The American daily newspaper The New York Times publishes multiple weekly lists ranking the best-selling books in the United States.
Fiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books, in the hardcover fiction category.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1977.
DateBookAuthor January 2 Trinity Leon Uris January 9 January 16 January 23 January 30 February 6 February 13 February 20 February 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 Oliver's Story Erich Segal April 17 April 24 May 1 May 8 May 15 May 22 Falconer John Cheever May 29 Oliver's Story Erich Segal June 5 Falconer John Cheever June 12 June 19 The Thorn Birds Colleen McCullough June 26 July 3 July 10 July 17 July 24 July 31 August 7 August 14 August 21 August 28 September 4 September 11 September 18 September 25 October 2 The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien October 9 October 16 October 23 October 30 November 6 November 13 November 20 November 27 December 4 December 11 December 18 December 25
Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1977.
DateBookAuthor January 2 Roots Alex Haley January 9 January 16 January 23 January 30 February 6 February 13 February 20 February 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17 April 24 May 1 May 8 Your Erroneous Zones Wayne W. Dyer May 15 May 22 May 29 June 5 June 12 June 19 June 26 July 3 July 10 July 17 July 24 The Book of Lists David Wallechinsky, Irving Wallace and Amy Wallace July 31 August 7 Your Erroneous Zones Wayne W. Dyer August 14 August 21 Looking Out for Number One Robert Ringer August 28 Your Erroneous Zones Wayne W. Dyer September 4 The Book of Lists David Wallechinsky, Irving Wallace and Amy Wallace September 11 All Things Wise and Wonderful James Herriot September 18 September 25 October 2 October 9 October 16 October 23 October 30 November 6 November 13 November 20 November 27 December 4 December 11 December 18 December 25
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1970s
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