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Best Sellers · 1990s

1996

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

THE CHRISTMAS BOX

Richard Paul Evans

THE HORSE WHISPERER

Hardcover Nonfiction

Bill Gates with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson

February

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

IT TAKES A VILLAGE

Hillary Rodham Clinton

RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A BIG FAT IDIOT

March

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A BIG FAT IDIOT

James B. Stewart

April

Hardcover Fiction

MOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU

Mary Higgins Clark

Hardcover Nonfiction

Christopher A. Darden with Jess Walter

May

Hardcover Fiction

MOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU

Mary Higgins Clark

HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK

Hardcover Nonfiction

Christopher A. Darden with Jess Walter

BAD AS I WANNA BE

Dennis Rodman with Tim Keown

June

Hardcover Fiction

THE RUNAWAY JURY

Hardcover Nonfiction

BAD AS I WANNA BE

Dennis Rodman with Tim Keown

July

Hardcover Fiction

THE RUNAWAY JURY

Patricia Cornwell

Hardcover Nonfiction

BAD AS I WANNA BE

Dennis Rodman with Tim Keown

Vincent Bugliosi

THE DILBERT PRINCIPLE

August

Hardcover Fiction

Patricia Cornwell

SERVANT OF THE BONES

Hardcover Nonfiction

UNLIMITED ACCESS

THE DILBERT PRINCIPLE

September

Hardcover Fiction

EXECUTIVE ORDERS

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE DILBERT PRINCIPLE

UNLIMITED ACCESS

October

Hardcover Fiction

THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN

Jacquelyn Mitchard

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE DILBERT PRINCIPLE

November

Hardcover Fiction

THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN

Jacquelyn Mitchard

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE DILBERT PRINCIPLE

AMERICAN TRAGEDY

Lawrence Schiller and James Willwerth

THE SOUL'S CODE

Ekaterina Gordeeva with E. M. Swift

December

Hardcover Fiction

Michael Crichton

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE SOUL'S CODE

Ekaterina Gordeeva with E. M. Swift

A REPORTER'S LIFE

Walter Cronkite

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