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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

August 1964

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Week of August 2, 1964

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THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
John le Carré
Cover of THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
1

THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD

ARMEGEDDON
Leon Uris
2

ARMEGEDDON

CANDY
Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg
Cover of CANDY
3

CANDY

CONVENTION
Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II
Cover of CONVENTION
4

CONVENTION

JULIAN
Gore Vidal
Cover of JULIAN
5

JULIAN

THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN
Louis Auchincloss
Cover of THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN
6

THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN

A NIGHT IN LISBON
Erich Maria Remarque
Cover of A NIGHT IN LISBON
7

A NIGHT IN LISBON

THE SPIRE
William Golding
Cover of THE SPIRE
8

THE SPIRE

THE 480
Eugene Burdick
Cover of THE 480
9

THE 480

THE GROUP
Mary McCarthy
Cover of THE GROUP
10

THE GROUP

Week of August 9, 1964

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THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
John le Carré
Cover of THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
1

THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD

ARMEGEDDON
Leon Uris
2

ARMEGEDDON

JULIAN
Gore Vidal
Cover of JULIAN
3

JULIAN

CANDY
Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg
Cover of CANDY
4

CANDY

THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN
Louis Auchincloss
Cover of THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN
5

THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN

CONVENTION
Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II
Cover of CONVENTION
6

CONVENTION

THE 480
Eugene Burdick
Cover of THE 480
7

THE 480

A NIGHT IN LISBON
Erich Maria Remarque
Cover of A NIGHT IN LISBON
8

A NIGHT IN LISBON

THE GROUP
Mary McCarthy
Cover of THE GROUP
9

THE GROUP

THE SPIRE
William Golding
Cover of THE SPIRE
10

THE SPIRE

Week of August 16, 1964

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THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
John le Carré
Cover of THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
1

THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD

ARMEGEDDON
Leon Uris
2

ARMEGEDDON

JULIAN
Gore Vidal
Cover of JULIAN
3

JULIAN

CANDY
Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg
Cover of CANDY
4

CANDY

THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN
Louis Auchincloss
Cover of THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN
5

THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN

CONVENTION
Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II
Cover of CONVENTION
6

CONVENTION

THE 480
Eugene Burdick
Cover of THE 480
7

THE 480

THE SPIRE
William Golding
Cover of THE SPIRE
8

THE SPIRE

A NIGHT IN LISBON
Erich Maria Remarque
Cover of A NIGHT IN LISBON
9

A NIGHT IN LISBON

THE GROUP
Mary McCarthy
Cover of THE GROUP
10

THE GROUP

Week of August 23, 1964

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THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
John le Carré
Cover of THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
1

THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD

ARMEGEDDON
Leon Uris
2

ARMEGEDDON

THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN
Louis Auchincloss
Cover of THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN
3

THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN

JULIAN
Gore Vidal
Cover of JULIAN
4

JULIAN

CANDY
Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg
Cover of CANDY
5

CANDY

CONVENTION
Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II
Cover of CONVENTION
6

CONVENTION

THE 480
Eugene Burdick
Cover of THE 480
7

THE 480

THE GROUP
Mary McCarthy
Cover of THE GROUP
8

THE GROUP

THIS ROUGH MAGIC
Mary Stewart
Cover of THIS ROUGH MAGIC
9

THIS ROUGH MAGIC

Week of August 30, 1964

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THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
John le Carré
Cover of THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
1

THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD

ARMEGEDDON
Leon Uris
2

ARMEGEDDON

THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN
Louis Auchincloss
Cover of THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN
3

THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN

JULIAN
Gore Vidal
Cover of JULIAN
4

JULIAN

CANDY
Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg
Cover of CANDY
5

CANDY

THIS ROUGH MAGIC
Mary Stewart
Cover of THIS ROUGH MAGIC
6

THIS ROUGH MAGIC

CONVENTION
Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II
Cover of CONVENTION
7

CONVENTION

THE 480
Eugene Burdick
Cover of THE 480
8

THE 480

THE GROUP
Mary McCarthy
Cover of THE GROUP
9

THE GROUP

THE SPIRE
William Golding
Cover of THE SPIRE
10

THE SPIRE

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