List of number-one New York Times best sellers of 1986

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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 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 1A Perfect SpyJohn le Carré
June 8I'll Take ManhattanJudith Krantz
June 15A Perfect SpyJohn 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 21ItStephen King
December 28

Nonfiction

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

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

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