1957 Popular Books and Bestsellers

1957 Books & Bestsellers 1957 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. By Love Possessed by James Gould Cozzens 2. Peyton Place by Grace Metalious 3. Compulsion by Meyer Levin 4. Rally Round the Flag, Boys! by Max Shulman 5. Blue Camellia by Frances Parkinson Keyes 6. Eloise in Paris by Kay Thompson 7. The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier 8. On the Beach by Nevil Shute 9. Below the Salt by

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1956 Popular Books and Bestsellers

1956 Books & Bestsellers 1956 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. Don’t Go Near the Water by William Brinkley 2. The Last Hurrah by Edwin O’Connor 3. Peyton Place by Grace Metalious 4. Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis 5. Eloise by Kay Thompson 6. Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor 7. A Certain Smile by Françoise Sagan 8. The Tribe That Lost Its Head by Nicholas Monsarrat 9. The Mandarins by Simone de

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1955 Popular Books and Bestsellers

1955 Books & Bestsellers 1955 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk 2. Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis 3. Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor 4. Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan 5. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson 6. Something of Value by Robert Ruark 7. Not As a Stranger by Morton Thompson 8. No Time for Sergeants by Mac Hyman 9. The

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1954 Popular Books and Bestsellers

1954 Books & Bestsellers 1954 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. Not as a Stranger by Morton Thompson 2. Mary Anne by Daphne du Maurier 3. Love Is Eternal by Irving Stone 4. The Royal Box by Frances Parkinson Keyes 5. The Egyptian by Mika Waltari 6. No Time for Sergeants by Mac Hyman 7. Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck 8. The View from Pompey’s Head by Hamilton Basso

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1953 Popular Books and Bestsellers

1953 Books & Bestsellers 1953 Fiction Top Ten Books (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas 2. The Silver Chalice by Thomas B. Costain 3. Désirée by Annemarie Selinko 4. Battle Cry by Leon M. Uris 5. From Here to Eternity by James Jones 6. The High and the Mighty by Ernest K. Gann 7. Beyond This Place by A.J. Cronin 8. Time and Time Again by James

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