List of The New York Times number-one books of 1980

The American daily newspaper The New York Times publishes multiple weekly lists ranking the best-selling books in the United States.

Fiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books, in the hardcover fiction category.^[1]

Date	Book	Author
January 6	Jailbird	Kurt Vonnegut
January 13
January 20	Smiley's People	John le Carré
January 27
February 3
February 10
February 17	Princess Daisy	Judith Krantz
February 24
March 2
March 9
March 16
March 23	The Bourne Identity	Robert Ludlum
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	Rage of Angels	Sidney Sheldon
July 20
July 27
August 3
August 10
August 17
August 24
August 31
September 7
September 14
September 21
September 28	Firestarter	Stephen King
October 5
October 12
October 19	The Key to Rebecca	Ken Follett
October 26
November 2	The Covenant	James Michener
November 9
November 16
November 23
November 30
December 7
December 14
December 21
December 28

Nonfiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category.^[2]

Date	Book	Author
January 6	Aunt Erma's Cope Book	Erma Bombeck
January 13
January 20
January 27	The Brethren	Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong
February 3
February 10
February 17
February 24
March 2
March 9
March 16
March 23	Donahue	Phil Donahue
March 30
April 6	Free to Choose	Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman
April 13
April 20
April 27
May 4
May 11
May 18	Men in Love	Nancy Friday
May 25	Thy Neighbor's Wife	Gay Talese
June 1
June 8
June 15
June 22
June 29
July 6
July 13
July 20
July 27
August 3	Shelley: Also known as Shirley	Shelley Winters
August 10
August 17
August 24
August 31
September 7
September 14
September 21	Crisis Investing	Doug R. Casey
September 28
October 5
October 12
October 19
October 26
November 2
November 9	Cosmos	Carl Sagan
November 16
November 23
November 30
December 7
December 14
December 21
December 28

See also

• Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1980s