The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers of 2016


This is a list of adult non-fiction books that topped The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list in 2016, in the Combined Print & E-books Non-Fiction category. The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi with 13 weeks at the top of the list, followed by Killing the Rising Sun with nine weeks.
DateBookAuthorPublisher
January 3Killing ReaganBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHolt
January 10Killing ReaganBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHolt
January 17Not My Father's Son: A MemoirAlan CummingDey Street
January 24Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi CoatesSpiegel & Grau
January 31When Breath Becomes AirPaul KalanithiRandom House
February 7When Breath Becomes AirPaul KalanithiRandom House
February 14When Breath Becomes AirPaul KalanithiRandom House
February 21When Breath Becomes AirPaul KalanithiRandom House
February 28When Breath Becomes AirPaul KalanithiRandom House
March 6When Breath Becomes AirPaul KalanithiRandom House
March 13When Breath Becomes AirPaul KalanithiRandom House
March 20When Breath Becomes AirPaul KalanithiRandom House
March 27When Breath Becomes AirPaul KalanithiRandom House
April 3When Breath Becomes AirPaul KalanithiRandom House
April 10When Breath Becomes AirPaul KalanithiRandom House
April 17When Breath Becomes AirPaul KalanithiRandom House
April 24The Rainbow Comes and GoesAnderson Cooper and Gloria VanderbiltHarper
May 1Hamilton: The RevolutionLin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarterGrand Central Publishing
May 8The Rainbow Comes and GoesAnderson Cooper and Gloria VanderbiltHarper
May 15The Rainbow Comes and GoesAnderson Cooper and Gloria VanderbiltHarper
May 22The Rainbow Comes and GoesAnderson Cooper and Gloria VanderbiltHarper
May 29Hamilton: The RevolutionLin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarterGrand Central Publishing
June 5The GeneSiddhartha MukherjeeCharles Scribner's Sons
June 12When Breath Becomes AirPaul KalanithiRandom House
June 19Bill O'Relly's Legends and Lies: The PatriotsDavid FisherHolt
June 26Bill O'Relly's Legends and Lies: The PatriotsDavid FisherHolt
July 3Bill O'Relly's Legends and Lies: The PatriotsDavid FisherHolt
July 10Alexander HamiltonRon ChernowPenguin
July 17Crisis of CharacterGary J. Byrne with Grant M. SchmidtCenter Street
July 24Crisis of CharacterGary J. Byrne with Grant M. SchmidtCenter Street
July 31Crisis of CharacterGary J. Byrne with Grant M. SchmidtCenter Street
August 7Shane DawsonKeywords Press/Atria
August 14Crisis of CharacterGary J. Byrne with Grant M. SchmidtCenter Street
August 21Hillary's AmericaDinesh D'SouzaRegnery
August 28Hillbilly ElegyJ. D. VanceHarperCollins
September 4[The Girl with the Lower Back TattooAmy SchumerGallery Books
September 11The Girl with the Lower Back TattooAmy SchumerGallery Books
September 18The Girl with the Lower Back TattooAmy SchumerGallery Books
September 25Love WarriorGlennon Doyle MeltonFlatiron Books
October 2Killing the Rising SunBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHolt
October 9Killing the Rising SunBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHolt
October 16Born to RunBruce SpringsteenSimon & Schuster
October 23Killing the Rising SunBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHolt
October 30Killing the Rising SunBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHolt
November 6The Magnolia StoryChip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with Mark DagostinoW Publishing/Thomas Nelson
November 13Killing the Rising SunBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHolt
November 20Killing the Rising SunBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHolt
November 27Killing the Rising SunBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHolt
December 4Settle for MoreMegyn KellyHarper/HarperCollins
December 11Killing the Rising SunBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHolt
December 18The Magnolia StoryChip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with Mark DagostinoW Publishing/Thomas Nelson
December 25Killing the Rising SunBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHolt