This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1971.
Fiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1971
DateBookAuthor January 3 Love Story Erich Segal January 10 January 17 January 24 January 31 February 7 February 14 February 21 QB VII Leon Uris February 28 March 7 March 14 March 21 March 28 April 4 April 11 April 18 April 25 The Passions of the Mind Irving Stone May 2 May 9 May 16 May 23 May 30 June 6 June 13 June 20 June 27 July 4 July 11 July 18 July 25 The Exorcist William Peter Blatty August 1 August 8 August 15 August 22 August 29 September 5 September 12 September 19 September 26 October 3 October 10 October 17 The Day of the Jackal Frederick Forsyth October 24 October 31 November 7 Wheels Arthur Hailey November 14 The Day of the Jackal Frederick Forsyth November 21 November 28 December 5 Wheels Arthur Hailey December 12 The Day of the Jackal Frederick Forsyth December 19 Wheels Arthur Hailey December 26
Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1971
DateBookAuthor January 3 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex David Reuben January 10 Civilisation Kenneth Clark January 17 The Greening of America Charles A. Reich January 24 January 31 February 7 February 14 February 21 February 28 March 7 March 14 March 21 March 28 April 4 April 11 April 18 April 25 May 2 May 9 May 16 May 23 May 30 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Dee Brown June 6 June 13 June 20 June 27 July 4 July 11 July 18 July 25 The Female Eunuch Germaine Greer August 1 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Dee Brown August 8 August 15 August 22 August 29 September 5 September 12 September 19 September 26 October 3 October 10 October 17 October 24 October 31 November 7 November 14 November 21 Any Woman Can! David Reuben November 28 Honor Thy Father Gay Talese December 5 Eleanor and Franklin Joseph P. Lash December 12 December 19 December 26
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1970s
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