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