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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of April 28, 1974

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BURR
Gore Vidal
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BURR

by Gore Vidal · Random House

21 wks at #1 · 24 on list
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WATERSHIP DOWN
Richard Adams
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WATERSHIP DOWN

by Richard Adams · Macmillan

3 wks on list

A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for over forty years, Richard Adams’ spellbinding classic Watership Down is one of the best-loved novels of all time. Set in the beautiful English countryside of the Berkshire Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage, and survival follows a band of very special rabbits fleeing the destruction of their home by a developer. Led by a stout-hearted pair of brothers, they leave the safety of Sandleford Warren in search of a safe haven and a mysterious promised land, skirting danger at every turn.

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JAWS
Peter Benchley
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JAWS

by Peter Benchley · Doubleday

8 wks on list

"Relentless terror." The Philadelphia Inquirer.The classic, blockbuster thriller of man-eating terror that inspired the Steven Spielberg movie and made millions of beachgoers afraid to go into the water. Experience the thrill of helpless horror again -- or for the first time!From the Paperback edition.

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I HEARD THE OWL CALL MY NAME
Margaret Craven
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I HEARD THE OWL CALL MY NAME

by Margaret Craven · Doubleday

7 wks on list

A young minister who has two years to live learns about the meaning of life when he is sent to an Indian parish in British Columbia. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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COGAN'S TRADE
George Higgins
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Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.