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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of May 25, 1980

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PRINCESS DAISY
Judith Krantz
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RANDOM WINDS
Belva Plain
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RANDOM WINDS

by Belva Plain · Delacorte Press

3 wks on list

From a quiet turn-of-the-century village in upstate New York to war-torn London, from the bedsides of the rural poor to the life-and-death urgency of a New York hospital, comes a powerful epic of three generations of doctors in one family. The Farrell family are dedicated, brilliant... and driven to the edge of destruction by a love no force can suppress.

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THE BLEEDING HEART
Marilyn French
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THE BLEEDING HEART

by Marilyn French · Summit

9 wks on list

A love story for and about adults, it speaks to the hearts and minds of women and men everywhere. Dolores and Victor are both both successful, both Americans living alone in England. They meet and fall instantly in love, only to discover they agree on nothing. From the start they know they have only one year together. Their affair is sometimes bitter, always passionate, and, in the end, an extraordinary revelation for them both. "A monumental achievement." -- Cosmopolitan

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PORTRAITS
Cynthia Freeman
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INNOCENT BLOOD
P.D. James
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INNOCENT BLOOD

by P.D. James · Scribner's

1 wks on list

Philippa Palfrey, adopted as a child, believes herself to be the motherless, illegitimate daughter of an aristocratic father. At eighteen she exercises her right to find out the truth. What she discovers will change her life forever. Philippa embarks on a thrilling investigation, enters a new and terrifying world and soon comes to realize that she is not the only one interested in her parents' whereabouts. From the bestselling author of Death Comes to Pemberley, Children of Men and Death in Holy Orders, Innocent Blood is both a mystery and a thriller, a superb novel that explores the themes of self-identity, blood ties, guilt and revenge. P.D. James has been influential as a crime writer for many years and her writing is often compared to the work of authors such as Val Mcdermid, Ian Rankin and Peter Robinson. 'A fascinating psychological study of blood ties, guilt and revenge' Sunday Telegraph

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WHO'S ON FIRST
William F. Buckley Jr
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WHO'S ON FIRST

by William F. Buckley Jr · Doubleday

10 wks on list

Suspense: Blackford Oakes' new assignment is to delay a Soviet space shot.

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SMILEY'S PEOPLE
John le Carré
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SMILEY'S PEOPLE

by John le Carré · Knopf

23 wks on list

Its an emergency, George. You remember Vladimir? George, are you awake? You remember the old General? The phone call that dragged George Smiley, acting Chief of the Circus, from his bed was a plea to return to active service. But only to bury the case, not to solve it. An old acquaintance shot dead on Hampstead Heath, an old woman in Paris promised the return of a daughter shell never see, a photograph taken in a Hamburg brothel - and George Smiley is called out of retirement ... SMILEYS PEOPLE has all the le Carr touches Sunday Telegraph

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BACK BAY
William Martin
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BACK BAY

by William Martin · Crown

The powerful Pratts have searched for generations for a lost family possession--a breathtaking Paul Revere treasure. A centuries-spanning tale of romance, greed, lust, and murder reissued to tie-in with the paperback release of Martin's latest bestseller Cape Cod, featured above.

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