The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers of 2013
This is a list of adult non-fiction books that topped The New York Times Non-fiction Best Seller list in 2013, in the Hardcover Nonfiction category. The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell with 12 weeks at the top of the list.
| Date | Book | Author | Publisher |
| January 6 | Killing Kennedy | Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard | Henry Holt |
| January 13 | Killing Kennedy | Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard | Henry Holt |
| January 20 | Killing Kennedy | Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard | Henry Holt |
| January 27 | Killing Kennedy | Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard | Henry Holt |
| February 3 | My Beloved World | Sonia Sotomayor | Knopf |
| February 10 | My Beloved World | Sonia Sotomayor | Knopf |
| February 17 | My Beloved World | Sonia Sotomayor | Knopf |
| February 24 | My Beloved World | Sonia Sotomayor | Knopf |
| March 3 | American Sniper | Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice | Morrow/HarperCollins |
| March 10 | American Sniper | Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice | Morrow/HarperCollins |
| March 17 | ' | Michael Moss | Random House |
| March 24 | Sum It Up | Pat Summitt with Sally Jenkins | Crown Archetype |
| March 31 | Lean In | Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell | Knopf |
| April 7 | Lean In | Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell | Knopf |
| April 14 | Lean In | Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell | Knopf |
| April 21 | Lean In | Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell | Knopf |
| April 28 | Lean In | Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell | Knopf |
| May 5 | Lean In | Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell | Knopf |
| May 12 | Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls | David Sedaris | Little, Brown |
| May 19 | Lean In | Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell | Knopf |
| May 26 | Happy, Happy, Happy | Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach | Howard Books |
| June 2 | The Guns at Last Light | Rick Atkinson | Henry Holt |
| June 9 | Eleven Rings | Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty | Penguin Press |
| June 16 | Lean In | Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell | Knopf |
| June 23 | Happy, Happy, Happy | Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach | Howard Books |
| June 30 | Happy, Happy, Happy | Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach | Howard Books |
| July 7 | Happy, Happy, Happy | Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach | Howard Books |
| July 14 | Lean In | Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell | Knopf |
| July 21 | Lean In | Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell | Knopf |
| July 28 | Lean In | Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell | Knopf |
| August 4 | Lean In | Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell | Knopf |
| August 11 | ' | Reza Aslan | Random House |
| August 18 | ' | Reza Aslan | Random House |
| August 25 | ' | Reza Aslan | Random House |
| September 1 | The Liberty Amendments | Mark R. Levin | Threshold Editions |
| September 8 | The Liberty Amendments | Mark R. Levin | Threshold Editions |
| September 15 | The Liberty Amendments | Mark R. Levin | Threshold Editions |
| September 22 | ' | Si Robertson with Mark Schlabach | Howard Books |
| September 29 | ' | Si Robertson with Mark Schlabach | Howard Books |
| October 6 | ' | Si Robertson with Mark Schlabach | Howard Books |
| October 13 | Killing Jesus | Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard | Holt |
| October 20 | Killing Jesus | Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard | Holt |
| October 27 | Killing Jesus | Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard | Holt |
| November 3 | Humans of New York | Brandon Stanton | St. Martin's |
| November 10 | Killing Jesus | Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard | Holt |
| November 17 | Killing Jesus | Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard | Holt |
| November 24 | ' | Charles Krauthammer | Crown Forum |
| December 1 | ' | Charles Krauthammer | Crown Forum |
| December 8 | ' | Charles Krauthammer | Crown Forum |
| December 15 | ' | Charles Krauthammer | Crown Forum |
| December 22 | ' | Charles Krauthammer | Crown Forum |
| December 29 | Charles Krauthammer | Crown Forum |