This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1968.
Fiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1968
DateBookAuthor January 7 The Confessions of Nat Turner William Styron January 14 January 21 January 28 February 4 February 11 February 18 February 25 March 3 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 Vanished Fletcher Knebel April 7 Airport Arthur Hailey April 14 April 21 April 28 May 5 May 12 May 19 May 26 June 2 June 9 June 16 June 23 June 30 Couples John Updike July 7 Airport Arthur Hailey July 14 July 21 July 28 August 4 August 11 August 18 August 25 September 1 September 8 September 15 September 22 September 29 October 6 October 13 October 20 October 27 November 3 November 10 The Salzburg Connection Helen MacInnes November 17 November 24 December 1 December 8 December 15 December 22 December 29
Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1968
DateBookAuthor January 7 Rickenbacker: An Autobiography Eddie Rickenbacker January 14 Our Crowd Stephen Birmingham January 21 January 28 February 4 February 11 February 18 February 25 Between Parent and Child Haim G. Ginott March 3 The Naked Ape Desmond Morris March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 April 7 April 14 April 21 April 28 May 5 Between Parent and Child Haim G. Ginott May 12 May 19 The Naked Ape Desmond Morris May 26 Between Parent and Child Haim G. Ginott June 2 The Naked Ape Desmond Morris June 9 Between Parent and Child Haim G. Ginott June 16 June 23 June 30 July 7 The Money Game "Adam Smith" (George Goodman) July 14 July 21 July 28 August 4 August 11 August 18 August 25 September 1 September 8 September 15 September 22 September 29 October 6 October 13 October 20 October 27 November 3 November 10 November 17 November 24 December 1 December 8 December 15 Memoirs: Sixty Years on the Firing Line Arthur Krock December 22 The Money Game "Adam Smith" (George Goodman) December 29
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1960s
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