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Best Sellers · 1950s · 1955

January 1955

#1 bestsellers each week.

Week of January 2, 1955

1955
THE VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD
Hamilton Basso
Cover of THE VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD

Hardcover Fiction

THE VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD

Hamilton Basso

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1955
THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING
Norman Vincent Peale
Cover of THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

Norman Vincent Peale

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Week of January 9, 1955

1955
THE VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD
Hamilton Basso
Cover of THE VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD

Hardcover Fiction

THE VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD

Hamilton Basso

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1955
THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING
Norman Vincent Peale
Cover of THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

Norman Vincent Peale

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Week of January 16, 1955

1955
THE VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD
Hamilton Basso
Cover of THE VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD

Hardcover Fiction

THE VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD

Hamilton Basso

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1955
THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING
Norman Vincent Peale
Cover of THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

Norman Vincent Peale

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Week of January 23, 1955

1955
THE VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD
Hamilton Basso
Cover of THE VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD

Hardcover Fiction

THE VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD

Hamilton Basso

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1955
THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING
Norman Vincent Peale
Cover of THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

Norman Vincent Peale

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Week of January 30, 1955

1955
THE VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD
Hamilton Basso
Cover of THE VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD

Hardcover Fiction

THE VIEW FROM POMPEY'S HEAD

Hamilton Basso

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1955
THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING
Norman Vincent Peale
Cover of THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

Norman Vincent Peale

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