This is a list of books that topped
''The New York Times'' best-seller list in 1956.
Fiction
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books.
[ Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1956]
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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, ''Publishers Weekly'' list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1950s
References
{{NYT number-one books
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...
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