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Week of January 2, 1972
Full list →WHEELS
Arthur Hailey
1
WHEELS
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
Frederick Forsyth
2
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
THE WINDS OF WAR
Herman Wouk
3
THE WINDS OF WAR
MESSAGE FROM MALAGA
Helen MacInnes
4
MESSAGE FROM MALAGA
RABBIT REDUX
John Updike
5
RABBIT REDUX
THE EXORCIST
William Peter Blatty
6
THE EXORCIST
BEAR ISLAND
Alistair MacLean
7
BEAR ISLAND
NEMESIS
Agatha Christie
8
NEMESIS
THE BETSY
Harold Robbins
9
THE BETSY
Week of January 9, 1972
Full list →WHEELS
Arthur Hailey
1
WHEELS
THE WINDS OF WAR
Herman Wouk
2
THE WINDS OF WAR
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
Frederick Forsyth
3
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
THE EXORCIST
William Peter Blatty
4
THE EXORCIST
MESSAGE FROM MALAGA
Helen MacInnes
5
MESSAGE FROM MALAGA
RABBIT REDUX
John Updike
6
RABBIT REDUX
OUR GANG
Philip Roth
7
OUR GANG
NEMESIS
Agatha Christie
8
NEMESIS
THE BETSY
Harold Robbins
9
THE BETSY
Week of January 16, 1972
Full list →THE WINDS OF WAR
Herman Wouk
1
THE WINDS OF WAR
WHEELS
Arthur Hailey
2
WHEELS
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
Frederick Forsyth
3
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
RABBIT REDUX
John Updike
4
RABBIT REDUX
THE EXORCIST
William Peter Blatty
5
THE EXORCIST
MESSAGE FROM MALAGA
Helen MacInnes
6
MESSAGE FROM MALAGA
THE BETSY
Harold Robbins
7
THE BETSY
OUR GANG
Philip Roth
8
OUR GANG
BEAR ISLAND
Alistair MacLean
9
BEAR ISLAND
Week of January 23, 1972
Full list →WHEELS
Arthur Hailey
1
WHEELS
THE WINDS OF WAR
Herman Wouk
2
THE WINDS OF WAR
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
Frederick Forsyth
3
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
MESSAGE FROM MALAGA
Helen MacInnes
4
MESSAGE FROM MALAGA
THE EXORCIST
William Peter Blatty
5
THE EXORCIST
RABBIT REDUX
John Updike
6
RABBIT REDUX
OUR GANG
Philip Roth
7
OUR GANG
THE BETSY
Harold Robbins
8
THE BETSY
NEMESIS
Agatha Christie
9
NEMESIS
Week of January 30, 1972
Full list →THE WINDS OF WAR
Herman Wouk
1
THE WINDS OF WAR
WHEELS
Arthur Hailey
2
WHEELS
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
Frederick Forsyth
3
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
RABBIT REDUX
John Updike
4
RABBIT REDUX
MESSAGE FROM MALAGA
Helen MacInnes
5
MESSAGE FROM MALAGA
THE EXORCIST
William Peter Blatty
6
THE EXORCIST
THE BETSY
Harold Robbins
7
THE BETSY
OUR GANG
Philip Roth
8
OUR GANG
NEMESIS
Agatha Christie
9
NEMESIS
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.