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Best Sellers · 1990s

1997

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

Michael Crichton

Hardcover Nonfiction

A REPORTER'S LIFE

Walter Cronkite

February

Hardcover Fiction

Patricia Cornwell

Hardcover Nonfiction

A REPORTER'S LIFE

Walter Cronkite

PERSONAL HISTORY

Katharine Graham

March

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

PERSONAL HISTORY

Katharine Graham

MURDER IN BRENTWOOD

April

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

May

Hardcover Fiction

PRETEND YOU DON'T SEE HER

Mary Higgins Clark

Hardcover Nonfiction

MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS

Carol Saline and Sharon J. Wohlmuth

June

Hardcover Fiction

PRETEND YOU DON'T SEE HER

Mary Higgins Clark

Hardcover Nonfiction

WITHOUT A DOUBT

Marcia Clark with Teresa Carpenter

July

Hardcover Fiction

SPECIAL DELIVERY

Hardcover Nonfiction

August

Hardcover Fiction

UNNATURAL EXPOSURE

Patricia Cornwell

Charles Frazier

Hardcover Nonfiction

September

Hardcover Fiction

Charles Frazier

Hardcover Nonfiction

October

Hardcover Fiction

Charles Frazier

Hardcover Nonfiction

November

Hardcover Fiction

Charles Frazier

Hardcover Nonfiction

DIANA: HER TRUE STORY --IN HER OWN WORDS

MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL

December

Hardcover Fiction

Charles Frazier

Hardcover Nonfiction

MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL

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