This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1972.

Fiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books. Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1972

DateBookAuthor January 2 Wheels Arthur Hailey January 9 January 16 The Winds of War Herman Wouk January 23 Wheels Arthur Hailey January 30 The Winds of War Herman Wouk February 6 February 13 February 20 February 27 March 5 March 12 March 19 March 26 April 2 April 9 April 16 April 23 April 30 May 7 May 14 The Word Irving Wallace May 21 The Winds of War Herman Wouk May 28 June 4 The Word Irving Wallace June 11 The Winds of War Herman Wouk June 18 June 25 July 2 Jonathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach 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 October 22 October 29 November 5 November 12 November 19 November 26 December 3 December 10 December 17 December 24December 31

Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books. Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1972

DateBookAuthor January 2 Eleanor and Franklin Joseph P. Lash January 9 January 16 January 23 January 30 February 6 February 13 February 20 February 27 March 5 March 12 March 19 The Game of the Foxes Ladislas Farago March 26 April 2 April 9 April 16 April 23 April 30 May 7 May 14 May 21 May 28 The Boys of Summer Roger Kahn June 4 June 11 June 18 June 25 I'm OK – You're OK Thomas A. Harris July 2 The Boys of Summer Roger Kahn July 9 July 16 I'm OK – You're OK Thomas A. Harris July 23 O Jerusalem! Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre July 30 August 6 I'm OK – You're OK Thomas A. Harris August 13 O Jerusalem! Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre August 20 I'm OK – You're OK Thomas A. Harris August 27 O Jerusalem! Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre September 3 I'm OK – You're OK Thomas A. Harris September 10 September 17 September 24 October 1 October 8 October 15 October 22 October 29 November 5 November 12 November 19 November 26 December 3 December 10 December 17 December 24December 31

See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1970s

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