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 4 | Cold Mountain | Charles Frazier |
| January 11 | ||
| January 18 | ||
| January 25 | ||
| February 1 | Paradise | Toni Morrison |
| February 8 | ||
| February 15 | ||
| February 22 | The Street Lawyer | John Grisham |
| March 1 | ||
| March 8 | ||
| March 15 | ||
| March 22 | ||
| March 29 | ||
| April 5 | ||
| April 12 | ||
| April 19 | ||
| April 26 | The Long Road Home | Danielle Steel |
| May 3 | ||
| May 10 | You Belong to Me | Mary Higgins Clark |
| May 17 | ||
| May 24 | ||
| May 31 | "N" Is for Noose | Sue Grafton |
| June 7 | You Belong to Me | Mary Higgins Clark |
| June 14 | A Widow for One Year | John Irving |
| June 21 | ||
| June 28 | ||
| July 5 | I Know This Much Is True | Wally Lamb |
| July 12 | The Klone and I | Danielle Steel |
| July 19 | I Know This Much is True | Wally Lamb |
| July 26 | Point of Origin | Patricia Cornwell |
| August 2 | ||
| August 9 | I Know This Much is True | Wally Lamb |
| August 16 | Point of Origin | Patricia Cornwell |
| August 23 | Rainbow Six | Tom Clancy |
| August 30 | ||
| September 6 | ||
| September 13 | ||
| September 20 | ||
| September 27 | ||
| October 4 | ||
| October 11 | Bag of Bones | Stephen King |
| October 18 | ||
| October 25 | ||
| November 1 | ||
| November 8 | The Path of Daggers | Robert Jordan |
| November 15 | ||
| November 22 | A Man in Full | Tom Wolfe |
| November 29 | ||
| December 6 | ||
| December 13 | ||
| December 20 | ||
| December 27 |
The following list ranks the number-one best selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category.[2]
| Date | Book | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | John Berendt | |
| January 11 | |||
| January 18 | |||
| January 25 | |||
| February 1 | |||
| February 8 | Talking to Heaven | James Van Praagh | |
| February 15 | |||
| February 22 | |||
| March 1 | |||
| March 8 | |||
| March 15 | |||
| March 22 | |||
| March 29 | |||
| April 5 | |||
| April 12 | |||
| April 19 | |||
| April 26 | Tuesdays with Morrie | Mitch Albom | |
| May 3 | The Millionaire Next Door | Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko | |
| May 10 | Tuesdays with Morrie | Mitch Albom | |
| May 17 | |||
| May 24 | We Are Our Mothers' Daughters | Cokie Roberts | |
| May 31 | Tuesdays with Morrie | Mitch Albom | |
| June 7 | |||
| June 14 | |||
| June 21 | |||
| June 28 | A Pirate Looks at Fifty | Jimmy Buffett | |
| July 5 | |||
| July 12 | |||
| July 19 | |||
| July 26 | |||
| August 2 | Tuesdays with Morrie | Mitch Albom | |
| August 9 | |||
| August 16 | |||
| August 23 | |||
| August 30 | |||
| September 6 | |||
| September 13 | The Day Diana Died | Christopher Andersen | |
| September 20 | |||
| September 27 | |||
| October 4 | The Death of Outrage | William J. Bennett | |
| October 11 | |||
| October 18 | Tuesdays with Morrie | Mitch Albom | |
| October 25 | |||
| November 1 | The Death of Outrage | William J. Bennett | |
| November 8 | Tuesdays with Morrie | Mitch Albom | |
| November 15 | |||
| November 22 | |||
| November 29 | |||
| December 6 | |||
| December 13 | |||
| December 20 | The Century | Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster | |
| December 27 | The Greatest Generation | Tom Brokaw |