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Best Selling Novels of the 1950's
Bestselling Books A list of the best selling novels in the US during the 1950's as reported by Publishers Weekly. This list ranges from 1950 through 1959. All types of novels have been included and each of them has made it into the top ten. With the introduction of the Nook, Kindle, and iPad with iBooks, reading is hot again. The best selling novels on this list were the most popular books in the United States during the 50's, so you can be sure they're well written and enjoyable (depending, of course, on your preferred literary genre). This list is intended to help long-time readers and newcomers alike with discovering (and rediscovering) some of the best selling novels of all time.
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Kay Thompson“ Year in the Top Ten: 1957 „ - 27
Exodus
Leon Uris“ Year in the Top Ten: 1959 „ - 28
Floodtide
Frank Yerby“ Year in the Top Ten: 1950 „ - 29
James Jones“ Years in the Top Ten: 1951, 1953 „ - 30
From the Terrace
John O'Hara“ Year in the Top Ten: 1958 „ - 31
Giant
Edna Ferber“ Year in the Top Ten: 1952 „ - 32
Hawaii
James A. Michener“ Year in the Top Ten: 1959 „ - 33
Ice Palace
Edna Ferber“ Year in the Top Ten: 1958 „ - 34
Joy Street
Frances Parkinson Keyes“ Year in the Top Ten: 1950 „ - 35
Jubilee Trail
Gwen Bristow“ Year in the Top Ten: 1950 „ - 36 D. H. Lawrence“ Year in the Top Ten: 1959 „
- 37 Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov“ Years in the Top Ten: 1958, 1959 „
- 38
Lord Vanity
“ Year in the Top Ten: 1953 „ - 39
LOVE IS ETERNAL
Irving Stone“ Year in the Top Ten: 1954 „ - 40
Marjorie Morningstar
Herman Wouk“ Year in the Top Ten: 1955 „ - 41
Mary Anne
Daphne du Maurier“ Year in the Top Ten: 1954 „ - 42
Melville Goodwin, U.S.A.
“ Year in the Top Ten: 1951 „ - 43
Moses
Sholem Asch“ Year in the Top Ten: 1951 „ - 44
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
“ Year in the Top Ten: 1959 „ - 45
My Cousin Rachel
Daphne du Maurier“ Year in the Top Ten: 1952 „ - 46
Never Victorious, Never Defeated
Taylor Caldwell“ Year in the Top Ten: 1954 „ - 47
No Time for Sergeants
Mac Hyman“ Years in the Top Ten: 1954, 1955 „ - 48 Morton Thompson“ Years in the Top Ten: 1954, 1955 „
- 49 Nevil Shute“ Year in the Top Ten: 1957 „
- 50 Grace Metalious“ Years in the Top Ten: 1956, 1957 „
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