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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of March 3, 1985

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IF TOMORROW COMES
Sidney Sheldon
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IF TOMORROW COMES

by Sidney Sheldon · Morrow

9 wks at #1 · 6 on list
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SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH
Douglas Adams
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SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH

by Douglas Adams · Harmony

12 wks on list

There is a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. It's not an easy thing to do and Arthur Dent thinks he's the only human who's been able to master this nifty little trick - until he meets Fenchurch, the girl of his dreams. Fenchruch knows how the world could be made a good and happy place. Unfortunately she's forgotten. Convinced that the secret lies within God's Final Message to His Creation, they go in search of it. And, in a dramatic break with tradition, actually find it. . .

8
NEW
THINNER
Richard Bachman
Cover of THINNER

THINNER

by Richard Bachman · New American Library

1 wks on list

For use in schools and libraries only. After an old gypsy woman is killed by his car, lawyer Billy Halleck is stricken with a flesh-wasting malady and must undertake a nightmarish journey to confront the forces of death.

10
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SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR
William F. Buckley Jr
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SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR

by William F. Buckley Jr · Doubleday

2 wks on list

The year is 1961, the setting Havana. CIA super-secret agent Blackford Oakes is sent there on a mission only to find himself in the eye of an international political hurricane.

12
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ILLUSIONS OF LOVE
Cynthia Freeman
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ILLUSIONS OF LOVE

by Cynthia Freeman · Putnam

14 wks on list

Twenty-five years after their parting and Martin's arranged marriage to Sylvia, Jenny walks back into Martin's life and their undiminished passion threatens his marriage, his family, and his heritage

14
NEW
MEXICO SET
Len Deighton
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MEXICO SET

by Len Deighton · Knopf

1 wks on list

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