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When the <i>Times</i> believes a book has reached the list in a suspicious way—such as through bulk purchases—the book's entry on the list is marked with a <a href="/wiki/Dagger_symbol" class="mw-redirect" title="Dagger symbol">dagger symbol</a> (†).<sup id="cite_ref-Bartnett_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bartnett-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="width: 210px; clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External image</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="image icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Searchtool.svg/16px-Searchtool.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Searchtool.svg/24px-Searchtool.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/61/Searchtool.svg/32px-Searchtool.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <i>New York Times</i> best-seller list<br /><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/nytimesbestsellerlist-oct121931">Oct. 12, 1931</a></div>The first best-seller list was published with little fanfare for books sold in New York City only.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Although the first <a href="/wiki/Best_seller" class="mw-redirect" title="Best seller">best seller</a> list in America was published in 1895, in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bookman_(New_York)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Bookman (New York)">The Bookman</a></i>, a best seller list was not published in <i>The New York Times</i> until October 12, 1931, 36 years later, with little fanfare.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It listed five fiction and four nonfiction books for <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> only.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next month, the list was expanded to eight cities, each with its own list.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the early 1940s, fourteen city-lists were included. A national list was created on April 9, 1942, in the Sunday <i>New York Times Book Review</i> as a supplement to the Monday edition regular city lists.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The national list was ranked according to how many times the book appeared in the city lists.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually the city lists were eliminated, leaving only the national ranking list, which was compiled according to "reports from leading booksellers in 22 cities".<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ranking by bookseller sales figures continues today, although the process has remained proprietary.<sup id="cite_ref-diamond_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-diamond-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the 1950s, <i>The Times</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s list had become the leading best-seller list for book professionals to monitor, along with that of <i><a href="/wiki/Publishers_Weekly" title="Publishers Weekly">Publishers Weekly</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1960s and 1970s, shopping-mall chain bookstores <a href="/wiki/B._Dalton" title="B. Dalton">B. Dalton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crown_Books" title="Crown Books">Crown Books</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Waldenbooks" title="Waldenbooks">Waldenbooks</a> came to the forefront with a business model of selling newly published best-sellers with mass-market appeal. They used the best-selling status of titles to market the books and not just as a measure of sales, thus placing increased emphasis on the <i>New York Times</i> list for book readers and book sellers.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composition">Composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The list is compiled by the editors of the "News Surveys" department, not by <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> department, where it is published.<sup id="cite_ref-pierleoni_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pierleoni-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is based on weekly sales reports obtained from selected samples of independent and chain bookstores and wholesalers throughout the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-pierleoni_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pierleoni-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sales figures are widely believed to represent books that have actually been sold at retail, rather than wholesale,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as the <i>Times</i> surveys booksellers in an attempt to better reflect what is purchased by individual buyers. Some books are flagged with a <a href="/wiki/Dagger_(typography)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dagger (typography)">dagger</a> indicating that a significant number of bulk orders had been received by retail bookstores.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The New York Times</i> reported in 2013 that "we [generally do not] track the sales of classic literature," and thus, for example, new translations of <a href="/wiki/Dante%27s_Inferno" class="mw-redirect" title="Dante's Inferno">Dante's <i>Inferno</i></a> would not be found on the bestseller list.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The exact method for compiling the data obtained from the booksellers is classified as a <a href="/wiki/Trade_secret" title="Trade secret">trade secret</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-diamond_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-diamond-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Book Review staff editor Gregory Cowles explained the method "is a secret both to protect our product and to make sure people can't try to rig the system. Even in the Book Review itself, we don't know (the news surveys department's) precise methods."<sup id="cite_ref-pierleoni_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pierleoni-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1992, the survey encompassed over 3,000 bookstores as well as "representative wholesalers with more than 28,000 other retail outlets, including variety stores and supermarkets."<sup id="cite_ref-diamond_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-diamond-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2004, the number was 4,000 bookstores as well as an unstated number of wholesalers.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Data is adjusted to give more weight to independent book stores, which are underrepresented in the sample.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The lists are divided among <a href="/wiki/Fiction" title="Fiction">fiction</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nonfiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Nonfiction">nonfiction</a>, print and e-book, paperback and hardcover; each list contains 15 to 20 titles. The lists have been subdivided several times. "Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous" debuted as a list of five on January 1, 1984. It was created because advice best-sellers were sometimes crowding the general nonfiction list.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its inaugural number one bestseller, <i>The Body Principal</i> by <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Principal" title="Victoria Principal">Victoria Principal</a>, had been number 10 and number 12 on the nonfiction lists for the two preceding weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2000, the "Children's Best Sellers" was created after the <a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter" title="Harry Potter">Harry Potter</a> series had stayed in the top spots on the fiction list for an extended period of time.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The children's list was printed monthly until February 13, 2011, when it was changed to once an issue (weekly). In September 2007, the paperback fiction list was divided into <a href="/wiki/Paperback#trp" title="Paperback">"trade"</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paperback#mmp" title="Paperback">"mass-market"</a> sections, in order to give more visibility to the trade paperbacks that were more often reviewed by the newspaper itself.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2010, <i>The New York Times</i> announced it would be tracking <a href="/wiki/E-book" class="mw-redirect" title="E-book">e-book</a> best-seller lists in fiction and nonfiction starting in early 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-ebook_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ebook-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "RoyaltyShare, a San Diego–based company that tracks data and aggregates sales information for publishers, will ... provide [e-book] data".<sup id="cite_ref-ebook_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ebook-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two new e-book lists were first published with the February 13, 2011, issue, the first tracks combined print and e-book sales, the second tracks e-book sales only (both lists are further sub-divided into Fiction and Nonfiction). In addition a third new list was published on the web only, which tracks combined print sales (hardcover and paperback) in fiction and nonfiction. On December 16, 2012, the children's chapter books list was divided into two new lists: middle-grade (ages 8–12) and young adult (age 12–18), both which include sales across all platforms (hard, paper and e-book). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to an EPJ Data Science study that used big data to analyze every <i>New York Times</i> bestselling book from 2008 to 2016, of the 100,000 new, hardcover print books published each year, fewer than 500 make it on to <i>The New York Times Best Seller</i> list (0.5 percent). Many novels (26 percent) appear on the list for only one week. To make the list, it is estimated that novels sell from 1,000 to 10,000 copies per week, depending on competition. Median sales fluctuate between 4,000 and 8,000 in fiction, and 2,000–6,000 in nonfiction. The majority of <i>New York Times</i> bestselling books sell from 10,000 to 100,000 copies in their first year.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the period studied (August 6, 2008, to March 10, 2016), Dan Brown's book <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_Symbol" title="The Lost Symbol">The Lost Symbol</a></i> held the record with 3 million copies sold in one year followed by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Girl_Who_Kicked_the_Hornets%27_Nest" title="The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest">The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Stieg_Larsson" title="Stieg Larsson">Stieg Larsson</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Go_Set_a_Watchman" title="Go Set a Watchman">Go Set a Watchman</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Harper_Lee" title="Harper Lee">Harper Lee</a> which sold 1.6 million copies each. In nonfiction, more than half of the hardcover books that make the list are in the biography category. The autobiography of George W. Bush, <i><a href="/wiki/Decision_Points" title="Decision Points">Decision Points</a></i>, sold the most copies in one year followed by the biography <i><a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs_(book)" title="Steve Jobs (book)">Steve Jobs</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Walter_Isaacson" title="Walter Isaacson">Walter Isaacson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticisms">Criticisms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Criticisms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The list has been criticized by authors, publishers, book industry executives, and others for not providing an accurate accounting of true best-seller status. These criticisms have been ongoing ever since the list originated. A book industry report in the 1940s found that best-seller lists were a poor indicator of sales, since they were based on misleading data and were only measuring fast sales. A 2004 report quoted a senior book marketing executive who said the rankings were "smoke and mirrors"; while a report in <a href="/wiki/Book_History_(journal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Book History (journal)"><i>Book History</i></a> found that many professionals in the book industry "scoffed at the notion that the lists are accurate".<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Specific criticisms include: </p> <ul><li><b>Fast sales</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A book that never makes the list can actually outsell books on the best-seller list. This is because the best-seller list reflects sales in a given week, not total sales. Thus, one book may sell heavily in a given week, making the list, while another may sell at a slower pace, never making the list, but selling more copies over time.</li> <li><b>Double counting</b>. By including wholesalers in the polls along with retail bookstores, books may be double-counted.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wholesalers report how much they sell to retailers, and retailers report how much they sell to customers, thus there can be overlap with the same reported book being sold twice within a given time frame. In addition, retailers may return books to wholesalers months later if they never sell, thus resulting in a "sale" being reported that never came to fruition. For example, mass-market paperbacks can see as high as 40% return rates from the retailer back to the wholesaler.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Manipulation by authors and publishers</b>. In 1956, author <a href="/wiki/Jean_Shepherd" title="Jean Shepherd">Jean Shepherd</a> created the fake novel <i><a href="/wiki/I,_Libertine" title="I, Libertine">I, Libertine</a></i> to illustrate how easy it was to manipulate the best-seller lists based on demand, as well as sales. Fans of Shepherd's radio show planted references to the book and author so widely that demand for the book led to claims of it being on the <i>Times</i> list.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Author <a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Susann" title="Jacqueline Susann">Jacqueline Susann</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Valley_of_the_Dolls_(novel)" title="Valley of the Dolls (novel)">Valley of the Dolls</a></i>) attempted to "butter-up" <i>Times</i>-reporting booksellers and personally bought large quantities of her own book.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Author <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Dyer" title="Wayne Dyer">Wayne Dyer</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Your_Erroneous_Zones" title="Your Erroneous Zones">Your Erroneous Zones</a></i>) purchased thousands of copies of his own book.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Al_Neuharth" title="Al Neuharth">Al Neuharth</a> (<i>Confessions of an S. O. B.</i>), former head of <a href="/wiki/Gannett_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Gannett Company">Gannett Company</a>, had his Gannett Foundation buy two thousand copies of his own autobiography.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995, authors Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema spent $200,000 to buy ten thousand copies of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Discipline_of_Market_Leaders" title="The Discipline of Market Leaders">The Discipline of Market Leaders</a></i> from dozens of bookstores.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although they denied any wrongdoing, the book spent 15 weeks on the list. As a result of this scandal the <i>Times</i> began placing a dagger symbol next to any title for which bookstores reported bulk orders.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, daggers do not always appear; for example <a href="/wiki/Tony_Hsieh" title="Tony Hsieh">Tony Hsieh</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Delivering_Happiness" title="Delivering Happiness">Delivering Happiness</a></i> was known to have been manipulated with bulk orders but did not have a dagger.<sup id="cite_ref-bercovici_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bercovici-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Companies that contract with authors to manipulate the bestseller list through "bestseller campaigns" include <a href="/wiki/ResultSource" title="ResultSource">ResultSource</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-trachtenberg_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trachtenberg-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Manipulation by retailers and wholesalers</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It happens with regularity that wholesalers and retailers deliberately or inadvertently manipulate the sales data they report to the <i>Times</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since being on the <i>Times</i> best-seller list increases the sales of a book, bookstores and wholesalers may report a book is a best-seller before it actually is one, in order that it might later become a "legitimate" best-seller through increased sales due to its inclusion on the best-seller list,<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> leading to the best-seller list becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy for the booksellers.</li> <li><b>Leading data collection</b>. The <i>Times</i> provides booksellers with a form containing a list of books it believes might be bestsellers, to check off, with an alternative "Other" column to fill in manually.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been criticized as a leading technique to create a best-seller list based on books the <i>Times</i> thinks might be included.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One bookseller compared it to a voting card in which two options for president are provided: "Bill Clinton and Other".<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Self-fulfilling</b>. Once a book makes it onto the list it is heavily marketed as a "best-seller", purchased by readers who seek out best-sellers, given preferential treatment by retailers, online and offline, who create special best-seller categories including special in-store placement and price discounts, and is carried by retailers that generally do not carry other books (e.g., supermarkets).<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus, the list can become self-fulfilling in determining which books have high sales and remain on the list.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Conflicts of interest</b>. Due to high financial impact of making the list, since the 1970s publishers have created escalator clauses for major authors stipulating that if a book makes the list the author will receive extra money, based on where it ranks and for how long.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Authors may also be able to charge higher speaking fees for the status of being a best-seller.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As <i><a href="/wiki/Book_History" title="Book History">Book History</a></i> said, "With so much at stake then, it is no wonder that enormous marketing effort goes into getting a book access to this major marketing tool."<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Political bias</b>. A 2024 investigation by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Economist" title="The Economist">The Economist</a></i> concluded that the list was likely "politically biased", reporting that "accusations of bias against conservative books may have merit".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1983, author <a href="/wiki/William_Peter_Blatty" title="William Peter Blatty">William Peter Blatty</a> sued <i>The New York Times</i> for $6 million, claiming that his book, <i><a href="/wiki/Legion_(Blatty_novel)" title="Legion (Blatty novel)">Legion</a></i> (filmed as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Exorcist_III" title="The Exorcist III">The Exorcist III</a></i>), had not been included in the list due to either negligence or intentional falsehood, saying it should have been included due to high sales. The <i>Times</i> countered that the list was not mathematically objective but rather was an editorial product and thus protected under the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Constitution">Constitution</a> as free speech. Blatty appealed it to the Supreme Court, which declined to hear the case. Thus, the lower court ruling stood that the list is editorial content, not objective factual content, so the <i>Times</i> had the legal right to exclude the book from the list.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_4-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1995, Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema, the authors of a book called <i><a href="/wiki/The_Discipline_of_Market_Leaders" title="The Discipline of Market Leaders">The Discipline of Market Leaders</a></i>, colluded to manipulate their book onto the best seller charts. The authors allegedly purchased over 10,000 copies of their own book in small and strategically placed orders at bookstores whose sales are reported to <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_BookScan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen BookScan">BookScan</a>. Because of the benefits of making <i>The New York Times</i> Best Seller list (speaking engagements, more book deals, and consulting) the authors felt that buying their own work was an investment that would pay for itself. The book climbed to No. 4 on the list where it sat for 15 weeks; it also peaked at No. 1 on the <i><a href="/wiki/BusinessWeek" class="mw-redirect" title="BusinessWeek">BusinessWeek</a></i> best seller list. Since such lists hold the power of <a href="/wiki/Cumulative_advantage" class="mw-redirect" title="Cumulative advantage">cumulative advantage</a>, chart success often begets more chart success. Although such efforts are not illegal, publishers consider them unethical.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1999, <a href="/wiki/Amazon.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a> announced a 50% decrease in price for books on the Best Seller List to beat its competition, <a href="/wiki/Barnes_%26_Noble" title="Barnes & Noble">Barnes & Noble</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a legal dispute between Amazon and <i>The New York Times</i>, Amazon was permitted to keep using the list on condition that it displayed it in alphabetical rather than numerical order.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2010, this was no longer the case; Amazon now displays the best-seller list in order of best-selling titles first.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i> published a story titled "Here's How You Buy Your Way Onto <i>The New York Times</i> Bestsellers List."<sup id="cite_ref-Bercovici2013_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bercovici2013-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The article discusses how <a href="/wiki/ResultSource" title="ResultSource">ResultSource</a>, a San Diego–based marketing consultancy, specializes in ensuring books make a bestseller list, even guaranteeing a No. 1 spot for those willing to pay enough. <i>The New York Times</i> was informed of this practice and responded: "<i>The New York Times</i> comprehensively tracks and tabulates the weekly unit sales of all titles reported by book retailers as their general interest bestsellers. We will not comment beyond our methodology on the other questions." <i>The New York Times</i> did not alert its readers to this, unlike <i>The Wall Street Journal,</i> which admitted that books had landed on its bestseller list due to ResultSource's campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-Trachtenberg2013_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trachtenberg2013-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soren Kaplan, the source who admitted he had paid ResultSource to land his book, <i>Leapfrogging</i>, on <i>The Wall Street Journal</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s bestseller list, revealed the methodology on his blog; he posted: "If I could obtain bulk orders before <i>Leapfrogging</i> was released, ResultSource would purchase the books on my behalf using their tried-and-true formula. Three thousand books sold would get me on <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> bestseller list. Eleven thousand would secure a spot on the biggest prize of them all, <i>The New York Times</i> list."<sup id="cite_ref-Kaplan2013_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaplan2013-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> published a story titled "Can bestseller lists be bought?"<sup id="cite_ref-kellogg2014_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kellogg2014-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It describes how author and pastor <a href="/wiki/Mark_Driscoll_(pastor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Driscoll (pastor)">Mark Driscoll</a> contracted the company ResultSource to place his book <i><a href="/wiki/Real_Marriage" title="Real Marriage">Real Marriage</a></i> (2012) on <i>The New York Times</i> Best Seller list for a $200,000 fee. The contract was for ResultSource "to conduct a bestseller campaign for your book, <i>Real Marriage</i> on the week of January 2, 2012. The bestseller campaign is intended to place <i>Real Marriage</i> on <i>The New York Times</i> bestseller list for the Advice How-to list." To achieve this, the contract stated that "RSI will be purchasing at least 11,000 total orders in one week." This took place, and the book successfully reached No.1 on the hardcover advice bestseller list on January 22, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-kellogg2014_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kellogg2014-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2015, <a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">Ted Cruz</a>'s book <i>A Time For Truth</i> was excluded from the list because the "overwhelming preponderance of evidence was that sales [of Cruz's book] were limited to strategic bulk purchases" to artificially increase sales and entry onto the list. In response, Cruz called the <i>Times</i> "a liar" and demanded an apology.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Times</i> said it stood by its statement and evidence of manipulation. </p><p>In August 2017, a young adult fiction book, <i><a href="/wiki/Handbook_for_Mortals" title="Handbook for Mortals">Handbook for Mortals</a></i> by previously unpublished author Lani Sarem was removed from the list, where it was in initially in the No. 1 spot. According to a statement issued by the <i>Times</i>, "after investigating the inconsistencies in the most recent reporting cycle, we decided that the sales for <i>Handbook for Mortals</i> did not meet our criteria for inclusion. We've issued an updated 'Young Adult Hardcover' list for September 3, 2017 which does not include that title."<sup id="cite_ref-Italie_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Italie-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was uncovered, by author Phil Stamper, that there had been unusual bulk ordering patterns which inflated the number of sales.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book is published by GeekNation, an entertainment website based in Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-Italie_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Italie-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book was originally written as a script, and was rewritten as a novel in an attempt to launch a film franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2017, conservative publisher <a href="/wiki/Regnery_Publishing" title="Regnery Publishing">Regnery Publishing</a> said it would no longer allow its writers to claim to be "<i>New York Times</i> best-selling authors" due to its belief that the <i>Times</i> favors liberal books on the list. The <i>Times</i> responded that the political views of authors have no bearing on the list and noted conservative authors routinely rank highly on the list. The <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> noted the <i>Times</i> is a frequent target of conservatives and Republicans.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> called Regnery's ban a "stunt" designed to increase sales, "What better way to sell a book to a conservative audience than to promote the idea that the <i>New York Times</i> doesn't like it?" The <i>Post</i> compared the list to best seller lists from <i>Publishers Weekly</i> looking for bias but could not find anything convincing.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2018, the <i><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Star" title="Toronto Star">Toronto Star</a></i> published a story by books editor Deborah Dundas who found that the best-selling book <i><a href="/wiki/12_Rules_for_Life" title="12 Rules for Life">12 Rules for Life</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Peterson" title="Jordan Peterson">Jordan Peterson</a>, who topped <i>Publishers Weekly</i> chart list, did not even chart on <i>The New York Times</i> bestsellers list, without reliable answers from the <i>New York Times</i>. The <i>Times</i> stated it was not counted because it was published by a Canadian company.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Random_House_of_Canada" title="Random House of Canada">Random House Canada</a>, the book was handled properly for the U.S. market.<sup id="cite_ref-Hopper_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hopper-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> American conservative commentator <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Prager" title="Dennis Prager">Dennis Prager</a> wrote an article for <i><a href="/wiki/National_Review" title="National Review">National Review</a></i> titled "<i>The Times</i> Best-Seller List: Another Reason Americans Don't Trust the Media" in which he contends that the issue with Peterson's book, as well his <i>The Rational Bible: Exodus</i>, is their conservative context and the lack of inclusion is the American mainstream media's manipulation.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Times</i> denied any bias.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, the release of <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr." title="Donald Trump Jr.">Donald Trump Jr.</a>'s book <i>Triggered</i> was shown to have only reached the best-seller list through approximately $100,000 in behind-the-scenes bulk purchases meant to pump up its sales numbers illegitimately.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-Triggered_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-Triggered-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Vanity_Fair_(magazine)" title="Vanity Fair (magazine)">Vanity Fair</a></i> reported in October 2020 that this sort of gaming of the system has been a common practice among American conservative political figures, and has also included the use of political campaign funds to purchase the books in bulk in order to boost their rank on the list.<sup id="cite_ref-VanityFairWeiss_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VanityFairWeiss-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Studies">Studies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Studies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Business_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanford Business School">Stanford Business School</a> analysis suggests that the "majority of book buyers seem to use the <i>Times</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span> list as a signal of what's worth reading".<sup id="cite_ref-stanford_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stanford-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The study concluded that lesser-known writers get the biggest benefit from being on the list, while perennial best-selling authors, such as <a href="/wiki/John_Grisham" title="John Grisham">John Grisham</a> or <a href="/wiki/Danielle_Steel" title="Danielle Steel">Danielle Steel</a>, see no benefit of additional sales.<sup id="cite_ref-stanford_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stanford-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span 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"the <i>New York Times</i> best-seller list is widely considered to be one of the most authoritative lists of which books are selling the most in American bookstores" during his <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.techlawjournal.com/cong106/database/19990615tau.htm">Opening Statement for Hearing on H.R. 1858</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170502050053/http://www.techlawjournal.com/cong106/database/19990615tau.htm">Archived</a> May 2, 2017, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> on June 15, 1999.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-diamond-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-diamond_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-diamond_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-diamond_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-diamond_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 19,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Conversation&rft.atitle=What+big+data+can+tell+us+about+how+a+book+becomes+a+best-seller&rft.date=2018-11-28&rft.aulast=Barab%C3%A1si&rft.aufirst=Albert-L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftheconversation.com%2Fwhat-big-data-can-tell-us-about-how-a-book-becomes-a-best-seller-106427&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+New+York+Times+Best+Seller+list" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBolonik2000" class="citation web cs1">Bolonik, Kera (August 16, 2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.salon.com/test/2000/08/16/bestseller/">"A list of their own"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Salon_(website)" class="mw-redirect" title="Salon (website)">Salon</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Salon&rft.atitle=A+list+of+their+own&rft.date=2000-08-16&rft.aulast=Bolonik&rft.aufirst=Kera&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.salon.com%2Ftest%2F2000%2F08%2F16%2Fbestseller%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+New+York+Times+Best+Seller+list" class="Z3988"></span>  [controversy regarding the children's list]</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/"><i>The New York Times</i> Best Sellers (current)</a> – back to June 2008</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" 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1939">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1940" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1940">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1941" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1941">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1942" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1942">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1943" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1943">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1944" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1944">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1945" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1945">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1946" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1946">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1947" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1947">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1948" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1948">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1949" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1949">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1950" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1950">1950</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1951–1970</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1951" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1951">1951</a></li> 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of 1958">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1959" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1959">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1960" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1960">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1961" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1961">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1962" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1962">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1963" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1963">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1964" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1964">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1965" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1965">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1966" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1966">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1967" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1967">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1968" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1968">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1969" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1969">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1970" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1970">1970</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1971–1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1971" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1971">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1972" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1972">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1973" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1973">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1974" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1974">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1975" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1975">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1976" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1976">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1977" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1977">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1978" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1978">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1979" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1979">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1980" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1980">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1981" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1981">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1982" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1982">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1983" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1983">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1984" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1984">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1985" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1985">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1986" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1986">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1987" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1987">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1988" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1988">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1989" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1989">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1990" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1990">1990</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1991–2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1991" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1991">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1992" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1992">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1993" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1993">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1994" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1994">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1995" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1995">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1996" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1996">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1997" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1997">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1998" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1998">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1999" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 1999">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_2000" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 2000">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_2001" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 2001">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_2002" title="List of The New York Times number-one books of 2002">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_2003" title="List 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