1981 Best Selling Books, Novels and Notable Literature

1981 Books & Bestsellers
1981 Fiction Top Ten Books
(according to Publisher's Weekly) 1. Noble House by James Clavell 2. The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving 3. Cujo by Stephen King 4. An Indecent Obsession by Colleen McCullough 5. Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith 6. Masquerade by Kit Williams 7. Goodbye, Janette by Harold Robbins 8. The Third Deadly Sin by Lawrence Sanders 9. The Glitter Dome by Joseph Wambaugh 10. No Time for Tears by Cynthia Freeman
1981 Non-Fiction Books
1. The Beverly Hills Diet by Judy Mazel 2. The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot 3. Richard Simmons' Never-Say-Diet Book by Richard Simmons 4. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein 5. Cosmos by Carl Sagan 6. Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book by the BH&G Editors 7. Miss Piggy's Guide to Life by Miss Piggy as told to Henry Beard 8. Weight Watchers 365-Day Menu Cookbook by Jean Nidetch 9. You Can Negotiate Anything by Herb Cohen 10. A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney by Andrew A. Rooney
New York Times Bestsellers
Never Say Diet by Richard Simmons The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot The Beverly Hills Diet by Judy Mazel A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
1981 Notable Literature
The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdhie The Transfiguration of the Commonplace by Arthur C. Danto The Gate of Heavenly Peace by Jonathan D. Spence Philosophical Explanations by Robert Nozick Brainstorms by Daniel C. Dennett Wealth and Poverty by George Gilder After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre Women, Race, and Class byAngela Davis The Political Unconscious by Frederic Jameson
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