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Best Sellers · 1980s

1989

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

THE SANDS OF TIME

Hardcover Nonfiction

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN

February

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN

March

Hardcover Fiction

THE SATANIC VERSES

Hardcover Nonfiction

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN

April

Hardcover Fiction

THE SATANIC VERSES

Hardcover Nonfiction

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN

May

Hardcover Fiction

THE SATANIC VERSES

WHILE MY PRETTY ONE SLEEPS

Mary Higgins Clark

Hardcover Nonfiction

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN

A WOMAN NAMED JACKIE

C. David Heymann

June

Hardcover Fiction

WHILE MY PRETTY ONE SLEEPS

Mary Higgins Clark

THE RUSSIA HOUSE

Hardcover Nonfiction

A WOMAN NAMED JACKIE

C. David Heymann

July

Hardcover Fiction

THE RUSSIA HOUSE

Hardcover Nonfiction

David Halberstam

A WOMAN NAMED JACKIE

C. David Heymann

IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING

August

Hardcover Fiction

Martin Cruz Smith

THE RUSSIA HOUSE

Hardcover Nonfiction

IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN

September

Hardcover Fiction

CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER

Hardcover Nonfiction

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN

October

Hardcover Fiction

CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER

Hardcover Nonfiction

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN

November

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN

Nancy Reagan with William Novak

December

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

Nancy Reagan with William Novak

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN

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