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Best Sellers · 1960s · 1961

August 1961

#1 bestsellers each week.

Week of August 6, 1961

1961
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
Irving Stone
Cover of THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

Hardcover Fiction

THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

Irving Stone

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1961
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH
William L. Shirer
Cover of THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH

William L. Shirer

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Week of August 13, 1961

1961
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
Irving Stone
Cover of THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

Hardcover Fiction

THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

Irving Stone

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1961
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH
William L. Shirer
Cover of THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH

William L. Shirer

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Week of August 20, 1961

1961
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
Irving Stone
Cover of THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

Hardcover Fiction

THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

Irving Stone

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1961
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH
William L. Shirer
Cover of THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH

William L. Shirer

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Week of August 27, 1961

1961
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
Irving Stone
Cover of THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

Hardcover Fiction

THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

Irving Stone

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1961
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH
William L. Shirer
Cover of THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH

William L. Shirer

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