Many a great book is to be found deep in our stacks. Check out one of these #1 bestsellers from years gone by.
[Publishers Weekly Bestsellers by 1950-2007] |
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Year |
Bestselling Novel of the Year |
| 2007 |
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini |
| 2006 |
For One More Day by Mitch Albom |
| 2005 |
The Broker by John Grisham |
| 2003, 2004 |
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown |
| 2002 |
The Summons by John Grisham |
| 2001 |
Desecration by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye |
| 2000 |
The Brethren by John Grisham |
| 1999 |
The Testament by John Grisham |
| 1998 |
The Street Lawyer by John Grisham |
| 1996, 1997 |
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks |
| 1995 |
The Rainmaker by John Grisham |
| 1994 |
The Chamber by John Grisham |
| 1993 |
The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller |
| 1992 |
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King |
| 1991 |
Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley |
| 1990 |
The Plains of Passage by Jean M. Auel |
| 1989 |
Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy |
| 1988 |
The Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy |
| 1987 |
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King |
| 1986 |
It by Stephen King |
| 1985 |
The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M. Auel |
| 1984 |
The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub |
| 1981 |
Noble House by James Clavell |
| 1980 |
The Covenant by James A. Michener |
| 1979 |
The Matarese Circle by Robert Ludlum |
| 1978 |
Chesapeake by James A. Michener |
| 1977 |
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien; Christopher Tolkien |
| 1976 |
Trinity by Leon Uris |
| 1975 |
Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow |
| 1974 |
Centennial by James A. Michener |
| 1972, 1973 |
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach |
| 1971 |
Wheels by Arthur Hailey |
| 1970 |
Love Story by Erich Segal |
| 1969 |
Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth |
| 1968 |
Airport by Arthur Hailey |
| 1967 |
The Arrangement by Elia Kazan |
| 1966 |
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann |
| 1965 |
The Source by James A. Michener |
| 1964 |
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carré |
| 1963 |
The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris L. West |
| 1962 |
Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter |
| 1961 |
The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone |
| 1960 |
Advise and Consent by Allen Drury |
| 1959 |
Exodus by Leon Uris |
| 1958 |
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak |
| 1957 |
By Love Possessed by James Gould Cozzens |
| 1956 |
Don't Go Near the Water by William Brinkley |
| 1955 |
Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk |
| 1954 |
Not as a Stranger by Morton Thompson |
| 1953 |
The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas |
| 1952 |
The Silver Chalice by Thomas B. Costain |
| 1951 |
From Here to Eternity by James Jones |
| 1950 |
The Cardinal by Henry Morton Robinson |
