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Best Sellers · 1980s · 1981

May 1981

#1 bestsellers each week.

Week of May 3, 1981

1981
GORKY PARK
Martin Cruz Smith
Cover of GORKY PARK

Hardcover Fiction

GORKY PARK

Martin Cruz Smith

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1981
NEVER-SAY-DIET BOOK
Richard Simmons
Cover of NEVER-SAY-DIET BOOK

Hardcover Nonfiction

NEVER-SAY-DIET BOOK

Richard Simmons

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Week of May 10, 1981

1981
NOBLE HOUSE
James Clavell
Cover of NOBLE HOUSE

Hardcover Fiction

NOBLE HOUSE

James Clavell

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1981
NEVER-SAY-DIET BOOK
Richard Simmons
Cover of NEVER-SAY-DIET BOOK

Hardcover Nonfiction

NEVER-SAY-DIET BOOK

Richard Simmons

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Week of May 17, 1981

1981
NOBLE HOUSE
James Clavell
Cover of NOBLE HOUSE

Hardcover Fiction

NOBLE HOUSE

James Clavell

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1981
THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL
James Herriot
Cover of THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL

James Herriot

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Week of May 24, 1981

1981
NOBLE HOUSE
James Clavell
Cover of NOBLE HOUSE

Hardcover Fiction

NOBLE HOUSE

James Clavell

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1981
THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL
James Herriot
Cover of THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL

James Herriot

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Week of May 31, 1981

1981
NOBLE HOUSE
James Clavell
Cover of NOBLE HOUSE

Hardcover Fiction

NOBLE HOUSE

James Clavell

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1981
THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL
James Herriot
Cover of THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL

James Herriot

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