List of The New York Times number-one books of 1978

The American daily newspaper The New York Times publishes multiple weekly lists ranking the best-selling books in the United States.

Fiction

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The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books, in the hardcover fiction category.[1]

Date Book Author
January 1 The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien
January 8
January 15
January 22
January 29
February 5
February 12
February 19
February 26
March 5
March 12 Bloodline Sidney Sheldon
March 19
March 26
April 2
April 9
April 16
April 23
April 30
May 7
May 14
May 21
May 28
June 4 The Thorn Birds Colleen McCullough
June 11 Bloodline Sidney Sheldon
June 18 Scruples Judith Krantz
June 25
July 2
July 9 The Holcroft Covenant Robert Ludlum
July 16 Scruples Judith Krantz
July 23 Chesapeake James Michener
July 30
August 6
August 13 Not published due to 1978 New York City newspaper strike
August 20
August 27
September 3
September 10
September 17
September 24
October 1
October 8
October 15
October 22
October 29
November 5
November 12 War and Remembrance Herman Wouk
November 19
November 26
December 3
December 10
December 17
December 24 Chesapeake James Michener
December 31

Nonfiction

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The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category.[2]

Date Book Author
January 1 All Things Wise and Wonderful James Herriot
January 8
January 15
January 22
January 29
February 5
February 12
February 19
February 26 The Complete Book of Running James F. Fixx
March 5
March 12
March 19 The Ends of Power H. R. Haldeman with Joseph DiMona
March 26
April 2 The Complete Book of Running James F. Fixx
April 9
April 16
April 23
April 30
May 7
May 14
May 21
May 28 If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? Erma Bombeck
June 4
June 11
June 18
June 25
July 2
July 9
July 16
July 23
July 30
August 6
August 13 Not published due to 1978 New York City newspaper strike
August 20
August 27
September 3
September 10
September 17
September 24
October 1
October 8
October 15
October 22
October 29
November 5
November 12 If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? Erma Bombeck
November 19
November 26 Mommie Dearest Christina Crawford
December 3
December 10
December 17
December 24
December 31

See also

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References

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