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.
DateBookAuthorPublisher
January 6Killing KennedyBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHenry Holt
January 13Killing KennedyBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHenry Holt
January 20Killing KennedyBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHenry Holt
January 27Killing KennedyBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHenry Holt
February 3My Beloved WorldSonia SotomayorKnopf
February 10My Beloved WorldSonia SotomayorKnopf
February 17My Beloved WorldSonia SotomayorKnopf
February 24My Beloved WorldSonia SotomayorKnopf
March 3American SniperChris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFeliceMorrow/HarperCollins
March 10American SniperChris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFeliceMorrow/HarperCollins
March 17'Michael MossRandom House
March 24Sum It UpPat Summitt with Sally JenkinsCrown Archetype
March 31Lean InSheryl Sandberg with Nell ScovellKnopf
April 7Lean InSheryl Sandberg with Nell ScovellKnopf
April 14Lean InSheryl Sandberg with Nell ScovellKnopf
April 21Lean InSheryl Sandberg with Nell ScovellKnopf
April 28Lean InSheryl Sandberg with Nell ScovellKnopf
May 5Lean InSheryl Sandberg with Nell ScovellKnopf
May 12Let's Explore Diabetes With OwlsDavid SedarisLittle, Brown
May 19Lean InSheryl Sandberg with Nell ScovellKnopf
May 26Happy, Happy, HappyPhil Robertson with Mark SchlabachHoward Books
June 2The Guns at Last LightRick AtkinsonHenry Holt
June 9Eleven RingsPhil Jackson and Hugh DelehantyPenguin Press
June 16Lean InSheryl Sandberg with Nell ScovellKnopf
June 23Happy, Happy, HappyPhil Robertson with Mark SchlabachHoward Books
June 30Happy, Happy, HappyPhil Robertson with Mark SchlabachHoward Books
July 7Happy, Happy, HappyPhil Robertson with Mark SchlabachHoward Books
July 14Lean InSheryl Sandberg with Nell ScovellKnopf
July 21Lean InSheryl Sandberg with Nell ScovellKnopf
July 28Lean InSheryl Sandberg with Nell ScovellKnopf
August 4Lean InSheryl Sandberg with Nell ScovellKnopf
August 11'Reza AslanRandom House
August 18'Reza AslanRandom House
August 25'Reza AslanRandom House
September 1The Liberty AmendmentsMark R. LevinThreshold Editions
September 8The Liberty AmendmentsMark R. LevinThreshold Editions
September 15The Liberty AmendmentsMark R. LevinThreshold Editions
September 22'Si Robertson with Mark SchlabachHoward Books
September 29'Si Robertson with Mark SchlabachHoward Books
October 6'Si Robertson with Mark SchlabachHoward Books
October 13Killing JesusBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHolt
October 20Killing JesusBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHolt
October 27Killing JesusBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHolt
November 3Humans of New YorkBrandon StantonSt. Martin's
November 10Killing JesusBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHolt
November 17Killing JesusBill O'Reilly and Martin DugardHolt
November 24'Charles KrauthammerCrown Forum
December 1'Charles KrauthammerCrown Forum
December 8'Charles KrauthammerCrown Forum
December 15'Charles KrauthammerCrown Forum
December 22'Charles KrauthammerCrown Forum
December 29Charles KrauthammerCrown Forum