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.

2012

1. Where'd You Go, Bernadette, by Maria Semple
2. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
3. Fifty Shades of Grey, by E.L. James
4. State of Wonder, by Ann Patchett
5. The Tiger's Wife, by Tea Obreht
6. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher, by Tim Egan
7. Truth Like the Sun, by Jim Lynch
8. Wild, by Cheryl Strayed
9. In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larson
10. The Hare with Amber Eyes, by Edmund De Waal
11. The Sense of an Ending, by Julian Barnes
12. The Sisters Brothers, by Patrick DeWitt
13. Barefoot Contessa Foolproof, by Ina Garten
14. Fifty Shades Darker, by E.L. James
15. Rules of Civility, by Amor Towles
16. The Art of Fielding, by Chad Harbach
17. The Orchardist, by Amanda Coplin
18. The American Heiress, by Daisy Goodwin
19. Before I Go to Sleep, by S.J. Watson
20. The Weird Sisters, by Eleanor Brown
21. The Cat's Table, by Michael Ondaatje
22. Mr. Churchill's Secretary, by Susan Elia MacNeal
23. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand
24. Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel
25. Destiny of the Republic, by Candice Millard
26. Turn Right at Machu Picchu, by Mark Adams
27. Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin
28. Fifty Shades Freed, by E.L. James
29. The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka
30. The Submission, by Amy Waldman
31. Bossypants, by Tina Fey
32. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, by John Meacham
33. Doc, by Mary Doria Russell
34. The Language of Flowers, by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
35. Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell
36. The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern
37. Behind the Beautiful Forevers, by Katherine Boo
38. Joy for Beginners, by Erica Bauermeister
39. The Dovekeepers, by Alice Hoffman
40. Seattle Stairway Walks, by Jake Jaramillo
41. More from Macrina, by Leslie Mackie