The Birds Fall Down by Rebecca West-22 weeks.

Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann-55 weeks.

Capable of Honor by Allen Drury-26 weeks.The Secret of Santa Vittoria by Robert Crichton-28 weeks.A Dream of Kings by Harry Mark Petrakis-4 weeks.The Adventurers by Harold Robbins-34 weeks.All in the Family by Edwin O’Connor-5 weeks.The Mask of Apollo by Mary Renault-1 week.The Birds Fall Down by Rebecca West-4 weeks.Capable of Honor by Allen Drury-8 weeks.Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann-37 weeks.The Secret of Santa Vittoria by Robert Crichton-10 weeks.

The Flight of the Falcon by Daphne du Maurier-10 weeks.A Pillar of Iron by Taylor Caldwell-8 weeks.The Looking Glass War by John le Carre-1 weeks.The Green Berets by Robin Moore-2 weeks.Don’t Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk-15 weeks.Night of Camp David by Fletcher Knebel-5 weeks.Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman-18 weeks.Von Ryan’s Express by David Westheimer-1 week.On Her Majesty’s Secret Service by Ian Fleming-24 weeks.The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris L.The Wapshot Scandal by John Cheever-5 weeks.The Hat on the Bed by John O’Hara-12 weeks.The Venetian Affair by Helen MacInnes-18 weeks.The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carre-6 weeks.Fail-Safe by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler -29 weeks.The Bedford Incident by Mark Rascovich-1 weeks.The Moonflower Vine by Jetta Carleton-13 weeks.The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna-18 weeks.Grandmother and the Priests by Taylor Caldwell-7 weeks.Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters by J.D.Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W.The Glass Blowers by Daphne du Maurier-7 weeks.Another Country by James Baldwin-17 weeks.Youngblood Hawke by Herman Wouk-23 weeks.The Reivers by William Faulkner-19 weeks.The Thin Red Line by James Jones-5 weeks.

Dearly Beloved by Anne Morrow Lindbergh-20 weeks.

Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter-29 weeks.

A Shade of Difference by Allen Drury-4 weeks.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee-38 weeks.

Advise and Consent by Allen Drury-89 weeks.

A Burnt-Out Case by Graham Greene-9 weeks.

The Last of the Just by Andre Schwarz-Bart -23 weeks.

The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone-4 weeks.

The Mansion by William Faulkner-8 weeks.

The Darkness and the Dawn by Thomas B.

Dear and Glorious Physician by Taylor Caldwell-42 weeks.

Advise and Consent by Allen Drury-23 weeks.

Currently on display in the Atrium, 1st floor, above the Read & Relax paperbacks. The New York Times bestselling fiction lists reflect the diverse tastes of the reading public–whether it is a Sci-Fi medical thriller where a deadly virus from a satellite is brought back to earth in The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton Gore Vidal’s dark, gender bending comedy Myra Breckinridge the nosy, creepy neighbors who come bearing bitter chocolate mousse in Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin a Christian romance in Christy who is torn between two suitors by Catherine Marshall a burned out womanizer and world famous artist seeks escape in the Congo in A Burnt-Out Caseby Graham Green or eight female friends from Vassar, 30 years after graduation–their marriages, their work, their lives–in Mary McCarthy’s social satire, The Group.

New York Times Bestsellers of the 1960s Posted on October 30th, 2014

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