List of The New York Times number-one books of 1968

This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1968.

Fiction

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

Date	Book	Author
January 7	The Confessions of Nat Turner	William Styron
January 14
January 21
January 28
February 4
February 11
February 18
February 25
March 3
March 10
March 17
March 24
March 31	Vanished	Fletcher Knebel
April 7	Airport	Arthur Hailey
April 14
April 21
April 28
May 5
May 12
May 19
May 26
June 2
June 9
June 16
June 23
June 30	Couples	John Updike
July 7	Airport	Arthur Hailey
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
November 3
November 10	The Salzburg Connection	Helen MacInnes
November 17
November 24
December 1
December 8
December 15
December 22
December 29

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 1960s

References

1. Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1968