List of The New York Times number-one books of 2010
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 hardcover fiction category. 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). Nonfiction
The following list ranks the number-one best selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category. See also
 Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2010s

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