# List of The New York Times number-one books of 2023

The American daily newspaper The New York Times publishes multiple weekly lists 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 number-one best-selling fiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.
The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover with 10 weeks at the top of the list, followed closely by Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros with 9 weeks. For a second consecutive year, Colleen Hoover was the most frequent weekly best-selling author with 14 weeks at the top of the list.
| Issue date | Title | Author(s) | Publisher |
| January 1 | It Starts with Us | Colleen Hoover | Atria Books |
| January 8 | It Starts with Us | Colleen Hoover | Atria Books |
| January 15 | It Starts with Us | Colleen Hoover | Atria Books |
| January 22 | It Starts with Us | Colleen Hoover | Atria Books |
| January 29 | It Starts with Us | Colleen Hoover | Atria Books |
| February 5 | It Starts with Us | Colleen Hoover | Atria Books |
| February 12 | It Ends with Us | Colleen Hoover | Atria Books |
| February 19 | It Ends with Us | Colleen Hoover | Atria Books |
| February 26 | Encore in Death | J. D. Robb | St. Martin's Press |
| March 5 | It Starts with Us | Colleen Hoover | Atria Books |
| March 12 | Things We Hide from the Light | Lucy Score | Bloom Books |
| March 19 | Storm Watch | C. J. Box | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| March 26 | It Starts with Us | Colleen Hoover | Atria Books |
| April 2 | I Will Find You | Harlan Coben | Grand Central Publishing |
| April 9 | It Starts with Us | Colleen Hoover | Atria Books |
| April 16 | Daisy Jones & the Six | Taylor Jenkins Reid | Ballantine Books |
| April 23 | It Starts with Us | Colleen Hoover | Atria Books |
| April 30 | Dark Angel | John Sandford | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| May 7 | Simply Lies | David Baldacci | Grand Central Publishing |
| May 14 | Happy Place | Emily Henry | Berkley |
| May 21 | The 23rd Midnight | James Patterson and Maxine Paetro | Little, Brown and Company |
| May 28 | Happy Place | Emily Henry | Berkley |
| June 4 | Only the Dead | Jack Carr | Emily Bestler Books |
| June 11 | Identity | Nora Roberts | St. Martin's Press |
| June 18 | Happy Place | Emily Henry | Berkley |
| June 25 | Cross Down | James Patterson and Brendan DuBois | Little, Brown and Company |
| July 2 | The Five-Star Weekend | Elin Hilderbrand | Little, Brown and Company |
| July 9 | The Five-Star Weekend | Elin Hilderbrand | Little, Brown and Company |
| July 16 | Too Late | Colleen Hoover | Grand Central Publishing |
| July 23 | Too Late | Colleen Hoover | Grand Central Publishing |
| July 30 | Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros | Red Tower Books |
| August 6 | The Collector | Daniel Silva | Harper |
| August 13 | Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros | Red Tower Books |
| August 20 | Tom Lake | Ann Patchett | Harper |
| August 27 | Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros | Red Tower Books |
| September 3 | Tom Lake | Ann Patchett | Harper |
| September 10 | Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros | Red Tower Books |
| September 17 | Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros | Red Tower Books |
| September 24 | Holly | Stephen King | Scribner |
| October 1 | Code Red | Kyle Mills | Emily Bestler Books |
| October 8 | The Last Devil to Die | Richard Osman | Pamela Dorman Books |
| October 15 | The Running Grave | Robert Galbraith | Mulholland Books |
| October 22 | Judgement Prey | John Sandford | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| October 29 | Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros | Red Tower Books |
| November 5 | The Exchange | John Grisham | Doubleday |
| November 12 | The Secret | Lee Child and Andrew Child | Delacorte Press |
| November 19 | Dirty Thirty | Janet Evanovich | Atria Books |
| November 26 | Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarros | Red Tower Books |
| December 3 | Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarros | Red Tower Books |
| December 10 | Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarros | Red Tower Books |
| December 17 | Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros | Red Tower Books |
| December 24 | Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros | Red Tower Books |
| December 31 | Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros | Red Tower Books |

## Nonfiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books, in the combined print and e-books category.
| Issue date | Title | Author(s) | Publisher |
| January 1 | The Light We Carry | Michelle Obama | Crown |
| January 8 | The Light We Carry | Michelle Obama | Crown |
| January 15 | The Light We Carry | Michelle Obama | Crown |
| January 22 | The Light We Carry | Michelle Obama | Crown |
| January 29 | Spare | Prince Harry | Random House |
| February 5 | Spare | Prince Harry | Random House |
| February 12 | Spare | Prince Harry | Random House |
| February 19 | Spare | Prince Harry | Random House |
| February 26 | Spare | Prince Harry | Random House |
| March 5 | Spare | Prince Harry | Random House |
| March 12 | Spare | Prince Harry | Random House |
| March 19 | The Courage to Be Free | Ron DeSantis | Broadside Books |
| March 26 | Spare | Prince Harry | Random House |
| April 2 | Saved | Benjamin Hall | Harper |
| April 9 | Poverty, by America | Matthew Desmond | Crown |
| April 16 | Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity | Peter Attia with Bill Gifford | Harmony |
| April 23 | Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity | Peter Attia with Bill Gifford | Harmony |
| April 30 | Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity | Peter Attia with Bill Gifford | Harmony |
| May 7 | The Wager | David Grann | Doubleday |
| May 14 | The Wager | David Grann | Doubleday |
| May 21 | The Wager | David Grann | Doubleday |
| May 28 | Spare | Prince Harry | Random House |
| June 4 | The Wager | David Grann | Doubleday |
| June 11 | Killers of the Flower Moon | David Grann | Doubleday |
| June 18 | The Wager | David Grann | Doubleday |
| June 25 | Pageboy | Elliot Page | Flatiron Books |
| July 2 | The Wager | David Grann | Doubleday |
| July 9 | Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity | Peter Attia with Bill Gifford | Harmony |
| July 16 | Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity | Peter Attia with Bill Gifford | Harmony |
| July 23 | Killers of the Flower Moon | David Grann | Doubleday |
| July 30 | Beyond the Story | BTS and Myeongseok Kang | Flatiron Books |
| August 6 | American Prometheus | Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin | Vintage Books |
| August 13 | American Prometheus | Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin | Vintage Books |
| August 20 | American Prometheus | Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin | Vintage Books |
| August 27 | American Prometheus | Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin | Vintage Books |
| September 3 | American Prometheus | Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin | Vintage Books |
| September 10 | Killers of the Flower Moon | David Grann | Doubleday |
| September 17 | Killers of the Flower Moon | David Grann | Doubleday |
| September 24 | Killers of the Flower Moon | David Grann | Doubleday |
| October 1 | Elon Musk | Walter Isaacson | Simon & Schuster |
| October 8 | The Democrat Party Hates America | Mark Levin | Threshold Editions |
| October 15 | Enough | Cassidy Hutchinson | Simon & Schuster |
| October 22 | Going Infinite | Michael Lewis | W. W. Norton & Company |
| October 29 | Killers of the Flower Moon | David Grann | Doubleday |
| November 5 | Killers of the Flower Moon | David Grann | Doubleday |
| November 12 | The Woman in Me | Britney Spears | Gallery Books |
| November 19 | The Woman in Me | Britney Spears | Gallery Books |
| November 26 | The Woman in Me | Britney Spears | Gallery Books |
| December 3 | Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing | Matthew Perry | Flatiron Books |
| December 10 | The Woman in Me | Britney Spears | Gallery Books |
| December 17 | The Woman in Me | Britney Spears | Gallery Books |
| December 24 | Oath and Honor | Liz Cheney | Little, Brown and Company |
| December 31 | Oath and Honor | Liz Cheney | Little, Brown and Company |