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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

September 1965

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Week of September 5, 1965

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THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1964
Theodore H. White
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THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1964

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Doctor X (Alan E. Nourse)
2

INTERN

IS PARIS BURNING?
Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
Cover of IS PARIS BURNING?
3

IS PARIS BURNING?

MARKINGS
Dag Hammarskjöld
Cover of MARKINGS
4

MARKINGS

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
Eric Berne
Cover of GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
5

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

THE OXFORD HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
Samuel Eliot Morison
Cover of THE OXFORD HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
6

THE OXFORD HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

JOURNAL OF A SOUL
Pope John XXIII
Cover of JOURNAL OF A SOUL
7

JOURNAL OF A SOUL

A GIFT OF PROPHECY
Ruth Montgomery
Cover of A GIFT OF PROPHECY
8

A GIFT OF PROPHECY

QUEEN VICTORIA: BORN TO SUCCEED
Elizabeth Longford
9

QUEEN VICTORIA: BORN TO SUCCEED

SIXPENCE IN HER SHOE
Phyllis McGinley
Cover of SIXPENCE IN HER SHOE
10

SIXPENCE IN HER SHOE

Week of September 12, 1965

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THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1964
Theodore H. White
Cover of THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1964
1

THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1964

INTERN
Doctor X (Alan E. Nourse)
2

INTERN

IS PARIS BURNING?
Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
Cover of IS PARIS BURNING?
3

IS PARIS BURNING?

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
Eric Berne
Cover of GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
4

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

MARKINGS
Dag Hammarskjöld
Cover of MARKINGS
5

MARKINGS

A GIFT OF PROPHECY
Ruth Montgomery
Cover of A GIFT OF PROPHECY
6

A GIFT OF PROPHECY

THE OXFORD HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
Samuel Eliot Morison
Cover of THE OXFORD HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
7

THE OXFORD HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

THE MEMOIRS OF AN AMNESIAC
Oscar Levant
8

THE MEMOIRS OF AN AMNESIAC

MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND
Claude Brown
Cover of MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND
9

MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND

SIXPENCE IN HER SHOE
Phyllis McGinley
Cover of SIXPENCE IN HER SHOE
10

SIXPENCE IN HER SHOE

Week of September 19, 1965

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THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1964
Theodore H. White
Cover of THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1964
1

THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1964

INTERN
Doctor X (Alan E. Nourse)
2

INTERN

IS PARIS BURNING?
Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
Cover of IS PARIS BURNING?
3

IS PARIS BURNING?

A GIFT OF PROPHECY
Ruth Montgomery
Cover of A GIFT OF PROPHECY
4

A GIFT OF PROPHECY

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
Eric Berne
Cover of GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
5

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

MARKINGS
Dag Hammarskjöld
Cover of MARKINGS
6

MARKINGS

THE OXFORD HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
Samuel Eliot Morison
Cover of THE OXFORD HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
7

THE OXFORD HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

THE MEMOIRS OF AN AMNESIAC
Oscar Levant
8

THE MEMOIRS OF AN AMNESIAC

MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND
Claude Brown
Cover of MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND
9

MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND

MY TWELVE YEARS WITH JOHN F. KENNEDY
Evelyn Lincoln
Cover of MY TWELVE YEARS WITH JOHN F. KENNEDY
10

MY TWELVE YEARS WITH JOHN F. KENNEDY

Week of September 26, 1965

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THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1964
Theodore H. White
Cover of THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1964
1

THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1964

INTERN
Doctor X (Alan E. Nourse)
2

INTERN

IS PARIS BURNING?
Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
Cover of IS PARIS BURNING?
3

IS PARIS BURNING?

A GIFT OF PROPHECY
Ruth Montgomery
Cover of A GIFT OF PROPHECY
4

A GIFT OF PROPHECY

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
Eric Berne
Cover of GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
5

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

MARKINGS
Dag Hammarskjöld
Cover of MARKINGS
6

MARKINGS

THE OXFORD HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
Samuel Eliot Morison
Cover of THE OXFORD HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
7

THE OXFORD HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

NEVER CALL RETREAT
Bruce Catton
Cover of NEVER CALL RETREAT
8

NEVER CALL RETREAT

MY TWELVE YEARS WITH JOHN F. KENNEDY
Evelyn Lincoln
Cover of MY TWELVE YEARS WITH JOHN F. KENNEDY
9

MY TWELVE YEARS WITH JOHN F. KENNEDY

MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND
Claude Brown
Cover of MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND
10

MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND

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