List of The New York Times number-one books of 1996
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 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 |
Nonfiction
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
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| 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
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| 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 |