The Era Between the Wars, 1930-1939
1930 Bestselling Novels
- 1930 #1 Cimarron by Edna Ferber
- 1930 #2 Exile by Warwick Deeping
- 1930 #3 The Woman of Andros by Thornton Wilder
- 1930 #4 Years of Grace by Margaret Ayers Barnes
- 1930 #5 Angel Pavement by J. B. Priestley
- 1930 #6 The Door by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- 1930 #7 Rogue Herries by Hugh Walpole
- 1930 #8 Chances by A. Hamilton Gibbs
- 1930 #9 Young Man of Manhattan by Katherine Brush
- 1930 #10 Twenty-Four Hours by Louis Bromfield
1931 Bestselling Novels
- 1931 #1 The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck [also 1932 #1]
- 1931 #2 Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather
- 1931 #3 A White Bird Flying by Bess Streeter Aldrich
- 1931 #4 Grand Hotel by Vicki Baum
- 1931 #5 Years of Grace by Margaret Ayers Barnes
- 1931 #6 The Road Back by Erich Maria Remargue
- 1931 #7 The Bridge of Desire by Warwick Deeping
- 1931 #8 Back Street by Fannie Hurst
- 1931 #9 Finch’s Fortune by Mazo de la Roche
- 1931 #10 Maid in Waiting by John Galsworthy
1932 Bestselling Novels
- 1932 #1 The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck [also 1931 #1]
- 1932 #2 The Fountain by Charles Morgan
- 1932 #3 Sons by Pearl S. Buck
- 1932 #4 Magnolia Street by Louis Golding
- 1932 #5 The Sheltered Life by Ellen Glasgow
- 1932 #6 Old Wine and New by Warwick Deeping
- 1932 #7 Mary’s Neck by Booth Tarkington
- 1932 #8 Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas [also 1933 #4]
- 1932 #9 Inheritance by Phyllis Bentley
- 1932 #10 Three Loves by A. J. Cronin
1933 Bestselling Novels
- 1933 #1 Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen
- 1933 #2 As the Earth Turns by Gladys Hasty Carroll
- 1933 #3 Ann Vickers by Sinclair Lewis
- 1933 #4 Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas [also 1932 #8]
- 1933 #5 One More River by John Galsworthy
- 1933 #6 Forgive Us Our Trespasses by Lloyd C. Douglas
- 1933 #7 The Master of Jalna by Mazo de la Roche
- 1933 #8 Miss Bishop by Bess Streeter Aldrich
- 1933 #9 The Farm by Louis Bromfield
- 1933 #10 Little Man, What Now? by Hans Fallada
1934 Bestselling Novels
- 1934 #1 Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen [also 1933 #1]
- 1934 #2 Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller
- 1934 #3 So Red the Rose by Stark Young
- 1934 #4 Good-bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton [also 1935 #5]
- 1934 #5 Within This Present by Margaret Ayer Barnes
- 1934 #6 Work of Art by Sinclair Lewis
- 1934 #7 Private Worlds by Phyllis Bottome
- 1934 #8 Mary Peters by Mary Ellen Chase
- 1934 #9 Oil for the Lamps of China by Louis Bromfield
- 1934 #10 Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen
1935 Bestselling Novels
- 1935 #1 Green Light by Lloyd C. Douglas
- 1935 #2 Vein of Iron by Ellen Glasgow
- 1935 #3 Of Time and the River by Thomas Wolfe
- 1935 #4 Time Out of Mind by Rachel Field
- 1935 #5 Good-bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton [also 1934 #4]
- 1935 #6 The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel
- 1935 #7 Heaven’s My Destination by Thornton Wilder
- 1935 #8 Lost Horizon by James Hilton
- 1935 #9 Come and Get It by Edna Ferber
- 1935 #10 Europa: The Days of Ignorance by Robert Briffault
1936 Bestselling Novels
- 1936 #1 Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell [also 1937 #1 ]
- 1936 #2 The Last Puritan by George Santayana
- 1936 #3 Sparkenbroke by Charles Morgan
- 1936 #4 Drums Along the Mohawk by Walter D. Edmonds [also 1937 #5]
- 1936 #5 It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
- 1936 #6 White Banners by Lloyd C. Douglas
- 1936 #7 The Hurricane by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
- 1936 #8 The Thinking Reed by Rebecca West
- 1936 #9 The Doctor by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- 1936 #10 Eyeless in Gaza by Aldous Huxley
1937 Bestselling Novels
- 1937 #1 Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell [also 1936 #1]
- 1937 #2 Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts
- 1937 #3 The Citadel by A. J. Cronin
- 1937 #4 And-So-Victoria by Vaughan Wilkins
- 1937 #5 Drums Along the Mohawk by Walter D. Edmonds [also 1936 #4]
- 1937 #6 The Years by Virginia Woolf
- 1937 #7 Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham
- 1937 #8 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- 1937 #9 The Rains Came by Louis Bromfield
- 1937 #10 We Are Not Alone by James Hilton
1938 Bestselling Novels
- 1938 #1 The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings [also 1939 #7]
- 1938 #2 The Citadel by A. J. Cronin
- 1938 #3 My Son, My Son by Howard Spring
- 1938 #4 Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier [also 1939 #3]
- 1938 #5 Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts
- 1938 #6 All This, and Heaven, Too by Rachel Field [also 1939 #2]
- 1938 #7 The Rains Came by Louis Bromfield
- 1938 #8 And Tell of Time by Laura Krey
- 1938 #9 The Mortal Storm by Phyllis Bottome
- 1938 #10 Action at Aquila by Hervey Allen
- 1939 #1 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- 1939 #2 All This, and Heaven, Too by Rachel Field [also 1938 #6]
- 1939 #3 Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier [also 1938 #4]
- 1939 #4 Wickford Point by John P. Marquand
- 1939 #5 Escape by Ethel Vance
- 1939 #6 Disputed Passage by Lloyd C. Douglas
- 1939 #7 The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings [also 1938 #1]
- 1939 #8 The Tree of Liberty by Elizabeth Page
1939 #9 The Nazarene by Sholem Asch [Also 1940 #5]
1939 #10 Kitty Foyle by Christopher Morley [also 1940 #2]
1939 Bestselling Novels
- 1939 #1 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- 1939 #2 All This, and Heaven, Too by Rachel Field [also 1938 #6]
- 1939 #3 #3 Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier [also 1938 #4]
- 1939 #4 Wickford Point by John P. Marquand
- 1939 #5 Escape by Ethel Vance
- 1939 #6 Disputed Passage by Lloyd C. Douglas
- 1939 #7 The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings [also 1938 #1]
- 1939 #8 The Tree of Liberty by Elizabeth Page
- 1939 #9 The Nazarene by Sholem Asch [Also 1940 #5]
- 1939 #10 Kitty Foyle by Christopher Morley [also 1940 #2]
World War II era bestselling novels, 1940-1949
1940 Bestselling Novels
- 1940 # 1 How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
- 1940 # 2 Kitty Foyle by Christopher Morley [also 1939 #10]
- 1940 # 3 Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther
- 1940 # 4 For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
- 1940 # 5 The Nazarene by Sholem Asch [also 1939 #9]
- 1940 # 6 Stars on the Sea by F. van Wyck Mason
- 1940 # 7 Oliver Wiswell by Kenneth Roberts [also 1941 #6]
- 1940 # 8 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- 1940 # 9 Night in Bombay by Louis Bromfield
- 1940 # 10 The Family by Nina Fedorova
1941 Bestselling Novels
- 1941 #1 The Keys of the Kingdom by A. J. Cronin [also 1942 #10]
- 1941 #2 Random Harvest by James Hilton
- 1941 #3 This Above All by Eric Knight
- 1941 #4 The Sun Is My Undoing by Marguerite Steen [also 1942 #8]
- 1941 #5 For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
- 1941 #6 Oliver Wiswell by Kenneth Roberts [also 1940 #7]
- 1941 #7 H. M. Pulham, Esquire by John P. Marquand
- 1941 #8 Mr. and Mrs. Cugat by Isabel Scott Rorick
- 1941 #9 Saratoga Trunk by Edna Ferber
- 1941 #10 Windswept by Mary Ellen Chase [also 1942 #6]
1942 Bestselling Novels
- 1942 #1 The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel [see also 1943]
- 1942 #2 The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck
- 1942 #3 Dragon Seed by Pearl S. Buck
- 1942 #4 And Now Tomorrow by Rachel Field
- 1942 #5 Drivin’ Woman by Elizabeth Pickett
- 1942 #6 Windswept by Mary Ellen Chase [also 1941 #10]
- 1942 #7 The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas [see also 1943 #1, 1944 #2, 1945 #2, 1953 #1]
- 1942 #8 The Sun Is My Undoing by Marguerite Steen [also 1941 #4]
- 1942 #9 King’s Row by Henry Bellamann
- 1942 #10 The Keys of the Kingdom by A. J. Cronin [also 1941]
1943 Bestselling Novels
- 1943 #1 The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas [also see 1942 #7, 1944 #2, 1945 #2, 1953 #1]
- 1943 #2 The Valley of Decision by Marcia Davenport
- 1943 #3 So Little Time by John P. Marquand
- 1943 #4 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith [also 1944 #3]
- 1943 #5 The Human Comedy by Kathleen Winsor
- 1943 #6 Mrs. Parkington by Louis Bromfield
- 1943 #7 The Apostle by Sholem Asch
- 1943 #8 Hungry Hill by Daphne du Maurier
- 1943 #9 The Forest and the Fort by Hervey Allen
- 1943 #10 The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel [also 1942 #1]
1944 Bestselling Novels
- 1944 #1 Strange Fruit by Lillian Smith
- 1944 #2 The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas [also see 1942 #7, 1943 #1, 1945 #2, 1953 #1]
- 1944 #3 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith [also 1943 #4]
- 1944 #4 Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor [also 1945 #1]
- 1944 #5 The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
- 1944 #6 The Green Years by A. J. Cronin
- 1944 #7 Leave Her to Heaven by Ben Ames Williams
- 1944 #8 Green Dolphin Street by Elizabeth George
- 1944 #19 A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
- 1944 #10 The Apostle by Sholem Asch [also 1943 #7]
1945 Bestselling Novels
- 1945 #1 Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor [also 1944 #4]
- 1945 #2 The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas[see also1942, 1943, 1944, 1953]
- 1945 #3 The Black Rose by Thomas B. Costain
- 1945 #4 The White Tower by James Ramsey Ullman
- 1945 #5 Cass Timberlane by Sinclair Lewis
- 1945 #6 So Well Remembered by James Hilton
- 1945 #7 A Lion Is in the Streets by Adria Locke Langley
- 1945 #8 Captain from Castile by Samuel Shellabarger
- 1945 #9 Earth and High Heaven by Gwethalyn Graham
- 1945 #10 Immortal Wife by Irving Stone
1946 Bestselling Novels
- 1946 #1 The King’s General by Daphne du Maurier
- 1946 #2 This Side of Innocence by Taylor Caldwell
- 1946 #3 The River Road by Frances Parkinson Keyes
- 1946 #4 The Miracle of the Bells by Russell Janney
- 1946 #5 The Hucksters by Frederic Wakeman
- 1946 #6 The Foxes of Harrow by Frank Yerby
- 1946 #7 Arch of Triumph by Erich Maria Remarque
- 1946 #8 The Black Rose by Thomas B. Costain
- 1946 #9 B.F.’s Daughter by John P. Marquand
- 1946 #10 The Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward
1947 Bestselling Novels
- 1947 #1 The Miracle of the Bells by Russell Janney
- 1947 #2 The Moneyman by Thomas B. Costain
- 1947 #3 Gentleman’s Agreement by Laura Z. Hobson
- 1947 # 4 Lydia Bailey by Kenneth Roberts
- 1947 #5 The Vixens by Frank Yerby
- 1947 #6 The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck
- 1947 #7 House Divided by Ben Ames Williams
- 1947 #8 Kingsblood Royal by Sinclair Lewis
- 1947 # 9 East Side, West Side by Marcia Davenport
- 1947 #10 Prince of Foxes by Samuel Shellabarger
1948 Bestselling Novels
- 1948 #1 The Big Fisherman by Lloyd C. Douglas
- 1948 #2 The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
- 1948 #3 Dinner at Antoine’s by Frances Parkinson Keyes
- 1948 #4 The Bishop’s Mantle by Agnes Sligh Turnbull
- 1948 #5 Tomorrow Will Be Better by Betty Smith
- 1948 #6 The Golden Hawk by Frank Yerby
- 1948 #7 Raintree County by Ross Lockridge Jr.
- 1948 #8 Shannon’s Way by A. J. Cronin
- 1948 #9 Pilgrim’s Inn by Elizabeth Goudge
- 1948 #10 The Young Lions by Irwin Shaw.
1949 Bestselling Novels
- 1949 #1 The Egyptian by Mika Waltari
- 1949 #2 The Big Fisherman by Lloyd C. Douglas
- 1949 #3 Mary by Sholem Asch
- 1949 #4 A Rage to Live by John O’Hara
- 1949 #5 Point of No Return by John P. Marquand
- 1949 # 6 Dinner at Antoine’s by Frances Parkinson Keyes
- 1949 #7 High Towers by Thomas B. Costain
- 1949 #8 Cutlass Empire by Van Wyck Mason
- 1949 #9 Pride’s Castle by Frank Yerby
- 1949 #10 Father of the Bride by Edward Streeter
Fabulous Fifties era bestselling novels
1950 Bestselling Novels
- 1950 #1 The Cardinal by Henry Morton Robinson
- 1950 #2 Joy Street by Frances Parkinson Keyes
- 1950 #3 Across the River and into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway
- 1950 #4 The Wall by John Hersey
- 1950 #5 Star Money by Kathleen Winsor
- 1950 #6 The Parasites by Daphne du Maurier
- 1950 #7 Floodtide by Frank Yerby
- 1950 #8 Jubilee Trail by Gwen Bristow
- 1950 #9 The Adventurer by Mika Waltari
- 1950 #10 The Disenchanted by Budd Schulberg
1951 Bestselling Novels
- 1951 #1 From Here to Eternity by James Jones
- 1951 #2 The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
- 1951 #3 Moses by Sholem Asch
- 1951 #4 The Cardinal by Henry Morton Robinson
- 1951 #5 A Woman Called Fancy by Frank Yerby
- 1951 #6 The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
- 1951 #7 Melville Godwin, USA by John P. Marquand
- 1951 #8 Return to Paradise by James A Michener
- 1951 #9 The Foundling by Cardinal Spellman
- 1951 #10 The Wanderer by Mika Waltari
1952 Bestselling Novels
- 1952 #1 The Silver Chalice by Thomas B. Costain
- 1952 #2 The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
- 1952 #3 East of Eden by John Steinbeck
- 1952 #4 My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
- 1952 #5 Steamboat Gothic by Frances Parkinson Keyes
- 1952 #6 Giant by Edna Ferber
- 1952 #7 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
- 1952 #8 The Gown of Glory by Agnes Sligh Turnbull
- 1952 #9 The Saracen Blade by Frank Yerby
- 1952 #10 The Houses in Between by Howard Spring
1953 Bestselling Novels
- 1953 #1 The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas [also 1942 #7, 1943 #1, 1944 #2, 1945 #2]
- 1953 #2 The Silver Chalice by Thomas B. Costain
- 1953 #3 Desiree by Annemarie Selinko
- 1953 #4 Battle Cry by Leon M. Uris
- 1953 #5 From Here to Eternity by James Jones
- 1953 #6 The High and the Mighty by Ernest K. Gann
- 1953 #7 Beyond This Place by A. J. Cronin
- 1953 #8 Time and Time Again by James Hilton
- 1953 #9 Lord Vanity by Samuel Shellabarger
- 1953 #10 The Unconquered by Ben Ames Williams
1954 Bestselling Novels
- 1954 #1 Not As a Stranger by Morton Thompson [see also 1955 #7]
- 1954 #2 Mary Anne by Daphne du Maurier
- 1954 #3 Love Is Eternal by Irving Stone
- 1954 #4 The Royal Box by Frances Parkinson Keyes
- 1954 #5 The Egyptian by Mika Waltari [also 1949 #1]
- 1954 #6 No Time for Sergeants by Mac Hyman [also 1955 #8]
- 1954 #7 Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck
- 1954 #8 The View from Pompey’s Head by Hamilton Basso
- 1954 #9 Never Victorious, Never Defeated by Taylor Caldwell
- 1954 #10 Benton’s Row by Frank Yerby
1955 Bestselling Novels
- 1955 #1 Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
- 1955 #2 Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis [also 1956 #4]
- 1955 #3 Andersonville by McKinlay Kantor [also 1956 #6]
- 1955 #4 Bonjour Tristesse: A Novel by Francoise Sagan
- 1955 #5 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
- 1955 #6 Something of Value by Robert Ruark
- 1955 #7 Not as a Stranger by Morton Thompson [also 1954 #1]
- 1955 #8 No Time for Sergeants by Mac Hyman [also 1954 #6]
- 1955 #9 The Tontine by Thomas B. Costain
- 1955 #10 Ten North Frederick by John O’Hara
1956 Bestselling Novels
- 1956 #1 Don’t Go Near the Water by William Brinkley
- 1956 #2 The Last Hurrah by Edwin O’Connor
- 1956 #3 Peyton Place by Grace Metalious [also 1957 #2]
- 1956 #4 Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis [also 1955 #2]
- 1956 #5 Eloise by Kay Thompson
- 1956 #6 Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor [see also 1955 #3]
- 1956 #7 A Certain Smile by Francoise Sagan
- 1956 #8 The Tribe That Lost Its Head by Nicholas Monsarrat
- 1956 #9 The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir
- 1956 #10 Boon Island by Kenneth Roberts
1957 Bestselling Novels
- 1957 #1 By Love Possessed by James Gould Cozzens
- 1957 #2 Peyton Place by Grace Metalious [also 1956 #3]
- 1957 #3 Compulsion by Meyer Levin
- 1957 #4 Rally Round the Flag, Boys! by Max Shulman
- 1957 #5 Blue Camellia by Frances Parkinson Keyes
- 1957 #6 Eloise in Paris by Kay Thompson
- 1956 #7 The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier
- 1957 #8 On the Beach by Nevil Shute
- 1957#9 Below the Salt by Thomas B. Costain
- 1957#10 Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
1958 Bestselling Novels
- 1958 #1 Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
- 1958 #2 Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver
- 1958 #3 Lolita by Vladmir Nabokov
- 1958 #4 Around the World with Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
- 1958 #5 From the Terrace by John O’Hara
- 1958 #6 Eloise at Christmastime by Kay Thompson
- 1958 #7 Ice Palace by Edna Ferber
- 1958 #8 The Winthrop Woman by Anya Seton
- 1958 #9 The Enemy Camp by Jerome Weidman
- 1958 #10 Victorine by Frances Parkinson Keyes
1959 Bestselling Novels
- 1959 #1 Exodus by Leon Uris
- 1959 #2 Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
- 1959 #3 Hawaii by James A. Michener
- 1959 #4 Advise and Consent by Allen Drury [also 1960 #1]
- 1959 #5 Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence
- 1959 #6 The Ugly American by William J. Lederer and Eugene L. Burdick
- 1959 #7 Dear and Glorious Physician by Caldwell, Taylor
- 1953 #8 Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
- 1959 #9 Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico
- 1959 #10 Poor No More by Robert Ruark
Vietnam Era Bestselling Novels, 1960-69
1960 Bestselling Novels
- 1960 #1 Advise and Consent by Allen Drury [also 1959 #4]
- 1960 #2 Hawaii by James A. Michener
- 1960 #3 The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa
- 1960 #4 The Chapman Report by Irving Wallace
- 1960 #5 Ourselves to Know by John O’Hara
- 1960 # 6 The Constant Image by Marcia Davenport
- 1960 #7 The Lovely Ambition by Mary Ellen Chase
- 1960 #8 The Listener by Taylor Daldwell
- 1960 #9 Trustee from the Toolroom by Nevil Shute
- 1960 #10 Sermons and Soda-Water by John O’Hara
1961 Bestselling Novels
- 1961 #1 The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone [also 1962 #9]
- 1961 #2 Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger [also 1962 #5]
- 1961 #3 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- 1961 #4 Mila 18 by Leon Uris
- 1961 #5 The Carpetbaggers by Harold Robbins
- 1961 #6 The Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
- 1961 #7 Winnie Ille Pu by Alexander Lenard (a Latin translation of A. A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh)
- 1961 #8 The Daughter of Silence by Morris West
- 1961 #9 The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O’Connor
- 1961 #10 The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
1962 Bestselling Novels
- 1962 #1 Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter
- 1962 #2 Dearly Beloved by Anne Morrow Lindberg
- 1962 #3 A Shade of Difference by Allen Drury
- 1962 #4 Youngblood Hawk by Herman Wouk
- 1962 #5 Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger [also 1961 #2]
- 1962 #6 Fail Safe by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler
- 1962 #7 Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II
- 1962 #8 The Prize by Irving Wallace
- 1962 #9 The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone [see also 1961 #1]
- 1962 #10 The Reivers by William Faulkner
1963 Bestselling Novels
- 1963 #1 The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris L. West
- 1963 #2 The Group by Mary McCarthy
- 1963 #3 Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters by J. D. Salinger
- 1963 #4 Caravans by James A. Michener
- 1963 #5 Elizabeth Appleton by John O’Hara
- 1963 #6 Grandmother and the Priests by Taylor Caldwell
- 1963 #7 City of Night by John Rechy
- 1963 #8 The Glass-Blowers by Daphne du Maurier
- 1963 #9 The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna
- 1963 #10 The Battle of Villa Fiorita by Rumer Godden
1964 Bestselling Novels
- 1964 #1 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré
- 1964 #2 Candy by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg
- 1964 #3 Herzog by Saul Bellow [also 1965 #3]
- 1964 #4 Armageddon by Leon Uris
- 1964 #5 The Man by Irving Wallace
- 1964 #6 The Rector of Justin by Louis Auchincloss
- 1964 #7 The Martyred by Richard E. Kim
- 1964 #8 You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming
- 1964 #9 This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart
- 1965 #10 Convention by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II
1965 Bestselling Novels
- 1965 #1 The Source by James A. Michener
- 1965 #2 Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman
- 1965 #3 Herzog by Saul Bellow [also 1964 #3]
- 1965 #4 The Looking Glass War by John le Carré
- 1965 #5 The Green Berets by Robin Moore
- 1965 #6 Those Who Love by Irving Stone
- 1965 #7 The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming
- 1965 #8 Hotel by Arthur Hailey
- 1965 #9 The Ambassador by Morris West
- 1965 #10 Don’t Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk
1966 Bestselling Novels
- 1966 #1 Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
- 1966 #2 The Adventurers by Harold Robbins
- 1966 #3 The Secret of Santa Vittoria by Robert Crichton
- 1966 #4 Capable of Honor by Allen Drury
- 1966 #5 The Double Image by Helen MacInnes
- 1966 #6 The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
- 1966 #7 Tell No Man by Adela Rogers St. Johns
- 1966 #8 Tai-Pan by James Clavell
- 1966 #9 The Embezzler by Louis Auchincloss
- 1966 #10 All in the Family by Edwin O’Connor
1967 Bestselling Novels
- 1967 #1 The Arrangement by Elia Kazan
- 1967 #2 The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron
- 1966 #3 The Chosen by Chaim Potok
- 1967 #4 Topaz by Leon Uris
- 1967 #5 Christy by Catherine Marshall
- 1967 #6 The Eighth Day by Thornton Wilder
- 1967 #7 Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
- 1967 #8 The Plot by Irving Wallace
- 1967 #9 The Gabriel Hounds by Mary Stewart
- 1967 #10 The Exhibitionist by Henry Sutton
1968 Bestselling Novels
- 1968 #1 Airport by Arthur Hailey
- 1968 #2 Couples by John Updike
- 1968 #3 The Salzburg Connection by Helen MacInnes
- 1968 #4 A Small Town in Germany by John le Carré
- 1968 #5 Testimony of Two Men by Taylor Caldwell
- 1968 #6 Preserve and Protect by Allen Drury
- 1968 #7 Myra Breckrenridge by Gore Vidal
- 1968 #8 Vanished by Fletcher Knebel
- 1968 #9 Christy by Catherine Marshall [also 1967]
- 1968 #10 The Tower of Babel by Morris L. West
1969 Bestselling Novels
- 1969 #1 Portnoy’s Complaint by Philip Roth
- 1969 #2 The Godfather by Mario Puzo
- 1969 #3 The Love Machine by Jacqueline Susann
- 1969 #4 The Inheritors by Harold Robbins
- 1969 #5 The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
- 1969 #6 The Seven Minutes by Irving Wallace
- 1969 #7 Naked Came the Stranger by Penelope Ashe
- 1969 #8 The Promise by Chaim Potok
- 1969 #9 The Pretenders by Gwen Davis
- 1969 #10 The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier
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