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 1996
DateBookAuthor January 7 The Christmas Box Richard Paul Evans January 14 January 21 The Horse Whisperer Nicholas Evans January 28 Intensity Dean Koontz February 4 February 11 February 18 Primary Colors Anonymous Later revealed to be Joe Klein February 25 March 3 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 April 7 April 14 April 21 Moonlight Becomes You Mary Higgins Clark April 28 May 5 May 12 May 19 How Stella Got Her Groove Back Terry McMillan May 26 June 2 The Runaway Jury John Grisham June 9 June 16 June 23 June 30 July 7 July 14 July 21 Cause of Death Patricia Cornwell July 28 August 4 August 11 August 18 August 25 Servant of the Bones Anne Rice September 1 Executive Orders Tom Clancy September 8 September 15 September 22 September 29 October 6 The Deep End of the Ocean Jacquelyn Mitchard October 13 Desperation Stephen King October 20 October 27 The Deep End of the Ocean Jacquelyn Mitchard November 3 November 10 November 17 November 24 December 1 Silent Honor Danielle Steel December 8 December 15 December 22 December 29 Airframe Michael Crichton
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 1996
DateBookAuthor January 7 The Road Ahead Bill Gates with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson January 14 January 21 January 28 February 4 It Takes a Village Hillary Rodham Clinton February 11 February 18 February 25 Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot Al Franken March 3 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 Blood Sport James B. Stewart April 7 In Contempt Christopher A. Darden with Jess Walter April 14 April 21 April 28 May 5 May 12 May 19 Bad as I Wanna Be Dennis Rodman with Tim Keown May 26 June 2 June 9 June 16 June 23 June 30 July 7 July 14 Outrage Vincent Bugliosi July 21 July 28 The Dilbert Principle Scott Adams August 4 Unlimited Access Gary Aldrich August 11 August 18 August 25 The Dilbert Principle Scott Adams September 1 September 8 Unlimited Access Gary Aldrich September 15 The Dilbert Principle Scott Adams September 22 September 29 October 6 October 13 October 20 October 27 November 3 November 10 American Tragedy Lawrence Schiller and James Willwerth November 17 The Soul's Code James Hillman November 24 My Sergei Ekaterina Gordeeva with E. M. Swift December 1 The Soul's Code James Hillman December 8 December 15 Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt December 22 My Sergei Ekaterina Gordeeva with E. M. Swift December 29 A Reporter's Life Walter Cronkite
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1990s
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