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 1991
DateBookAuthor January 6 The Plains of Passage Jean M. Auel January 13 January 20 The Secret Pilgrim John le Carré January 27 February 3 Cold Fire Dean Koontz February 10 February 17 February 24 Heartbeat Danielle Steel March 3 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 April 7 April 14 April 21 The Seeress of Kell David Eddings April 28 May 5 May 12 Loves Music, Loves to Dance Mary Higgins Clark May 19 May 26 June 2 June 9 June 16 June 23 Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss June 30 Heir to the Empire Timothy Zahn July 7 The Kitchen God's Wife Amy Tan July 14 July 21 July 28 August 4 August 11 August 18 August 25 The Sum of All Fears Tom Clancy September 1 September 8 September 15 September 22 September 29 October 6 October 13 Scarlett Alexandra Ripley October 20 October 27 November 3 November 10 November 17 November 24 December 1 December 8 December 15 December 22 December 29
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 1991
DateBookAuthor January 6 A Life on the Road Charles Kuralt January 13 January 20 January 27 Iron John Robert Bly February 3 February 10 The Prize Daniel Yergin February 17 Iron John Robert Bly February 24 March 3 March 10 March 17 And the Sea Will Tell Vincent Bugliosi with Bruce B. Henderson March 24 Iron John Robert Bly March 31 April 7 You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again Julia Phillips April 14 April 21 April 28 Nancy Reagan Kitty Kelley May 5 May 12 May 19 May 26 June 2 The Commanders Bob Woodward June 9 June 16 June 23 June 30 July 7 Iron John Robert Bly July 14 July 21 Chutzpah Alan M. Dershowitz July 28 August 4 August 11 Iron John Robert Bly August 18 Chutzpah Alan M. Dershowitz August 25 Parliament of Whores P. J. O'Rourke September 1 When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It is Time to Go Home Erma Bombeck September 8 Uh-Oh Robert Fulghum September 15 September 22 Me: Stories of My Life Katharine Hepburn September 29 October 6 October 13 October 20 October 27 November 3 Den of Thieves James B. Stewart November 10 November 17 November 24 December 1 Under Fire Oliver L. North with William Novak December 8 Me: Stories of My Life Katharine Hepburn December 15 December 22 December 29
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1990s
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