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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of August 26, 1979

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SOPHIE'S CHOICE
William Styron
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SOPHIE'S CHOICE

by William Styron · Random House

6 wks at #1 · 10 on list
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THE LAST ENCHANTMENT
Mary Stewart
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THE LAST ENCHANTMENT

by Mary Stewart · Morrow

3 wks on list

When the rose-gold witch Morgause, King Arthur's half-sister, ensnares him into an incestuous liaison to her own evil ends, a fatal web of love, betrayal, and bloody vengeance is woven.

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THE MATARESE CIRCLE
Robert Ludlum
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THE MATARESE CIRCLE

by Robert Ludlum · Richard Marek

23 wks 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

15 wks on list
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CLASS REUNION
Rona Jaffe
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CLASS REUNION

by Rona Jaffe · Delacorte Press

12 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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THERE'S NO SUCH PLACE AS FAR AWAY
Richard Bach
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THERE'S NO SUCH PLACE AS FAR AWAY

by Richard Bach · Delacorte/ Eleanor Friede

10 wks on list

When she was about to turn five, a little girl named Rae Hansen invited Richard Bach to her birthday party. Though deserts, storms, mountains, and a thousand miles separated them, Rae was confident that her friend would appear. "There's No Such Place As Far Away" chronicles the exhilarating spiritual journey that delivered Rae's anxiously awaited guest to her side on that special day--and tells of the powerful and enduring gift that would keep him forever close to her heart. Written with the same elegant simplicity that made "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" a bestselling phenomenon, "There's No Such Place As Far Away" has touched the hearts of thousands of readers since its first publication in 1979. Richard Bach's inspiring, now-classic tale is a profound reminder that miles cannot truly separate us from friends...that those we love are always with us--every moment of the infinite celebration we call life. "From the Trade Paperback edition."

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HANTA YO
Ruth Beebe Hill
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SPHINX
Robin Cook
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Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.