Hardcover Fiction

by Arthur Hailey · Doubleday

by James Michener · Random House

The editors of Random House, having heard Mr. Michener relate the circumstances that led to the writing of Centennial, and his experiences during his long preparation for the task, felt that an account of these matters would be of particular interest to those who are concerned with the making and dissemination of books.

by John D, MacDonald · Lippincott

Travis McGee learns that he will have to earn the ten thousand dollars being paid him for hiding a small fortune aboard his houseboat, The Busted Flush

by Allen Drury · Doubleday

What will President Knox do when confronted by the most awesome challenge of atomic war between Russia and China.

by Richard Adams · Simon & Schuster

In a bitterly divided world, a giant bear becomes an object of worship in "the extraordinary fantasy novel by the author of Watership Down" ( The Guardian, UK). In a burning forest, Kelderek the hunter encounters a gigantic bear unlike any he's seen before. Surely this is the reincarnation of Lord Shardik, the messenger of god whose return has been anticipated by the primitive Ortelgan people. In service to Shardik, Kelderek becomes a prophet, then a soldier, and finally an emperor-priest. Swept up by fate and his impassioned faith, Klederek will come to discover ever-deeper layers of meaning implicit in the bear's divinity. Written after his bestselling debut novel Watership Down, Richard Adams's Shardik is an epic fantasy of tragic character. A fascinating depiction of the power of belief, it explores themes of faith, slavery, and war.

by Jessamyn West · Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

by John Updike · Knopf

by Phyllis A. Whitney · Doubleday

by Nicholas Meyer · Dutton

Back in print to tie-in with The Canary Trainer, this "rediscovered" Sherlock Holmes adventure recounts the unique collaboration of Holmes and Sigmund Freud in the solution of a mystery on which the lives of millions may depend.

by Thomas Harris · Putnam's

When the game begins in New Orleans this Super Bowl Sunday . . . 80,000 people had better get ready to die. The Super Bowl--where thousands have gathered for an all-American tradition. Suddenly it's the most terrifying place on earth . . . Michael Lander is the most dangerous man in America. He pilots a television blimp over packed football stadiums every weekend. He is fascinated with explosives. And he happens to be very, very crazy. That's why a beautiful PLO operative has seduced him. That's why--on Super Bowl Sunday--the world will witness the bloody assassination of the U. S. president and the worst mass murder in history. Unless someone discovers what Michael Lander plans . . . and can kill him first.