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Best Sellers · 1950s

1955

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

THE VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

Norman Vincent Peale

February

Hardcover Fiction

THE VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

Norman Vincent Peale

March

Hardcover Fiction

THE VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

Norman Vincent Peale

April

Hardcover Fiction

THE VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD

SINCERELY, WILLIS WAYDE

John Phillips Marquand

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

Norman Vincent Peale

GIFT FROM THE SEA

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

May

Hardcover Fiction

SINCERELY, WILLIS WAYDE

John Phillips Marquand

BONJOUR TRISTESSE

Francoise Sagan

Hardcover Nonfiction

GIFT FROM THE SEA

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

June

Hardcover Fiction

BONJOUR TRISTESSE

Francoise Sagan

Hardcover Nonfiction

GIFT FROM THE SEA

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

July

Hardcover Fiction

SOMETHING OF VALUE

BONJOUR TRISTESSE

Francoise Sagan

Hardcover Nonfiction

GIFT FROM THE SEA

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

August

Hardcover Fiction

BONJOUR TRISTESSE

Francoise Sagan

Hardcover Nonfiction

GIFT FROM THE SEA

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

September

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

GIFT FROM THE SEA

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

October

Hardcover Fiction

MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR

Hardcover Nonfiction

GIFT FROM THE SEA

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

November

Hardcover Fiction

MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR

Hardcover Nonfiction

GIFT FROM THE SEA

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

December

Hardcover Fiction

MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR

Hardcover Nonfiction

GIFT FROM THE SEA

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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