List of The New York Times number-one books of 2008
The American daily newspaper 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 hardcover fiction category.[1]
The most popular books of the year were Sail and Cross Country).
Date | Book | Author |
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January 6 | Double Cross | James Patterson |
January 13 | A Thousand Splendid Suns | Khaled Hosseini |
January 20 | ||
January 27 | Plum Lucky | Janet Evanovich |
February 3 | ||
February 10 | Duma Key | Stephen King |
February 17 | The Appeal | John Grisham |
February 24 | ||
March 2 | ||
March 9 | ||
March 16 | ||
March 23 | Change of Heart | Jodi Picoult |
March 30 | ||
April 6 | ||
April 13 | Compulsion | Jonathan Kellerman |
April 20 | Unaccustomed Earth | Jhumpa Lahiri |
April 27 | Where Are You Now? | Mary Higgins Clark |
May 4 | Hold Tight | Harlan Coben |
May 11 | The Whole Truth | David Baldacci |
May 18 | Sundays at Tiffany's | James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet
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May 25 | The Host | Stephenie Meyer |
June 1 | ||
June 8 | Odd Hours | Dean Koontz |
June 15 | Blood Noir | Laurell K. Hamilton |
June 22 | Nothing to Lose | Lee Child |
June 29 | Sail |
James Patterson and Howard Roughan |
July 6 | Fearless Fourteen | Janet Evanovich |
July 13 | ||
July 20 | The Last Patriot | Brad Thor |
July 27 | Tribute | Nora Roberts |
August 3 | ||
August 10 | Moscow Rules |
Daniel Silva |
August 17 | ||
August 24 | Acheron | Sherrilyn Kenyon |
August 31 | Smoke Screen | Sandra Brown |
September 7 | The Force Unleashed | Sean Williams |
September 14 | Devil Bones |
Kathy Reichs |
September 21 | Dark Curse | Christine Feehan |
September 28 | Anathem | Neal Stephenson |
October 5 | The Story of Edgar Sawtelle | David Wroblewski |
October 12 | ||
October 19 | The Lucky One | Nicholas Sparks |
October 26 | ||
November 2 | The Brass Verdict | Michael Connelly |
November 9 | Extreme Measures | Vince Flynn |
November 16 | The Gate House | Nelson DeMille |
November 23 | Divine Justice | David Baldacci |
November 30 | The Christmas Sweater | Glenn Beck |
December 7 | Cross Country | James Patterson |
December 14 | ||
December 21 | Scarpetta | Patricia Cornwell |
December 28 |
Nonfiction
The following list ranks the number-one best selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category.[2]
Date | Book | Author | Publisher |
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January 6 | I Am America (And So Can You!) | Stephen Colbert | Grand Central
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January 13 | |||
January 20 | In Defense of Food | Michael Pollan | Penguin Press |
January 27 | |||
February 3 | Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography | Andrew Morton | St. Martin's |
February 10 | In Defense of Food | Michael Pollan | Penguin Press |
February 17 | |||
February 24 | |||
March 2 | |||
March 9 | Liberal Fascism | Jonah Goldberg | Doubleday |
March 16 | Losing It | Valerie Bertinelli | Free Press |
March 23 | |||
March 30 | |||
April 6 | Beautiful Boy | David Sheff | Houghton Mifflin |
April 13 | Mistaken Identity | Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb | Howard |
April 20 | |||
April 27 | Home | Julie Andrews | Hyperion
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May 4 | Beautiful Boy | David Sheff | Houghton Mifflin |
May 11 | Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea | Chelsea Handler | Simon Spotlight
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May 18 | The Revolution: A Manifesto | Ron Paul | Grand Central |
May 25 | Audition: A Memoir | Barbara Walters | Knopf |
June 1 | |||
June 8 | |||
June 15 | What Happened | Scott McClellan | PublicAffairs |
June 22 | When You Are Engulfed in Flames | David Sedaris | Little, Brown |
June 29 | |||
July 6 | |||
July 13 | |||
July 20 | |||
July 27 | |||
August 3 | |||
August 10 | |||
August 17 | The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality |
Jerome R. Corsi | Threshold Editions |
August 24 | |||
August 31 | |||
September 7 | |||
September 14 | sTORI Telling |
Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin | Simon Spotlight |
September 21 | |||
September 28 | Hot, Flat, and Crowded | Thomas L. Friedman | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
October 31 | Against Medical Advice: A True Story |
James Patterson, Hal Friedman | Little, Brown and Company |
November 30 | Too Fat to Fish | Artie Lange with Anthony Bozza | Spiegel & Grau |
December 7 | Things That Matter |
Charles Krauthammer | Crown Forum
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December 15 | |||
December 21 | Outliers | Malcolm Gladwell | Little, Brown
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See also
References
- ^ Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 2008 Hawes Publications
- ^ "Hardcover Nonfiction". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2013.