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1996 Books & Bestsellers |
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1996 Fiction Top Ten Books |
| (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Runaway Jury by John Grisham 2. Executive Orders by Tom Clancy 3. Desperation by Stephen King 4. Airframe by Michael Crichton 5. The Regulators by Richard Bachman 6. Malice by Danielle Steel 7. Silent Honor by Danielle Steel 8. Primary Colors by Anonymous (Joe Klein) 9. Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell 10. The Tenth Insight by James Redfield |
1996 Non-Fiction Books |
| 1. Make the Connection by Oprah Winfrey and Bob Greene Hyperion 2. Men Are from Mars, Women are From Venus by John Gray 3. The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams 4. Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach 5. The Zone by Barry Sears with Bill Lawren 6. Bad As I Wanna Be by Dennis Rodman 7. In Contempt by Christopher Darden 8. A Reporter’s Life by Walter Cronkite 9. Dogbert’s Top Secret Management Handbook by Scott Adams 10. My Sergei: A Love Story by Ekaterina Gordeeva with E.M. Swift |
New York Times Bestsellers |
| It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot by Al Franken Blood Sport by James B. Stewart In Contempt by Christopher A. Darden with Jess Walter Bad As I Wanna Be by Dennis Rodman with Tom Keown Outrage by Vincent Bugliosi The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams Unlimited Access by Gary Aldrich American Tragedy by Lawrence Schiller and James Willwerth The Soul’s Code by James Hillman My Sergei by Ekaterina Gordeeva E. M. with Swift Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt A Reporter’s Life by Walter Cronkite |
1996 Notable Literature |
| Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace The Clash of Civilizations by Samuel P. Huntington Darwin’s Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennett Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkins The Rise of the Network Society by Manuel Castells |
Amazon’s Top 10 Books |
| 1. Creating Killer Web Sites: The Art of Third-Generation Site Design by David Siegel 2. Executive Orders by Tom Clancy 3. The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams 4. Against the Gods by Peter L. Bernstein 5. The English Patient by Michaels Ondaatje 6. Idoru by William Gibson 7. Airframe by Michael Crichton 8. Creating Great Web Graphics by Laurie McCanna 9. Dogbert’s Top Secret Management Handbook by Scott Adams 10. Where Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie Hafner |
Oprah’s Book Club Selections |
| The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb |
| 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature Most Popular Books of 1996, according to GoodReads |