New York Times Best Sellers: Past 2021 New York Times Best Sellers

The 21st book in the Women’s Murder Club series. New evidence changes the investigation of a missing mother.

The global balance of power shifts after new cyberweaponry lowers the defenses of U.S. planes and ships.

A French author's extramarital relationship affects various members of his wife’s family.

A collection of stories that portray the lives of Cambodian Americans.

A middle-class mother and son become desperate migrants fleeing Mexico in this heart stopping thriller that is all too timely and real.

A failed bank robber holds a group of strangers hostage at an apartment open house.

The first book in the Dragon Heart Legacy series. Breen Kelly travels through a portal in Ireland to a land of faeries and mermaids.

A recovering alcoholic puts herself in danger when she searches for a Haitian teenager in a Boston neighborhood.

The only Black person at a tech startup determines to get other young people of color into America’s sales force.

The 20th book in the Scot Harvath series. The American spy faces dangers in the Arctic Circle.

Matthew Keating, a past president and former Navy SEAL, goes on his own to find his abducted teenage daughter.

Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders.

The 18th book in the Cork O’Connor mystery series. The 12-year-old son of a small town sheriff who rules a man’s death as a suicide suspects another cause.

Ailey Pearl Garfield endeavors to embrace her full heritage by digging into the stories of her ancestors who were Indigenous, Black and white.

Will the secrets Emily shares with Kristen about violent incidents in the past ruin her life?

During Prohibition, Thatcher Hutton and Laurel Plummer wind up on opposite sides of a moonshine war in Texas.

On a September night, guests at the reopening of an exclusive Paris hotel experience love, tragedy and political intrigue.

The 20th book in the Pendergast series. Bodies found without blood in their veins might be connected to an unsolved skyjacking.

The seventh book in the Fox and O’Hare series. Kate and Nick seek help from their fathers as they go after a shadowy international organization in search of a lost train full of Nazi gold.

The 21st book in the Gabriel Allon series. A private intelligence service plans an act of violence that will aid Russia and divide America.

A college graduate returns to his hometown, where the mutilated bodies of several missing girls are discovered.

In a follow-up to "The Sympathizer," the man of two minds finds intellectual stimulation and customers for his narcotic merchandise in Paris.

The 16th book in the Maisie Dobbs series. As Nazi occupation increases, Maisie looks into a possible murder that might affect Britain’s war efforts.

The fifth book in A Court of Thorn and Roses series. Nesta Archeron is forced into close quarters with a warrior named Cassian.

The 21st book in the Joe Pickett series. The Wyoming game warden becomes a target when taking a tech baron on an elk hunting trip.

The F.B.I. agent Atlee Pine’s search for her twin sister overlaps with a military investigator’s hunt for someone involved in a global conspiracy.

The 28th book in the Alex Cross series. An investigation of a double homicide sends Alex Cross to Alabama.

The fourth book in the Terminal List series. James Reece is given a top-secret C.I.A. mission.

The second book in the Charlie and Margaret Marder Mystery series. Attorney General Robert Kennedy asks the Marders to look into a threat, which brings them into contact with the Rat Pack and the Church of Scientology.

A secret agent with the F.B.I. and a young woman betrothed by her father to a drug lord pretend to be in love for a mission.

The 57th book in the Stone Barrington series. A double threat with friends in high places awaits Stone in Maine.

Three people involved in a love triangle find everything they hold dear is tested as Mussolini’s power grows and laws change in Rome.

In a prequel to “The Pillars of the Earth,” a boatbuilder, a Norman noblewoman and a monk live in England under attack by the Welsh and the Vikings.

The 52nd book of the In Death series. Eve Dallas investigates the murder of a young sculptor in the West Village.

A kidnapper demands that a pilot crash his plane with 144 passengers onboard to save his family.

Leigh Collier’s past may come to light when a wealthy man she knows asks her to represent him in a rape case.

The 18th book in the NUMA Files series. Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala uncover a decades-old conspiracy when they search for a missing former colleague in Antarctica.

At a gathering that has taken place for more than a decade, women who survived unthinkable ordeals worry about a missing member.

Two estranged sisters, one a former best-selling author, the other a nun, reconnect as one searches for the child the other gave up.

A collection of eight short stories on love, childhood and memory.

The 27th book in the Stephanie Plum series. Stephanie deals with a soldier of fortune from Little Havana.

As dust storms roll during the Great Depression, Elsa must choose between saving the family and farm or heading West.

The sixth book in the Murderbot Diaries series. When a dead body turns up on Preservation Station, Murderbot must speak to humans.

Aloysius Archer, a World War II veteran, seeks to apprentice with Willie Dash, a private eye, in a corrupt California town.

When their mother dies in prison, Lex Gracie and her siblings confront their shared past and shifting alliances.

A Nantucket novelist gets one final summer to watch what happens from the great beyond.

The foundation of a marriage between actors is shaken when they reunite with an old friend who is now a TV star.

Past secrets come up when Fern decides to pay back her twin sister, Rose, by having a baby for her.

An actress immerses herself in the role of a pioneering woman aviator who disappeared in Antarctica.

A wedding between a TV star and a magazine publisher on an island off the coast of Ireland turns deadly.

Shakespeare was in London and his wife and three children in Stratford, when his 11-year-old son, Hamnet, died.

The poem read on President Joe Biden's Inauguration Day, by the youngest poet to write and perform an inaugural poem.

In 1662 Boston, a young Puritan woman seeks to escape from a cruel husband and rumors that might mean her death.

The 56th book in the Stone Barrington series. Old friends come to Stone’s aid as he takes on an expanding cabal of enemies.

Four novellas: “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone,” “The Life of Chuck,” “Rat” and “If It Bleeds.”

A kaleidoscopic story of a family occupying two different countries, Colombia and the United States.

A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries.

Julia Jones begins a new life after discovering her husband’s infidelity almost six years ago.

The 16th book in the Cotton Malone series. A newly discovered dossier from World War II might change the course of Germany’s upcoming elections.

The 11th book in the Fever series. As High Queen of the Fae, MacKayla Lane must rule those she was born to kill.

An “Artificial Friend” named Klara is purchased to serve as a companion to an ailing 14-year-old girl.

The sixth book in the Mickey Haller series. Haller defends himself when police find the body of a former client in his car’s trunk.

Threats put in rhymes and sent from shifting locations escalate as the daughter of a successful fitness celebrity’s own yoga business grows.

In a sequel to “The Coldest Winter Ever,” Winter Santiaga emerges after time served and seeks revenge.

An aspiring historian in London finds a clue that might put to rest unsolved apothecary murders from 200 years ago.

The 19th book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Sahvage and Mae fight against what she unleashed.

A therapist suspects a Greek tragedy professor at Cambridge University of committing murder.

A previously unpublished novel by the author of “Native Son,” with an afterword by his grandson Malcolm Wright. A Black man named Fred Daniels is tortured by the police until he confesses to a crime he did not commit.

Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.

The 19th book in the Joanna Brady Mysteries series. The Cochise County Sheriff's daughter becomes involved in a missing persons case.

What might have happened during the 11 days in which a rising mystery author went missing in 1926.

A Hollywood recluse’s perspective changes when she invites her neighbors into her mansion after an earthquake.

Detective Kyochiro Kaga of the Tokyo Police Department has just been transferred to a new precinct in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo. Newly arrived, but with a great deal of experience, Kaga is promptly assigned to the team investigating the murder of a woman. But the more he investigates, the greater number of potential suspects emerges.

After tragedy upsets her stable family life, Maggie must decide if she will take a risk with a thrill seeker.

The sister of a BBC producer may have joined the Irish Republican Army.

Questions arise when a rich couple are murdered after an Easter dinner with their three adult children.

The 31st book in the Prey series. When federal officers are killed, Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team up to investigate matters.

Jeanette, the daughter of a Cuban immigrant, takes in the daughter of a neighbor detained by ICE and seeks to learn about her own family history.

Twin sisters lead a team of biologists to reintroduce 14 gray wolves into the Scottish Highlands.

Tension unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing.

Ada, who apprentices midwifery under her mother, must decide whether to aid a band of outlaws who want to create a safe haven for outcast women.

A teenager in Montana discovers that her elderly neighbor worked decades earlier at the American Library in Paris and was part of the Resistance.

A Black woman who becomes one of the most powerful people in the art and book world is forced to hide her true identity.

Jacob Finch Bonner sells a story that wasn’t his to tell and finds out more about its source.

Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders.

When an older slave begins preaching on a Southern plantation, the love between two slaves, Isaiah and Samuel, is seen in a different light.

A devastating event forces a mother who questions her child’s behavior and her own sanity to confront the truth.

Two ex-cons must overcome their prejudices about their sons, who were married to each other, to team up and exact revenge on whoever murdered them.

In a sequel to “Ready Player One,” Wade Watts discovers a technological advancement and goes on a new quest.

The second book in the Black Book thriller series. Chicago detective Billy Harney investigates his own past.

The 10th book in the Gray Man series. Assassins go after Court Gentry as he attempts to bring back an American agent who went missing.

A doctor serving in the Navy in Afghanistan goes back to North Carolina where two women change his life.

A collection of stories and other writing inspired by the work of the late author Dorothea Benton Frank.

The 13th book in the Michael Bennett series. An assassin killing a number of women might disrupt the detective’s wedding plans.

The 12th book in the Isaac Bell Adventure series. An assassination attempt reveals a deeper plot at the Panama Canal.

Elin Warner must find her estranged brother’s fiancée, who goes missing as a storm approaches a hotel that was once a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps.

The second book in the Nora Kelly series. An F.B.I. agent and an archaeologist identify a mummified corpse and its gruesome cause of death.

A woman in Wisconsin discovers a trove of her grandmother’s letters that detail her experiences in Germany leading up to World War II.

Jack Reacher intervenes on an ambush in Tennessee and uncovers a conspiracy.

The vampire hunter Anita Blake goes to a Florida island where members of a family turn into a mass of snakes.

A couple reconnect 20 years after they had a torrid week of love.

Samuel Sooleymon receives a basketball scholarship to North Carolina Central and determines to bring his family over from a civil war-ravaged South Sudan.

Can Leaphorn give Chee and Manuelito the guidance they need to find the justice they seek?

In this installment of the High Republic series, a disaster in hyperspace may cause far greater damage.

In this Star Wars saga, Thrawn and the Expansionary Defense Fleet discover how their enemy truly operates.

The seventh book in the Beach House series. A love triangle is complicated by Covid-19.

Amelia Vaux Tanner plans to give a cottage in a Black beach community to one of her three favorite guests.

During the Civil War, sisters Georgeanna and Eliza join the war effort together while sisters Jemma and Patience are enslaved on separate plantations.

On a long ride back to Ohio in 1991, a college student suspects she might be sharing a car with the man known as the Campus Killer.

Kieran Elliott takes his young family to his coastal hometown, where a body is found on the beach.

Two brothers freed by the Emancipation Proclamation hope to reunite with their mother while the forbidden romance between two Confederate soldiers causes chaos.

Daisy Shoemaker receives emails intended for a woman leading a more glamorous life and finds there was more to this accident.

The third book in the Jake Brigance series. A 16-year-old is accused of killing a deputy in Clanton, Miss., in 1990.

A cushy assignment to help the C.I.A. puts Jack Ryan Jr. in the sights of trained killers.

Easter orders are put on hold at Hannah Swenson’s bakery while she investigates the murder of Mayor Bascomb.

An accident upsets the composure of a family-run ballet studio.

The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity but their fates intertwine.

The 25th book in the F.B.I. Thriller series. A college frat rave and a mission in Iran offer clues for agents Sherlock and Savich.

After a drunken-driving incident, Sunday Brennan returns to her family in New York where her past follows her.

Trouble might start for the chief of police and a self-proclaimed outlaw teen when a man is released from prison.

The integration of a North Carolina school ties together a pair of seemingly unconnected families for two decades.

Personal tragedy ushers a missing persons detective back to where she grew up and onto a new case.

A woman who feels lost in life finds solace in the city she calls home and gets a new outlook while visiting the sea.

In a quiet town in North Carolina coast in 1969, a woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.

The lives of two sisters, a morning show anchor and a stay-at-home helicopter parent, start to unravel when a small lie forces resentments to the surface.

When Justice Wynn slips into a coma, his law clerk, Avery Keene, must unravel the clues of a controversial case.

A recently arrived dog walker in a Southern gated community falls for a mysterious widower.

The sixth book in the Alpha and Omega series. Mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham look into what might have caused everyone living in a small town to disappear.

Windsor Horne Lockwood III might rectify cold cases connected to his family that have eluded the F.B.I. for decades.

The third book in the You series. Joe becomes interested in a librarian who appears to be too busy for him.

A former White House aide and close confidant to President Barack Obama traveled the globe to discover just how much America’s fingerprints are on the world we shaped.

The former No. 1-ranked tennis player details her career and activism.

An account of Mildred Harnack, an American who became a central figure in the German resistance to Hitler.

Who is the Canadian-American who got his break on American TV by hosting the game show “The Wizard of Odds” and whose pronunciation of the word “genre” has been shared widely on social media?

A collection of personal essays that review different facets of the human-centered planet.

The senior senator from Minnesota suggests ways to deal with monopolies, promote business competition and encourage innovation.

The conservative commentator describes what he perceives as threats to American business, education and politics.

The MSNBC host gives an account of the 1973 investigation of then Vice President Spiro T. Agnew and its impact on politics and the media.

The lawyer and artist, who is the son of the current president, details tragedies within his family and his path to sobriety.

The actress and human rights activist recounts her childhood difficulties and biggest accomplishments.

The former first lady describes her journey from the South Side of Chicago to the White House, and how she balanced work, family and her husband's political ascent.

The writer of the New York Times column “Life, Interrupted” chronicles her fight with cancer and an impactful road trip.

A memoir by the multiple Grammy Award-winning recording artist.

The companion book to the PBS series that provides a look at five centuries of the meaning and functions of the Black church in America.

A depiction of the frontiersman Daniel Boone.

A look at the key players and outcomes of precision bombing during World War II.

The travel writer and television director describes coming of age in the New York area and starring in iconic 1980s movie roles.

The editor in chief of Breitbart News gives his views on establishment media.

A re-examination of a basic biological function and a look at the science behind ancient breathing practices.

A memoir by the former Brazilian jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts competitor.

The humorist maps out her mental and physical health journey.

The Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter recounts difficulties during her formative years and her hard-won successes.

How the Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues invented CRISPR, a tool that can edit DNA.

Stories and insights of more than 200 golf courses in all 50 states, including every course to ever host a U.S. Open.

A journalist for The Atlantic examines the historic forces that fed the intentions of the Trump administration.

The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

In 2014, a group of all-female Kurdish militia faced off against ISIS in a small town in Syria.

The New York Times Op-Ed columnist gives a call to action for Black people to achieve equality on their own terms.

Two pioneering women receive medical degrees and start the first hospital staffed entirely by women.

The country music icon offers insights on 175 of her songs.

The medical director of Stanford Addiction Medicine explores the neuroscience and behaviors that inform the relationship between pleasure and pain.

The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.

A portrait of the Sackler family, known for their philanthropy toward institutions around the world, and their involvement with Valium and OxyContin.

The author of “Fantasyland” looks at the economic, cultural and political forces to which he ascribes the undermining and dismantling of the American middle class.

The Harvard science professor shares his theory that a piece of advanced technology created by a distant alien civilization recently visited our solar system.

The chef-turned-rapper shares his journey to improved fitness.

The story of four Japanese-American families, who faced bigotry, and their sons, who volunteered for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s journey from courtship to their decision to step away from their royal lives.

An ecologist describes ways trees communicate, cooperate and compete.

Profiles of confidants and close friends of several American presidents including Abraham Lincoln and Harry Truman.

A re-examination of the events of the Battle of the Alamo that challenges a commonly understood version of them.

A compendium featuring 90 writers covering 400 years of African-American history.

A former national park ranger details her friendship with a wild fox in an isolated part of Montana.

A senior White House reporter for The Wall Street Journal looks at Trump’s 2020 campaign and final year in office.

The personal and professional journey of Giannis Antetokounmpo from Athens, Greece, to leading the Milwaukee Bucks to the N.B.A. championship in 2021.

The podcaster and social media personality looks at the ups and downs of internet celebrity.

The theoretical physicist explains the controversy around the synthesis of the theory of relativity and quantum theory.

A collection of personal essays on anxiety, loneliness and productivity.

A memoir by a survivor of a concentration camp in Auschwitz, who is currently 101 years old.

The retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel recounts his actions that led to the impeachment of President Trump and his testimony before Congress.

An overview of Marquis de Lafayette’s career on both sides of the Atlantic during the Age of Revolution.

Major onscreen moments, behind-the-scenes dramas, product offshoots and cultural impact of the reality television franchise.

The Fox News host recounts his career and prescribes ways to defend against what he considers left-wing radicalism.

A prescription for what business, governments and individuals can do to work toward zero emissions.

A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism.

A collection of essays by the Emmy-winning actor who became a viral sensation without knowing what that phrase meant at the time.

Photos and stories of people from over 40 countries collected by the creator of “Humans of New York.”

A look at different approaches to rearing children from various parts of the planet.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters examine Trump’s final year in office, with a focus on the key players around him.

Stories, essays and lyrics that chart the creative journey of the Tony Award-winning musical that is now a motion picture.

The comedian shares material he collected in an accordion folder over the last 45 years.

The late iconic actress describes how she worked to change perceptions of Black women through her career choices.

The ninth book in the conservative commentator’s Killing series focuses on conflicts with Native Americans.

The 10th book in the conservative commentator’s Killing series looks at organized crime in the United States during the 20th century.

A look at the policy initiatives and the leadership style of the first lady during her time in the East Wing.

The author of “Fire and Fury” and “Siege” portrays events during the final days of Trump’s presidency.

The story of the killing of the former member of the Beatles by Mark David Chapman in 1980 and interviews with some of Lennon’s friends and associates.

A collection of 12 pieces written between 1968 and 2000 that includes observations on the underground press and the act of writing.

How Jewish women in Poland turned Jewish youth groups into resistance cells to fight the Nazis and helped build systems of underground bunkers.

The author of “To Shake the Sleeping Self” explores eight subjects that he believes give life meaning.

The wife of the late Broadway star Nick Cordero recounts his battle with Covid-19 and the hope she found in her infant son, Elvis.

Based on numerous interviews, the USA Today Washington bureau chief profiles the current speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.

The former Los Angeles Lakers player describes various skills and techniques he used on the court.

A chief of staff who served former President George H.W. Bush from 1994 to 2018 details his life post-presidency.

A biography of the late hip hop mogul and artist Nipsey Hussle.

A biography of the tennis champion Roger Federer by a New York Times tennis correspondent.

A biography of the award-winning theater and film director who was also half of the seminal improv duo with Elaine May.

The Fox News host and former combat veteran interviews soldiers about the different kinds of battles they encountered.

The ways white progressives may cause daily harm to people of color.

Two Washington Post journalists give an account of the Trump administration’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

What might cause variability in judgments that should be identical and potential ways to remedy this.

An oral history of hard rock and heavy metal music in the 1980s.

The Pulitzer Prize winner weaves together American history with personal memoir to show the importance of events in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865.

The former speaker of the House reflects on his time in Washington, key political figures and the current state of the Republican Party.

Forty-three portraits by the former president, of men and women who have immigrated to the United States.

The senior senator from Massachusetts shares six influential perspectives that shaped her life and advocacy.

A look at the life and work of the renowned novelist and short-story writer, based on his archive and interviews with his colleagues.

Stories of skeptics who went against the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of Covid-19.

In the first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama offers personal reflections on his formative years and pivotal moments through his first term.

The playwright and director provides insights on working with Stephen Sondheim to create the musical “Sunday in the Park With George.”

The soccer commentator describes how he embraced American popular culture while growing up in Liverpool.

The author of “Too Much and Never Enough” examines potential trauma caused by current and historical events.

The neuroscientist and novelist explores the strengths and weaknesses of memory.

The singer-songwriter’s memoir sheds light on her fraught childhood, musical triumphs and activism.

How popular culture was impacted by what happened in Los Angeles in 1974 in movies, music, television and politics.

The former F.B.I. director incorporates his experiences into lessons on how the federal justice system functions.

The ways geometry might give a better understanding of scientific, political and philosophical problems.

A memoir about growing up a poor Black girl in Indiana with a family fragmented by incarceration.

An examination of the leadership of the prime minister Winston Churchill.

The chair of the board of the racial justice organization Color of Change analyzes the impact of racism on the economy.

A collection of essays examining the functions and importance of works of fiction.

An examination of the cognitive skills of rethinking and unlearning that could be used to adapt to a rapidly changing world.

The New York Times cybersecurity reporter describes a malicious and undetectable software bug that is in the hands of hostile nations and mercenaries.

The CNN host looks at the impact of racism on his life and prescribes ways to address systemic flaws in America.

A look at arbitrary beliefs surrounding opium, caffeine and mescaline, which are derived from plants.

The clinical psychologist gives her assessment of events and patterns inside her family and how they shaped President Trump.

The screen actor describes how his past, which includes heroin addiction and prison time, has informed some of his roles.

The Republican senator from Missouri gives his assessment of Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple.

Two investigative journalists for The New York Times look at Facebook’s fall from grace.

A look at some questions and concepts needed to address systemic racism.

The actor and producer describes her childhood in India, winning international beauty competitions and contending with loss.

A former writer for the online magazine Quillette gives his perspective on the activist movement antifa.

A collection of interviews with troops who fought overseas.

The CBS Sunday Morning correspondent develops a bond with the ailing owner of a dog she agrees to adopt.

Personal reflections on the potential benefits of embracing and living through painful times of isolation.

The founder and executive chairman of the biopharmaceutical company Roivant Sciences shares his perspectives on American capitalism.

In a collection of essays, the poet celebrates various aspects of the natural world and its inhabitants.

The navigational and physiological undertakings performed by billions of birds as they circumnavigate the globe.

Essays by the actress and comedian on the ups and downs of womanhood and motherhood.

A collection of personal essays by the actor, writer, producer, director, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

A pair of sisters who live in different parts of the country share their perspectives on the absurdities and everyday experiences of racism.

An anthology of writing on the Black experience and shame resilience.

The three-time Pulitzer Prize winner brings to light the secrets, scandals and shortcomings of the Secret Service.