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Best Sellers · 1980s

1981

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

CRISIS INVESTING

Douglas R. Casey

February

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

CRISIS INVESTING

Douglas R. Casey

March

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

NEVER-SAY-DIET BOOK

Richard Simmons

April

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

Martin Cruz Smith

Hardcover Nonfiction

NEVER-SAY-DIET BOOK

Richard Simmons

May

Hardcover Fiction

Martin Cruz Smith

Hardcover Nonfiction

NEVER-SAY-DIET BOOK

Richard Simmons

THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL

June

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL

July

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL

THE BEVERLY HILLS DIET

August

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE BEVERLY HILLS DIET

September

Hardcover Fiction

THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE BEVERLY HILLS DIET

October

Hardcover Fiction

THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE BEVERLY HILLS DIET

NEVER-SAY-DIET BOOK

Richard Simmons

November

Hardcover Fiction

THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE

AN INDECENT OBSESSION

Colleen McCullough

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE BEVERLY HILLS DIET

THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL

NEVER-SAY-DIET BOOK

Richard Simmons

A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC

Shel Silverstein

December

Hardcover Fiction

AN INDECENT OBSESSION

Colleen McCullough

Hardcover Nonfiction

A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC

Shel Silverstein

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