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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of July 9, 1961

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RING OF BRIGHT WATER
Gavin Maxwell
Cover of RING OF BRIGHT WATER

RING OF BRIGHT WATER

by Gavin Maxwell · E.P. Dutton

18 wks on list

A personal narrative of life with two pet otters on the isolated Western Highlands of Scotland.

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THE SIXTH MAN
Jess Stearn

THE SIXTH MAN

by Jess Stearn · Doubleday

11 wks on list

Author is a straight journalist.--Misha Schutt.

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LIZZIE BORDEN
Edward D. Radin

LIZZIE BORDEN

by Edward D. Radin · Simon & Schuster

1 wks on list

Unjustly dismissed from the football team for drug possession, Scott learns that only by finding out who planted the marijuana in his duffel bag can he clear himself with his parents.

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