Publisher
Harper & Row
Titles on list
114
Total weeks
1,938
Best rank
#1
Weeks at #1
222
On the Bestseller Lists
114 titles
A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
Shel Silverstein#1 · 181 wks
I'M O.K.-YOU'RE O.K.
Thomas A. Harris, M.D#1 · 70 wks
IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE
Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr#1 · 67 wks
LOVE STORY
Erich Segal#1 · 62 wks
THE THORN BIRDS
Colleen McCullough#1 · 59 wks
LOVE, MEDICINE & MIRACLES
Bernie S. Siegel#1 · 56 wks
THE EXORCIST
William Peter Blatty#1 · 55 wks
"OUR CROWD": THE GREAT JEWISH FAMILIES OF NEW YORK
Stephen Birmingham#1 · 47 wks
BARBARIANS AT THE GATE
Bryan Burrough and John Helyar#1 · 38 wks
CIVILISATION
Kenneth Clark#1 · 32 wks
AN INDECENT OBSESSION
Colleen McCullough#1 · 31 wks
OLIVER'S STORY
Erich Segal#1 · 31 wks
QUEEN VICTORIA: BORN TO SUCCEED
Elizabeth Longford#2 · 31 wks
THE SAND PEBBLES
Richard McKenna#2 · 29 wks
THE EIGHTH DAY
Thornton Wilder#1 · 28 wks
SPRING MOON
Bette Bao Lord#2 · 27 wks
CONVENTION
Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II#2 · 27 wks
IN SEARCH OF HISTORY
Theodore H. White#3 · 26 wks
KENNEDY
Theodore C. Sorensen#1 · 26 wks
THE 900 DAYS
Harrison E. Salisbury#1 · 25 wks
THE GOOD MOTHER
Sue Miller#4 · 24 wks
THE PALACE GUARD
Dan Rather and Gary Paul Gates#1 · 24 wks
THE BOYS OF SUMMER
Roger Kahn#1 · 24 wks
THE BELL JAR
Sylvia Plath#4 · 24 wks
PAPER LION
George Plimpton#2 · 24 wks
THE WAPSHOT SCANDAL
John Cheever#4 · 23 wks
ZELDA
Nancy Milford#3 · 22 wks
THE FIRST CIRCLE
Alexander Solzhenitsyn#4 · 22 wks
INTERN
Doctor X (Alan E. Nourse)#2 · 22 wks
THEOPHILUS NORTH
Thornton Wilder#4 · 21 wks
INCREDIBLE VICTORY
Walter Lord#5 · 21 wks
FREE FALL IN CRIMSON
John D. MacDonald#3 · 20 wks
THE DEATH OF A PRESIDENT
William Manchester#1 · 20 wks
THE BLUE NILE
Alan Moorehead#6 · 20 wks
ESSAYS OF E.B. WHITE
E.B. White#7 · 19 wks
LETTERS FROM THE EARTH
Mark Twain#4 · 19 wks
RESTORING THE AMERICAN DREAM
Robert J. Ringer#3 · 18 wks
LINDA GOODMAN'S LOVE SIGNS
Linda Goodman#4 · 18 wks
NIGHT OF CAMP DAVID
Fletcher Knebel#5 · 18 wks
YOUTH
Frances Ilg, Arnold Gesell and Louise Ames#8 · 18 wks
ROSEANNE
Roseanne Barr#2 · 17 wks
WILLIAM E. DONOGHUE'S COMPLETE MONEY MARKET GUIDE
William E. Donoghue with Thomas Tilling#3 · 17 wks
MANAGEMENT
Peter F. Drucker#4 · 17 wks
THE GREAT HUNGER
Cecil Woodham-Smith#7 · 17 wks
ALMOST PARADISE
Susan Isaacs#3 · 16 wks
TRIAL
Don M. Mankiewicz#5 · 16 wks
TALKING GOD
Tony Hillerman#2 · 15 wks
THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
Jane Wagner#5 · 15 wks
AMERICA IN SEARCH OF ITSELF: The Making of the President, 1956-80
Theodore H. White#3 · 15 wks
I'M DANCING AS FAST AS I CAN
Barbara Gordon#10 · 15 wks
THE SOONG DYNASTY
Sterling Seagrave#6 · 14 wks
INSIDE SOUTH AMERICA
John Gunther#6 · 14 wks
CINNAMON SKIN
John D. MacDonald#3 · 13 wks
LYNDON JOHNSON AND THE AMERICAN DREAM
Doris Kearns#6 · 13 wks
THE WAPSHOT CHRONICLE
John Cheever#8 · 13 wks
I WANT TO GROW HAIR, I WANT TO GROW UP, I WANT TO GO TO BOISE
Erma Bombeck#6 · 12 wks
THE LADIES OF MISSALONGHI
Colleen McCullough#3 · 12 wks
THE TRIUMPH OF POLITICS
David A. Stockman#1 · 12 wks
PUBLIC SMILES, PRIVATE TEARS
Helen Van Slyke with James Elward#8 · 12 wks
THE LAWYERS
Martin Mayer#6 · 12 wks
THE POINTS OF MY COMPASS
E.B. White#3 · 12 wks
THE TAFT STORY
William S. White#9 · 12 wks
THE DEAN'S DECEMBER
Saul Bellow#3 · 11 wks
THE ULTRA SECRET
F.W. Winterbotham#5 · 11 wks
THE GRANDEES
Stephen Birmingham#7 · 11 wks
ISLAND
Aldous Huxley#7 · 11 wks
A THIEF OF TIME
Tony Hillerman#7 · 10 wks
JOY IN THE MORNING
Betty Smith#5 · 10 wks
A SENSE OF VALUES
Sloan Wilson#10 · 10 wks
FAMILY PICTURES
Sue Miller#8 · 9 wks
THE WRITING LIFE
Annie Dillard#9 · 9 wks
A CREED FOR THE THIRD MILLENNIUM
Colleen McCullough#10 · 9 wks
THE CENTER
Stewart Alsop#6 · 9 wks
TWENTY LETTERS TO A FRIEND
Svetlana Alliluyeva#4 · 9 wks
THE LOST CITY
John Gunther#7 · 9 wks
SHINING THROUGH
Susan Isaacs#9 · 8 wks
HIM WITH HIS FOOT IN HIS MOUTH AND OTHER STORIES
Saul Bellow#12 · 8 wks
REAL LACE
Stephen Birmingham#9 · 7 wks
KENNEDY AND JOHNSON
Evelyn Lincoln#7 · 7 wks
THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS
Hans Kirst#9 · 7 wks
PERIL AND PROMISE
John Chancellor#7 · 6 wks
INTELLECTUALS
Paul Johnson#9 · 6 wks
THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS
Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird#7 · 6 wks
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A BIOGRAPHY
A.L. Rowse#7 · 6 wks
POINTS OF MY COMPASS
E.B. White#6 · 6 wks
AN AMERICAN CHILDHOOD
Annie Dillard#13 · 5 wks
MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD
Erich Segal#10 · 5 wks
WHIP HAND
Dick Francis#13 · 5 wks
THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
Clive Barker#14 · 4 wks
EVEN BIG GUYS CRY
Alex Karras and Herb Gluck#9 · 4 wks
THE BOGEY MAN
George Plimpton#9 · 4 wks
TINKERBELLE
Robert Manry#10 · 4 wks
PEACHTREE ROAD
Anne Rivers Siddons#14 · 3 wks
CHARLOTTE'S WEB
E.B. White#13 · 3 wks
THE BROKEN CORD
Michael Dorris#14 · 2 wks
JAGUAR WOMAN
Lynn V. Andrews#13 · 2 wks
LISTENING TO AMERICA
Bill Moyers#10 · 2 wks
THE AGE OF DISCONTINUITY
Peter Drucker#9 · 2 wks
WASHINGTON WIFE
Ellen Maury Slayden#9 · 2 wks
THE HEARTLAND
Walter Havighurst#15 · 2 wks
ANY WOMAN'S BLUES
Erica Jong#14 · 1 wk
SURE OF YOU
Armistead Maupin#15 · 1 wk
WHEN SOCIETY BECOMES AN ADDICT
Anne Wilson Schaef#16 · 1 wk
A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
Shell Silverstein#12 · 1 wk
THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING
Milan Kundera#16 · 1 wk
SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT
Rita Mae Brown#15 · 1 wk
MANAGING IN TURBULENT TIMES
Peter Drucker#11 · 1 wk
A SEASON IN THE SUN
Roger Kahn#14 · 1 wk
LETTERS OF E.B. WHITE
Dorothy Lobrano Guth#8 · 1 wk
THE AUTUMN OF THE PATRIARCH
Gabriel Garcia Marquez#10 · 1 wk
BODYGUARD OF LIES
Anthony Cave Brown#9 · 1 wk
JUDY
Gerold Frank#10 · 1 wk
ANOTHER PART OF THE WOOD: A Self-Portrait
Kenneth Clark#9 · 1 wk
PROMETHEUS: THE LIFE OF BALZAC
Andre Maurois#9 · 1 wk
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