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The New York Times
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'' publishes multiple weekly lists ranking the best selling books in the United States. The lists are split in three genres—fiction,
nonfiction
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and
children's books
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. 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.
Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 2004
/ref> Dan Brown's '' The Da Vinci Code'', released in the spring of 2003, was the best seller for a second straight year, spending a cumulative 28 weeks at the top.
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 2000s
References
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2004
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