List of The New York Times number-one books of 1976

This is a list of books that topped The New York Times Best Seller list in 1976.

Fiction

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

Date	Book	Author
January 4	Curtain	Agatha Christie
January 11
January 18
January 25
February 1
February 8
February 15
February 22
February 29
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
April 4
April 11	1876	Gore Vidal
April 18
April 25
May 2
May 9
May 16
May 23
May 30
June 6
June 13	Trinity	Leon Uris
June 20
June 27
July 4
July 11
July 18
July 25
August 1
August 8
August 15
August 22
August 29
September 5
September 12
September 19
September 26
October 3
October 10
October 17
October 24
October 31
November 7	Sleeping Murder	Agatha Christie
November 14
November 21
November 28
December 5
December 12
December 19
December 26	Trinity	Leon Uris

Nonfiction

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

Date	Book	Author
January 4	Bring on the Empty Horses	David Niven
January 11
January 18
January 25
February 1
February 8
February 15
February 22
February 29
March 7	Winning Through Intimidation	Robert J. Ringer
March 14	Doris Day: Her Own Story	A. E. Hotchner
March 21
March 28
April 4
April 11
April 18	World of Our Fathers	Irving Howe, with Kenneth Libo
April 25	The Final Days	Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
May 2
May 9
May 16
May 23
May 30
June 6
June 13
June 20
June 27
July 4
July 11
July 18
July 25
August 1
August 8
August 15
August 22
August 29	Passages	Gail Sheehy
September 5
September 12
September 19
September 26
October 3
October 10
October 17
October 24
October 31
November 7
November 14
November 21	Roots	Alex Haley
November 28
December 5	Passages	Gail Sheehy
December 12	Roots	Alex Haley
December 19
December 26	Passages	Gail Sheehy

See also

• Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1970s