This is a list of books that topped The New York Times Best Seller list in 1976.
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books.[1]
| Date | Book | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Curtain | Agatha Christie | |
| January 11 | |||
| January 18 | |||
| January 25 | |||
| February 1 | |||
| February 8 | |||
| February 15 | |||
| February 22 | |||
| February 29 | |||
| March 7 | |||
| March 14 | |||
| March 21 | |||
| March 28 | |||
| April 4 | |||
| April 11 | 1876 | Gore Vidal | |
| April 18 | |||
| April 25 | |||
| May 2 | |||
| May 9 | |||
| May 16 | |||
| May 23 | |||
| May 30 | |||
| June 6 | |||
| June 13 | Trinity | Leon Uris | |
| June 20 | |||
| June 27 | |||
| July 4 | |||
| July 11 | |||
| July 18 | |||
| July 25 | |||
| August 1 | |||
| August 8 | |||
| August 15 | |||
| August 22 | |||
| August 29 | |||
| September 5 | |||
| September 12 | |||
| September 19 | |||
| September 26 | |||
| October 3 | |||
| October 10 | |||
| October 17 | |||
| October 24 | |||
| October 31 | |||
| November 7 | Sleeping Murder | Agatha Christie | |
| November 14 | |||
| November 21 | |||
| November 28 | |||
| December 5 | |||
| December 12 | |||
| December 19 | |||
| December 26 | Trinity | Leon Uris |
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.[2]
| Date | Book | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Bring on the Empty Horses | David Niven | |
| January 11 | |||
| January 18 | |||
| January 25 | |||
| February 1 | |||
| February 8 | |||
| February 15 | |||
| February 22 | |||
| February 29 | |||
| March 7 | Winning Through Intimidation | Robert J. Ringer | |
| March 14 | A. E. Hotchner | ||
| March 21 | |||
| March 28 | |||
| April 4 | |||
| April 11 | |||
| April 18 | World of Our Fathers | Irving Howe, with Kenneth Libo | |
| April 25 | The Final Days | Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein | |
| May 2 | |||
| May 9 | |||
| May 16 | |||
| May 23 | |||
| May 30 | |||
| June 6 | |||
| June 13 | |||
| June 20 | |||
| June 27 | |||
| July 4 | |||
| July 11 | |||
| July 18 | |||
| July 25 | |||
| August 1 | |||
| August 8 | |||
| August 15 | |||
| August 22 | |||
| August 29 | Passages | Gail Sheehy | |
| September 5 | |||
| September 12 | |||
| September 19 | |||
| September 26 | |||
| October 3 | |||
| October 10 | |||
| October 17 | |||
| October 24 | |||
| October 31 | |||
| November 7 | |||
| November 14 | |||
| November 21 | Roots | Alex Haley | |
| November 28 | |||
| December 5 | Passages | Gail Sheehy | |
| December 12 | Roots | Alex Haley | |
| December 19 | |||
| December 26 | Passages | Gail Sheehy |