List of The New York Times number-one books of 1958
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This is a list of books that topped The New York Times Best Seller list in 1958.
Fiction
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books.[1]
| Date | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| January 5 | By Love Possessed | James Gould Cozzens |
| January 12 | ||
| January 19 | ||
| January 26 | ||
| February 2 | ||
| February 9 | ||
| February 16 | ||
| February 23 | ||
| March 2 | ||
| March 9 | Anatomy of a Murder | Robert Traver |
| March 16 | ||
| March 23 | ||
| March 30 | ||
| April 6 | ||
| April 13 | ||
| April 20 | ||
| April 27 | ||
| May 4 | ||
| May 11 | ||
| May 18 | ||
| May 25 | ||
| June 1 | ||
| June 8 | ||
| June 15 | ||
| June 22 | ||
| June 29 | ||
| July 6 | ||
| July 13 | ||
| July 20 | ||
| July 27 | ||
| August 3 | ||
| August 10 | ||
| August 17 | ||
| August 24 | ||
| August 31 | ||
| September 7 | ||
| September 14 | ||
| September 21 | ||
| September 28 | Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov |
| October 5 | ||
| October 12 | ||
| October 19 | ||
| October 26 | ||
| November 2 | ||
| November 9 | ||
| November 16 | Doctor Zhivago | Boris Pasternak |
| November 23 | ||
| November 30 | ||
| December 7 | ||
| December 14 | ||
| December 21 | Not published due to a newspaper strike | |
| December 28 | ||
Nonfiction
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.[2]
| Date | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| January 5 | Baruch: My Own Story | Bernard Baruch |
| January 12 | ||
| January 19 | ||
| January 26 | ||
| February 2 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Jean Kerr |
| February 9 | ||
| February 16 | ||
| February 23 | ||
| March 2 | ||
| March 9 | ||
| March 16 | ||
| March 23 | ||
| March 30 | ||
| April 6 | ||
| April 13 | ||
| April 20 | ||
| April 27 | ||
| May 4 | Masters of Deceit | J. Edgar Hoover |
| May 11 | ||
| May 18 | ||
| May 25 | ||
| June 1 | ||
| June 8 | ||
| June 15 | ||
| June 22 | ||
| June 29 | ||
| July 6 | Inside Russia Today | John Gunther |
| July 13 | ||
| July 20 | ||
| July 27 | ||
| August 3 | ||
| August 10 | ||
| August 17 | ||
| August 24 | ||
| August 31 | ||
| September 7 | ||
| September 14 | ||
| September 21 | Only in America | Harry Lewis Golden |
| September 28 | ||
| October 5 | ||
| October 12 | ||
| October 19 | Aku-Aku | Thor Heyerdahl |
| October 26 | ||
| November 2 | Only in America | Harry Lewis Golden |
| November 9 | ||
| November 16 | ||
| November 23 | ||
| November 30 | ||
| December 7 | ||
| December 14 | ||
| December 21 | Not published due to a newspaper strike | |
| December 28 | ||