Publisher
Macmillan
Titles on list
126
Total weeks
1,673
Best rank
#1
Weeks at #1
228
On the Bestseller Lists
126 titles
GONE WITH THE WIND
Margaret Mitchell#1 · 76 wks
JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL
Richard Bach#1 · 70 wks
POLITICALLY CORRECT BEDTIME STORIES
James Finn Garner#1 · 65 wks
O YE JIGS AND JULEPS!
Virginia Cary Hudson#2 · 59 wks
FOREVER AMBER
Kathleen Winsor#1 · 58 wks
BETWEEN PARENT AND CHILD
Haim G. Ginott#1 · 56 wks
THE THIRD WORLD WAR: August 1985
General Sir John Hackett and Other Top-ranking NATO Generals and Advisors#3 · 40 wks
YOU CAN PROFIT FROM A MONETARY CRISIS, Harry Browne
#1 · 38 wks
THE BISHOP'S MANTLE
Agnes Sligh Turnbull#5 · 38 wks
ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO
Rachel Field#1 · 38 wks
SIXPENCE IN HER SHOE
Phyllis McGinley#5 · 37 wks
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Richard Llewellyn#1 · 35 wks
THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE
William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White#3 · 34 wks
WATERSHIP DOWN
Richard Adams#1 · 33 wks
INSIDE THE THIRD REICH
Albert Speer#3 · 31 wks
THE DOLLMAKER
Harriette Arnow#4 · 31 wks
WORLDS IN COLLISION
Immanuel Velikovsky#1 · 31 wks
THE BEVERLY HILLS DIET
Judy Mazel#1 · 29 wks
STILWELL AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN CHINA, 1911-1945
Barbara Wertheim Tuchman#3 · 28 wks
J.F.K.: THE MAN AND THE MYTH
Victor Lasky#1 · 28 wks
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE
William Allen White#3 · 28 wks
MEN AT WORK
George F. Will#1 · 27 wks
MEMORIES
Ralph Emery with Tom Carter#2 · 25 wks
A SEASON ON THE BRINK
John Feinstein#1 · 25 wks
BETWEEN PARENT and TEENAGER
Haim G. Ginott#2 · 25 wks
THE PROUD TOWER
Barbara W. Tuchman#2 · 23 wks
THE HITE REPORT
Shere Hite#5 · 22 wks
WINDSWEPT
Mary Ellen Chase#1 · 20 wks
AND SO -VICTORIA
Vaughan Wilkins#2 · 20 wks
AND NOW TOMORROW
Rachel Field#1 · 19 wks
THE NEW TESTAMENT IN MODERN ENGLISH
J.B. Phillips#8 · 18 wks
TIME OUT OF MIND
Rachel Field#2 · 17 wks
THE MEMOIRS OF HERBERT HOOVER
Herbert Hoover#8 · 16 wks
THIEVES IN THE NIGHT
Arthur Koestler#5 · 16 wks
SPANDAU
Albert Speer#3 · 15 wks
HOLDFAST GAINES
Odell Shepard and Willard Shepard#5 · 15 wks
SPARKENBROKE
Charles Morgan#1 · 15 wks
ONCE UPON A MORE ENLIGHTENED TIME
James Finn Garner#7 · 14 wks
THE ROOSEVELT FAMILY OF SAGAMORE HILL
Hermann Hagedorn#8 · 14 wks
POLITICALLY CORRECT HOLIDAY STORIES
James Finn Garner#4 · 13 wks
THE VICAR OF CHRIST
Walter F. Murphy#8 · 13 wks
THE MEMOIRS OF HERBERT HOOVER, Vol. 2
Herbert Hoover#7 · 13 wks
EXPERIMENT IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
H. G. Wells#1 · 13 wks
JOSHUA AND THE CHILDREN
Joseph F. Girzone#6 · 12 wks
BEST EVIDENCE
David S. Lifton#4 · 12 wks
THE MAN ON A DONKEY
H.F.M. Prescott#11 · 12 wks
FIFTY BILLION DOLLARS
Jesse H. Jones and Edward Angly#4 · 12 wks
DOUBLE MUSCADINE
Frances Gaither#7 · 12 wks
FANNY KEMBLE
Margaret Armstrong#1 · 12 wks
GODDESS
Anthony Summers#5 · 11 wks
THE SPIDER KING
Lawrence Schoonover#8 · 11 wks
THE SCARLET TREE
Osbert Sitwell#6 · 11 wks
CAVEAT
Alexander M. Haig Jr#7 · 10 wks
NEXT TO VALOUR
John Jennings#2 · 10 wks
AMERICA IN MIDPASSAGE
Charles A. and Mary Beard#2 · 10 wks
AS THE EARTH TURNS
Gladys Hasty Carroll#1 · 10 wks
MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND
Claude Brown#7 · 9 wks
THE MEMOIRS OF CORDELL HULL
Cordell Hull#7 · 9 wks
TRELAWNY
Margaret Armstrong#3 · 9 wks
BESS W. TRUMAN
Margaret Truman#7 · 8 wks
A HERO FOR OUR TIMES
Ralph G. Martin#10 · 8 wks
A SECOND-HAND LIFE
Charles Jackson#6 · 8 wks
KENNEDY OR NIXON: DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE?
Arthur Meier Schlesinger#2 · 8 wks
THE LAST DAYS OF HITLER
Hugh R. Trevor-Roper#6 · 8 wks
DRIVIN' WOMAN
Elizabeth Chevalier#4 · 8 wks
THE VOYAGE
Charles Morgan#3 · 8 wks
MARY PETERS
Mary Ellen Chase#2 · 8 wks
THE PORTUGUESE ESCAPE
Ann Bridge#9 · 7 wks
WEST OF THE HILL
Gladys Hasty Carroll#10 · 7 wks
ELEPHANT WALK
Robert Standish#8 · 7 wks
THE BURNISHED BLADE
Lawrence Schoonover#10 · 6 wks
SILAS CROCKETT
Mary Ellen Chase#4 · 6 wks
THE DARK MOMENT
Ann Bridge#8 · 5 wks
WAR OR PEACE
John Foster Dulles#11 · 5 wks
HUNTERS HORN
Harriette Simpson Arnow#13 · 5 wks
NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART
Richard Llewellyn#4 · 5 wks
COMBINED OPERATIONS, the Story of the Commandos
Hilary St. George Saunders#4 · 5 wks
ONLY ONE STORM
Granville Hicks#4 · 5 wks
INHERITANCE
Phyllis Bentley#3 · 5 wks
SINATRA
Earl Wilson#10 · 4 wks
A LONG ROW OF CANDLES
C.L. Sulzberger#8 · 4 wks
STACY TOWER
Robert H.K. Walter#10 · 4 wks
THE MEMOIRS OF HERBERT HOOVER. Vol 3
Herbert Hoover#8 · 4 wks
INFORMATION PLEASE ALMANAC 1951
John Kieran#9 · 4 wks
FANFARE FOR ELIZABETH
Edith Sitwell#8 · 4 wks
STRANGER IN TWO WORLDS
Jean Harris#12 · 3 wks
LIFE AND THE DREAM
Mary Maguire Colum#13 · 3 wks
MADEMOISELLE'S HOME PLANNING SCRAPBOOK
Elinor Hillyer#15 · 3 wks
SOUTH RIDING
Winifred Holtby#6 · 3 wks
A FEW FOOLISH ONES
Gladys Hasty Carroll#5 · 3 wks
A MODERN TRAGEDY
Phyllis Bentley#4 · 3 wks
THE SHEPHERD
Joseph F. Girzone#13 · 2 wks
PETE ROSE: My Story
Pete Rose and Roger Kahn#14 · 2 wks
THE FORGOTTEN SMILE
Margaret Kennedy#16 · 2 wks
A SEPARATE PEACE
John Knowles#16 · 2 wks
THE ANTOINETTE POPE SCHOOL COOK BOOK
Antoinette and Francois Pope#13 · 2 wks
AGE OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, 1929-1941
Dixon Wecter#13 · 2 wks
THEY CAME TO A RIVER
Allis McKay#6 · 2 wks
DAWN AT LYONESSE
Mary Ellen Chase#7 · 2 wks
THE RETURN TO RELIGION
Henry C. Link#6 · 2 wks
WE OR THEY
Hamilton Fish Armstrong#4 · 2 wks
VICTORIOUS TROY
John Masefield#8 · 2 wks
LITTLE LEAGUE CONFIDENTIAL
Bill Geist#9 · 1 wk
ROYAL SERVICE
Stephen P. Barry#15 · 1 wk
TARANTULA
Bob Dylan#10 · 1 wk
CHRISTOPHER OF SAN FRANCISCO
George Dorsey#12 · 1 wk
THE LATTIMER LEGEND
Ann Hellesbusch Hebson#15 · 1 wk
THE INSPECTOR
Jan de Hartog#16 · 1 wk
CHALLENGE TO VENUS
Charles Morgan#16 · 1 wk
DIVIDED WE FOUGHT
David Donald#16 · 1 wk
RAIN ON THE WIND
Walter Macken#12 · 1 wk
JENKINS' EAR
Odell Shepard and Willard Shepard#16 · 1 wk
TITO AND GOLIATH
Hamilton Fish Armstrong#15 · 1 wk
THE PLUM TREE
Mary Ellen Chase#14 · 1 wk
THE MEETING OF EAST AND WEST
F. S. C. Northrop#15 · 1 wk
THE FIRST FREEDOM
Morris L. Ernst#16 · 1 wk
WE CANNOT ESCAPE HISTORY
John T. Whitaker#4 · 1 wk
VICTORIA-4:30
Cecil Roberts#7 · 1 wk
WILD FLOWERS
Homer D. House#6 · 1 wk
FULL FLAVOUR
Doris Leslie#8 · 1 wk
THE QUIET FOR CORVO
A. J. A. Symons#6 · 1 wk
TESTAMENT OF YOUTH
Vera Brittain#4 · 1 wk
THE BIRD OF DAWNING
John Masefield#2 · 1 wk
THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
H. G. Wells#3 · 1 wk
THE BULPINGTON OF BLUP
H. G. Wells#3 · 1 wk
MALAYSIA
Henri Fauconnier#3 · 1 wk
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. When you purchase a book through our links, we may earn an affiliate commission.