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Best Sellers · 1980s

1983

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

AND MORE BY ANDY ROONEY

Andrew A. Rooney

JANE FONDA'S WORKOUT BOOK

February

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

MISTRAL'S DAUGHTER

Hardcover Nonfiction

JANE FONDA'S WORKOUT BOOK

March

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL

Hardcover Nonfiction

JANE FONDA'S WORKOUT BOOK

April

Hardcover Fiction

THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL

Hardcover Nonfiction

IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE

Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr

May

Hardcover Fiction

THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL

Hardcover Nonfiction

IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE

Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr

June

Hardcover Fiction

THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL

THE RETURN OF THE JEDI

RETURN OF THE JEDI

Hardcover Nonfiction

IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE

Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr

July

Hardcover Fiction

RETURN OF THE JEDI

Hardcover Nonfiction

IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE

Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr

August

Hardcover Fiction

THE NAME OF THE ROSE

Hardcover Nonfiction

IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE

Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr

September

Hardcover Fiction

THE NAME OF THE ROSE

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE

Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr

October

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE

Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr

MOTHERHOOD: The Second Oldest Profession

November

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

MOTHERHOOD: The Second Oldest Profession

December

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

MOTHERHOOD: The Second Oldest Profession

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