Publisher
Harper and Brothers
Titles on list
151
Total weeks
1,632
Best rank
#1
Weeks at #1
45
On the Bestseller Lists
151 titles
PROFILES IN COURAGE
John F. Kennedy#1 · 139 wks
CHAIRMAN OF THE BORED
Edward Streeter#6 · 39 wks
INSIDE RUSSIA TODAY
John Gunther#1 · 37 wks
WHY JOHNNY CAN'T READ
Rudolf Franz Flesch#3 · 37 wks
THE HOUSES IN BETWEEN
Howard Spring#2 · 37 wks
THE DAY CHRIST DIED
Jim Bishop#1 · 34 wks
FORTY PLUS AND FANCY FREE
Emily Kimbrough#5 · 33 wks
INSIDE AFRICA
John Gunther#2 · 31 wks
THE SECOND TREE FROM THE CORNER
E.B. White#2 · 30 wks
ROMMEL, THE DESERT FOX
Desmond Young#4 · 26 wks
THE ENEMY WITHIN
Robert F. Kennedy#3 · 25 wks
LELIA
Andre Maurois#3 · 24 wks
THE NEW YORKER 25th ANNIVERSARY ALBUM
New Yorker Magazine#2 · 24 wks
TAKEN AT THE FLOOD
John Gunther#9 · 23 wks
THE LAST RESORTS
Cleveland Amory#4 · 23 wks
WHO KILLED SOCIETY?
Cleveland Amory#2 · 22 wks
EISENHOWER
Robert J. Donovan#1 · 22 wks
INSIDE EUROPE TODAY
John Gunther#4 · 21 wks
THE HOUSE OF INTELLECT
Jacques Barzun#7 · 21 wks
MADISON AVENUE, U.S.A.
Martin Mayer#4 · 21 wks
THE FOX IN THE ATTIC
Richard Hughes#2 · 20 wks
THE IMAGE MAKERS
Bernard Dryer#4 · 20 wks
THE GLITTER AND THE GOLD
Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan#4 · 20 wks
THE GOOD YEARS
Walter Lord#6 · 19 wks
THE DAY LINCOLN WAS SHOT
Jim Bishop#5 · 19 wks
CALL TO GREATNESS
Adlai E. Stevenson#3 · 19 wks
THE HORSE'S MOUTH
Joyce Cary#4 · 19 wks
THE DINNER PARTY
Gretchen Finletter#6 · 18 wks
THE RIDDLE OF MACARTHUR
John Gunther#5 · 18 wks
ON MY OWN
Eleanor Roosevelt#4 · 17 wks
MR. HOBBS' VACATION
Edward Streeter#10 · 17 wks
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
Davis Grubb#5 · 17 wks
AMBASSADOR'S REPORT
Chester Bowles#6 · 17 wks
STRANGE LANDS AND FRIENDLY PEOPLES
William O. Douglas#7 · 17 wks
ROOSEVELT IN RETROSPECT
John Gunther#1 · 17 wks
THE BIG CHANGE
Frederick Lewis Allen#7 · 16 wks
FESTIVAL
J.B. Priestley#5 · 16 wks
THE WHITE NILE
Alan Moorehead#4 · 15 wks
RICHARD NIXON
Earl Mazo#6 · 15 wks
MAGGIE-NOW
Betty Smith#7 · 15 wks
THE NEW YORKER 1950-1955 ALBUM
New Yorker Magazine#8 · 15 wks
NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND FOREIGN POLICY
Henry A. Kissinger#7 · 14 wks
OLYMPIO
Andre Maurois#8 · 14 wks
WASTELAND
Jo Sinclair#5 · 14 wks
THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
Hugh Thomas#8 · 13 wks
DON'T TELL ALFRED
Nancy Mitford#6 · 13 wks
DIPLOMAT
Charles Wheeler Thayer#10 · 13 wks
FIRSTHAND REPORT
Sherman Adams#7 · 12 wks
THE PRIVATE WORLD OF PABLO PICASSO
David Douglas Duncan#9 · 12 wks
MEMORIES
Ethel Barrymore#6 · 12 wks
THE SECOND HAPPIEST DAY
John Phillips#5 · 12 wks
MR. SMITH
Louis Bromfield#7 · 12 wks
SKETCHES FROM LIFE
Dean Acheson#9 · 11 wks
CITADEL
William Smith White#6 · 11 wks
CHARMED CIRCLE
Susan Ertz#8 · 11 wks
A DEMOCRAT LOOKS AT HIS PARTY
Dean Gooderham Acheson#8 · 11 wks
SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR
Emily Kimbrough#6 · 11 wks
THESE LOVERS FLED AWAY
Howard Spring#9 · 11 wks
THROUGH CHARLEY'S DOOR
Emily Kimbrough#7 · 11 wks
ALL THE DAY LONG
Howard Spring#11 · 10 wks
WAR AND PEACE IN THE SPACE AGE
James M. Gavin#7 · 10 wks
INDIA AND THE AWAKENING EAST
Eleanor Roosevelt#9 · 10 wks
THE STRUGGLE FOR EUROPE
Chester Wilmot#10 · 10 wks
O'NEILL
Arthur and Barbara Gelb#11 · 9 wks
VOLTAIRE IN LOVE
Nancy Mitford#12 · 9 wks
FROM MY EXPERIENCE
Louis Bromfield#10 · 9 wks
GENTLEMEN, SCHOLARS AND SCOUNDRELS
Horace Knowles#14 · 8 wks
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
Alan Moorehead#10 · 8 wks
TOWER IN THE WEST
Frank Norris#9 · 8 wks
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE
Emily Kimbrough#11 · 8 wks
A REPUBLICAN LOOKS AT HIS PARTY
Arthur Larson#11 · 8 wks
A WREATH FOR THE ENEMY
Pamela Frankau#8 · 8 wks
THE GREEN MAN
Storm Jameson#10 · 8 wks
THE DEVILS OF LOUDUN
Aldous Huxley#7 · 8 wks
THE DISTANT SHORE
Jan de Hartog#8 · 8 wks
EISENHOWER
John Gunther#8 · 8 wks
I MET A LADY
Howard Spring#11 · 7 wks
PROMISE AT DAWN
Romain Gary#9 · 7 wks
THE UNCERTAIN TRUMPET
General Maxwell D. Taylor#10 · 7 wks
ELEPHANT HILL
Robin White#11 · 7 wks
TIME AND THE HOUR
Howard Spring#8 · 7 wks
MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. BAXTER
Edward Streeter#7 · 7 wks
NOBLESSE OBLIGE
Nancy Mitford#10 · 7 wks
NO ROOM IN THE ARK
Alan Moorehead#10 · 6 wks
THE WORLD OF ALBERT SCHWEITZER
Erica Anderson and Eugene Exman#9 · 6 wks
TO THE MOMENT OF TRIUMPH
Pamela Frankau#10 · 6 wks
HOME TOWN
Cleveland Amory#12 · 6 wks
THE STRATEGY OF PEACE
John F. Kennedy#12 · 5 wks
FRIENDS AND ENEMIES
Adlai E. Stevenson#10 · 5 wks
CHARLIE
Ben Hecht#13 · 5 wks
GYPSY
Gypsy Rose Lee#16 · 5 wks
WHAT I THINK
Adlai E. Stevenson#12 · 5 wks
WORKING WITH ROOSEVELT
Samuel Irving Rosenman#12 · 5 wks
CALCULATED RISK
Mark W. Clark#10 · 5 wks
OF MEN AND MOUNTAINS
William O. Douglas#13 · 5 wks
THE GOD THAT FAILED
Arthur Koestler, Ignazio Silone, Richard Wright and André Gide#12 · 5 wks
GIFTS OF PASSAGE
Santha Rama Rau#14 · 4 wks
THE SCHOOLS
Martin Mayer#11 · 4 wks
THE RETURN OF H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N
Leo Rosten#13 · 4 wks
BRAVE NEW WORLD REVISITED
Aldous Huxley#11 · 4 wks
ANIMALS, MEN AND MYTHS
Richard Lewinsohn#13 · 4 wks
THE GREAT IRON SHIP
James Dugan#13 · 4 wks
SEVEN DECISIONS THAT SHAPED HISTORY
Sumner Welles#13 · 4 wks
A FEARFUL JOY
Joyce Cary#11 · 4 wks
PICASSO'S PICASSOS
David Douglas Duncan#13 · 3 wks
LANTERNS AND LANCES
James Thurber#14 · 3 wks
THE OPERATORS
Frank Gibney#12 · 3 wks
WILDER STONE
John Leggett#13 · 3 wks
THE TITANS
Andre Maurois#10 · 3 wks
READING FOR PLEASURE
Bennett Cerf#12 · 3 wks
QUEEN OF FRANCE
Andre Castelot#13 · 3 wks
JOHN FOSTER DULLES
John Robinson Beal#12 · 3 wks
AS FRANCE GOES
David Schoenbrun#13 · 3 wks
THE GENIUS AND THE GODDESS
Aldous Huxley#11 · 3 wks
AMERICAN IN RUSSIA
Harrison Evans Salisbury#13 · 3 wks
POLITICS IN AMERICA
D.W. Brogan#14 · 3 wks
THE BIG WHEEL
John Brooks#12 · 3 wks
THE ROAD PAST MANDALAY
John Masters#15 · 2 wks
THE NECESSITY FOR CHOICE
Henry Kissinger#13 · 2 wks
SILHOUETTE IN DIAMONDS
Ishbel Ross#13 · 2 wks
DR. SCHWEITZER OF LAMBARENE
Norman Cousins#15 · 2 wks
STEPS IN TIME
Fred Astaire#13 · 2 wks
THE SPIRAL ROAD
Jan de Hartog#14 · 2 wks
THE HORSE SOLDIERS
Harold Sinclair#14 · 2 wks
THE OUTSIDER
Richard A. Wright#15 · 2 wks
THE GALLERY
John Horne Burns#13 · 2 wks
THE DAY CHRIST WAS BORN
Jim Bishop#13 · 1 wk
THE LONG SEASON
Jim Brosnan#14 · 1 wk
THE VENUS OF KONPARA
John Masters#15 · 1 wk
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
Carl Mydans#15 · 1 wk
THE MARAUDERS
Charlton Ogburn#15 · 1 wk
COMMON STOCKS AND UNCOMMON PROFITS
Philip A. Fisher#16 · 1 wk
THE CHURCHILLS
A.L. Rowse#16 · 1 wk
RUSSIA, THE ATOM AND THE WEST
George F. Kennan#12 · 1 wk
FANFARE
Richard Maney#16 · 1 wk
THE LABYRINTH
Walter Schellenberg#14 · 1 wk
NEVER A DULL MOMENT
Marguerite Cassini#14 · 1 wk
ROUGH WINDS OF MAY
Nancy Hallinan#16 · 1 wk
THE SEARCHERS
Alan Lemay#16 · 1 wk
THE TASTEMAKERS
Russell Lynes#16 · 1 wk
A SUNSET TOUCH
Howard Spring#16 · 1 wk
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN HISTORY
Richard B. Morris#14 · 1 wk
BIG BUSINESS
David Lilienthal#15 · 1 wk
PROUD KATE
Kate Ross#13 · 1 wk
ADLAI STEVENSON
John Bartlow Martin#16 · 1 wk
THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN POLITICS
Samuel Lubell#15 · 1 wk
A CATHOLIC SPEAKS HIS MIND
Thomas Sugrue#16 · 1 wk
STEP RIGHT UP
Dan Mannix#14 · 1 wk
RED RIVER RUNS NORTH!
Vera Kelsey#15 · 1 wk
THE PRODIGAL HEART
Susan Ertz#15 · 1 wk
HERE IS NEW YORK
E.B. White#12 · 1 wk
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