gods or mortals.

22. The Fallen

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: David Baldacci
Release date: Apr 17, 2018
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Amos Decker, known as the Memory Man, puts his talents toward solving a string of murders in a Rust Belt town.

23. Twisted Prey

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: John S ford
Release date: Apr 24, 2018
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The 28th book in the Prey series. A federal marshal looks into the actions of a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

24. The Cast

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Danielle Steel
Release date: May 15, 2018
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A magazine columnist meets an array of Hollywood professionals when a producer turns a story about her grandmother into a TV series.

25. Thrawn: Alliances

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Timothy Zahn
Release date: Aug 15, 2017
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The origins of Grand Admiral Thrawn, an iconic “Star Wars” villain.

26. The Other Woman

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Daniel Silva
Release date: Jul 17, 2018
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Gabriel Allon, the art restorer and assassin, fights the Russians to decide the fate of postwar global order.

27. Tailspin

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: S ra Brown
Release date: Aug 07, 2018
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A pilot navigates treacherous situations when he attempts to deliver a mysterious black box to a doctor in Georgia.

28. The Fall Of Gondolin

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: JRR Tolkien
Release date: Aug 30, 2018
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Thousands of years before the events of “The Lord of the Rings,” a hero named Tuor visits a secret city. Edited by Christopher Tolkien.

29. Leverage In Death

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: JD Robb
Release date: Sep 04, 2018
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Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates a mysterious act of terror.

30. Juror #3

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: James Patterson Nancy Allen
Release date: Sep 10, 2018
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Ruby Bozarth defends a college football star charged in a felony case complicated by a second murder.

31. Lethal White

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Robert Galbraith
Release date: Sep 18, 2018
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The fourth book in the Cormoran Strike series. Detectives Strike and Ellacott investigate a crime a young man may have witnessed as a child; by J. K. Rowling, writing pseudonymously.

32. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Hank Green
Release date: Sep 25, 2018
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After posting a video that goes viral, April May must deal with the pressures of becoming an internet sensation.

33. A Spark Of Light

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Jodi Picoult
Release date: Oct 02, 2018
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The lives of patients, doctors and activists intersect when a gunman holds them all hostage in a woman’s health center in Mississippi.

34. The Next Person You Meet In Heaven

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Mitch Albom
Release date: Oct 16, 2018
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The sequel to “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” follows Annie on her heavenly journey.

35. Every Breath

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Nicholas Sparks
Release date: Oct 16, 2018
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Difficult choices surface when Hope Anderson and Tru Walls meet in a North Carolina seaside town.

Last updated on December 8, 2021