This is a list of books that topped The New York Times Best Seller list in 1950.

Fiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books.Adult New York Times Best Seller lists for 1950 Henry Morton Robinson's The Cardinal dominated the list for 24 weeks and Ernest Hemingway had his only Number 1 bestseller that year.John Bear, The #1 New York Times Best Seller: intriguing facts about the 484 books that have been #1 New York Times bestsellers since the first list, 50 years ago, Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1992, pp. 43-47

DateBookAuthor January 1 The Egyptian Mika Waltari January 8 January 15 January 22 January 29 February 5 February 12 February 19 The Parasites Daphne du Maurier February 26 March 5 March 12 March 19 March 26 The Wall John Hersey April 2 April 9 April 16 April 23 April 30 The Cardinal Henry Morton Robinson May 7 May 14 May 21 May 28 June 4 June 11 June 18 June 25 July 2 July 9 July 16 July 23 July 30 August 6 August 13 August 20 August 27 September 3 September 10 September 17 September 24 October 1 October 8 October 15 Across the River and into the Trees Ernest Hemingway October 22 October 29 November 5 November 12 November 19 November 26 December 3 The Disenchanted Budd Schulberg December 10 December 17 December 24 December 31

Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.Adult New York Times Best Seller lists for 1950 DateBookAuthorJanuary 1 White Collar Zoo Clare Barnes Jr.January 8January 15 This I Remember Eleanor RooseveltJanuary 22January 29February 5February 12February 19February 26March 5 The Mature Mind Harry Allen OverstreetMarch 12March 19March 26April 2April 9April 16April 23April 30May 7 Worlds in Collision Immanuel VelikovskyMay 14May 21May 28June 4June 11June 18June 25July 2July 9 Roosevelt in Retrospect John GuntherJuly 16 Worlds in Collision Immanuel VelikovskyJuly 23 Roosevelt in Retrospect John GuntherJuly 30August 6August 13August 20 Worlds in Collision Immanuel VelikovskyAugust 27 Courtroom Quentin ReynoldsSeptember 3 The Little Princesses Marion CrawfordSeptember 10 Courtroom Quentin ReynoldsSeptember 17September 24 The Little Princesses Marion CrawfordOctober 1 Courtroom Quentin ReynoldsOctober 8 Kon-Tiki Thor HeyerdahlOctober 15 Look Younger, Live Longer Gayelord HauserOctober 22 Kon-Tiki Thor HeyerdahlOctober 29November 5November 12November 19November 26December 3December 10December 17December 24December 31

See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1950s

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