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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of January 25, 1976

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CURTAIN
Agatha Christie
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CURTAIN

by Agatha Christie · Dodd, Mead

19 wks at #1 · 17 on list

One of Christie's last published novels, and perhaps Hercule Poirot's most controversial investigation, this stunner from the Queen of Crime isn't just a mystery...it made history.

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RAGTIME
E. L. Doctorow
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THE CHOIRBOYS
Joseph Wambaugh
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THE CHOIRBOYS

by Joseph Wambaugh · Delacorte Press

9 wks on list

The story of ten cops working the nightwatch out of Wiltshire Division in Los Angeles. Off duty they attend choir practice, a euphemism for the orgies of drink, food and sex that help them to escape the emotional torture of police work.

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THE GREEK TREASURE
Irving Stone

THE GREEK TREASURE

by Irving Stone · Doubleday

14 wks on list

The 19th century archaeologist, with the help of his Greek wife, proved that Homer's Troy, with all its fabulous treasure, really existed.

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IN THE BEGINNING
Chaim Potok
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IN THE BEGINNING

by Chaim Potok · Knopf

10 wks on list

David Lurie learns that all beginnings are hard. He must fight for his place against the bullies in his Depression-shadowed Bronx neighborhood and his own frail health. As a young man, he must start anew and define his own path of personal belief that diverges sharply with his devout father and everything he has been taught....

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HUMBOLDT'S GIFT
Saul Bellow
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HUMBOLDT'S GIFT

by Saul Bellow · Viking Press

21 wks on list

Een filosofisch ingestelde Joods-Amerikaanse schrijver vestigt zich uit nostalgie in Chicago, zijn geboortestad en komt daar door een literaire erfenis in aanraking met tegenstrijdige krachten

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SHOGUN
James Clavell

SHOGUN

by James Clavell · Atheneum

28 wks on list

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