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 1997
DateBookAuthor January 5 Airframe Michael Crichton January 12 January 19 January 26 February 2 Hornet's Nest Patricia Cornwell February 9 February 16 February 23 March 2 Sole Survivor Dean Koontz March 9 March 16 The Partner John Grisham March 23 March 30 April 6 April 13 April 20 April 27 May 4 Pretend You Don't See Her Mary Higgins Clark May 11 May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 The Partner John Grisham June 15 Plum Island Nelson DeMille June 22 June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 Special Delivery Danielle Steel July 27 August 3 Unnatural Exposure Patricia Cornwell August 10 August 17 August 24 August 31 Cold Mountain Charles Frazier September 7 September 14 September 21 September 28 October 5 October 12 Flood Tide Clive Cussler October 19 October 26 November 2 Cold Mountain Charles Frazier November 9 November 16 November 23 November 30 The Ghost Danielle Steel December 7 Cold Mountain Charles Frazier December 14 December 21 December 28
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 1997
DateBookAuthor January 5 A Reporter's Life Walter Cronkite January 12 January 19 January 26 February 2 February 9 February 16 Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt February 23 Personal History Katharine Graham March 2 March 9 March 16 Murder in Brentwood Mark Fuhrman March 23 March 30 Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt April 6 April 13 April 20 April 27 May 4 May 11 Underboss Peter Maas May 18 Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt May 25 Mothers & Daughters Carol Saline and Sharon J. Wohlmuth June 1 Without a Doubt Marcia Clark with Teresa Carpenter June 8 Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer June 15 June 22 June 29 Just as I Am Billy Graham July 6 Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer July 13 Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt July 20 July 27 August 3 August 10 August 17 August 24 August 31 September 7 September 14 September 21 September 28 October 5 The Royals Kitty Kelley October 12 October 19 October 26 November 2 Diana: Her True Story – In Her Own Words Andrew Morton November 9 November 16 November 23 Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt November 30 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil John Berendt December 7 December 14 December 21 December 28
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1990s
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