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Best Selling Novels of the 1960's
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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The eighth day
Thornton Wilder“ Year in the Top Ten: 1967 „ - 52
The Embezzler
Dan Smith“ Year in the Top Ten: 1966 „ - 53
The Exhibitionist
“ Year in the Top Ten: 1967 „ - 54Bernard Malamud“ Year in the Top Ten: 1966 „
- 55
The Gabriel Hounds
Mary Stewart“ Year in the Top Ten: 1967 „ - 56
The Glass-Blowers
“ Year in the Top Ten: 1963 „ - 57Mario Puzo“ Year in the Top Ten: 1969 „
- 58
The Green Berets
Robin Moore“ Year in the Top Ten: 1965 „ - 59
The Group
Mary McCarthy“ Year in the Top Ten: 1963 „ - 60
The House on the Strand
Daphne du Maurier“ Year in the Top Ten: 1969 „ - 61
The Inheritors
Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford“ Year in the Top Ten: 1969 „ - 62
The Leopard
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa“ Year in the Top Ten: 1960 „ - 63
The Listener
Taylor Caldwell“ Year in the Top Ten: 1960 „ - 64
The Looking Glass War
“ Year in the Top Ten: 1965 „ - 65Jacqueline Susann, Irving Wallace“ Year in the Top Ten: 1969 „
- 66
The lovely ambition
Mary Ellen Chase“ Year in the Top Ten: 1960 „ - 67
The Man
Irving Wallace“ Year in the Top Ten: 1964 „ - 68Ian Fleming“ Year in the Top Ten: 1965 „
- 69
The Martyred
“ Year in the Top Ten: 1964 „ - 70
The Plot
Will Eisner“ Year in the Top Ten: 1967 „ - 71
The Pretenders
Joan Wolf“ Year in the Top Ten: 1969 „ - 72
The Prize
Irving Wallace“ Year in the Top Ten: 1962 „ - 73
The Promise
Chaim Potok“ Year in the Top Ten: 1969 „ - 74
The rector of Justin
Louis Auchincloss“ Year in the Top Ten: 1964 „ - 75
William Faulkner“ Year in the Top Ten: 1962 „
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