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Best Sellers · 1970s

1972

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

THE WINDS OF WAR

Hardcover Nonfiction

ELEANOR AND FRANKLIN

February

Hardcover Fiction

THE WINDS OF WAR

Hardcover Nonfiction

ELEANOR AND FRANKLIN

March

Hardcover Fiction

THE WINDS OF WAR

Hardcover Nonfiction

ELEANOR AND FRANKLIN

THE GAME OF THE FOXES

Ladislas Farago

April

Hardcover Fiction

THE WINDS OF WAR

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE GAME OF THE FOXES

Ladislas Farago

May

Hardcover Fiction

THE WINDS OF WAR

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE GAME OF THE FOXES

Ladislas Farago

THE BOYS OF SUMMER

June

Hardcover Fiction

THE WINDS OF WAR

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE BOYS OF SUMMER

I'M O.K.-YOU'RE O.K.

Thomas A. Harris, M.D

July

Hardcover Fiction

JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE BOYS OF SUMMER

I'M O.K.-YOU'RE O.K.

Thomas A. Harris, M.D

Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre

August

Hardcover Fiction

JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL

Hardcover Nonfiction

I'M O.K.-YOU'RE O.K.

Thomas A. Harris, M.D

Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre

September

Hardcover Fiction

JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL

Hardcover Nonfiction

I'M O.K.-YOU'RE O.K.

Thomas A. Harris, M.D

October

Hardcover Fiction

JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL

Hardcover Nonfiction

I'M O.K.-YOU'RE O.K.

Thomas A. Harris, M.D

November

Hardcover Fiction

JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL

Hardcover Nonfiction

I'M O.K.-YOU'RE O.K.

Thomas A. Harris, M.D

December

Hardcover Fiction

JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL

Hardcover Nonfiction

I'M O.K.-YOU'RE O.K.

Thomas A. Harris, M.D

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