List of The New York Times number-one books of 1995

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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 Politically Correct Bedtime Stories James Finn Garner
January 8
January 15
January 22 The Celestine Prophecy James Redfield
January 29
February 5
February 12
February 19
February 26
March 5
March 12
March 19
March 26
April 2
April 9
April 16
April 23
April 30 The Rainmaker John Grisham
May 7
May 14
May 21
May 28
June 4
June 11
June 18
June 25 The Bridges of Madison County Robert James Waller
July 2The RainmakerJohn Grisham
July 9The Bridges of Madison CountyRobert James Waller
July 16 Beach Music Pat Conroy
July 23
July 30 Memnoch the Devil Anne Rice
August 6
August 13Beach MusicPat Conroy
August 20Memnoch the DevilAnne Rice
August 27 From Potter's Field Patricia Cornwell
September 3
September 10
September 17 "L" Is for Lawless Sue Grafton
September 24
October 1 The Horse Whisperer Nicholas Evans
October 8 The Lost World Michael Crichton
October 15
October 22
October 29
November 5
November 12
November 19
November 26
December 3 Five Days in Paris Danielle Steel
December 10
December 17 The Christmas Box Richard Paul Evans
December 24
December 31

Nonfiction

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

DateBookAuthor
January 1 Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man Tim Allen
January 8 Crossing the Threshold of Hope John Paul II
January 15
January 22
January 29
February 5 The Hot Zone Richard Preston
February 12I Want to Tell You O. J. Simpson
February 19
February 26
March 5
March 12
March 19 Breaking the Surface Greg Louganis with Eric Marcus
March 26
April 2
April 9
April 16
April 23 The Hot Zone Richard Preston
April 30 In Retrospect Robert S. McNamara with Brian VanDeMark
May 7
May 14
May 21
May 28 The Hot Zone Richard Preston
June 4
June 11
June 18
June 25
July 2 A Good Walk Spoiled John Feinstein
July 9 The Hot Zone Richard Preston
July 16 New Passages Gail Sheehy
July 23 To Renew America Newt Gingrich
July 30
August 6
August 13
August 20
August 27
September 3
September 10 My Point... and I Do Have One Ellen DeGeneres
September 17
September 24
October 1 My American Journey Colin L. Powell with Joseph E. Persico
October 8
October 15
October 22
October 29
November 5
November 12
November 19
November 26 Miss America Howard Stern
December 3
December 10 My American Journey Colin L. Powell with Joseph E. Persico
December 17 The Road Ahead Bill Gates with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson
December 24
December 31

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