New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers 2020

There are 21 books listed as #1 best seller in New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers 2020. Where The Crawdads Sing written by Delia Owens is listed as the #1 best seller for 24 weeks.

There are 183 books in the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers 2020 list. Where The Crawdads Sing written by Delia Owens is in this list for 52 weeks.

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#1 New York Times Best Sellers 2020

1. Where The Crawdads Sing

Weeks listed as #1: 24

by: Delia Owens
Release date: Aug 14, 2018
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In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.

2. Ready Player Two

Weeks listed as #1: 3

by: Ernest Cline
Release date: Nov 24, 2020
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In a sequel to “Ready Player One,” Wade Watts discovers a technological advancement and goes on a new quest.

3. American Dirt

Weeks listed as #1: 3

by: Jeanine Cummins
Release date: Jan 21, 2020
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A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel.

4. A Time For Mercy

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: John Grisham
Release date: Oct 13, 2020
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The third book in the Jake Brigance series. A 16-year-old is accused of killing a deputy in Clanton, Miss., in 1990.

5. The Vanishing Half

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: Brit Bennett
Release date: Jan 01, 2020
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The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern Black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity but their fates intertwine.

6. The Return

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: Nicholas Sparks
Release date: Jan 01, 2020
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A doctor serving in the Navy in Afghanistan goes back to North Carolina where two women change his life.

7. Camino Winds

Weeks listed as #1: 2

by: John Grisham
Release date: Feb 23, 2021
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The line between fact and fiction becomes blurred when an author of thrillers is found dead after a hurricane hits Camino Island.

8. The Sentinel

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Lee Child Andrew Child
Release date: Jan 01, 2020
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Jack Reacher intervenes on an ambush in Tennessee and uncovers a conspiracy.

9. The Law Of Innocence

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Michael Connelly
Release date: Nov 10, 2020
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The sixth book in the Mickey Haller series. Haller defends himself when police find the body of a former client in his car’s trunk.

10. Fortune And Glory

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Janet Evanovich
Release date: Nov 03, 2020
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The 27th book in the Stephanie Plum series. Stephanie deals with a soldier of fortune from Little Havana.

11. Anxious People

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Fredrik Backman
Release date: Sep 08, 2020
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A failed bank robber holds a group of strangers hostage at an apartment open house.

12. If It Bleeds

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Stephen King
Release date: Apr 21, 2020
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Four novellas: “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone,” “The Life of Chuck,” “Rat” and “If It Bleeds.”

13. Blindside

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: James Patterson James O. Born
Release date: Feb 24, 2020
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The 12th book in the Michael Bennett series. A serial-killing spree might impact national security.

14. House Of Earth And Blood

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Sarah J Maas
Release date: Mar 03, 2020
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Passion arises between Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar as they seek to avenge the deaths of Bryce’s friends.

15. The Mirror & The Light

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Hilary Mantel
Release date: Mar 10, 2020
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The third book in the Wolf Hall trilogy. After Anne Boleyn’s execution, Thomas Cromwell’s enemies assemble.

16. 28 Summers

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Elin Hilderbr
Release date: Jun 16, 2020
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A relationship that started in 1993 between Mallory Blessing and Jake McCloud comes to light while she is on her deathbed and his wife runs for president.

17. The Order

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Daniel Silva
Release date: Jul 14, 2020
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The 20th book in the Gabriel Allon series. The art restorer and spy cuts his family’s vacation short to investigate whether Pope Paul VII was murdered.

18. All The Devils Are Here

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Louise Penny
Release date: Sep 01, 2020
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The 16th book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series. When his billionaire godfather is attacked, Gamache uncovers secrets hidden throughout Paris.

19. The Evening And The Morning

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Ken Follett
Release date: Sep 15, 2020
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In a prequel to “The Pillars of the Earth,” a boatbuilder, a Norman noblewoman and a monk live in England under attack by the Welsh and the Vikings.

20. The Book Of Two Ways

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Jodi Picoult
Release date: Jan 01, 2020
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After surviving a plane crash, a death doula travels to Egypt to reconnect with an old flame who is an archaeologist.

21. Rhythm Of War

Weeks listed as #1: 1

by: Br on S erson
Release date: Nov 17, 2020
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The fourth book in the Stormlight Archive series. Technological discoveries and an ensuing arms race change how a war is fought.

Last updated on December 8, 2021