List of The New York Times number-one books of 1988

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.[1]

DateBookAuthor
January 3The TommyknockersStephen King
January 10
January 17
January 24The Bonfire of the VanitiesTom Wolfe
January 31
February 7
February 14
February 21
February 28
March 6
March 13
March 20The Icarus AgendaRobert Ludlum
March 27
April 3
April 10
April 17
April 24
May 1
May 8
May 15ZoyaDanielle Steel
May 22
May 29
June 5
June 12
June 19
June 26
July 3AlaskaJames Michener
July 10
July 17
July 24
July 31
August 7The Cardinal of the KremlinTom Clancy
August 14
August 21
August 28
September 4
September 11
September 18
September 25
October 2
October 9
October 16
October 23
October 30The Queen of the DamnedAnne Rice
November 6
November 13
November 20The Sands of TimeSidney Sheldon
November 27
December 4
December 11
December 18
December 25

Nonfiction

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

DateBookAuthor
January 3Time FliesBill Cosby
January 10
January 17Trump: The Art of the DealDonald J. Trump with Tony Schwartz
January 24
January 31
February 7
February 14
February 21
February 28
March 6
March 13
March 20
March 27
April 3
April 10Love, Medicine and MiraclesBernie S. Siegel
April 17Trump: The Art of the DealDonald J. Trump with Tony Schwartz
April 24Love, Medicine and MiraclesBernie S. Siegel
May 1
May 8
May 15MoonwalkMichael Jackson
May 22
May 29For The RecordDonald T. Regan
June 5
June 12
June 19
June 26A Brief History of TimeStephen W. Hawking
July 3Talking StraightLee Iacocca with Sonny Kleinfield
July 10
July 17A Brief History of TimeStephen W. Hawking
July 24
July 31
August 7
August 14
August 21
August 28
September 4
September 11
September 18
September 25
October 2
October 9
October 16
October 23
October 30
November 6
November 13
November 20The Last LionWilliam Manchester
November 27
December 4GracieGeorge Burns
December 11
December 18
December 25

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