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1977 Books & Bestsellers |
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1977 Fiction Top Ten Books |
| (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien 2. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 3. Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach 4. The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carre 5. Oliver’s Story by Erich Segal 6. Dreams Die First by Harold Robbins 7. Beggarman, Thief by Irwin Shaw 8. How To Save Your Own Life by Erica Jong 9. Delta of Venus: Erotica by Anaïs Nin 10. Daniel Martin by John Fowles |
1977 Non-Fiction Books |
| 1. Roots by Alex Haley 2. Looking Out for #1 by Robert Ringer 3. All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot 4. Your Erroneous Zones by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer 5. The Book of Lists by David Wallechinsky, Irving Wallace and Amy Wallace 6. The Possible Dream: A Candid Look at Amway by Charles Paul Conn 7. The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan 8. The Second Ring of Power by Carlos Castaneda 9. The Grass ls Always Greener over the Septic Tank by Erma Bombeck 10. The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson |
1977 New York Times Bestsellers |
| Your Erroneous Zones by Wayne Dwyer The Book of Lists by David Wallechinsky, Irving Wallace, and Amy Wallace Looking Out for Number One by Robert J. Ringer All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot |
1977 Notable Literature |
| Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison Outline of a Theory of Practice by Pierre Bourdieu Children of Crisis by Robert Coles Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Dispatches by Michael Herr Just and Unjust Wars by Michael Walzer Samuel Johnson by Walter Jackson Bate Taking Rights Seriously by Ronald Dworkin |
| 1977 Nobel Prize in Literature Most Popular Books of 1977, according to GoodReads |