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.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1986
DateBookAuthor January 5 The Mammoth Hunters Jean M. Auel January 12 January 19 January 26 February 2 February 9 February 16 Lie Down with Lions Ken Follett February 23 March 2 Lake Wobegon Days Garrison Keillor March 9 The Bourne Supremacy Robert Ludlum March 16 March 23 March 30 April 6 April 13 April 20 April 27 May 4 A Perfect Spy John le Carré May 11 May 18 May 25 I'll Take Manhattan Judith Krantz June 1 A Perfect Spy John le Carré June 8 I'll Take Manhattan Judith Krantz June 15 A Perfect Spy John le Carré June 22 Last of the Breed Louis L'Amour June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 Wanderlust Danielle Steel July 27 August 3 August 10 August 17 Red Storm Rising Tom Clancy August 24 August 31 September 7 September 14 It Stephen King September 21 September 28 October 5 October 12 October 19 October 26 November 2 November 9 November 16 November 23 Whirlwind James Clavell November 30 December 7 December 14 December 21 It Stephen King December 28
Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1986
DateBookAuthor January 5 Iacocca: An Autobiography Lee Iacocca with William Novak January 12 Yeager: An Autobiography Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos January 19 Iacocca: An Autobiography Lee Iacocca with William Novak January 26 Yeager: An Autobiography Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos February 2 February 9 Iacocca: An Autobiography Lee Iacocca with William Novak February 16 February 23 Bus 9 to Paradise Leo Buscaglia March 2 March 9 March 16 March 23 You're Only Old Once! Dr. Seuss March 30 April 6 April 13 April 20 April 27 May 4 May 11 The Triumph of Politics David Stockman May 18 May 25 Fatherhood Bill Cosby June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 July 27 August 3 August 10 August 17 August 24 August 31 September 7 September 14 September 21 September 28 October 5 October 12 His Way Kitty Kelley October 19 October 26 November 2 November 9 November 16 November 23 November 30 A Day in the Life of America David Elliot Cohen and Rick Smolan December 7 December 14 December 21 Fatherhood Bill Cosby December 28
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1980s
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