en List of The New York Times number-one books of 1969

This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1969.

Fiction

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

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

Date	Book	Author
January 5	The Money Game	"Adam Smith" (George Goodman)
January 12
January 19
January 26
February 2
February 9
February 16
February 23
March 2
March 9
March 16
March 23
March 30
April 6
April 13
April 20
April 27
May 4	The 900 Days	Harrison E. Salisbury
May 11	Jennie	Ralph G. Martin
May 18	The 900 Days	Harrison E. Salisbury
May 25	Jennie	Ralph G. Martin
June 1
June 8
June 15
June 22
June 29
July 6
July 13
July 20	The Peter Principle	Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull
July 27
August 3
August 10
August 17
August 24
August 31
September 7
September 14
September 21
September 28
October 5
October 12
October 19
October 26
November 2
November 9
November 16
November 23
November 30	The Selling of the President 1968	Joe McGinniss
December 7	The Peter Principle	Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull
December 14	The Selling of the President 1968	Joe McGinniss
December 21	The Peter Principle	Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull
December 28	The Selling of the President 1968	Joe McGinniss