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Hardcover Fiction

Week of June 17, 1979

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THE MATARESE CIRCLE
Robert Ludlum
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THE MATARESE CIRCLE

by Robert Ludlum · Richard Marek

14 wks at #1 · 13 on list

The Matarese Circle are the Corsican Brotherhood. Terrifying killers, their power could plunge the world into chaos and destruction within two years. Only two rival spies - and one mysterious woman - can stop them. Brandon Scofield, CIA, and the West's most professional assassin, and Vasili Taleniekov, former KGB, now wanted by the Politburo. They share a genius for espionage - and a life of terror and explosive violence. Sworn enemies, Scofield and Taleniekov have vowed to terminate each other, but now they must become allies. Because only they possess the brutal skills and ice-cold nerves vital to destroy an international circle of killers: the Matarese...

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SHIBUMI
Trevanian
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SHIBUMI

by Trevanian · Crown

5 wks on list
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HANTA YO
Ruth Beebe Hill
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THE VICAR OF CHRIST
Walter F. Murphy
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THE VICAR OF CHRIST

by Walter F. Murphy · Macmillan

5 wks on list

Levensbeschrijving van de toekomstige paus Franciscus I, een voormalig commandant in de Korea-oorlog, die de naastenliefde over de hele wereld krachtig wil bevorderen.

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SS-GB
Len Deighton
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SS-GB

by Len Deighton · Knopf

13 wks on list

A fictional account of what might have happened if the Nazis had invaded and defeated England during World War II.

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CLASS REUNION
Rona Jaffe
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CLASS REUNION

by Rona Jaffe · Delacorte Press

2 wks on list

A story about friendship, love, and secrets that spans three decades--the fifties, sixties, and seventies--set against the background of the social mores that shaped al l our lives.

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THE PIGEON PROJECT
Irving Wallace

THE PIGEON PROJECT

by Irving Wallace · Simon & Schuster

7 wks on list

'Korean Words: Basic' is a Korean vocabulary book. You can learn more than 600 of the most basic and frequently used Korean words. The words are categorized into 17 topics to help you learn the words in a very easy way. This is the second book of the 'Beginner's Guide to Korean Language'. You can learn the Korean language easily by using the series.

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THE STORIES OF JOHN CHEEVER
John Cheever
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THE STORIES OF JOHN CHEEVER

by John Cheever · Knopf

This collection of Cheever's short fiction features the Swimmer, The enormous radio, The housebreaker of Shady Hill and fifty-eight other stories written and published over the past three decades.

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