Stephen King, Anne Rice, Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy, Ken Follett, Dr Seuss, Carl Sagan, Salman Rushdie & more! This list uses a table in "The Chronology of American Literature: America's Literary Achievements from the Colonial Era to Modern Times" by Daniel S. Burt (2004).
Click on the link to see the bestsellers from 1990-2000. You can also try a companion challenge for the 1980's at "https://www.listchallenges.com/the-chronology-of-american-literature-1980-89".
For reference, each block of 10 books shows the bestsellers for a particular year in descending rank order, as below:.
1980: 01-10
1981: 11-20
1982: 21-30
1983: 31-40
1984: 41-50
1985: 51-60
1986: 61-70
1987: 71-80
1988: 81-90
1989: 91-100