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Best Sellers · 1990s

1990

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

IT WAS ON FIRE WHEN I LAY DOWN ON IT

February

Hardcover Fiction

DEVICES AND DESIRES

Hardcover Nonfiction

MEGATRENDS 2000

John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene

March

Hardcover Fiction

OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!

DEVICES AND DESIRES

THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM

Hardcover Nonfiction

MEGATRENDS 2000

John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene

BARBARIANS AT THE GATE

Bryan Burrough and John Helyar

April

Hardcover Fiction

THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM

Rosamunde Pilcher

Hardcover Nonfiction

MEGATRENDS 2000

John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene

MEANS OF ASCENT

May

Hardcover Fiction

Rosamunde Pilcher

Hardcover Nonfiction

June

Hardcover Fiction

THE BURDEN OF PROOF

Hardcover Nonfiction

July

Hardcover Fiction

THE BURDEN OF PROOF

Hardcover Nonfiction

August

Hardcover Fiction

THE BURDEN OF PROOF

Hardcover Nonfiction

September

Hardcover Fiction

MEMORIES OF MIDNIGHT

FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT

Hardcover Nonfiction

TRUMP: Surviving at the Top

Donald J. Trump with Charles Leerhsen

DARKNESS VISIBLE

October

Hardcover Fiction

FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT

THE PLAINS OF PASSAGE

Hardcover Nonfiction

BY WAY OF DECEPTION

Victor Ostrovsky and Claire Hoy

November

Hardcover Fiction

THE PLAINS OF PASSAGE

Hardcover Nonfiction

BY WAY OF DECEPTION

Victor Ostrovsky and Claire Hoy

Geoffrey C. Ward with Ric Burns and Ken Burns

December

Hardcover Fiction

THE PLAINS OF PASSAGE

Hardcover Nonfiction

A LIFE ON THE ROAD

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