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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of October 2, 1983

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POLAND
James A. Michener
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POLAND

by James A. Michener · Random House

12 wks at #1 · 5 on list

A novel which follows three families from different stations in life from the horrendous battles in 13th century Poland through the glory of the Austrian Empire to the struggles in Poland today.

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AUGUST
Judith Rossner
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AUGUST

by Judith Rossner · Houghton Mifflin

8 wks on list

Dawn Henley, in analysis with Dr. Lulu Shinefeld, recalls the earlier episodes of her troubled life, as both doctor and patient - the recently divorced psychiatrist and mother and the troubled Barnard freshman - engage in an exploration of their secret needs and desires.

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HOLLYWOOD WIVES
Jackie Collins
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HOLLYWOOD WIVES

by Jackie Collins · Simon & Schuster

9 wks on list

They're rich, powerful, and ambitious--and whatever the new generation of Hollywood wives want, they get. They will stop at nothing for their chance in the spotlight. There are no limits to their passions--or their excesses--and there are new rules to the power game. Megastar Lissa Roman is about to discover that the game itself can exact a deadly price. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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RETURN OF THE JEDI
Joan D. Vinge

RETURN OF THE JEDI

by Joan D. Vinge · Random House

In a sequel to "The Star Wars Storybook" and "The Empire Strikes Back Storybook", Luke Skywalker and his friends in the Rebel Alliance formulate a daring plan to battle with the Empire and its evil leaders, Darth Vader and the Emperor.

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HEARTBURN
Nora Ephron
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HEARTBURN

by Nora Ephron · Knopf

23 wks on list

Seven months into her pregnancy, Rachel Samstat discovers that her husband, Mark, is in love with another woman. The fact that the other woman has a neck as long as an arm and a nose as long as a thumb is no consolation. Food sometimes is, though, since Rachel writes cookbooks for a living. And in between trying to win Mark back and loudly wishing him dead, Ephron's irrepressible heroine offers some of her favorite recipes.

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