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Week of May 5, 1968
Full list →AIRPORT
Arthur Hailey
1
AIRPORT
COUPLES
John Updike
2
COUPLES
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
Gore Vidal
3
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
VANISHED
Fletcher Knebel
4
VANISHED
THE TOWER OF BABEL
Morris West
5
THE TOWER OF BABEL
CHRISTY
Catherine Marshall
6
CHRISTY
TOPAZ
Leon Uris
7
TOPAZ
TUNC
Lawrence Durrell
8
TUNC
THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
William Styron
9
THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
THE TRIUMPH
John Kenneth Galbraith
10
THE TRIUMPH
Week of May 12, 1968
Full list →AIRPORT
Arthur Hailey
1
AIRPORT
COUPLES
John Updike
2
COUPLES
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
Gore Vidal
3
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
VANISHED
Fletcher Knebel
4
VANISHED
THE TOWER OF BABEL
Morris West
5
THE TOWER OF BABEL
TOPAZ
Leon Uris
6
TOPAZ
CHRISTY
Catherine Marshall
7
CHRISTY
TESTIMONY OF TWO MEN
Taylor Caldwell
8
TESTIMONY OF TWO MEN
THE TRIUMPH
John Kenneth Galbraith
9
THE TRIUMPH
THE PRESIDENT'S PLANE IS MISSING
Robert J. Serling
10
THE PRESIDENT'S PLANE IS MISSING
Week of May 19, 1968
Full list →AIRPORT
Arthur Hailey
1
AIRPORT
COUPLES
John Updike
2
COUPLES
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
Gore Vidal
3
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
VANISHED
Fletcher Knebel
4
VANISHED
TOPAZ
Leon Uris
5
TOPAZ
THE TOWER OF BABEL
Morris West
6
THE TOWER OF BABEL
CHRISTY
Catherine Marshall
7
CHRISTY
THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
William Styron
8
THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
THE TRIUMPH
John Kenneth Galbraith
9
THE TRIUMPH
TUNC
Lawrence Durrell
10
TUNC
Week of May 26, 1968
Full list →AIRPORT
Arthur Hailey
1
AIRPORT
COUPLES
John Updike
2
COUPLES
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
Gore Vidal
3
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
TOPAZ
Leon Uris
4
TOPAZ
VANISHED
Fletcher Knebel
5
VANISHED
TESTIMONY OF TWO MEN
Taylor Caldwell
6
TESTIMONY OF TWO MEN
THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
William Styron
7
THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
CHRISTY
Catherine Marshall
8
CHRISTY
TUNC
Lawrence Durrell
9
TUNC
THE TOWER OF BABEL
Morris West
10
THE TOWER OF BABEL
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