HYDE PARK BOOKS (return home)
Best Selling Books in America, 1960's
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| F I C T I O N 1. Advise and Consent, Allen Drury
2. Hawaii, James A. Michener 3. The Leopard, Giuseppe di Lampedusa 4. The Chapman Report, Irving Wallace 5. Ourselves To Know, John O'Hara 6. The Constant Image, Marcia Davenport 7. The Lovely Ambition, Mary Ellen Chase 8. The Listener, Taylor Caldwell 9. Trustee from the Toolroom, Nevil Shute 10. Sermons and Soda-Water, John O'Hara |
N O N F I C T I O N
1. Folk Medicine, D. C. Jarvis 2. Better Homes and Gardens First Aid for Your Family 3. The General Foods Kitchens Cookbook 4. May This House Be Safe from Tigers, Alexander King 5. Better Homes and Gardens Dessert Book 6. Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Ideas 7. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William L. Shirer 8. The Conscience of a Conservative, Barry Goldwater 9. I Kid You Not, Jack Paar 10. Between You, Me and the Gatepost, Pat Boone |
1961
| F I C T I O N 1. The Agony and the Ecstasy, Irving Stone
2. Franny and Zooey, J. D. Salinger 3. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee 4. Mila 18, Leon Uris 5. The Carpetbaggers, Harold Robbins 6. Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller 7. Winnie Ille Pu, Alexander Lenard, trans. 8. Daughter of Silence, Morris West 9. The Edge of Sadness, Edwin O'Connor 10. The Winter of Our Discontent, John Steinbeck |
N O N F I C T I O N
1. The New English Bible: The New Testament 2. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William Shirer 3. Better Homes and Gardens Sewing Book 4. Casserole Cook Book 5. A Nation of Sheep, William Lederer 6. Better Homes and Gardens Nutrition for Your Family 7. The Making of the President, 1960, Theodore H. White 8. Calories Don't Count, Dr. Herman Taller 9. Betty Crocker's New Picture Cook Book: New Edition 10. Ring of Bright Water, Gavin Maxwell |
1963
| F I C T I O N 1. Ship of Fools, Katherine Anne Porter
2. Dearly Beloved, Anne Morrow Lindbergh 3. A Shade of Difference, Allen Drury 4. Youngblood Hawke, Herman Wouk 5. Franny and Zooey, J. D. Salinger 6. Fail-Safe, Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler 7. Seven Days in May, Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II 8. The Prize, Irving Wallace 9. The Agony and the Ecstasy, Irving Stone 10. The Reivers, William Faulkner |
N O N F I C T I O N
1. Calories Don't Count, Dr. Herman Taller 2. The New English Bible: The New Testament 3. Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book: New Edition 4. O Ye Jigs & Juleps!, Virginia Cary Hudson 5. Happiness Is a Warm Puppy, Charles M. Schulz 6. The Joy of Cooking: New Edition, Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker 7. My Life in Court, Louis Nizer 8. The Rothschilds, Frederic Morton 9. Sex and the Single Girl, Helen Gurley Brown 10. Travels with Charley, John Steinbeck |
1963
| F I C T I O N 1. The Shoes of the Fisherman, Morris L. West
2. The Group, Mary McCarthy 3. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, and Seymour--An Introduction, J. D. Salinger 4. Caravans, James A. Michener 5. Elizabeth Appleton, John O'Hara 6. Grandmother and the Priests, Taylor Caldwell 7. City of Night, John Rechy 8. The Glass-Blowers, Daphne du Maurier 9. The Sand Pebbles, Richard McKenna 10. The Battle of the Villa Fiorita, Rumer Godden |
N O N F I C T I O N
1. Happiness Is a Warm Puppy, Charles M. Schulz 2. Security Is a Thumb and a Blanket, Charles M. Schulz 3. J.F.K.: The Man and the Myth, Victor Lasky 4. Profiles in Courage: Inaugural Edition, John F. Kennedy 5. 0 Ye Jigs & Juleps!, Virginia Cary Hudson 6. Better Homes and Gardens Bread Cook Book 7. The Pillsbury Family Cookbook 8. I Owe Russia $1200, Bob Hope 9. Heloise's Housekeeping Hints 10. Better Homes and Gardens Baby Book |
1964
| F I C T I O N 1. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, John Le Carré
2. Candy, Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg 3. Herzog, Saul Bellow 4. Armageddon, Leon Uris 5. The Man, Irving Wallace 6. The Rector of Justin, Louis Auchincloss 7. The Martyred, Richard E. Kim 8. You Only Live Twice, Ian Fleming 9. This Rough Magic, Mary Stewart 10. Convention, Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II |
N O N F I C T I O N
1. Four Days, American Heritage and United Press International 2. I Need All the Friends I Can Get, Charles M. Schulz 3. Profiles in Courage: Memorial Edition, John F. Kennedy 4. In His Own Write, John Lennon 5. Christmas Is Together-Time, Charles M. Schulz 6. A Day in the Life of President Kennedy, Jim Bishop 7. The Kennedy Wit, compiled by Bill Adler 8. A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway 9. Reminiscences, General Douglas MacArthur 10. The John F. Kennedys, Mark Shaw |
1965
| F I C T I O N 1. The Source, James A. Michener
2. Up the Down Staircase, Bel Kaufman 3. Herzog, Saul Bellow 4. The Looking Glass War, John Le Carré 5. The Green Berets, Robin Moore 6. Those Who Love, Irving Stone 7. The Man with the Golden Gun, Ian Fleming 8. Hotel, Arthur Hailey 9. The Ambassador, Morris West 10. Don't Stop the Carnival, Herman Wouk |
N O N F I C T I O N
1. How To Be a Jewish Mother, Dan Greenburg 2. A Gift of Prophecy, Ruth Montgomery 3. Games People Play, Eric Berne, M.D. 4. World Aflame, Billy Graham 5. Happiness Is a Dry Martini, Johnny Carson 6. Markings, Dag Hammarskjöld 7. A Thousand Days, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. 8. My Shadow Ran Fast, Bill Sands 9. Kennedy, Theodore C. Sorensen 10. The Making of the President, 1964, Theodore H. White |
1966
| F I C T I O N 1. Valley of the Dolls, Jacqueline Susann
2. The Adventurers, Harold Robbins 3. The Secret of Santa Vittoria, Robert Crichton 4. Capable of Honor, Allen Drury 5. The Double Image, Helen MacInnes 6. The Fixer, Bernard Malamud 7. Tell No Man, Adela Rogers St. Johns 8. Tai-Pan, James Clavell 9. The Embezzler, Louis Auchincloss 10. All in the Family, Edwin O'Connor |
N O N F I C T I O N
1. How to Avoid Probate, Norman F. Dacey 2. Human Sexual Response, William Howard Masters and Virginia E. Johnston 3. In Cold Blood, Truman Capote 4. Games People Play, Eric Berne, M.D. 5. A Thousand Days, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 6. Everything but Money, Sam Levenson 7. The Random House Dictionary of the English Language 8. Rush to Judgment, Mark Lane 9. The Last Battle, Cornelius Ryan 10. Phyllis Diller's Housekeeping Hints, Phyllis Diller |
1967
| F I C T I O N 1. The Arrangement, Elia Kazan
2. The Confessions of Nat Turner, William Styron (tie) 2. The Chosen, Chaim Potok (tie) 4. Topaz, Leon Uris 5. Christy, Catherine Marshall 6. The Eighth Day, Thornton Wilder 7. Rosemary's Baby, Ira Levin 8. The Plot, Irving Wallace 9. The Gabriel Hounds, Mary Stewart 10. The Exhibitionist, Henry Sutton |
N O N F I C T I O N
1. Death of a President, William Manchester 2. Misery Is a Blind Date, Johnny Carson 3. Games People Play, Eric Berne, M.D. 4. Stanyan Street & Other Sorrows, Rod McKuen 5. A Modern Priest Looks at His Outdated Church, Father James Kavanaugh 6. Everything but Money, Sam Levenson 7. Our Crowd, Stephen Birmingham 8. Edgar Cayce--The Sleeping Prophet, Jess Stearn (tie) 8. Better Homes and Gardens Favorite Ways with Chicken (tie) 8. Phyllis Diller's Marriage Manual, Phyllis Diller (tie) |
1968
| F I C T I O N 1. Airport, Arthur Hailey
2. Couples, John Updike 3. The Salzburg Connection, Helen MacInnes 4. A Small Town in Germany, John Le Carré 5. Testimony of Two Men, Taylor Caldwell 6. Preserve and Protect, Allen Drury 7. Myra Breckinridge, Gore Vidal 8. Vanished, Fletcher Knebel 9. Christy, Catherine Marshall 10. The Tower of Babel, Morris L. West |
N O N F I C T I O N
1. Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book 2. The Random House Dictionary of the English Language: College Edition, Laurence Urdang, editor 3. Listen to the Warm, Rod McKuen 4. Between Parent and Child, Haim G. Ginott 5. Lonesome Cities, Rod McKuen 6. The Doctor's Quick Weight Loss Diet, Erwin M. Stillman and Samm Sinclair Baker 7. The Money Game, Adam Smith 8. Stanyan Street & Other Sorrows, Rod McKuen 9. The Weight Watcher's Cook Book, Jean Nidetch 10. Better Homes and Gardens Eat and Stay Slim |
1969
| F I C T I O N 1. Portnoy's Complaint, Philip Roth
2. The Godfather, Mario Puzo 3. The Love Machine, Jacqueline Susann 4. The Inheritors, Harold Robbins 5. The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton 6. The Seven Minutes, Irving Wallace 7. Naked Came the Stranger, Penelope Ashe 8. The Promise, Chaim Potok 9. The Pretenders, Gwen Davis 10. The House on the Strand, Daphne du Maurier |
N O N F I C T I O N
1. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, William Morris, editor 2. In Someone's Shadow, Rod McKuen 3. The Peter Principle, Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull 4. Between Parent and Teenager, Dr. Haim G. Ginott 5. The Graham Kerr Cookbook, the Galloping Gourmet 6. The Selling of the President 1968, Joe McGinniss 7. Miss Craig's 21-Day Shape-Up Program for Men and Women, Marjorie Craig 8. My Life and Prophecies, Jeane Dixon with René Noorbergen 9. Linda Goodman's Sun Signs, Linda Goodman 10. Twelve Years of Christmas, Rod McKuen |