Bestselling Books

1988 Books & Bestsellers 1988 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy 2. The Sands of Time by Sidney Sheldon 3. Zoya by Danielle Steel 4. The Icarus Agenda by Robert Ludlum 5. Alaska by James A. Michener 6. Till We Meet Again by Judith Krantz 7. The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice 8. To Be the Best by Barbara […]

1987 Books & Bestsellers 1987 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Tommyknockers by Stephen King 2. Patriot Games by Tom Clancy 3. Kaleidoscope by Danielle Steel 4. Misery by Stephen King 5. Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories by Garrison Keillor 6. Windmills of the Gods by Sidney Sheldon 7. Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow 8. Fine Things by Danielle Steel 9. Heaven and Hell by John Jakes

1986 Books & Bestsellers 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

1985 Books & Bestsellers 1985 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M. Auel 2. Texas by James A. Michener 3. Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor 4. If Tomorrow Comes by Sidney Sheldon 5. Skeleton Crew by Stephen King 6. Secrets by Danielle Steel 7. Contact by Carl Sagan 8. Lucky by Jackie Collins 9. Family Album by Danielle Steel 10. Jubal Sackett by Louis L’Amour 1985 Non-Fiction

1984 Books & Bestsellers 1984 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub 2. The Aquitaine Progression by Robert Ludlum 3. The Sicilian by Mario Puzo 4. Love and War by John Jakes 5. The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss 6. “… And the Ladies of the Club” by Helen Hooven Santmyer 7. The Fourth Protocol by Frederick Forsyth

1983 Books & Bestsellers 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

1982 Books & Bestsellers 1982 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Storybook by William Kotzwinkle 2. Space by James A. Michener 3. The Parsifal Mosaic by Robert Ludlum 4. Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon 5. Mistral’s Daughter by Judith Krantz 6. The Valley of Horses by Jean M. Auel 7. Different Seasons by Stephen King 8. North and South by John Jakes 9. 2010: Odyssey

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

1980 Books & Bestsellers 1980 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Covenant by James A. Michener 2. The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum 3. Rage of Angels by Sidney Sheldon 4. Princess Daisy by Judith Krantz 5. Firestarter by Stephen King 6. The Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett 7. Random Winds by Belva Plain 8. The Devil’s Alternative by Frederick Forsyth 9. The Fifth Horseman by Larry Collins and

1979 Books & Bestsellers 1979 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Matarese Circle by Robert Ludlum 2. Sophie’s Choice by William Styron 3. Overload by Arthur Hailey 4. Memories of Another Day by Harold Robbins 5. Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut 6. The Dead Zone by Stephen King 7. The Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart 8. The Establishment by Howard Fast 9. The Third World War: August 1985 by Gen. Sir