List of The New York Times number-one books of 1955

This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1955.

Fiction

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

Date	Book	Author
January 2	The View from Pompey's Head	Hamilton Basso
January 9
January 16
January 23
January 30
February 6
February 13
February 20
February 27
March 6
March 13
March 20
March 27
April 3
April 10	Sincerely, Willis Wayde	John P. Marquand
April 17
April 24
May 1
May 8
May 15
May 22	Bonjour Tristesse	Françoise Sagan
May 29
June 5
June 12
June 19
June 26
July 3	Something of Value	Robert Ruark
July 10	Bonjour Tristesse	Françoise Sagan
July 17	Something of Value	Robert Ruark
July 24	Bonjour Tristesse	Françoise Sagan
July 31
August 7
August 14
August 21
August 28	Auntie Mame	Patrick Dennis
September 4
September 11
September 18
September 25
October 2	Marjorie Morningstar	Herman Wouk
October 9
October 16
October 23
October 30
November 6
November 13
November 20
November 27
December 4
December 11
December 18
December 25

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 1955