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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of March 15, 1987

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WINDMILLS OF THE GODS
Sidney Sheldon
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WINDMILLS OF THE GODS

by Sidney Sheldon · Morrow

7 wks at #1 · 6 on list

Mary Ashley, the young newly appointed U.S. ambassador to an Iron Curtain country, becomes the target of an international cabal's assassination plot, she must discover which of the two men in her life is involved in the plot--Novelist.

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RED STORM RISING
Tom Clancy
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RED STORM RISING

by Tom Clancy · Putnam

33 wks on list

When Moslem fundamentalists destroy a key Soviet oil complex, the Russians initiate a plan of diplomatic trickery for their seizure of Persian Gulf oil.

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OUTBREAK
Robin Cook
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OUTBREAK

by Robin Cook · Putnam

4 wks on list
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NIGHT OF THE FOX
Jack Higgins
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NIGHT OF THE FOX

by Jack Higgins · Simon & Schuster

9 wks on list

In his biggest and most exciting novel since The Eagle Has Landed, Jack Higgins sweeps the reader into one of the most extraordinary--and secret--episodes of World War II: a mission to rescue from the hands of the Germans a man who knows the time and place of D-Day!

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IT
Stephen King
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IT

by Stephen King · Viking Press

27 wks on list

Stephen King's classic #1 New York Times bestseller and the basis for the massively successful films It: Chapter One and It: Chapter Two as well as inspiration for HBO Max’s upcoming Welcome to Derry—about seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stumbled upon as teenagers...an evil without a name: It. Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real. They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty-eight years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city’s children. Now, children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that terrifying summer return as they prepare to once again battle the monster lurking in Derry’s sewers. Readers of Stephen King know that Derry, Maine, is a place with a deep, dark hold on the author. It reappears in many of his books, including Bag of Bones, Hearts in Atlantis, and 11/22/63. But it all starts with It. “Stephen King’s most mature work” (St. Petersburg Times), “It will overwhelm you…to be read in a well-lit room only” (Los Angeles Times).

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DREAMS ARE NOT ENOUGH
Jacqueline Briskin
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DREAMS ARE NOT ENOUGH

by Jacqueline Briskin · Putnam

4 wks on list

Alice Hollister grows up a migrant crop picker so desperate to escape the many abusive men in her life that she runs away from her beloved sister to make a new life for herself. Shortly after, she marries Barry Cordiner, an aspiring lawyer who is part of a close-knit family in the movie business. Although her new in-laws take every opportunity to remind Alice that she isn’t good enough for Barry or their family, Barry’s uncle agrees to let Alice work as an extra at his studio, and she jumps at the chance. Alice is quickly noticed by directors and executives for her beauty and allure. Over the span of only a few months, she transforms herself into Alyssia del Mar, the ultimate screen love goddess. Her husband, however, is not supportive of her success, and their relationship deteriorates into his making constant emotional ploys forher attention. Meanwhile, Alyssia is pursued by Barry’s cousin, Maxim, in whom she has no interest, but she finds herself falling in love with Maxim’s handsome and unassuming brother, Hap. Despite a steamy affair, Alyssia and Hap are repeatedly separated by fate, and Alyssia realizes that fame is by no means the key to happiness. From the glitter of Los Angeles to exotic and idyllic European locales, best-selling author Jacqueline Briskin takes readers behind the scenes of Hollywood’s hottest scandals—to a world where passion is power, money buys everything, and...Dreams Are Not Enough.

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BOLT
Dick Francis
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BOLT

by Dick Francis · Putnam

1 wks on list
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WHIRLWIND
James Clavell
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WHIRLWIND

by James Clavell · Morrow

19 wks on list

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