<P> The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best - selling books in the United States . Published weekly in The New York Times Book Review, the best - seller list has been published in the Times since October 12, 1931 . In recent years it has evolved into multiple lists in different categories, broken down by fiction and non-fiction, hardcover, paperback, and electronic, and different genres . </P> <Table> External image <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> New York Times Best - seller List Oct. 12, 1931 The first best - seller list was published with little fanfare for books sold in New York City only . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> New York Times Best - seller List Oct. 12, 1931 The first best - seller list was published with little fanfare for books sold in New York City only . </Td> </Tr>

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