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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of April 5, 1964

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THE GROUP
Mary McCarthy
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THE GROUP

by Mary McCarthy · Harcourt, Brace and World

31 wks on list

Eight Vassar girls, determined not to be like Mother, decide to move with the times and put into action the ideas they have learned about in college.

5
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THE WAPSHOT SCANDAL
John Cheever
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THE WAPSHOT SCANDAL

by John Cheever · Harper & Row

11 wks on list

Tells of the Wapshot family as they carom around the world with considerable velocity, at times veering into outbreaks of wild hilarity.

8
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THE HAT ON THE BED
John O'Hara
Cover of THE HAT ON THE BED

THE HAT ON THE BED

by John O'Hara · Random House

18 wks on list

A collection of 24 hitherto uncollected stories.

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