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Best Sellers · 1970s

1973

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL

Hardcover Nonfiction

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

Thomas A. Harris, M.D

HARRY S. TRUMAN

Margaret Truman

THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST

David Halberstam

February

Hardcover Fiction

JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST

David Halberstam

HARRY S. TRUMAN

Margaret Truman

DR. ATKINS' DIET REVOLUTION

Dr. Robert Atkins

March

Hardcover Fiction

JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL

THE ODESSA FILE

Frederick Forsyth

Hardcover Nonfiction

DR. ATKINS' DIET REVOLUTION

Dr. Robert Atkins

April

Hardcover Fiction

THE ODESSA FILE

Frederick Forsyth

Hardcover Nonfiction

DR. ATKINS' DIET REVOLUTION

Dr. Robert Atkins

May

Hardcover Fiction

ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH

Jacqueline Susann

Hardcover Nonfiction

DR. ATKINS' DIET REVOLUTION

Dr. Robert Atkins

June

Hardcover Fiction

ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH

Jacqueline Susann

Hardcover Nonfiction

DR. ATKINS' DIET REVOLUTION

Dr. Robert Atkins

July

Hardcover Fiction

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS

Hardcover Nonfiction

DR. ATKINS' DIET REVOLUTION

Dr. Robert Atkins

August

Hardcover Fiction

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS

Hardcover Nonfiction

DR. ATKINS' DIET REVOLUTION

Dr. Robert Atkins

September

Hardcover Fiction

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS

THE HOLLOW HILLS

Hardcover Nonfiction

DR. ATKINS' DIET REVOLUTION

Dr. Robert Atkins

October

Hardcover Fiction

THE HOLLOW HILLS

Hardcover Nonfiction

HOW TO BE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND

Mildred Newman and Bernard Berkowitz with Jean Owen

November

Hardcover Fiction

THE HOLLOW HILLS

THE HONORARY CONSUL

Hardcover Nonfiction

HOW TO BE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND

Mildred Newman and Bernard Berkowitz with Jean Owen

December

Hardcover Fiction

THE HONORARY CONSUL

Hardcover Nonfiction

HOW TO BE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND

Mildred Newman and Bernard Berkowitz with Jean Owen

ALISTAIR COOKE'S AMERICA

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