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 1979
DateBookAuthor January 7 Chesapeake James Michener January 14 January 21 January 28 February 4 February 11 February 18 War and Remembrance Herman Wouk February 25 Overload Arthur Hailey March 4 Chesapeake James Michener March 11 March 18 Overload Arthur Hailey March 25 War and Remembrance Herman Wouk April 1 April 8 The Matarese Circle Robert Ludlum April 15 Good as Gold Joseph Heller April 22 April 29 The Matarese Circle Robert Ludlum May 6 May 13 May 20 May 27 June 3 June 10 June 17 June 24 July 1 July 8 July 15 July 22 Sophie's Choice William Styron July 29 August 5 The Matarese Circle Robert Ludlum August 12 Sophie's Choice William Styron August 19 August 26 September 2 September 9 The Last Enchantment Mary Stewart September 16 September 23 September 30 October 7 Jailbird Kurt Vonnegut October 14 The Dead Zone Stephen King October 21 October 28 The Establishment Howard Fast November 4 Jailbird Kurt Vonnegut November 11 The Establishment Howard Fast November 18 November 25 December 2 December 9 Triple Ken Follett December 16 December 23 The Establishment Howard Fast December 30 Jailbird Kurt Vonnegut
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 1979
DateBookAuthor January 7 Mommie Dearest Christina Crawford January 14 Gnomes text by Wil Huygen, illustrated by Rien Poortvliet January 21 Mommie Dearest Christina Crawford January 28 February 4 February 11 Lauren Bacall by Myself Lauren Bacall February 18 February 25 March 4 March 11 March 18 March 25 April 1 The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet Herman Tarnower and Samm Sinclair Baker April 8 April 15 April 22 April 29 May 6 May 13 May 20 May 27 June 3 June 10 June 17 June 24 July 1 July 8 July 15 July 22 Cruel Shoes Steve Martin July 29 The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet Herman Tarnower and Samm Sinclair Baker August 5 August 12 August 19 August 26 September 2 September 9 September 16 September 23 September 30 October 7 October 14 October 21 October 28 Aunt Erma's Cope Book Erma Bombeck November 4 The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet Herman Tarnower and Samm Sinclair Baker November 11 November 18 Aunt Erma's Cope Book Erma Bombeck November 25 December 2 December 9 December 16 December 23 December 30 The Brethren Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1970s
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