User:Comm.unity

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ISO searchable archive/database of NYT Best Sellers

I'm looking for a searchable archive or database of New York Times Best Seller lists (i.e., a searchable archive/database of books that have at any point been on a NYT Best Seller list).

I'm in the process of creating a wiki article for a book with "New York Times Best Seller" printed on its cover. While I've been able to verify that this book was indeed on a NYT Best Seller list, doing so was not a straightforward task. For future reference, I'm wondering if anyone knows of any searchable archives.

The NYT website itself does not turn up Best Seller list results through the site's general search (only actual book reviews are catalogued there), and their archived weekly & monthly lists are not themselves searchable (you can only navigate lists by date). I even have access to a large public research university's library resources--despite having access to the full NYT archives online (many times over at that), none of these variously-formatted archives have a way to search the Best Sellers lists themselves for specific books or authors.

I don't know how to code (yet?), else I might honestly just create it myself. Thanks in advance. --Comm.unity (talk) 04:11, 3 July 2021 (UTC)