Top 40 Bestsellers

The following are the bestselling books of the most recent full calendar year. Don't forget to visit our archive of previous bestseller lists.

1. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand
2. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
3. The Tiger's Wife, by Tea Obreht
4. The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
5. My Name Is Mary Sutter, by Robin Oliveira
6. Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson
7. Yoga Bitch, by Suzanne Morrison
8. In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larson
9. The Imperfectionists, by Tom Rachman
10. The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain
11. A Visit from the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan
12. Spooner, by Pete Dexter
13. Walk! Mercer Island, by Kris Kelsay
14. The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin
15. The Postmistress, by Sarah Blake
16. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford
17. A Dog's Purpose, by W. Bruce Cameron
18. Empire of the Summer Moon, by S.C. Gwynne
19. Virtually Yours, Jonathan Newman, by Robert Rosell
20. Parrot and Olivier in America, by Peter Carey
21. Red Sunshine, by Kimberly Allison
22. Between the Two Rivers, by Aida Kouyoumjian
23. The Swerve, by Stephen Greenblatt
24. State of Wonder, by Ann Patchett
25. The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein
26. Room, by Emma Donoghue
27. The Lotus Eaters, by Tatjana Soli
28. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley
29. Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers
30. Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall
31. The Invisible Bridge, by Julie Orringer
32. Cast Iron Skillet Big Flavors, by Sharon Kramis and Julie Kramis Hearne
33. The School of Essential Ingredients, by Erica Bauermeister
34. Bossypants, by Tina Fey
35. Q., A Novel, by Evan Mandery
36. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, by David Mitchell
37. The Greater Journey, by David McCullough
38. Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls
39. Lord of Misrule, by Jaimy Gordon
40. Rules of Civility, by Amor Towles