List of The New York Times number-one books of 1995
The American daily newspaper The New York Times publishes multiple weekly lists ranking the best selling books in the United States.
Fiction
The following list ranks the number-one best selling fiction books, in the hardcover fiction category.[1]
| Date | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Politically Correct Bedtime Stories | James Finn Garner |
| January 8 | ||
| January 15 | ||
| January 22 | The Celestine Prophecy | James Redfield |
| January 29 | ||
| February 5 | ||
| February 12 | ||
| February 19 | ||
| February 26 | ||
| March 5 | ||
| March 12 | ||
| March 19 | ||
| March 26 | ||
| April 2 | ||
| April 9 | ||
| April 16 | ||
| April 23 | ||
| April 30 | The Rainmaker | John Grisham |
| May 7 | ||
| May 14 | ||
| May 21 | ||
| May 28 | ||
| June 4 | ||
| June 11 | ||
| June 18 | ||
| June 25 | The Bridges of Madison County | Robert James Waller |
| July 2 | The Rainmaker | John Grisham |
| July 9 | The Bridges of Madison County | Robert James Waller |
| July 16 | Beach Music | Pat Conroy |
| July 23 | ||
| July 30 | Memnoch the Devil | Anne Rice |
| August 6 | ||
| August 13 | Beach Music | Pat Conroy |
| August 20 | Memnoch the Devil | Anne Rice |
| August 27 | From Potter's Field | Patricia Cornwell |
| September 3 | ||
| September 10 | ||
| September 17 | "L" Is for Lawless | Sue Grafton |
| September 24 | ||
| October 1 | The Horse Whisperer | Nicholas Evans |
| October 8 | The Lost World | Michael Crichton |
| October 15 | ||
| October 22 | ||
| October 29 | ||
| November 5 | ||
| November 12 | ||
| November 19 | ||
| November 26 | ||
| December 3 | Five Days in Paris | Danielle Steel |
| December 10 | ||
| December 17 | The Christmas Box | Richard Paul Evans |
| December 24 | ||
| December 31 |
Nonfiction
The following list ranks the number-one best selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category.[2]
| Date | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 | Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man | Tim Allen |
| January 8 | Crossing the Threshold of Hope | John Paul II
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| January 15 | ||
| January 22 | ||
| January 29 | ||
| February 5 | The Hot Zone | Richard Preston |
| February 12 | I Want to Tell You | O. J. Simpson |
| February 19 | ||
| February 26 | ||
| March 5 | ||
| March 12 | ||
| March 19 | Breaking the Surface | Greg Louganis with Eric Marcus |
| March 26 | ||
| April 2 | ||
| April 9 | ||
| April 16 | ||
| April 23 | The Hot Zone | Richard Preston |
| April 30 | In Retrospect | Robert S. McNamara with Brian VanDeMark
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| May 7 | ||
| May 14 | ||
| May 21 | ||
| May 28 | The Hot Zone | Richard Preston |
| June 4 | ||
| June 11 | ||
| June 18 | ||
| June 25 | ||
| July 2 | A Good Walk Spoiled | John Feinstein |
| July 9 | The Hot Zone | Richard Preston |
| July 16 | New Passages | Gail Sheehy |
| July 23 | To Renew America | Newt Gingrich |
| July 30 | ||
| August 6 | ||
| August 13 | ||
| August 20 | ||
| August 27 | ||
| September 3 | ||
| September 10 | My Point... and I Do Have One | Ellen DeGeneres |
| September 17 | ||
| September 24 | ||
| October 1 | My American Journey | Colin L. Powell with Joseph E. Persico
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| October 8 | ||
| October 15 | ||
| October 22 | ||
| October 29 | ||
| November 5 | ||
| November 12 | ||
| November 19 | ||
| November 26 | Miss America | Howard Stern |
| December 3 | ||
| December 10 | My American Journey | Colin L. Powell with Joseph E. Persico
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| December 17 | The Road Ahead | Bill Gates with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson |
| December 24 | ||
| December 31 |