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Week of August 4, 1968
Full list →AIRPORT
Arthur Hailey
1
AIRPORT
COUPLES
John Updike
2
COUPLES
TESTIMONY OF TWO MEN
Taylor Caldwell
3
TESTIMONY OF TWO MEN
TRUE GRIT
Charles Portis
4
TRUE GRIT
TOPAZ
Leon Uris
5
TOPAZ
VANISHED
Fletcher Knebel
6
VANISHED
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
Gore Vidal
7
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
RED SKY AT MORNING
Richard Bradford
8
RED SKY AT MORNING
CHRISTY
Catherine Marshall
9
CHRISTY
THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
William Styron
10
THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
Week of August 11, 1968
Full list →AIRPORT
Arthur Hailey
1
AIRPORT
COUPLES
John Updike
2
COUPLES
TESTIMONY OF TWO MEN
Taylor Caldwell
3
TESTIMONY OF TWO MEN
TRUE GRIT
Charles Portis
4
TRUE GRIT
TOPAZ
Leon Uris
5
TOPAZ
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
Gore Vidal
6
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
VANISHED
Fletcher Knebel
7
VANISHED
HEAVEN HELP US!
Herbert Tarr
8
HEAVEN HELP US!
THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
William Styron
9
THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
RED SKY AT MORNING
Richard Bradford
10
RED SKY AT MORNING
Week of August 18, 1968
Full list →AIRPORT
Arthur Hailey
1
AIRPORT
COUPLES
John Updike
2
COUPLES
TESTIMONY OF TWO MEN
Taylor Caldwell
3
TESTIMONY OF TWO MEN
TOPAZ
Leon Uris
4
TOPAZ
TRUE GRIT
Charles Portis
5
TRUE GRIT
RED SKY AT MORNING
Richard Bradford
6
RED SKY AT MORNING
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
Gore Vidal
7
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
William Styron
8
THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
VANISHED
Fletcher Knebel
9
VANISHED
HEAVEN HELP US!
Herbert Tarr
10
HEAVEN HELP US!
Week of August 25, 1968
Full list →AIRPORT
Arthur Hailey
1
AIRPORT
COUPLES
John Updike
2
COUPLES
TESTIMONY OF TWO MEN
Taylor Caldwell
3
TESTIMONY OF TWO MEN
TRUE GRIT
Charles Portis
4
TRUE GRIT
TOPAZ
Leon Uris
5
TOPAZ
RED SKY AT MORNING
Richard Bradford
6
RED SKY AT MORNING
HEAVEN HELP US!
Herbert Tarr
7
HEAVEN HELP US!
THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
William Styron
8
THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
THE QUEEN'S CONFESSION
Victoria Holt
9
THE QUEEN'S CONFESSION
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
Gore Vidal
10
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
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