List of The New York Times number-one books of 1989

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The American daily newspaper The New York Times publishes multiple weekly lists ranking the best-selling books in the United States.

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Fiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books, in the hardcover fiction category. [1]

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 26Star 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 28While 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 20The Russia HouseJohn 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 24The Dark HalfStephen King
December 31DaddyDanielle Steel

Nonfiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category. [2]

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

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