The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2010
This is a list of adult fiction books that topped The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list in 2010.
The most popular books of the year were The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson and The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, with respectively 8 and 6 weeks at the top. The author James Patterson was at the top for five different books (Worst Case, The 9th Judgment, Private, The Postcard Killers and Cross Fire).
| Date | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| January 3 | The Lost Symbol | Dan Brown |
| January 10 | ||
| January 17 | ||
| January 24 | The Help | Kathryn Stockett |
| January 31 | ||
| February 7 | ||
| February 14 | ||
| February 21 | Worst Case | James Patterson |
| February 28 | ||
| March 7 | The Help | Kathryn Stockett |
| March 14 | Fantasy in Death | J. D. Robb |
| March 21 | House Rules | Jodi Picoult |
| March 28 | ||
| April 4 | The Help | Kathryn Stockett |
| April 11 | Caught | Harlan Coben |
| April 18 | Silver Borne | Patricia Briggs |
| April 25 | Changes | Jim Butcher |
| May 2 | The Shadow of Your Smile | Mary Higgins Clark |
| May 9 | Deliver us from Evil | David Baldacci |
| May 16 | The 9th Judgment | James Patterson and Maxine Paetro |
| May 23 | Dead in the Family | Charlaine Harris |
| May 30 | ||
| June 6 | 61 Hours | Lee Child |
| June 13 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest | Stieg Larsson |
| June 20 | ||
| June 27 | ||
| July 4 | The Overton Window | Glenn Beck |
| July 11 | Sizzling Sixteen | Janet Evanovich |
| July 18 | Private | James Patterson |
| July 25 | Search | Nora Roberts |
| August 1 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest | Stieg Larsson |
| August 8 | The Rembrandt Affair | Daniel Silva |
| August 15 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest | Stieg Larsson |
| August 22 | ||
| August 29 | ||
| September 5 | The Postcard Killers | James Patterson and Liza Marklund |
| September 12 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest | Stieg Larsson |
| September 19 | Freedom | Jonathan Franzen |
| September 26 | ||
| October 3 | Safe Haven | Nicholas Sparks |
| October 10 | Freedom | Jonathan Franzen |
| October 17 | Fall of Giants | Ken Follett |
| October 24 | The Reversal | Michael Connelly |
| October 31 | American Assassin | Vince Flynn |
| November 7 | Worth Dying For | Lee Child |
| November 14 | The Confession | John Grisham |
| November 21 | Towers of Midnight | Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson |
| November 28 | Hell's Corner | David Baldacci |
| December 5 | Cross Fire | James Patterson |
| December 12 | ||
| December 19 | Port Mortuary | Patricia Cornwell |
| December 26 | Dead or Alive | Tom Clancy and Grant Blackwood |
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