List of The New York Times number-one books of 1998

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 4 Cold Mountain Charles Frazier
January 11
January 18
January 25
February 1 Paradise Toni Morrison
February 8
February 15
February 22 The Street Lawyer John Grisham
March 1
March 8
March 15
March 22
March 29
April 5
April 12
April 19
April 26 The Long Road Home Danielle Steel
May 3
May 10 You Belong to Me Mary Higgins Clark
May 17
May 24
May 31 "N" Is for Noose Sue Grafton
June 7 You Belong to Me Mary Higgins Clark
June 14 A Widow for One Year John Irving
June 21
June 28
July 5 I Know This Much Is True Wally Lamb
July 12 The Klone and I Danielle Steel
July 19 I Know This Much is True Wally Lamb
July 26 Point of Origin Patricia Cornwell
August 2
August 9 I Know This Much is True Wally Lamb
August 16 Point of Origin Patricia Cornwell
August 23 Rainbow Six Tom Clancy
August 30
September 6
September 13
September 20
September 27
October 4
October 11 Bag of Bones Stephen King
October 18
October 25
November 1
November 8 The Path of Daggers Robert Jordan
November 15
November 22 A Man in Full Tom Wolfe
November 29
December 6
December 13
December 20
December 27

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 4 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil John Berendt
January 11
January 18
January 25
February 1
February 8 Talking to Heaven James Van Praagh
February 15
February 22
March 1
March 8
March 15
March 22
March 29
April 5
April 12
April 19
April 26 Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom
May 3 The Millionaire Next Door Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko
May 10 Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom
May 17
May 24 We Are Our Mothers' Daughters Cokie Roberts
May 31 Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom
June 7
June 14
June 21
June 28 A Pirate Looks at Fifty Jimmy Buffett
July 5
July 12
July 19
July 26
August 2 Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom
August 9
August 16
August 23
August 30
September 6
September 13 The Day Diana Died Christopher Andersen
September 20
September 27
October 4 The Death of Outrage William J. Bennett
October 11
October 18 Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom
October 25
November 1 The Death of Outrage William J. Bennett
November 8 Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom
November 15
November 22
November 29
December 6
December 13
December 20 The Century Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster
December 27 The Greatest Generation Tom Brokaw

See also

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References

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