The American daily newspaper The New York Times publishes multiple weekly list 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 best selling fiction books, in the combined print and e-books category. Nonfiction The following list ranks the best selling nonfiction books, in the combined print and e-books category. The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff with seven weeks at the top of the list followed by Becoming by Michelle Obama with five weeks at the top of the list; this book continued to be a best seller in 2019. See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2010s References 2018 . New York Times best sellers New York Times best sellers New York Times best sellers