New York Times Bestsellers

1. 

   The Correspondent
   Virginia Evans
   Letters from someone she used to know push Sybil Van Antwerp toward revisiting her past and finding a way to forgive.
2. 

   The First Time I Saw Him
   Laura Dave
   Hannah’s husband turns up five years after he disappeared, which forces her to go on the run with her daughter.
3. 

   The Widow
   John Grisham
   When Simon Latch, a lawyer in rural Virginia, is accused of murder, he goes in search of the real killer.
4. 

   The Secret of Secrets
   Dan Brown
   As he searches for the missing noetic scientist he has been seeing, Robert Langdon discovers something regarding a secret project.
5. 

   Alchemised
   SenLinYu
   After the war, an imprisoned alchemist is sent to a necromancer to recover her lost memories.
6. 

   Brimstone
   Callie Hart
   The second book in the Fae & Alchemy series. To save those close to them, Saeris and Fisher face a new set of dangers.
7. 

   Rings of Fate
   Melissa de la Cruz
   The fate of two kingdoms depends on the actions taken by a barmaid looking for freedom and a prince who carries powerful ancient weapons.
8. 

   Mona's Eyes
   Thomas Schlesser
   A 10-year-old who may get permanent vision loss is bolstered by her grandfather’s quest to bring beauty into her life; translated by Hildegarde Serle.
9. 

   The Intruder
   Freida McFadden
   During a rough storm, Casey puts herself in danger when she lets a girl, who is covered in blood, into her cabin.
10. 

    Dungeon Crawler Carl
    Matt Dinniman
    A Coast Guard vet named Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, are trapped in a fantasy dungeon.

1. 

   1929
   Andrew Ross Sorkin
   The New York Times journalist and CNBC host looks at the fight between Washington and Wall Street that fueled a historic crash of the stock market.
2. 

   Nobody's Girl
   Virginia Roberts Giuffre
   The late activist and advocate for sex-trafficking survivors describes her time with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
3. 

   Outlive
   Peter Attia with Bill Gifford
   A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
4. 

   The Anxious Generation
   Jonathan Haidt
   A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.
5. 

   How to Test Negative for Stupid
   John Kennedy
   The Republican senator from Louisiana shares stories about politics in Washington, D.C., and in his home state.
6. 

   The Look
   Michelle Obama with Meredith Koop
   A celebration of the former first lady’s evolution in style, featuring more than 200 photographs.
7. 

   Firestorm
   Jacob Soboroff
   The MS NOW reporter describes events during the 2025 fires in Los Angeles and what they might portend about future catastrophes.
8. 

   One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
   Omar El Akkad
   In his nonfiction debut, El Akkad looks at how the West responds to mass suffering.
9. 

   The Gales of November
   John U. Bacon
   An account of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, an American Great Lakes freighter, 50 years ago.
10. 

    A Marriage at Sea
    Sophie Elmhirst
    In 1972, an incident with a breaching whale turns a couple’s dream of sailing on a boat into a monthslong struggle for survival on a raft.

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Last updated: January 15, 2026