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Best Sellers · 1980s · 1989

May 1989

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Week of May 7, 1989

1989
THE SATANIC VERSES
Salman Rushdie
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Hardcover Fiction

THE SATANIC VERSES

Salman Rushdie

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1989
ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN
Robert Fulghum
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Hardcover Nonfiction

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN

Robert Fulghum

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Week of May 14, 1989

1989
THE SATANIC VERSES
Salman Rushdie
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Hardcover Fiction

THE SATANIC VERSES

Salman Rushdie

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1989
ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN
Robert Fulghum
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Hardcover Nonfiction

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN

Robert Fulghum

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Week of May 21, 1989

1989
THE SATANIC VERSES
Salman Rushdie
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Hardcover Fiction

THE SATANIC VERSES

Salman Rushdie

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1989
A WOMAN NAMED JACKIE
C. David Heymann
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Hardcover Nonfiction

A WOMAN NAMED JACKIE

C. David Heymann

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Week of May 28, 1989

1989
WHILE MY PRETTY ONE SLEEPS
Mary Higgins Clark
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WHILE MY PRETTY ONE SLEEPS

Mary Higgins Clark

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1989
A WOMAN NAMED JACKIE
C. David Heymann
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A WOMAN NAMED JACKIE

C. David Heymann

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