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Best Sellers · 1980s

1985

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

Stephen King and Peter Straub

Hardcover Nonfiction

IACOCCA: An Autobiography

Lee Iacocca with William Novak

February

Hardcover Fiction

IF TOMORROW COMES

Hardcover Nonfiction

IACOCCA: An Autobiography

Lee Iacocca with William Novak

March

Hardcover Fiction

IF TOMORROW COMES

Hardcover Nonfiction

IACOCCA: An Autobiography

Lee Iacocca with William Novak

April

Hardcover Fiction

Richard Bachman

Hardcover Nonfiction

IACOCCA: An Autobiography

Lee Iacocca with William Novak

May

Hardcover Fiction

Richard Bachman

IF TOMORROW COMES

Hardcover Nonfiction

IACOCCA: An Autobiography

Lee Iacocca with William Novak

June

Hardcover Fiction

Barbara Taylor Bradford

THE CIDER HOUSE RULES

Hardcover Nonfiction

IACOCCA: An Autobiography

Lee Iacocca with W illiam Novak

A PASSION FOR EXCELLENCE

Tom Peters and Nancy Austin

IACOCCA: An Autobiography

Lee Iacocca with William Novak

July

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

IACOCCA: An Autobiography

Lee Iacocca with William Novak

YEAGER: An Autobiography

Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos

August

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

YEAGER: An Autobiography

Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos

September

Hardcover Fiction

LAKE WOBEGON DAYS

Garrison Keillor

Hardcover Nonfiction

YEAGER: An Autobiography

Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos

Priscilla Beaulieu Presley with Sandra Harmon

October

Hardcover Fiction

LAKE WOBEGON DAYS

Garrison Keillor

James A. Michener

Hardcover Nonfiction

Priscilla Beaulieu Presley with Sandra Harmon

November

Hardcover Fiction

James A. Michener

THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS

Hardcover Nonfiction

Priscilla Beaulieu Presley with Sandra Harmon

December

Hardcover Fiction

THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS

LAKE WOBEGON DAYS

Garrison Keillor

Hardcover Nonfiction

YEAGER: An Autobiography

Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos

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