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Best Sellers · 1950s

1957

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

Grace Metalious

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE NUN'S STORY

February

Hardcover Fiction

Grace Metalious

Hardcover Nonfiction

March

Hardcover Fiction

Grace Metalious

Daphne du Maurier

Hardcover Nonfiction

April

Hardcover Fiction

Daphne du Maurier

Hardcover Nonfiction

May

Hardcover Fiction

Daphne du Maurier

Hardcover Nonfiction

June

Hardcover Fiction

Daphne du Maurier

Grace Metalious

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE DAY CHRIST DIED

July

Hardcover Fiction

Grace Metalious

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE DAY CHRIST DIED

August

Hardcover Fiction

Grace Metalious

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE HIDDEN PERSUADERS

THE DAY CHRIST DIED

September

Hardcover Fiction

Grace Metalious

BY LOVE POSSESSED

James Gould Cozzens

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE HIDDEN PERSUADERS

BARUCH: MY OWN STORY

Bernard M. Baruch

October

Hardcover Fiction

BY LOVE POSSESSED

James Gould Cozzens

Hardcover Nonfiction

BARUCH: MY OWN STORY

Bernard M. Baruch

November

Hardcover Fiction

BY LOVE POSSESSED

James Gould Cozzens

Hardcover Nonfiction

BARUCH: MY OWN STORY

Bernard M. Baruch

December

Hardcover Fiction

BY LOVE POSSESSED

James Gould Cozzens

Hardcover Nonfiction

BARUCH: MY OWN STORY

Bernard M. Baruch

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