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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of June 19, 1960

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ADVISE AND CONSENT
Allen Drury
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ADVISE AND CONSENT

by Allen Drury · Doubleday

28 wks at #1 · 45 on list
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HAWAII
James A. Michener
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THE CONSTANT IMAGE
Marcia Davenport
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THE CONSTANT IMAGE

by Marcia Davenport · Charles Scribner's Sons

19 wks on list

Hariet and Carlo saw no harm in their love affair. It was intended to last only as long as Hariet's winter in Milan. Neither of them expected they would mean so much to each other. When an old and sophisticated society enforced the rights of the family against the lawless claims of love, the love was put to a terrible test.

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A DISTANT TRUMPET
Paul Horgan
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A DISTANT TRUMPET

by Paul Horgan · Farrar & Rinehart

7 wks on list

A Distant Trumpet is a story of the American West, hailed as "a first-rate historical novel about the eternally mystifying, fascinating, dramatic complexities of human character."

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OURSELVES TO KNOW
John O'Hara

OURSELVES TO KNOW

by John O'Hara · Random House

17 wks on list

In 1908, in a small Pennsylvania town, a highly respected citizen kills his young wife. A full-length portrait of a troubled and talented man of good will.

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CLEA
Lawrence Durrell
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CLEA

by Lawrence Durrell · E.P. Dutton

11 wks on list

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.