Read a Book on the NY Best Sellers List
Open the weekly list, ignore the cover you have already seen everywhere and choose the book that genuinely makes you curious. Reading a New York Times bestseller is a snapshot of what large numbers of readers are buying now, from a heavily promoted new novel to a slow-burning work that refuses to leave the chart. The New York Times publishes separate lists for formats and audiences rather than one universal ranking. Hardcover fiction, combined print and ebook nonfiction, children’s series and other categories can produce very different choices. A bestseller badge signals sales performance under the list’s methodology; it is not a promise that the book will suit you or survive the decade. Check the current official list, record the week and category, and borrow the book if you do not want another permanent shelf resident. Audiobook and ebook formats count for completing the reading goal even when their sales sit on a different list. Add this to your list, then decide whether the crowd found something excellent or merely irresistible.