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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of January 15, 1978

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THE SILMARILLION
J.R.R. Tolkien
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THE SILMARILLION

by J.R.R. Tolkien · Houghton Mifflin

23 wks at #1 · 17 on list

The forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion tells the earlier history of Middle-earth, recounting the events of the First and Second Ages, and introducing some of the key characters, such as Galadriel, Elrond, Elendil and the Dark Lord, Sauron.

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DANIEL MARTIN
John Fowles
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DANIEL MARTIN

by John Fowles · Little, Brown

17 wks on list

An extraordinary work of fiction, from one of the world's most exceptional writers. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JULIAN FELLOWES After graduating from Oxford, Daniel Martin moved to America and successfully pursued the dreams of many: he became a Hollywood screenwriter. But, as the years go by, Daniel grows more and more unsatisfied with the life he once coveted and the person he has become. Now Daniel has been called back to England to reconcile with a dying friend, but finds that he must also reconcile with the past and with himself. 'I find it disastrous to read any of John Fowles' books - once I pick one up, I cannot put it down so everything else gets ignored!' Judi Dench, Daily Express 'An instant masterpiece. It is a tour de force of stamina and subtlety' Daily Telegraph

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BEGGARMAN, THIEF
Irwin Shaw
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BEGGARMAN, THIEF

by Irwin Shaw · Delacorte Press

13 wks on list

It is 1968, the end of the saga of Tom Jordache, the murdered hero of Rich Man, Poor Man.

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DYNASTY
Robert S. Elegant
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DELTA OF VENUS
Anais Nin
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DELTA OF VENUS

by Anais Nin · Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

24 wks on list

Escritos a principios de la década de 1940 por encargo de un excéntrico coleccionista de libros que insistía en pedir «menos poesía» y descripciones más explícitas en las escenas sexuales, los relatos de Delta de Venus no vieron la luz hasta los años 1970. Ambientados en torno al París de la época e hilados por la aparición recurrente de personajes comunes de distinta importancia según cada cuento, ofrecen una visión libre de las relaciones humanas, en la que el erotismo y el ansia de placer no excluyen ni la belleza ni el sentimiento, ni la amistad ni la búsqueda de la autenticidad.

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