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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of July 31, 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

4 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

12 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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NEW
DOCTORS
Erich Segal
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DOCTORS

by Erich Segal · Bantam

1 wks on list

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Writing with all the passion of Love Story and power of The Class, Erich Segal sweeps us into the lives of the Harvard Medical School's class of 1962. His stunning novel reveals the making of doctors—what makes them tick, scheme, hurt . . . and love. From the crucible of med school’s merciless training through the demanding hours of internship and residency to the triumphs—and sometimes tragedies—beyond, Doctors brings to vivid life the men and women who seek to heal but who must first walk through fire. At the novel’s heart is the unforgettable relationship of Barney Livingston and Laura Castellano, childhood friends who separately find unsettling celebrity and unsatisfying love—until their friendship ripens into passion. Yet even their devotion to each other, even their medical gifts may not be enough to save the one life they treasure above all others. Doctors—heartbreaking, witty, inspiring, and utterly, grippingly real—is a vibrant portrait that culminates in a murder, a trial . . . and a miracle.

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TAPESTRY
Belva Plain
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TAPESTRY

by Belva Plain · Delacorte Press

“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. . . .

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