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
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
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 |