This is a list of adult fiction books that topped The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list in 2010. [1]
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 | The 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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