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 1989
DateBookAuthor January 1 The Sands of Time Sidney Sheldon January 8 January 15 January 22 January 29 February 5 Midnight Dean Koontz February 12 February 19 February 26 Star Danielle Steel March 5 March 12 March 19 March 26 The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie April 2 April 9 April 16 April 23 April 30 May 7 May 14 May 21 May 28 While My Pretty One Sleeps Mary Higgins Clark June 4 June 11 The Russia House John le Carré June 18 June 25 July 2 July 9 July 16 July 23 July 30 August 6 Polar Star Martin Cruz Smith August 13 August 20 The Russia House John le Carré August 27 September 3 Clear and Present Danger Tom Clancy September 10 September 17 September 24 October 1 October 8 October 15 October 22 October 29 November 5 The Dark Half Stephen King November 12 November 19 November 26 Daddy Danielle Steel December 3 December 10 December 17 December 24 The Dark Half Stephen King December 31 Daddy Danielle Steel
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 1989
DateBookAuthor January 1 All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Robert Fulghum January 8 January 15 January 22 January 29 February 5 February 12 Blind Faith Joe McGinniss February 19 February 26 All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Robert Fulghum March 5 March 12 March 19 March 26 April 2 April 9 April 16 April 23 April 30 May 7 May 14 May 21 A Woman Named Jackie C. David Heymann May 28 June 4 June 11 June 18 June 25 July 2 Summer of '49 David Halberstam July 9 A Woman Named Jackie C. David Heymann July 16 It's Always Something Gilda Radner July 23 July 30 August 6 August 13 All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Robert Fulghum August 20 August 27 It's Always Something Gilda Radner September 3 All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Robert Fulghum September 10 September 17 September 24 October 1 October 8 October 15 October 22 October 29 November 5 November 12 November 19 November 26 My Turn Nancy Reagan with William Novak December 3 December 10 December 17 December 24 All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Robert Fulghum December 31
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1980s
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