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1986 Books & Bestsellers |
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1986 Fiction Top Ten Books |
| (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. It by Stephen King 2. Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy 3. Whirlwind by James Clavell 4. The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum 5. Hollywood Husbands by Jackie Collins 6. Wanderlust by Danielle Steel 7. I’ll Take Manhattan by Judith Krantz 8. Last of the Breed by Louis L’Amour 9. The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy 10. A Perfect Spy by John Le Carre |
1986 Non-Fiction Books |
| 1. Fatherhood by Bill Cosby 2. Fit for Life by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond 3. His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra by Kitty Kelley 4. The Rotation Diet by Martin Katahn 5. You’re Only Old Once by Dr. Seuss 6. Callanetics: Ten Years Younger in Ten Hours by Callan Pinckney 7. The Frugal Gourmet Cooks with Wine by Jeff Smith 8. Be Happy-You Are Loved! by Robert H. Schuller 9. Word for Word by Andrew A. Rooney 10. James Herriot’s Dog Stories by James Herriot |
New York Times Bestsellers |
| Bus 9 to Paradise by Leo Buscaglia You’re Only Old Once by Dr. Seuss The Triumph of Politics by David Stockman Fatherhood by Bill Cosby His Way by Kitty Kelley A Day in the Life of America by Collins Publishers |
1986 Notable Literature |
| Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner The Sportswriter by Richard Ford Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, vol. 1 by Art Spiegelman The Fragility of Goodness by Martha Nussbaum Writing Culture, edited by James Clifford and George E. Marcus |
| 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature Most Popular Books of 1986, according to GoodReads |