The American daily newspaper The New York Times publishes multiple weekly lists ranking the best-selling books in the United States. The lists are split in three genres—fiction, nonfiction and children's books. Both the fiction and nonfiction lists are further split into multiple lists.

Fiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books, in the combined print and e-books category. The most frequent weekly best seller was The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins with 16 weeks at the top of the list.

Nonfiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books, in the combined print and e-books category. The most frequent weekly best sellers of the year were American Sniper and Killing Reagan.

See also

  • Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2010s

References


Best Books of 2015 Publishers Weekly Middle Grade Publishers Weekly

Top 20 Rhyming Picture Books for 2015 KidLit TV

Better Than Never The Best Books I Read in 2015

Books of 2015 Times Higher Education (THE)

Nicole’s 5 Favorite Books of 2015 Pure Geekery