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Best Sellers · 1950s · 1956

August 1956

#1 bestsellers each week.

Week of August 5, 1956

1956
THE LAST HURRAH
Edwin O'Connor
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Hardcover Fiction

THE LAST HURRAH

Edwin O'Connor

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1956
EISENHOWER
Robert J. Donovan

Hardcover Nonfiction

EISENHOWER

Robert J. Donovan

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Week of August 12, 1956

1956
DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER
William Brinkley
Cover of DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER

Hardcover Fiction

DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER

William Brinkley

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1956
EISENHOWER
Robert J. Donovan

Hardcover Nonfiction

EISENHOWER

Robert J. Donovan

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Week of August 19, 1956

1956
DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER
William Brinkley
Cover of DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER

Hardcover Fiction

DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER

William Brinkley

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1956
EISENHOWER
Robert J. Donovan

Hardcover Nonfiction

EISENHOWER

Robert J. Donovan

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Week of August 26, 1956

1956
DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER
William Brinkley
Cover of DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER

Hardcover Fiction

DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER

William Brinkley

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1956
EISENHOWER
Robert J. Donovan

Hardcover Nonfiction

EISENHOWER

Robert J. Donovan

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