This is a list of books that topped The New York Times Best Seller list in 1958.
Fiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books.Adult New York Times Best Seller lists for 1958
DateBookAuthor January 5 By Love Possessed James Gould Cozzens January 12 January 19 January 26 February 2 February 9 February 16 February 23 March 2 March 9 Anatomy of a Murder Robert Traver March 16 March 23 March 30 April 6 April 13 April 20 April 27 May 4 May 11 May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 July 27 August 3 August 10 August 17 August 24 August 31 September 7 September 14 September 21 September 28 Lolita Vladimir Nabokov October 5 October 12 October 19 October 26 November 2 November 9 November 16 Doctor Zhivago Boris Pasternak November 23 November 30 December 7 December 14 December 21 Not published due to a newspaper strike December 28
Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.Adult New York Times Best Seller lists for 1958
DateBookAuthor January 5 Baruch: My Own Story Bernard Baruch January 12 January 19 January 26 February 2 Please Don't Eat the Daisies Jean Kerr February 9 February 16 February 23 March 2 March 9 March 16 March 23 March 30 April 6 April 13 April 20 April 27 May 4 Masters of Deceit J. Edgar Hoover May 11 May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29 July 6 Inside Russia Today John Gunther July 13 July 20 July 27 August 3 August 10 August 17 August 24 August 31 September 7 September 14 September 21 Only in America Harry Lewis Golden September 28 October 5 October 12 October 19 Aku-Aku Thor Heyerdahl October 26 November 2 Only in America Harry Lewis Golden November 9 November 16 November 23 November 30 December 7 December 14 December 21 Not published due to a newspaper strike December 28
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1950s
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