Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2010s

This is a list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2010s, as determined by Publishers Weekly. The list features the most popular novels of each year from 2010 through to 2019.

The standards set for inclusion in the lists – which, for example, led to the exclusion of the novels in the Harry Potter series from the lists for the 1990s and 2000s – are currently unknown. After 2012, Publishers Weekly used the lists from Nielsen BookScan for print, supplemented by the Amazon.com lists for Kindle and print.[1] Some of the lists of print bestsellers have combined the different formats of books into one list. Books that are not novels will be excluded when possible, especially nonfiction books.

According to Nielsen BookScan data, the Fifty Shades series the top three best selling books of the decade, with the first novel selling 15.2 million copies from 2010 to 2019. The Hunger Games (2008) was fourth (8.7 million copies) followed by The Help (2009) (8.7 million).[2]

2010 edit

  1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
  2. The Confession by John Grisham
  3. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
  4. Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
  5. Dead or Alive by Tom Clancy
  6. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
  7. Cross Fire by James Patterson
  8. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
  9. Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell
  10. Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King[3]

2011 edit

  1. The Litigators by John Grisham
  2. 11/22/63 by Stephen King
  3. The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
  4. Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
  5. A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin
  6. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
  7. Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson
  8. Micro by Michael Crichton
  9. Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
  10. Locked On by Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney[4]

2012 edit

  1. Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
  2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  3. Fifty Shades Darker by E. L. James
  4. Fifty Shades Freed by E. L. James
  5. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
  6. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
  7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney
  8. Fifty Shades trilogy box set by E. L. James
  9. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
  10. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn[5]

2013 edit

  1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney
  2. Inferno by Dan Brown
  3. The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
  4. Divergent by Veronica Roth
  5. Sycamore Row by John Grisham
  6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney
  7. Allegiant by Veronica Roth
  8. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
  9. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
  10. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald[1]

2014 edit

  1. The Fault in Our Stars (trade paperback) by John Green
  2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney
  3. Divergent by Veronica Roth
  4. Insurgent by Veronica Roth
  5. Killing Patton by Bill O'Reilly
  6. Allegiant by Veronica Roth
  7. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
  8. The Fault in Our Stars (movie tie-in) by John Green
  9. The Fault in Our Stars (hardcover) by John Green
  10. Frozen by Victoria Saxon[6]

2015 edit

  1. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
  2. Grey by E. L. James
  3. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
  4. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  5. The Martian (trade paper) by Andy Weir
  6. Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham
  7. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  8. See Me by Nicholas Sparks
  9. Gray Mountain by John Grisham
  10. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah[7]

2016 edit

  1. The Girl on the Train (trade paperback) by Paula Hawkins
  2. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
  3. The Whistler by John Grisham
  4. Me Before You (trade paperback) by Jojo Moyes
  5. Me Before You (movie tie-in) by Jojo Moyes
  6. Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks
  7. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (movie tie-in)
  8. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  9. Me Before You (movie tie-in) by Jojo Moyes
  10. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr[8]

2017 edit

  1. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
  2. Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
  3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway by Jeff Kinney
  4. Origin by Dan Brown
  5. You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
  6. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
  7. Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss
  8. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
  9. The Rooster Bar by John Grisham
  10. Camino Island by John Grisham[9]

2018 edit

  1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown by Jeff Kinney
  2. The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith
  3. Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dav Pilkey
  4. The President Is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson
  5. Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
  6. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
  7. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
  8. The Reckoning by John Grisham
  9. A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss
  10. Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss[10]

2019 edit

  1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  2. Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey
  3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball by Jeff Kinney
  4. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild by Dav Pilkey
  5. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid by Jeff Kinney
  6. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
  7. Dog Man: Fetch 22 by Dav Pilkey
  8. The Guardians by John Grisham
  9. The Institute by Stephen King
  10. Guts by Raina Telgemeier[11]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "The Bestselling Books of 2013". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  2. ^ Reid, Calvin (18 December 2019).BookScan Reports 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Is Bestselling Book of the Decade, Publishers Weekly
  3. ^ [1] by Daisy Maryles, Publishers Weekly, September 3, 2011
  4. ^ [2] by Daisy Maryles, Publishers Weekly, March 22, 2012
  5. ^ [3] by Gabe Habash, Publishers Weekly, January 11, 2013
  6. ^ "The Bestselling Books of 2014". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Bestselling Books of 2015". Publishers Weekly. January 1, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  8. ^ Maher, John (January 20, 2017). "The Bestselling Books of 2016". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  9. ^ Maher, John (January 8, 2018). "Backlist Books Win in 2017". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  10. ^ Milliot, Jim (January 4, 2019). "Becoming Is Top-Selling Title In 2018". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  11. ^ Milliot, Jim (January 3, 2020). "Where the Crawdads Sing Was Top Seller in 2019". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
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