List of The New York Times number-one books of 1951

This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1951.

Fiction

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

Date	Book	Author
January 7	The Disenchanted	Budd Schulberg
January 14	Joy Street	Frances Parkinson Keyes
January 21
January 28
February 4
February 11
February 18	The Disenchanted	Budd Schulberg
February 25	Joy Street	Frances Parkinson Keyes
March 4
March 11	The Disenchanted	Budd Schulberg
March 18	Joy Street	Frances Parkinson Keyes
March 25	From Here to Eternity	James Jones
April 1
April 8
April 15
April 22
April 29
May 6
May 13
May 20
May 27
June 3
June 10
June 17
June 24
July 1
July 8
July 15
July 22
July 29
August 5
August 12	The Caine Mutiny	Herman Wouk
August 19
August 26
September 2
September 9
September 16
September 23
September 30
October 7
October 14
October 21
October 28
November 4
November 11
November 18
November 25
December 2
December 9
December 16
December 23
December 30

Nonfiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.

See also

• Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1950s

References

1. Adult New York Times Best Seller lists for 1951