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List of The New York Times number-one books of 1964

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This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1964.

Fiction

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The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books.

Only four books topped the list that year, the list being dominated for 34 weeks by John le Carré's spy novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. The prolific novelist Louis Auchincloss had his only No. 1 bestseller that year (and only for one week at the top, though it lasted 33 weeks in the top 5).[1]

Date Book Author
January 5 The Group Mary McCarthy
January 12
January 19
January 26
February 2
February 9
February 16
February 23 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John le Carré
March 1
March 8
March 15
March 22
March 29
April 5
April 12
April 19
April 26
May 3
May 10
May 17
May 24
May 31
June 7
June 14
June 21
June 28
July 5
July 12
July 19
July 26
August 2
August 9
August 16
August 23
August 30
September 6
September 13
September 20
September 27
October 4 The Rector of Justin Louis Auchincloss
October 11 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John le Carré
October 18
October 25 Herzog Saul Bellow
November 1
November 8
November 15
November 22
November 29
December 6
December 13
December 20
December 27

Nonfiction

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The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ John Bear, The #1 New York Times Best Seller: intriguing facts about the 484 books that have been #1 New York Times bestsellers since the first list, 50 years ago, Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1992. pp. 89-93