Best Selling Novels of the 1960's Books

Best Selling Novels of the 1960's

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A list of the best selling novels in the US during the 1960's as reported by Publishers Weekly. This list ranges from 1960 through 1969. 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 60'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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  1. 1
    Allen Drury
    Year in the Top Ten: 1962
  2. 2
    John le Carré
    Year in the Top Ten: 1968
  3. 3
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    Advise and Consent

    Year in the Top Ten: 1960
  4. 4

    Airport

    Arthur Hailey
    Year in the Top Ten: 1968
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    All in the family

    Edwin O'Connor
    Year in the Top Ten: 1966
  6. 6
    Jerry B. Jenkins, Tim LaHaye
    Year in the Top Ten: 1964
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    Candy

    Kevin Brooks
    Year in the Top Ten: 1964
  8. 8
    Allen Drury
    Year in the Top Ten: 1966
  9. 9

    Caravans

    James A. Michener
    Year in the Top Ten: 1963
  10. 10
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    Christy

    Catherine Marshall
    Years in the Top Ten: 1967, 1968
  11. 11

    City of Night

    John Rechy
    Year in the Top Ten: 1963
  12. 12
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    Convention

    Richard Reeves
    Year in the Top Ten: 1964
  13. 13

    Couples

    John Updike
    Year in the Top Ten: 1968
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    daughter of silence

    Edgar Fawcett
    Year in the Top Ten: 1961
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    Dearly Beloved

    Anne Morrow Lindbergh
    Year in the Top Ten: 1962
  16. 16

    Don't Stop the Carnival

    Herman Wouk
    Year in the Top Ten: 1965
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    Elizabeth Appleton

    John O'Hara
    Year in the Top Ten: 1963
  18. 18
    Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler
    Year in the Top Ten: 1962
  19. 19
    J. D. Salinger
    Years in the Top Ten: 1961, 1962
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    Grandmother and the priests

    Taylor Caldwell
    Year in the Top Ten: 1963
  21. 21

    Hawaii

    James A. Michener
    Year in the Top Ten: 1960
  22. 22
    Saul Bellow
    Years in the Top Ten: 1964, 1965
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    Hotel

    Arthur Hailey
    Year in the Top Ten: 1965
  24. 24

    Mila 18

    Leon Uris
    Year in the Top Ten: 1961
  25. 25

    Myra Breckinridge

    Gore Vidal
    Year in the Top Ten: 1968

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