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Best Sellers · 1980s

1980

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

SMILEY'S PEOPLE

Hardcover Nonfiction

AUNT ERMA'S COPE BOOK

Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong

February

Hardcover Fiction

SMILEY'S PEOPLE

Hardcover Nonfiction

Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong

March

Hardcover Fiction

THE BOURNE IDENTITY

Hardcover Nonfiction

Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong

April

Hardcover Fiction

THE BOURNE IDENTITY

Hardcover Nonfiction

Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman

May

Hardcover Fiction

THE BOURNE IDENTITY

Hardcover Nonfiction

Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman

THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE

June

Hardcover Fiction

THE BOURNE IDENTITY

Hardcover Nonfiction

THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE

July

Hardcover Fiction

THE BOURNE IDENTITY

Hardcover Nonfiction

THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE

August

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

SHELLEY: ALSO KNOWN AS SHIRLEY

Shelley Winters

September

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

SHELLEY: ALSO KNOWN AS SHIRLEY

Shelley Winters

CRISIS INVESTING

Douglas R. Casey

October

Hardcover Fiction

THE KEY TO REBECCA

Hardcover Nonfiction

CRISIS INVESTING

Douglas R. Casey

November

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

CRISIS INVESTING

Douglas R. Casey

December

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

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