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1983 Books & Bestsellers |
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1983 Fiction Top Ten Books |
| (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. Return of the Jedi Storybook, adapted by Joan D. Vinge 2. Poland by James A. Michener 3. Pet Sematary by Stephen King 4. The Little Drummer Girl by John Le Carr 5. Christine by Stephen King 6. Changes by Danielle Steel 7. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 8. White Gold Wielder: Book Three of The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson 9. Hollywood Wives by Jackie Collins 10. The Lonesome Gods by Louis L’Amour |
1983 Non-Fiction Books |
| 1. In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies by Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr 2. Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives by John Naisbitt 3. Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession by Erma Bombeck 4. The One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson 5. Jane Fonda’s Workout Book by Jane Fonda 6. The Best of James Herriot by James Herriot 7. The Mary Kay Guide to Beauty: Discovering Your Special Look by Beauty Experts at Mary Kay Cosmetics 8. On Wings of Eagles by Ken Follett 9. Creating Wealth by Robert G. Allen 10. The Body Principal: The Exercise Program for Life by Victoria Principal |
1983 New York Times Bestsellers |
| Megatrends by John Naisbitt In Search of Excellence by Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr. Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession by Erma Bombeck |
1983 Notable Literature |
| Ironweed by William Kennedy I, Rigoberta Menchú by Rigoberta Menchú Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson Black Marxism by Cedric Robinson The Complete Poems by Elizabeth Bishop Local Knowledge by Clifford Geertz |
| 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature Most Popular Books of 1983, according to GoodReads |