Publisher
Alfred A Knopf
Titles on list
110
Total weeks
1,011
Best rank
#1
Weeks at #1
44
On the Bestseller Lists
110 titles
THE CRUEL SEA
Nicholas Monsarrat#2 · 61 wks
MARKINGS
Dag Hammarskjöld#1 · 49 wks
COUPLES
John Updike#1 · 36 wks
THE WALL
John Hersey#1 · 34 wks
GODS, GRAVES AND SCHOLARS
C.W. Ceram#7 · 31 wks
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN
Michael Crichton#3 · 30 wks
UP THE ORGANIZATION
Robert Townsend#1 · 28 wks
MY NAME IS ASHER LEV
Chaim Potok#3 · 26 wks
THE OTHER
Thomas Tryon#2 · 24 wks
A SINGLE PEBBLE
John Hersey#4 · 23 wks
THE WAR LOVER
John Hersey#2 · 22 wks
THE CAMERONS
Robert Crichton#5 · 21 wks
THE TERMINAL MAN
Michael Crichton#5 · 19 wks
THE SECRET OF THE HITTITES
C.W. Ceram#7 · 19 wks
HARVEST HOME
Thomas Tryon#4 · 18 wks
BEYOND FREEDOM AND DIGNITY
B. F. Skinner#3 · 18 wks
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Benjamin P. Thomas#4 · 18 wks
RABBIT REDUX
John Updike#4 · 16 wks
MY YOUNG YEARS
Arthur Rubinstein#6 · 15 wks
THE FALL
Albert Camus#7 · 15 wks
THE GOODBYE LOOK
Ross MacDonald#7 · 14 wks
THE CHATEAU
William Maxwell#7 · 14 wks
MINORITY REPORT
H.L. Mencken#4 · 14 wks
THE FRENCH CHEF COOKBOOK
Julia Child#3 · 12 wks
KISS KISS
Roald Dahl#10 · 12 wks
THE LADY
Conrad Richter#9 · 12 wks
THE HOLY SINNER
Thomas Mann#6 · 12 wks
THE SUMMER BEFORE THE DARK
Doris Lessing#7 · 11 wks
THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE
George V. Higgins#5 · 11 wks
THE PROMISE
Chaim Potok#7 · 11 wks
THE CHILD BUYER
John Hersey#8 · 11 wks
NICKEL MOUNTAIN
John Gardner#6 · 10 wks
THE CENTAUR
John Updike#8 · 10 wks
RABBIT, RUN
John Updike#14 · 10 wks
OF WHALES AND MEN
R.B. Robertson#12 · 10 wks
CATHERINE CARTER
Pamela Hansford Johnson#7 · 10 wks
THE TRAGEDY OF LYNDON JOHNSON
Eric F. Goldman#4 · 9 wks
REALITY IN ADVERTISING
Rosser Reeves#9 · 9 wks
EXILE AND THE KINGDOM
Albert Camus#12 · 9 wks
79 PARK AVENUE
Harold Robbins#12 · 9 wks
PICTURES FROM AN INSTITUTION
Randall Jarrell#12 · 9 wks
WEB OF LUCIFER
Maurice Samuel#9 · 9 wks
BECH: A BOOK
John Updike#7 · 8 wks
BULLET PARK
John Cheever#8 · 8 wks
THE ORDWAYS
William Humphrey#7 · 8 wks
QUEEN MARY, 1867-1953
James Pope-Hennessy#6 · 8 wks
THE LION
Joseph Kessel#10 · 8 wks
HOME FROM THE HILL
William Humphrey#13 · 8 wks
CONFESSIONS OF FELIX KRULL
Thomas Mann#8 · 8 wks
A LONG DAY'S DYING
Frederick Buechner#10 · 8 wks
PIGEON FEATHERS
John Updike#13 · 7 wks
THE NOTEBOOKS OF MAJOR THOMPSON
Pierre Daninos#9 · 7 wks
IN ONE EAR
Eric Sevareid#12 · 7 wks
THE SPIRIT OF LIBERTY
Irving Dillard#12 · 7 wks
A STONE FOR DANNY FISHER
Harold Robbins#12 · 7 wks
SLEEPING BEAUTY
Ross MacDonald#9 · 6 wks
UNDER THE EYE OF THE STORM
John Hersey#7 · 6 wks
GABRIELA, CLOVE AND CINNAMON
Jorge Amado#14 · 6 wks
RESISTANCE, REBELLION, AND DEATH
Albert Camus#13 · 6 wks
THE WRECK OF THE MARY DEARE
Hammond Innes#11 · 6 wks
THE LONG SHIPS
Frans G. Bengtsson#10 · 6 wks
MAN, TIME AND FOSSILS
Ruth E. Moore#13 · 6 wks
THE DOOMED OASIS
Hammond Innes#13 · 5 wks
IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION
Alger Hiss#9 · 5 wks
THE CAPRI LETTERS
Mario Soldati#14 · 5 wks
MACARTHUR
Courtney Whitney#13 · 5 wks
THE FABULOUS FANNY
Norman Katkov#10 · 5 wks
THE STORIES OF FRANK O'CONNER
Frank O'Conner#13 · 5 wks
THE DUKE'S DAUGHTER
Angela Thirkell#12 · 5 wks
A TIME IN ROME
Elizabeth Bowen#14 · 4 wks
THE LAW
Roger Vailland#11 · 4 wks
THE SCHIRMER INHERITANCE
Eric Ambler#11 · 4 wks
ONE MAN'S AMERICA
Alistair Cooke#15 · 4 wks
COUNTRY CHRONICLE
Angela Thirkell#15 · 4 wks
A STAR IN THE WIND
Robert Nathan#13 · 3 wks
HAPPY RETURN
Angela Mackail Thirkell#13 · 3 wks
THE HELL BOMB
William Leonard Laurence#12 · 3 wks
HALLUCINATIONS
Oliver Sacks#7 · 2 wks
THE DIGGERS GAME
George V. Higgins#10 · 2 wks
A HAPPY DEATH
Albert Camus#9 · 2 wks
THE POORHOUSE FAIR
John Updike#14 · 2 wks
THE MARCH OF ARCHAEOLOGY
C.W. Ceram#13 · 2 wks
DEATH OF A NATION
Clifford Dowdey#11 · 2 wks
THE STORY OF MAN
Carleton S. Coon#11 · 2 wks
WHAT DID IT MEAN?
Angela Thirkell#16 · 2 wks
THE GO-BETWEEN
L.P. Hartley#12 · 2 wks
LINCOLN AND HIS GENERALS
T. Harry Williams#16 · 2 wks
THE TOWN
Conrad Richter#12 · 2 wks
THE SPRINGS
Anne Goodwin Winslow#13 · 2 wks
THE WORLD OF APPLES
John Cheever#8 · 1 wk
MUSEUMS AND WOMEN
John Updike#10 · 1 wk
NOTEBOOKS 1935-1942
Albert Camus#8 · 1 wk
THE PLEDGE
Friedrich Duerrenmatt#13 · 1 wk
BORSTAL BOY
Brendan Behan#16 · 1 wk
THE LAND GOD GAVE TO CAIN
Hammond Innes#15 · 1 wk
MARLBOROUGH'S DUCHESS
Louis Kronenberger#15 · 1 wk
ALGERIA
Germaine Tillion#15 · 1 wk
COME WITH ME TO MACEDONIA
Leonard Drohan#16 · 1 wk
THE SOUND OF WAVES
Yukio Mishima#13 · 1 wk
THE CRUCIAL DECADE
Eric F. Goldman#13 · 1 wk
THE SEVEN ISLANDS
Jon Godden#13 · 1 wk
THE SINGING WILDERNESS
Sigurd F. Olson#16 · 1 wk
CHICAGO, WITH LOVE
Arthur Meeker#16 · 1 wk
HOMES OF THE BRAVE
Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings#14 · 1 wk
THE STORY OF ESTHER COSTELLO
Nicholas Monsarrat#12 · 1 wk
ICEBOUND SUMMER
Sally Carrighar#14 · 1 wk
CAIRO TO DAMASCUS
John Roy Carlson#16 · 1 wk
THE GENERAL WHO MARCHED TO HELL
Earl Schenck Miers#15 · 1 wk
TROUBLED SLEEP
Jean-Paul Sartre#16 · 1 wk
GENERATION ON TRIAL
Alistair Cooke#16 · 1 wk
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