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Week of February 6, 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
THE EXORCIST
William Peter Blatty
4
THE EXORCIST
RABBIT REDUX
John Updike
5
RABBIT REDUX
THE BETSY
Harold Robbins
6
THE BETSY
MESSAGE FROM MALAGA
Helen MacInnes
7
MESSAGE FROM MALAGA
OUR GANG
Philip Roth
8
OUR GANG
NEMESIS
Agatha Christie
9
NEMESIS
Week of February 13, 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
THE EXORCIST
William Peter Blatty
4
THE EXORCIST
RABBIT REDUX
John Updike
5
RABBIT REDUX
MESSAGE FROM MALAGA
Helen MacInnes
6
MESSAGE FROM MALAGA
THE BETSY
Harold Robbins
7
THE BETSY
OUR GANG
Philip Roth
8
OUR GANG
NEMESIS
Agatha Christie
9
NEMESIS
Week of February 20, 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
THE EXORCIST
William Peter Blatty
4
THE EXORCIST
RABBIT REDUX
John Updike
5
RABBIT REDUX
THE BETSY
Harold Robbins
6
THE BETSY
MESSAGE FROM MALAGA
Helen MacInnes
7
MESSAGE FROM MALAGA
OUR GANG
Philip Roth
8
OUR GANG
NEMESIS
Agatha Christie
9
NEMESIS
Week of February 27, 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
THE EXORCIST
William Peter Blatty
4
THE EXORCIST
RABBIT REDUX
John Updike
5
RABBIT REDUX
MESSAGE FROM MALAGA
Helen MacInnes
6
MESSAGE FROM MALAGA
THE BETSY
Harold Robbins
7
THE BETSY
THE ASSASSINS
Elia Kazan
8
THE ASSASSINS
NEMESIS
Agatha Christie
9
NEMESIS
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