The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers of 1984

This is a list of adult non-fiction books that topped The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list in 1984.

The distinct list for "Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous" debuted January 1, 1984. Its number one bestseller (The Body Principal by Victoria Principal) had been number ten and number twelve on the non-fiction lists for the two preceding weeks.^[1]

Date	Book	Author
January 1	Motherhood: the Second Oldest Profession	Erma Bombeck
January 8
January 15
January 22	In Search of Excellence	Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr.
January 29
February 5
February 12
February 19
February 26	Mayor	Edward I. Koch with William Rauch
March 4	Motherhood: the Second Oldest Profession	Erma Bombeck
March 11	Mayor	Edward I. Koch with William Rauch
March 18
March 25
April 1
April 8
April 15
April 22
April 29	Motherhood: the Second Oldest Profession	Erma Bombeck
May 6
May 13
May 20
May 27
June 3
June 10
June 17	“First Lady from Plains”	Rosalynn Carter
June 24	Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi	Bob Woodward
July 1
July 8
July 15
July 22	The Kennedys: an American Drama	Peter Collier and David Horowitz
July 29
August 5
August 12
August 19
August 26
September 2
September 9	Loving Each Other	Leo Buscaglia
September 16
September 23
September 30
October 7
October 14
October 21
October 28
November 4	Iacocca: an Autobiography	Lee Iacocca with William Novak
November 11
November 18
November 25
December 2
December 9
December 16
December 23
December 30

References

1. "The New York Times Book Review Best Sellers", NYT January 1, 1984, page BR28.
   "Best Sellers", NYT December 25, 1983, page BR13.

External links

• Historic New York Times Lists