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Best Sellers · 1950s

1958

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

BY LOVE POSSESSED

James Gould Cozzens

Hardcover Nonfiction

BARUCH: MY OWN STORY

Bernard M. Baruch

February

Hardcover Fiction

BY LOVE POSSESSED

James Gould Cozzens

Hardcover Nonfiction

PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES

March

Hardcover Fiction

BY LOVE POSSESSED

James Gould Cozzens

ANATOMY OF A MURDER

Hardcover Nonfiction

PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES

April

Hardcover Fiction

ANATOMY OF A MURDER

Hardcover Nonfiction

PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES

May

Hardcover Fiction

ANATOMY OF A MURDER

Hardcover Nonfiction

MASTERS OF DECEIT

J. Edgar Hoover

June

Hardcover Fiction

ANATOMY OF A MURDER

Hardcover Nonfiction

MASTERS OF DECEIT

J. Edgar Hoover

July

Hardcover Fiction

ANATOMY OF A MURDER

Hardcover Nonfiction

INSIDE RUSSIA TODAY

August

Hardcover Fiction

ANATOMY OF A MURDER

Hardcover Nonfiction

INSIDE RUSSIA TODAY

September

Hardcover Fiction

ANATOMY OF A MURDER

Vladimir Nabokov

Hardcover Nonfiction

INSIDE RUSSIA TODAY

ONLY IN AMERICA

Harry Lewis Golden

October

Hardcover Fiction

Vladimir Nabokov

Hardcover Nonfiction

ONLY IN AMERICA

Harry Lewis Golden

November

Hardcover Fiction

Vladimir Nabokov

Boris Pasternak

Hardcover Nonfiction

ONLY IN AMERICA

Harry Lewis Golden

December

Hardcover Fiction

Boris Pasternak

Hardcover Nonfiction

ONLY IN AMERICA

Harry Lewis Golden

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