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Best Sellers · 1960s

1961

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH

William L. Shirer

February

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH

William L. Shirer

March

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

THE LAST OF THE JUST

Andre Schwarz-Bart

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH

William L. Shirer

April

Hardcover Fiction

THE LAST OF THE JUST

Andre Schwarz-Bart

THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH

William L. Shirer

May

Hardcover Fiction

THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH

William L. Shirer

THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE; New Testament

June

Hardcover Fiction

THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH

William L. Shirer

July

Hardcover Fiction

THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH

William L. Shirer

August

Hardcover Fiction

THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH

William L. Shirer

September

Hardcover Fiction

THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH

William L. Shirer

THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1960

Theodore H. White

October

Hardcover Fiction

THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

FRANNY AND ZOOEY

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1960

Theodore H. White

November

Hardcover Fiction

FRANNY AND ZOOEY

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1960

Theodore H. White

December

Hardcover Fiction

FRANNY AND ZOOEY

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1960

Theodore H. White

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