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. 51
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    The eighth day

    Thornton Wilder
    Year in the Top Ten: 1967
  2. 52
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    The Embezzler

    Dan Smith
    Year in the Top Ten: 1966
  3. 53
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    The Exhibitionist

    Year in the Top Ten: 1967
  4. 54
    Bernard Malamud
    Year in the Top Ten: 1966
  5. 55
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    The Gabriel Hounds

    Mary Stewart
    Year in the Top Ten: 1967
  6. 56
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    The Glass-Blowers

    Year in the Top Ten: 1963
  7. 57
    Mario Puzo
    Year in the Top Ten: 1969
  8. 58

    The Green Berets

    Robin Moore
    Year in the Top Ten: 1965
  9. 59

    The Group

    Mary McCarthy
    Year in the Top Ten: 1963
  10. 60

    The House on the Strand

    Daphne du Maurier
    Year in the Top Ten: 1969
  11. 61
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    The Inheritors

    Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford
    Year in the Top Ten: 1969
  12. 62

    The Leopard

    Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
    Year in the Top Ten: 1960
  13. 63
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    The Listener

    Taylor Caldwell
    Year in the Top Ten: 1960
  14. 64
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    The Looking Glass War

    Year in the Top Ten: 1965
  15. 65
    Jacqueline Susann, Irving Wallace
    Year in the Top Ten: 1969
  16. 66
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    The lovely ambition

    Mary Ellen Chase
    Year in the Top Ten: 1960
  17. 67

    The Man

    Irving Wallace
    Year in the Top Ten: 1964
  18. 68
    Ian Fleming
    Year in the Top Ten: 1965
  19. 69
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    The Martyred

    Year in the Top Ten: 1964
  20. 70

    The Plot

    Will Eisner
    Year in the Top Ten: 1967
  21. 71

    The Pretenders

    Joan Wolf
    Year in the Top Ten: 1969
  22. 72
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    The Prize

    Irving Wallace
    Year in the Top Ten: 1962
  23. 73

    The Promise

    Chaim Potok
    Year in the Top Ten: 1969
  24. 74

    The rector of Justin

    Louis Auchincloss
    Year in the Top Ten: 1964
  25. 75
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    William Faulkner
    Year in the Top Ten: 1962

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