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Best Selling Novels of the 1970's

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A list of the best selling novels in the US during the 1970's as reported by Publishers Weekly. This list ranges from 1970 through 1979. 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 70'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

    1876

    Gore Vidal
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1976 „
    BUY
  2. 2

    A Stranger in the Mirror

    Sidney Sheldon
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1976 „
    BUY
  3. 3

    August 1914

    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1972 „
    BUY
  4. 4
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    Beggarman, Thief

    Irwin Shaw
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1977 „
    BUY
  5. 5

    Bloodline

    Sidney Sheldon
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1978 „
    BUY
  6. 6

    Breakfast of Champions

    Kurt Vonnegut
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1973 „
    BUY
  7. 7

    Burr

    Gore Vidal
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1973 „
    BUY
  8. 8

    Captains and the Kings

    Taylor Caldwell
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1972 „
    BUY
  9. 9

    Centennial

    James A. Michener
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1974 „
    BUY
  10. 10

    Chesapeake

    James A. Michener
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1978 „
    BUY
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    Curtain

    Agatha Christie
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1975 „
    BUY
  12. 12

    Daniel Martin

    John Fowles
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1977 „
    BUY
  13. 13

    Delta of Venus

    Anaïs Nin
    BUY
  14. 14
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    Dolores

    Jacqueline Susann
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1976 „
    BUY
  15. 15
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    Dreams die first

    Harold Robbins
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1977 „
    BUY
  16. 16

    Evening in Byzantium

    Irwin Shaw
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1973 „
    BUY
  17. 17

    Evergreen

    Belva Plain
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1978 „
    BUY
  18. 18

    Eye of the Needle

    Ken Follett
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1978 „
    BUY
  19. 19

    Fools Die

    Mario Puzo
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1978 „
    BUY
  20. 20
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    Great lion of God

    Taylor Caldwell
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1970 „
    BUY
  21. 21

    How to Save Your Own Life

    Erica Jong
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1977 „
    BUY
  22. 22

    Humboldt's Gift

    Saul Bellow
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1975 „
    BUY
  23. 23

    I Heard the Owl Call My Name

    Margaret Craven
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1974 „
    BUY
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    Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

    “ Years in the Top Ten: 1977, 1978 „
    BUY
  25. 25

    Islands in the Stream

    Ernest Hemingway
    “ Year in the Top Ten: 1970 „
    BUY

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  1. Blondell Hoovler
    Best Selling Novels of the 1970's at 9/19/2012 5:30 AM
    That's surprising about 1970s Bestsellers.
  2. Elinore Bundi
    Best Selling Novels of the 1970's at 7/26/2012 9:30 PM
    Thanks for this. Bestselling Novels of the 70s, huh?

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