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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of July 17, 1988

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TO BE THE BEST
Barbara Taylor Bradford
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TO BE THE BEST

by Barbara Taylor Bradford · Doubleday

2 wks on list

Continues the story of the Harte family. Emma's message to her grandaughter Paula - "hold the dream"--Becomes vital as Paula strives to be more relentless and courageous in order to preserve the Harte empire.

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ZOYA
Danielle Steel
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PEOPLE LIKE US
Dominick Dunne
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PEOPLE LIKE US

by Dominick Dunne · Crown

10 wks on list

The way journalist Gus Bailey tells it, old money is always preferred, but occasionally new money sneaks in--even where it is most unwelcome. After moving from Cincinnati, Elias and Ruby Renthal strike it even richer in New York, turning their millions into billions. It would be impolite for high society to refuse them now. Not to mention disadvantageous. As long as the market is strong, there's absolutely nothing to worry about--except for those nasty secrets from the past. Scandal, anyone? Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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TAPESTRY
Belva Plain
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TAPESTRY

by Belva Plain · Delacorte Press

11 wks on list

“Belva Plain is a talented tale-spinner with an almost Dickensian ability to keep her stories going.”—Philadelphia Inquirer Paul Werner watched the proud, daring immigrant Anna marry another man. But his desire for her haunts him...even after he weds the elegant Mimi, a woman of his own class. Now, as Paul wrestles with the dark demons of forbidden passion, his family and business are plunged into a maelstrom of tragedy and social changes. Ahead lie the dark days of the Depression, the rise of pure evil in Europe, and a war that will change the world forever. But for Paul Werner a more personal struggle awaits—a choice of a lifetime and a new beginning, or the most painful of final good-byes. Belva Plain’s Tapestry takes up the threads of lives encountered in her beloved epic, Evergreen, to create an entirely new drama of a family’s loyalties and divisions, its secrets, and its destiny. . . .

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INHERITANCE
Judith Michael

INHERITANCE

by Judith Michael · Poseidon Press

When Laura Fairchild goes to work for the wealthy Salingers of Boston, she finds love and luxury, only to lose everything when the secret of her past is revealed.

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