GalleyCat Exclusive: New York Times to Launch 12 New Monthly Best Sellers Lists

By Maryann Yin 

nytlogoThe New York Times team plans to implement several changes to the book review section over the next few months.

Henceforth, The New York Times Book Review will feature twelve new best sellers lists. These new monthly lists will cover the following genres: politics, business, travel, humor, family, relationships, animals, religion, spirituality and faith, celebrities, food and fitness, science, and sports. Other additional lists will be introduced in 2015.

Here’s more from the press release: “The Book Review will also, on a rotating basis, publish in print several popular lists that were previously online exclusives. Those include Politics, Manga, Graphic Novels, Food and Fitness…The new layout creates an additional page for print editorial content including reviews, essays and features. The first redesigned issue features an essay by Henry Alford on book etiquette.”