List of The New York Times number-one books of 1946

This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1946.

Fiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books. The most popular title was The Hucksters which spent much of the latter half of the year (19 weeks) at the top of the list and a total of 35 weeks among the top 15. During its reign at the top, it was challenged, but never toppled, by two recognized classics, George Orwell's Animal Farm and Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men, neither of which ever reached the top spot.^[1][2]

Date	Book	Author
January 6	The Black Rose	Thomas Costain
January 13
January 20
January 27
February 3	The King's General	Daphne du Maurier
February 10
February 17
February 24
March 3
March 10	Arch of Triumph	Erich Maria Remarque
March 17	The King's General	Daphne du Maurier
March 24	Arch of Triumph	Erich Maria Remarque
March 31
April 7
April 14
April 21
April 28
May 5
May 12	This Side of Innocence	Taylor Caldwell
May 19
May 26
June 2
June 9
June 16
June 23
June 30
July 7
July 14	The Hucksters	Frederic Wakeman
July 21
July 28
August 4
August 11
August 18
August 25
September 1
September 8
September 15
September 22
September 29
October 6
October 13
October 20
October 27
November 3
November 10
November 17
November 24	East River	Sholem Asch
December 1	B.F.'s Daughter	John P. Marquand
December 8
December 15
December 22
December 29

Nonfiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.^[3]

Date	Book	Author
January 6	The Egg and I	Betty MacDonald
January 13	Up Front	Bill Mauldin
January 20	The Egg and I	Betty MacDonald
January 27
February 3
February 10
February 17
February 24
March 3
March 10
March 17
March 24
March 31
April 7
April 14
April 21
April 28
May 5
May 12
May 19
May 26
June 2
June 9
June 16
June 23
June 30
July 7
July 14
July 21
July 28
August 4
August 11
August 18
August 25
September 1
September 8
September 15
September 22
September 29
October 6
October 13
October 20
October 27	Peace of Mind	Joshua L. Liebman
November 3
November 10
November 17
November 24
December 1
December 8
December 15
December 22
December 29

See also

• Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1940s