This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1964.

Fiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books.Adult New York Times Best Seller lists for 1964

Only four books topped the list that year, the list being dominated for 34 weeks by John le Carré's spy novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. The prolific novelist Louis Auchincloss had his only No. 1 bestseller that year (and only for one week at the top, though it lasted 33 weeks in the top 5).John Bear, The #1 New York Times Best Seller: intriguing facts about the 484 books that have been #1 New York Times bestsellers since the first list, 50 years ago, Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1992. pp. 89-93

DateBookAuthor January 5 The Group Mary McCarthy January 12 January 19 January 26 February 2 February 9 February 16 February 23 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John le Carré March 1 March 8 March 15 March 22 March 29 April 5 April 12 April 19 April 26 May 3 May 10 May 17 May 24 May 31 June 7 June 14 June 21 June 28 July 5 July 12 July 19 July 26 August 2 August 9 August 16 August 23 August 30 September 6 September 13 September 20 September 27 October 4 The Rector of Justin Louis Auchincloss October 11 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John le Carré October 18 October 25 Herzog Saul Bellow November 1 November 8 November 15 November 22 November 29 December 6 December 13 December 20 December 27

Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.Adult New York Times Best Seller lists for 1964 DateBookAuthor January 5 Profiles in Courage John F. Kennedy January 12 January 19 January 26 February 2 February 9 February 16 February 23 March 1 March 8 March 15 March 22 Four Days UPI and American Heritage Magazine March 29 April 5 April 12 April 19 April 26 May 3 May 10 May 17 May 24 May 31 June 7 June 14 A Moveable Feast Ernest Hemingway June 21 June 28 July 5 July 12 July 19 July 26 August 2 August 9 August 16 August 23 August 30 September 6 September 13 September 20 September 27 October 4 October 11 October 18 October 25 Reminiscences Douglas MacArthur November 1 November 8 November 15 November 22 November 29 December 6 December 13 December 20 Markings Dag Hammarskjöld December 27

See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1960s

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