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Best Sellers · 1980s

1988

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

THE TOMMYKNOCKERS

THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES

Hardcover Nonfiction

TRUMP: The Art of the Deal

Donald J. Trump with Tony Schwartz

February

Hardcover Fiction

THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES

Hardcover Nonfiction

TRUMP: The Art of the Deal

Donald J. Trump with Tony Schwartz

March

Hardcover Fiction

THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES

THE ICARUS AGENDA

Hardcover Nonfiction

TRUMP: The Art of the Deal

Donald J. Trump with Tony Schwartz

April

Hardcover Fiction

THE ICARUS AGENDA

Hardcover Nonfiction

TRUMP: The Art of the Deal

Donald J. Trump with Tony Schwartz

LOVE, MEDICINE & MIRACLES

Bernie S. Siegel

May

Hardcover Fiction

THE ICARUS AGENDA

Hardcover Nonfiction

LOVE, MEDICINE & MIRACLES

Bernie S. Siegel

Michael Jackson

Donald T. Regan

June

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

Donald T. Regan

A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME

Stephen W. Hawking

July

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

TALKING STRAIGHT

Lee Iacocca with Sonny Kleinfield

A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME

Stephen W. Hawking

August

Hardcover Fiction

THE CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN

Hardcover Nonfiction

A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME

Stephen W. Hawking

September

Hardcover Fiction

THE CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN

Hardcover Nonfiction

A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME

Stephen W. Hawking

October

Hardcover Fiction

THE CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN

THE QUEEN OF THE DAMNED

Hardcover Nonfiction

A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME

Stephen W. Hawking

November

Hardcover Fiction

THE QUEEN OF THE DAMNED

THE SANDS OF TIME

Hardcover Nonfiction

A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME

Stephen W. Hawking

William Manchester

December

Hardcover Fiction

THE SANDS OF TIME

Hardcover Nonfiction

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