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Best Sellers · 1970s

1979

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

Christina Crawford

GNOMES, text by Wil Huygen

Rien Poortvliet

February

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

WAR AND REMEMBRANCE

Hardcover Nonfiction

Christina Crawford

LAUREN BACALL BY MYSELF

March

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

WAR AND REMEMBRANCE

Hardcover Nonfiction

LAUREN BACALL BY MYSELF

April

Hardcover Fiction

WAR AND REMEMBRANCE

THE MATARESE CIRCLE

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE COMPLETE SCARSDALE MEDICAL DIET

Herman Tarnower, M.D. and Samm Sinclair Baker

May

Hardcover Fiction

THE MATARESE CIRCLE

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE COMPLETE SCARSDALE MEDICAL DIET

Herman Tarnower, M.D. and Samm Sinclair Baker

June

Hardcover Fiction

THE MATARESE CIRCLE

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE COMPLETE SCARSDALE MEDICAL DIET

Herman Tarnower, M.D. and Samm Sinclair Baker

July

Hardcover Fiction

THE MATARESE CIRCLE

SOPHIE'S CHOICE

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE COMPLETE SCARSDALE MEDICAL DIET

Herman Tarnower, M.D. and Samm Sinclair Baker

August

Hardcover Fiction

THE MATARESE CIRCLE

SOPHIE'S CHOICE

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE COMPLETE SCARSDALE MEDICAL DIET

Herman Tarnower, M.D. and Samm Sinclair Baker

September

Hardcover Fiction

SOPHIE'S CHOICE

THE LAST ENCHANTMENT

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE COMPLETE SCARSDALE MEDICAL DIET

Herman Tarnower, M.D. and Samm Sinclair Baker

October

Hardcover Fiction

THE ESTABLISHMENT

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE COMPLETE SCARSDALE MEDICAL DIET

Herman Tarnower, M.D. and Samm Sinclair Baker

AUNT ERMA'S COPE BOOK

November

Hardcover Fiction

THE ESTABLISHMENT

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE COMPLETE SCARSDALE MEDICAL DIET

Herman Tarnower, M.D. and Samm Sinclair Baker

AUNT ERMA'S COPE BOOK

December

Hardcover Fiction

THE ESTABLISHMENT

Hardcover Nonfiction

AUNT ERMA'S COPE BOOK

Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong

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