The American daily newspaper The New York Times publishes multiple weekly lists ranking the best selling books in the United States.
The following list ranks the number-one best selling fiction books, in the hardcover fiction category.[1]
| Date | Book | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 7 | The Christmas Box | Richard Paul Evans | |
| January 14 | |||
| January 21 | The Horse Whisperer | Nicholas Evans | |
| January 28 | Intensity | Dean Koontz | |
| February 4 | |||
| February 11 | |||
| February 18 | Primary Colors | Anonymous Later revealed to be Joe Klein | |
| February 25 | |||
| March 3 | |||
| March 10 | |||
| March 17 | |||
| March 24 | |||
| March 31 | |||
| April 7 | |||
| April 14 | |||
| April 21 | Moonlight Becomes You | Mary Higgins Clark | |
| April 28 | |||
| May 5 | |||
| May 12 | |||
| May 19 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Terry McMillan | |
| May 26 | |||
| June 2 | The Runaway Jury | John Grisham | |
| June 9 | |||
| June 16 | |||
| June 23 | |||
| June 30 | |||
| July 7 | |||
| July 14 | |||
| July 21 | Cause of Death | Patricia Cornwell | |
| July 28 | |||
| August 4 | |||
| August 11 | |||
| August 18 | |||
| August 25 | Servant of the Bones | Anne Rice | |
| September 1 | Executive Orders | Tom Clancy | |
| September 8 | |||
| September 15 | |||
| September 22 | |||
| September 29 | |||
| October 6 | The Deep End of the Ocean | Jacquelyn Mitchard | |
| October 13 | Desperation | Stephen King | |
| October 20 | |||
| October 27 | The Deep End of the Ocean | Jacquelyn Mitchard | |
| November 3 | |||
| November 10 | |||
| November 17 | |||
| November 24 | |||
| December 1 | Silent Honor | Danielle Steel | |
| December 8 | |||
| December 15 | |||
| December 22 | |||
| December 29 | Airframe | Michael Crichton |
The following list ranks the number-one best selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category.[2]
| Date | Book | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 7 | The Road Ahead | Bill Gates with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson | |
| January 14 | |||
| January 21 | |||
| January 28 | |||
| February 4 | It Takes a Village | Hillary Rodham Clinton | |
| February 11 | |||
| February 18 | |||
| February 25 | Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot | Al Franken | |
| March 3 | |||
| March 10 | |||
| March 17 | |||
| March 24 | |||
| March 31 | Blood Sport | James B. Stewart | |
| April 7 | In Contempt | Christopher A. Darden with Jess Walter | |
| April 14 | |||
| April 21 | |||
| April 28 | |||
| May 5 | |||
| May 12 | |||
| May 19 | Bad as I Wanna Be | Dennis Rodman with Tim Keown | |
| May 26 | |||
| June 2 | |||
| June 9 | |||
| June 16 | |||
| June 23 | |||
| June 30 | |||
| July 7 | |||
| July 14 | Outrage | Vincent Bugliosi | |
| July 21 | |||
| July 28 | The Dilbert Principle | Scott Adams | |
| August 4 | Unlimited Access | Gary Aldrich | |
| August 11 | |||
| August 18 | |||
| August 25 | The Dilbert Principle | Scott Adams | |
| September 1 | |||
| September 8 | Unlimited Access | Gary Aldrich | |
| September 15 | The Dilbert Principle | Scott Adams | |
| September 22 | |||
| September 29 | |||
| October 6 | |||
| October 13 | |||
| October 20 | |||
| October 27 | |||
| November 3 | |||
| November 10 | American Tragedy | Lawrence Schiller and James Willwerth | |
| November 17 | The Soul's Code | James Hillman | |
| November 24 | My Sergei | Ekaterina Gordeeva with E. M. Swift | |
| December 1 | The Soul's Code | James Hillman | |
| December 8 | |||
| December 15 | Angela's Ashes | Frank McCourt | |
| December 22 | My Sergei | Ekaterina Gordeeva with E. M. Swift | |
| December 29 | A Reporter's Life | Walter Cronkite |