The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2011
This is a list of adult fiction books that topped The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list in 2011.
The most popular books of the year was The Help, by Kathryn Stockett and Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen with respectively 15 and 8 weeks at the top. The author James Patterson was at the top for three different books (Tick Tock, Now You See Her and Kill Alex Cross).
| Date | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| January 2 | Dead or Alive | Tom Clancy and Grant Blackwood |
| January 9 | ||
| January 16 | What the Night Knows | Dean Koontz |
| January 23 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest | Stieg Larsson |
| January 30 | The Inner Circle | Brad Meltzer |
| February | One of Our Thursdays Is Missing | Jasper Fforde |
| February 6 | Shadowfever | Karen Marie Moning |
| February 13 | Tick Tock | James Patterson |
| February 20 | ||
| February 27 | ||
| March 6 | Alone | Lisa Gardner |
| March 13 | Treachery in Death | J. D. Robb |
| March 20 | The Wise Man's Fear | Patrick Rothfuss |
| March 27 | Water for Elephants | Sara Gruen |
| April 3 | ||
| April 10 | Live Wire | Harlan Coben |
| April 17 | The Land of Painted Caves | Jean M. Auel |
| April 24 | The Fifth Witness | Michael Connelly |
| May 1 | Water for Elephants | Sara Gruen |
| May 8 | ||
| May 15 | ||
| May 22 | Dead Reckoning | Charlaine Harris |
| May 29 | Water for Elephants | Sara Gruen |
| June 5 | ||
| June 12 | ||
| June 19 | The Help | Kathryn Stockett |
| June 26 | ||
| July 3 | ||
| July 10 | Smokin' Seventeen | Janet Evanovich |
| July 17 | Now You See Her | James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge |
| July 24 | The Help | Kathryn Stockett |
| July 31 | A Dance with Dragons | George R. R. Martin |
| August 7 | The Help | Kathryn Stockett |
| August 14 | ||
| August 21 | ||
| August 28 | ||
| September 4 | ||
| September 11 | ||
| September 18 | ||
| September 25 | ||
| October 2 | ||
| October 9 | ||
| October 16 | The Affair | Lee Child |
| October 23 | The Help | Kathryn Stockett |
| October 30 | The Best of Me | Nicholas Sparks |
| November 6 | ||
| November 13 | The Litigators | John Grisham |
| November 20 | Zero Day | David Baldacci |
| November 27 | 11/22/63 | Stephen King |
| December 4 | Kill Alex Cross | James Patterson |
| December 11 | Explosive Eighteen | Janet Evanovich |
| December 18 | The Drop | Michael Connelly |
| December 25 | Red Mist | Patricia Cornwell |
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