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 1990
DateBookAuthor January 7 The Dark Half Stephen King January 14 January 21 Daddy Danielle Steel January 28 February 4 The Bad Place Dean Koontz February 11 February 18 Devices and Desires P. D. James February 25 March 4 Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss March 11 Devices and Desires P. D. James March 18 The Bourne Ultimatum Robert Ludlum March 25 April 1 April 8 April 15 April 22 September Rosamunde Pilcher April 29 May 6 May 13 The Stand Stephen King May 20 May 27 September Rosamunde Pilcher June 3 The Stand Stephen King June 10 June 17 The Burden of Proof Scott Turow June 24 July 1 July 8 July 15 July 22 July 29 August 5 August 12 August 19 August 26 September 2 Memories of Midnight Sidney Sheldon September 9 September 16 Four Past Midnight Stephen King September 23 September 30 October 7 October 14 October 21 The Plains of Passage Jean M. Auel October 28 November 4 November 11 November 18 November 25 December 2 December 9 December 16 December 23 December 30
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 1990
DateBookAuthor January 7 It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It Robert Fulghum January 14 January 21 January 28 Liar's Poker Michael Lewis February 4 Megatrends 2000 John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene February 11 February 18 February 25 March 4 March 11 Barbarians at the Gate Bryan Burrough and John Helyar March 18 Megatrends 2000 John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene March 25 April 1 April 8 Means of Ascent Robert A. Caro April 15 Megatrends 2000 John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene April 22 Means of Ascent Robert A. Caro April 29 Men at Work George F. Will May 6 May 13 May 20 May 27 June 3 June 10 June 17 June 24 July 1 July 8 July 15 July 22 July 29 August 5 August 12 August 19 August 26 September 2 September 9 Trump: Surviving at the Top Donald Trump with Charles Leerhsen September 16 Darkness Visible William Styron September 23 Trump: Surviving at the Top Donald Trump with Charles Leerhsen September 30 Millie's Book as dictated to Barbara Bush October 7 By Way of Deception Victor Ostrovsky and Claire Hoy October 14 October 21 October 28 November 4 November 11 The Civil War Geoffrey C. Ward with Ric Burns and Ken Burns November 18 November 25 December 2 A Life on the Road Charles Kuralt December 9 December 16 December 23 December 30
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1990s
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