Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Titles on list
226
Total weeks
2,475
Best rank
#1
Weeks at #1
132
On the Bestseller Lists
226 titles
THE ROBE
Lloyd C. Douglas#1 · 112 wks
THE BIG FISHERMAN
Lloyd C. Douglas#1 · 62 wks
THE SILMARILLION
J.R.R. Tolkien#1 · 59 wks
THE PRINCE OF TIDES
Pat Conroy#4 · 48 wks
HOUSE DIVIDED
Ben Ames Williams#1 · 40 wks
THE GOWN OF GLORY
Agnes Sligh Turnbull#3 · 37 wks
THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN
Louis Auchincloss#1 · 35 wks
THE POLAR EXPRESS
Chris Van Allsburg#3 · 33 wks
THE GOD DELUSION
Richard Dawkins#4 · 31 wks
THE WINTHROP WOMAN
Anya Seton#2 · 31 wks
SILENT SPRING
Rachel Carson#1 · 30 wks
GREEN LIGHT
Lloyd C. Douglas#1 · 30 wks
THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
John Kenneth Galbraith#2 · 29 wks
KATHERINE
Anya Seton#2 · 29 wks
RAINTREE COUNTY
Ross Lockridge#1 · 29 wks
EARTH IN THE BALANCE
Al Gore#3 · 28 wks
THE EMBEZZLER
Louis Auchincloss#2 · 27 wks
MISTER ROBERTS
Thomas Heggen#8 · 27 wks
THE ESTABLISHMENT
Howard Fast#1 · 26 wks
DELIVERANCE
James Dickey#3 · 26 wks
MADAME SARAH
Cornelia Otis Skinner#1 · 26 wks
A THOUSAND DAYS
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr#1 · 26 wks
HOUSE
Tracy Kidder#4 · 25 wks
GREEN DARKNESS
Anya Seton#3 · 25 wks
DEVIL WATER
Anya Seton#4 · 25 wks
THE NEW INDUSTRIAL STATE
John Kenneth Galbraith#1 · 24 wks
LOVE IS A BRIDGE
Charles Bracelen Flood#9 · 24 wks
CULTURAL LITERACY
E. D. Hirsch Jr#2 · 23 wks
THE EDGE OF THE SEA
Rachel Carson#3 · 23 wks
FAMILY CIRCLE
Cornelia Otis Skinner#2 · 23 wks
THE IMMIGRANTS
Howard Fast#5 · 22 wks
CLOCK WITHOUT HANDS
Carson McCullers#7 · 22 wks
THE POLITICS OF UPHEAVAL
Arthur Schlesinger#4 · 22 wks
THE LAW AND THE PROFITS
C. Northcote Parkinson#4 · 22 wks
THE RUNNING OF THE TIDE
Esther Forbes#4 · 22 wks
THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND FATHER SMITH
Bruce Marshall#3 · 22 wks
MATADOR
Barnaby Conrad#3 · 21 wks
THREE NIGHTS IN AUGUST
Buzz Bissinger#6 · 20 wks
THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
Dennis Wholey#4 · 20 wks
UNFINISHED TALES
J.R.R. Tolkien#3 · 20 wks
SECOND GENERATION
Howard Fast#3 · 20 wks
THE ARMADA
Garrett Mattingly#4 · 20 wks
THE OUTSIDER
Colin Wilson#5 · 20 wks
THE NINTH WAVE
Eugene Burdick#8 · 20 wks
AUGUST
Judith Rossner#3 · 19 wks
THE PRACTICAL COGITATOR
Charles P. Curtis and Ferris Greenslet#7 · 19 wks
FORTY-TWO YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Irwin H. Hoover#1 · 19 wks
FIRST LADY FROM PLAINS
Rosalynn Carter#1 · 18 wks
TALES OF MANHATTAN
Louis Auchincloss#4 · 18 wks
ONE ON THE HOUSE
Mary Lasswell#5 · 18 wks
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILL ROGERS
Will Rogers and Donald Day#4 · 18 wks
THE LEGACY
Howard Fast#4 · 17 wks
THEIR FINEST HOUR
Winston S. Churchill#4 · 17 wks
THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA
Philip Roth#2 · 16 wks
MIDCENTURY
John Dos Passos#5 · 16 wks
THE FAR SIDE OF PARADISE
Arthur Mizener#2 · 16 wks
WAR AS I KNEW IT
George S. Patton#6 · 16 wks
FAST FOOD NATION
Eric Schlosser#4 · 15 wks
ADRIFT
Steven Callahan#5 · 15 wks
THE PARTNERS
Louis Auchincloss#5 · 15 wks
THE LIBERAL HOUR
John Kenneth Galbraith#6 · 15 wks
THE APE IN ME
Cornelia Otis Skinner#8 · 15 wks
THE DURABLE FIRE
Howard Swiggett#8 · 15 wks
CLOSING THE RING
Winston S. Churchill#4 · 15 wks
WHITE BANNERS
Lloyd C. Douglas#3 · 15 wks
THE HANDMAID'S TALE
Margaret Atwood#5 · 14 wks
PORTRAIT IN BROWNSTONE
Louis Auchincloss#7 · 14 wks
TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY
Winston S. Churchill#3 · 14 wks
THE GRAND ALLIANCE
Winston S. Churchill#3 · 14 wks
THE HEARTH AND EAGLE
Anya Seton#7 · 14 wks
THE LOWELLS AND THEIR SEVEN WORLDS
Ferris Greenslet#5 · 14 wks
BEAUTIFUL BOY
David Sheff#1 · 13 wks
THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN
J. R. R. Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by Alan Lee#1 · 13 wks
AMBASSADOR'S JOURNAL
John Kenneth Galbraith#4 · 13 wks
A WORLD OF PROFIT
Louis Auchincloss#6 · 13 wks
OF DIAMONDS AND DIPLOMATS
Letitia Baldrige#5 · 13 wks
FOXFIRE
Anya Seton#6 · 13 wks
THE HINGE OF FATE
Winston Churchill#4 · 13 wks
OWEN GLEN
Ben Ames Williams#6 · 13 wks
ROAD TO WAR
Walter Millis#1 · 13 wks
A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS
Roger Tory Peterson#7 · 12 wks
THE HOUSE OF FIVE TALENTS
Louis Auchincloss#7 · 12 wks
THE COMING OF THE NEW DEAL
Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr#4 · 12 wks
LETTER FROM GROSVENOR SQUARE
John Gilbert Winant#9 · 12 wks
LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN
Ben Ames Williams#3 · 12 wks
PILGRIM'S WAY
John Buchan#2 · 12 wks
DISPUTED PASSAGE
Lloyd C. Douglas#3 · 12 wks
BOONE
T. Boone Pickens Jr#3 · 11 wks
THE CRISIS OF THE OLD ORDER
Arthur Schlesinger#7 · 11 wks
THE AFRICAN GIANT
Stuart Cloete#8 · 11 wks
RAINBOW ON THE ROAD
Esther Forbes#6 · 11 wks
THE TURNING WHEELS
Stuart Cloethe#4 · 11 wks
WINSTON S. CHURCHILL
Randolph S. Churchill#6 · 10 wks
SIRONIA, TEXAS
Madison Cooper#7 · 10 wks
WAIT FOR THE WAGON
Mary Lasswell#10 · 10 wks
THE TURQUOISE
Anya Seton#7 · 10 wks
EDNA, HIS WIFE
Mary Ayer Barnes#3 · 10 wks
WITHIN THIS PRESENT
Margaret Ayer Barnes#2 · 10 wks
HOW DOCTORS THINK
Jerome Groopman#4 · 9 wks
CONSTANTINE'S SWORD
James Carroll#6 · 9 wks
THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS OF THOMAS MERTON
Michael Mott#8 · 9 wks
THE OLD PATAGONIAN EXPRESS
Paul Theroux#9 · 9 wks
ROBERT KENNEDY AND HIS TIMES
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr#10 · 9 wks
THESE THOUSAND HILLS
A.B. Guthrie Jr#10 · 9 wks
THE WHITE RABBIT
Bruce Marshall#9 · 9 wks
MITTEE
Daphne Rooke#9 · 9 wks
PRIVATE WORLDS
Phyllis Boltome#3 · 9 wks
THE NAMESAKE
Jhumpa Lahiri#4 · 8 wks
THE IMMIGRANT'S DAUGHTER
Howard Fast#11 · 8 wks
THE HEART OF THE DRAGON
Alasdair Clayre#9 · 8 wks
THE KINGDOM BY THE SEA
Paul Theroux#11 · 8 wks
MONEY
John Kenneth Galbraith#5 · 8 wks
THE STRANGE WOMAN
Ben Ames Williams#3 · 8 wks
AND TELL OF TIME
Laura Krey#3 · 8 wks
REEFER MADNESS
Eric Schlosser#12 · 7 wks
EMPEROR OF THE AIR
Ethan Canin#12 · 7 wks
THE GREAT RAILWAY BAZAAR
Paul Theroux#7 · 7 wks
MR. BARUCH
Margaret L. Coit#10 · 7 wks
WHY I AM A CATHOLIC
Garry Wills#6 · 6 wks
LANDSLIDE
Jane Mayer and Doyle McManus#5 · 6 wks
THE BLOOD OF ABRAHAM
Jimmy Carter#7 · 6 wks
THE MOSQUITO COAST
Paul Theroux#7 · 6 wks
ELEGANT WITS AND GRAND HORIZONTALS
Cornelia Otis Skinner#11 · 6 wks
AGAINST THESE THREE
Stuart Cloete#7 · 6 wks
DER FUEHRER
Konrad Heiden#3 · 6 wks
EVERYMAN
Philip Roth#8 · 5 wks
ABSOLUTELY AMERICAN
David Lipsky#9 · 5 wks
THE WIND DONE GONE
Alice Randall#9 · 5 wks
THE OUTSIDER
Howard Fast#11 · 5 wks
THE TRIUMPH
John Kenneth Galbraith#7 · 5 wks
THE DEATH OF MANOLETE
Barnaby Conrad#10 · 5 wks
THE GRAND DESIGN
John Dos Passos#8 · 5 wks
THE STREET
Ann Petry#12 · 5 wks
WESTWARD PASSAGE
Margaret Ayer Barnes#2 · 5 wks
EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE
Jonathan Safran Foer#12 · 4 wks
DAMASCUS GATE
Robert Stone#13 · 4 wks
THE DINNER PARTY
Howard Fast#13 · 4 wks
CRY OF THE KALAHARI
Mark and Delia Owen#11 · 4 wks
THE MIDWIFE
Gay Courter#14 · 4 wks
THE AGE OF UNCERTAINTY
John Kenneth Galbraith#8 · 4 wks
DAUGHTERS AND REBELS
Jessica Mitford#14 · 4 wks
SONG OF THE SKY
Guy Murchie#12 · 4 wks
THE VITAL CENTER
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr#12 · 4 wks
NOTHING TO FEAR
B.D. Zevin#10 · 4 wks
WATCH FOR THE DAWN
Stuart Cloethe#4 · 4 wks
STRANGE JUSTICE
Jane Mayer and Jill Abramson#13 · 3 wks
THE LONG GRAY LINE
Rick Atkinson#13 · 3 wks
CHURCHILL: THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL
Charles McMoran Wilson Moran#7 · 3 wks
DOROTHY AND RED
Vincent Sheean#7 · 3 wks
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
Louis Auchincloss#10 · 3 wks
MUSIC OF THE SPHERES
Guy Murchie#15 · 3 wks
THRUSH GREEN
"Miss Read"#13 · 3 wks
STEPHANIA
Ilona Karmel#11 · 3 wks
THE PRIVATE PAPERS OF SENATOR VANDENBERG
Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr. and Joe Alex Morris#16 · 3 wks
THE SEMI-ATTACHED COUPLE
Emily Eden#9 · 3 wks
RICHER BY ASIA
Edmond Taylor#14 · 3 wks
SAILOR ON HORSEBACK
Irving Stone#4 · 3 wks
THE BLACK SWAN
Rafael Sabatini#2 · 3 wks
INDIGNATION
Philip Roth#10 · 2 wks
HURRICANE
James S. Hirsch#13 · 2 wks
PUZZLE PALACE
James Banford#11 · 2 wks
NOT UNDER OATH
John Kieran#9 · 2 wks
THE BLUE OF CAPRICORN
Eugene Burdick#15 · 2 wks
FULL CIRCLE
Anthony Eden#13 · 2 wks
A NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY
John Kieran#10 · 2 wks
CHOSEN COUNTRY
John Dos Passos#14 · 2 wks
TIME TO REMEMBER
Lloyd C. Douglas#15 · 2 wks
LIFE IN AMERICA
Marshall B. Davidson#10 · 2 wks
WE NEED NOT FAIL
Sumner Welles#16 · 2 wks
ACROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI
Bernard Augustine De Voto#11 · 2 wks
AND THAT'S NO LIE
Beatrice Talbot#14 · 2 wks
THOSE OTHER PEOPLE
Mary King O'Donnell#14 · 2 wks
THE BIRTH OF MISCHIEF
Rafael Sabatini#15 · 2 wks
PAUL REVERE AND THE WORLD HE LIVED IN
Esther Forbes#5 · 2 wks
MOUNTAIN MEADOW
John Buchan#6 · 2 wks
LET THE RECORD SPEAK
Dorothy Thompson#6 · 2 wks
THE MAN FROM THE NORLANDS
John Buchan#7 · 2 wks
MADNESS
Marya Hornbacher#16 · 1 wk
EXIT GHOST
Philip Roth#12 · 1 wk
THE CANON
Natalie Angier#12 · 1 wk
DARK STAR SAFARI
Paul Theroux#12 · 1 wk
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: The Two Towers Visual Companion
Jude Fisher#6 · 1 wk
SNOBBERY
Joseph Epstein#9 · 1 wk
EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED
Jonathan Safran Foer#15 · 1 wk
THE MUSIC ROOM
Dennis McFarland#15 · 1 wk
THE DARK LADY
Louis Auchincloss#14 · 1 wk
I COME AS A THIEF
Louis Auchincloss#10 · 1 wk
THE BITTER HERITAGE
Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr#8 · 1 wk
GAMBLERS' MONEY: THE NEW FORCE IN AMERICAN LIFE
Wallace Turner#9 · 1 wk
ON THE CONTRARY
Sydney J. Harris#8 · 1 wk
ROOM AT THE TOP
John Braine#15 · 1 wk
THE CRACK IN THE PICTURE WINDOW
John Keats#16 · 1 wk
IN SEARCH OF ADAM
Herbert Wendt#13 · 1 wk
WILD AMERICA
Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher#15 · 1 wk
THE WICKED PAVILION
Dawn Powell#16 · 1 wk
A WINDOW ON RED SQUARE
Frank Rounds Jr#13 · 1 wk
SYBIL
Louis Auchincloss#15 · 1 wk
THE PATTERN OF RESPONSIBILITY
McGeorge Bundy#16 · 1 wk
LONG THE IMPERIAL WAY
Hanama Tasaki#14 · 1 wk
MINK ON WEEKDAYS
Felicia Lamport#16 · 1 wk
VESPERS IN VIENNA
Bruce Marshall#16 · 1 wk
70 MILES FROM A LEMON
Emma Hayden Eames Yates#15 · 1 wk
THE QUIZ KIDS
Eliza Merrill Hickok#15 · 1 wk
THE WILD FLAG
E.B. White#13 · 1 wk
YELLOW TAPERS FOR PARIS
Bruce Marshall#16 · 1 wk
TOUR OF DUTY
John Dos Passos#12 · 1 wk
THE ISLANDERS
Elizabeth Foster#14 · 1 wk
ONE NATION
Wallace Stegner#12 · 1 wk
NEW WORLD A COMIN'
Roi Ottley#3 · 1 wk
CONGO SONG
Stuart Cloete#5 · 1 wk
THE IVORY MISCHIEF
Arthur Meeker#6 · 1 wk
MR. AND MRS. CUGAT
Isabel Rorick#6 · 1 wk
THE STRATEGY OF TERROR
Edmond Taylor#4 · 1 wk
DR. HUDSON'S SECRET JOURNAL
Lloyd C. Douglas#7 · 1 wk
THOREAU
Henry Seidel Canby#5 · 1 wk
WISDOM'S GATE
Margaret Ayer Barnes#5 · 1 wk
THE LETTERS OF HENRY ADAMS
#6 · 1 wk
GREY OF FALLODON
George Macaulay Trevelyan#7 · 1 wk
RICH MAN POOR MAN
Janet Ayer Fairbank#7 · 1 wk
JEFFERSON IN POWER
Claude G. Bowers#7 · 1 wk
VICTORIA OF ENGLAND
Edith Sitwell#7 · 1 wk
CURZON: THE LAST PHASE
Harold Nicholson#7 · 1 wk
FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES
Lloyd C. Douglas#3 · 1 wk
BEVERIDGE AND THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
Claude G. Bowers#3 · 1 wk
SPARKS FLY UPWARD
Oliver LaFarge#5 · 1 wk
SCARMOUCHE THE KING MAKER
Rafael Sabatini#5 · 1 wk
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