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Best Sellers · 1950s · 1955

May 1955

#1 bestsellers each week.

Week of May 1, 1955

1955
SINCERELY, WILLIS WAYDE
John Phillips Marquand
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Hardcover Fiction

SINCERELY, WILLIS WAYDE

John Phillips Marquand

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1955
GIFT FROM THE SEA
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Cover of GIFT FROM THE SEA

Hardcover Nonfiction

GIFT FROM THE SEA

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Week of May 8, 1955

1955
SINCERELY, WILLIS WAYDE
John Phillips Marquand
Cover of SINCERELY, WILLIS WAYDE

Hardcover Fiction

SINCERELY, WILLIS WAYDE

John Phillips Marquand

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1955
GIFT FROM THE SEA
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Cover of GIFT FROM THE SEA

Hardcover Nonfiction

GIFT FROM THE SEA

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Week of May 15, 1955

1955
SINCERELY, WILLIS WAYDE
John Phillips Marquand
Cover of SINCERELY, WILLIS WAYDE

Hardcover Fiction

SINCERELY, WILLIS WAYDE

John Phillips Marquand

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1955
GIFT FROM THE SEA
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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Hardcover Nonfiction

GIFT FROM THE SEA

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Week of May 22, 1955

1955
BONJOUR TRISTESSE
Francoise Sagan

Hardcover Fiction

BONJOUR TRISTESSE

Francoise Sagan

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1955
GIFT FROM THE SEA
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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Hardcover Nonfiction

GIFT FROM THE SEA

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Week of May 29, 1955

1955
BONJOUR TRISTESSE
Francoise Sagan

Hardcover Fiction

BONJOUR TRISTESSE

Francoise Sagan

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1955
GIFT FROM THE SEA
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Cover of GIFT FROM THE SEA

Hardcover Nonfiction

GIFT FROM THE SEA

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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