The New York Times

History of books on the Best Sellers List

This query returns a list of every time a new book is added to the Best Sellers List you specify. NOTE: limited to 20 items per check.

Developer info

API endpoint slug: nytimes.recent_books_on_a_best_seller_list
Runtime method: performQuery("nytimes.recent_books_on_a_best_seller_list"}

Query fields

List Dropdown list

Label: Best Sellers List
Slug: list
Required: true
Can have default value: true

Ingredients

Title

Slug: Title
Filter code: Nytimes.recentBooksOnABestSellerList.Title
Type: String
Example: Thinking, Fast and Slow

Description The book's description

Slug: Description
Filter code: Nytimes.recentBooksOnABestSellerList.Description
Type: String
Example: The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices...

Book cover image url A URL to the book's cover image

Slug: BookCoverImageUrl
Filter code: Nytimes.recentBooksOnABestSellerList.BookCoverImageUrl
Type: String
Example: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0553801473.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Author The author of the article

Slug: Author
Filter code: Nytimes.recentBooksOnABestSellerList.Author
Type: String
Example: Daniel Kahneman

Publisher The name of the book's publisher

Slug: Publisher
Filter code: Nytimes.recentBooksOnABestSellerList.Publisher
Type: String
Example: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Best seller category

Slug: BestSellerCategory
Filter code: Nytimes.recentBooksOnABestSellerList.BestSellerCategory
Type: String
Example: Business

Rank Rank this week on the list

Slug: Rank
Filter code: Nytimes.recentBooksOnABestSellerList.Rank
Type: String
Example: 3

Weeks on list Number of weeks on the list

Slug: WeeksOnList
Filter code: Nytimes.recentBooksOnABestSellerList.WeeksOnList
Type: String
Example: 23

Isbn ISBN Number (ISBN 13)

Slug: ISBN
Filter code: Nytimes.recentBooksOnABestSellerList.ISBN
Type: String
Example: 1726474927483

Best seller listed date The listed date of the book

Slug: BestSellerListedDate
Filter code: Nytimes.recentBooksOnABestSellerList.BestSellerListedDate
Type: Date (ISO8601)
Example: 2020-07-07