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Best Sellers · 1980s

1982

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

AN INDECENT OBSESSION

Colleen McCullough

Hardcover Nonfiction

A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC

Shel Silverstein

February

Hardcover Fiction

AN INDECENT OBSESSION

Colleen McCullough

THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE

NORTH AND SOUTH

Hardcover Nonfiction

A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC

Shel Silverstein

March

Hardcover Fiction

NORTH AND SOUTH

THE PARSIFAL MOSAIC

Hardcover Nonfiction

A FEW MINUTES WITH ANDY ROONEY

Andrew A. Rooney

JANE FONDA'S WORKOUT BOOK

April

Hardcover Fiction

THE PARSIFAL MOSAIC

Hardcover Nonfiction

JANE FONDA'S WORKOUT BOOK

May

Hardcover Fiction

THE PARSIFAL MOSAIC

Hardcover Nonfiction

JANE FONDA'S WORKOUT BOOK

June

Hardcover Fiction

THE MAN FROM ST. PETERSBURG

THE PARSIFAL MOSAIC

Hardcover Nonfiction

LIVING, LOVING & LEARNING

JANE FONDA'S WORKOUT BOOK

July

Hardcover Fiction

THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER

THE PARSIFAL MOSAIC

Hardcover Nonfiction

JANE FONDA'S WORKOUT BOOK

August

Hardcover Fiction

THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER

DIFFERENT SEASONS

Hardcover Nonfiction

JANE FONDA'S WORKOUT BOOK

Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw

September

Hardcover Fiction

DIFFERENT SEASONS

MASTER OF THE GAME

Hardcover Nonfiction

Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw

JANE FONDA'S WORKOUT BOOK

October

Hardcover Fiction

MASTER OF THE GAME

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

JANE FONDA'S WORKOUT BOOK

Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw

November

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

JANE FONDA'S WORKOUT BOOK

AND MORE BY ANDY ROONEY

Andrew A. Rooney

December

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

AND MORE BY ANDY ROONEY

Andrew A. Rooney

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