Publisher
Knopf
Titles on list
643
Total weeks
5,099
Best rank
#1
Weeks at #1
267
On the Bestseller Lists
643 titles

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST
Stieg Larsson#1 · 79 wks

LEAN IN
Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell#1 · 73 wks

CRYING IN H MART
Michelle Zauner#2 · 67 wks
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
Arthur Golden#5 · 62 wks

THRIVING ON CHAOS
Tom Peters#2 · 47 wks

I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK
Nora Ephron#1 · 46 wks

FOUNDING BROTHERS
Joseph J. Ellis#2 · 43 wks

TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY
John le Carré#1 · 40 wks
LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA
Gabriel Garcia Marquez#2 · 39 wks

WILD
Cheryl Strayed#1 · 36 wks

A DISTANT MIRROR
Barbara W. Tuchman#2 · 36 wks

BERLIN DIARY
William L. Shirer#1 · 36 wks

LIFE WITH FATHER
Clarence Day#1 · 35 wks

THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL
John le Carré#1 · 34 wks

TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW
Gabrielle Zevin#2 · 33 wks

BREATHING LESSONS
Anne Tyler#2 · 33 wks

BAD BLOOD
John Carreyrou#4 · 31 wks
LAUREN BACALL BY MYSELF
Lauren Bacall#1 · 31 wks

ME: Stories of My Life
Katharine Hepburn#1 · 30 wks
BELOVED
Toni Morrison#3 · 30 wks

SOMETHING HAPPENED
Joseph Heller#1 · 29 wks

BORN TO RUN
Christopher McDougall#4 · 28 wks

MY LIFE
Bill Clinton#1 · 28 wks

THE CIVIL WAR
Geoffrey C. Ward with Ric Burns and Ken Burns#1 · 28 wks

THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
Anne Tyler#4 · 28 wks

HEARTBURN
Nora Ephron#3 · 28 wks

SMILEY'S PEOPLE
John le Carré#1 · 28 wks

THE POWERS THAT BE
David Halberstam#2 · 28 wks
A BELL FOR ADANO
John Hersey#2 · 28 wks

THE FATAL SHORE
Robert Hughes#3 · 27 wks

ALISTAIR COOKE'S AMERICA
Alistair Cooke#1 · 27 wks

THE FIRST SALUTE
Barbara W. Tuchman#3 · 26 wks

THE MARCH OF FOLLY
Barbara W. Tuchman#2 · 26 wks

THE STORIES OF JOHN CHEEVER
John Cheever#3 · 26 wks

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
Joan Didion#2 · 25 wks

TOUJOURS PROVENCE
Peter Mayle#4 · 25 wks
FALCONER
John Cheever#1 · 25 wks

THE LOST WORLD
Michael Crichton#1 · 24 wks
A PERFECT SPY
John le Carré#1 · 24 wks
BREAKING WITH MOSCOW
Arkady N. Shevchenko#2 · 24 wks
LADY
Thomas Tryon#3 · 24 wks

NOBODY'S GIRL
Virginia Roberts Giuffre#1 · 23 wks

SPONTANEOUS HEALING
Andrew Weil#2 · 23 wks

RABBIT IS RICH
John Updike#4 · 23 wks

OPTION B
Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant#1 · 22 wks

DISCLOSURE
Michael Crichton#1 · 22 wks

THE WITCHING HOUR
Anne Rice#2 · 22 wks

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
Stieg Larsson#1 · 21 wks

RISING SUN
Michael Crichton#1 · 21 wks

THE RUSSIA HOUSE
John le Carré#1 · 21 wks

THE HONORABLE SCHOOLBOY
John le Carré#3 · 21 wks

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY
Michael Crichton#3 · 20 wks

NOT SO WILD A DREAM
Eric Sevareid#5 · 20 wks

A REPORTER'S LIFE
Walter Cronkite#1 · 19 wks

ALL THE PRETTY HORSES
Cormac McCarthy#9 · 19 wks

CITIZENS
Simon Schama#5 · 19 wks

PETER THE GREAT
Robert K. Massie#4 · 19 wks
ORDINARY PEOPLE
Judith Guest#4 · 19 wks

IN THE BEGINNING
Chaim Potok#5 · 19 wks

PARADISE
Toni Morrison#1 · 18 wks
THE FATE OF THE EARTH
Jonathan Schell#3 · 18 wks

CHANGING
Liv Ullmann#4 · 18 wks
THE FOUNTAIN
Charles Morgan#1 · 18 wks

TIMELINE
Michael Crichton#4 · 17 wks

THE ENDURANCE
Caroline Alexander#7 · 17 wks

AIRFRAME
Michael Crichton#1 · 17 wks
CROSSING THE THRESHOLD OF HOPE
John Paul II. Edited by Vittorio Messori#1 · 17 wks

HOW WE DIE
Sherwin B. Nuland#2 · 17 wks

LASHER
Anne Rice#2 · 17 wks

THE QUEEN OF THE DAMNED
Anne Rice#1 · 17 wks

DINNER AT THE HOMESICK RESTAURANT
Anne Tyler#8 · 17 wks

TAR BABY
Toni Morrison#5 · 17 wks

THE COUP
John Updike#4 · 17 wks

HAYWIRE
Brooke Hayward#3 · 17 wks

PERSONAL HISTORY
Katharine Graham#1 · 16 wks

LADDER OF YEARS
Anne Tyler#3 · 16 wks

TALTOS
Anne Rice#1 · 16 wks
DAYS OF GRACE
Arthur Ashe and Arnold Rampersad#1 · 16 wks

MEANS OF ASCENT
Robert A. Caro#1 · 16 wks
DEVICES AND DESIRES
P. D. James#1 · 16 wks

OLDEST LIVING CONFEDERATE WIDOW TELLS ALL
Allan Gurganus#4 · 16 wks

WASHINGTON GOES TO WAR
David Brinkley#4 · 16 wks

A TASTE FOR DEATH
P. D. James#4 · 16 wks

THE WEAKER VESSEL
Antonia Fraser#9 · 16 wks

GOD KNOWS
Joseph Heller#2 · 16 wks

SS-GB
Len Deighton#3 · 16 wks

HIS EXCELLENCY
Joseph J. Ellis#3 · 15 wks

MEMNOCH THE DEVIL
Anne Rice#1 · 15 wks

THE TALE OF THE BODY THIEF
Anne Rice#1 · 15 wks
ROGER'S VERSION
John Updike#4 · 15 wks

COMMON GROUND
J. Anthony Lukas#8 · 15 wks
SIX MEN
Allistair Cooke#3 · 15 wks
A MONTH OF SUNDAYS
John Updike#5 · 15 wks

THE FIRST WORLD WAR
John Keegan#1 · 15 wks

SURRENDER
Bono#2 · 14 wks

THERE THERE
Tommy Orange#6 · 14 wks

MY BELOVED WORLD
Sonia Sotomayor#1 · 14 wks

ENCORE PROVENCE
Peter Mayle#4 · 14 wks

A CERTAIN JUSTICE
P. D. James#3 · 14 wks
I WAS AMELIA EARHART
Jane Mendelsohn#6 · 14 wks

BASEBALL
Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns#3 · 14 wks

WOODY ALLEN
Eric Lax#5 · 14 wks

JURASSIC PARK
Michael Crichton#6 · 14 wks

BERLIN GAME
Len Deighton#4 · 14 wks

THE HITE REPORT ON MALE SEXUALITY
Shere Hite#5 · 14 wks
CROWNED HEADS
Thomas Tryon#5 · 14 wks

DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY
P. D. James#3 · 13 wks

AUDITION
Barbara Walters#1 · 13 wks

BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS
Anne Tyler#3 · 13 wks

THE VAMPIRE ARMAND
Anne Rice#2 · 13 wks

VIOLIN
Anne Rice#2 · 13 wks

DAVID BRINKLEY
David Brinkley#5 · 13 wks

MOO
Jane Smiley#5 · 13 wks

THE NIGHT MANAGER
John le Carré#3 · 13 wks

JAZZ
Toni Morrison#4 · 13 wks

SPHERE
Michael Crichton#6 · 13 wks
THE LONELY SILVER RAIN
John D. MacDonald#3 · 13 wks

THE PATH TO POWER: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
Robert A. Caro#7 · 13 wks
XPD
Len Deighton#6 · 13 wks

LITTLE GLORIA ... HAPPY AT LAST
Barbara Goldsmith#3 · 13 wks

THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB
David Lagercrantz#1 · 12 wks

A SPOOL OF BLUE THREAD
Anne Tyler#3 · 12 wks

OPEN
Andre Agassi#1 · 12 wks

MUSICOPHILIA
Oliver Sacks#7 · 12 wks

THE WAR
Geoffrey C. Ward#7 · 12 wks

CHRIST THE LORD: OUT OF EGYPT
Anne Rice#4 · 12 wks

THE AMATEUR MARRIAGE
Anne Tyler#4 · 12 wks
THE EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK
Stephen L. Carter#3 · 12 wks

CHASING CEZANNE
Peter Mayle#6 · 12 wks

INTENSITY
Dean Koontz#1 · 12 wks

THE CROSSING
Cormac McCarthy#3 · 12 wks

THE SECRET PILGRIM
John le Carré#1 · 12 wks

MOUNTBATTEN
Philip Ziegler#6 · 12 wks

THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK
John Updike#5 · 12 wks
EDIE
Jean Stein, edited with George Plimpton#5 · 12 wks

CONGO
Michael Crichton#6 · 12 wks
THE AMERICANS
Alistair Cooke#6 · 12 wks

THE PLAGUE DOGS
Richard Adams#7 · 12 wks

THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY
John le Carré#3 · 12 wks

PRAIRIE AVENUE
Arthur Meeker#6 · 12 wks

DOCTOR FAUSTUS
Thomas Mann#9 · 12 wks

LIFE WITH MOTHER
Clarence Day#1 · 12 wks

I REMEMBER NOTHING
Nora Ephron#4 · 11 wks

A MERCY
Toni Morrison#5 · 11 wks

SKINNY DIP
Carl Hiaasen#2 · 11 wks

I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT
Allison Pearson#8 · 11 wks

THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN'S PIER
Ann Packer#8 · 11 wks

MASTER OF THE SENATE
Robert A. Caro#1 · 11 wks

THE BLUEST EYE
Toni Morrison#3 · 11 wks

HITLER'S WILLING EXECUTIONERS
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen#6 · 11 wks
ORIGINAL SIN
P.D. James#4 · 11 wks

DEGREE OF GUILT
Richard North Patterson#3 · 11 wks
DAMAGE
Josephine Hart#5 · 11 wks
THE GENERAL IN HIS LABYRINTH
Gabriel Garcia Marquez#3 · 11 wks
WINTER
Len Deighton#8 · 11 wks
PERFUME
Patrick Suskind#10 · 11 wks

BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE
Alec Guinness#4 · 11 wks
D.V.
Diana Vreeland. Edited by George Plimpton and Christopher Hemphill#8 · 11 wks

THE DREAM MERCHANTS
Harold Robbins#10 · 11 wks

LAST TRAIN FROM BERLIN
Howard Smith#2 · 11 wks

LUCY GAYHEART
Willa Cather#1 · 11 wks

ENDURANCE
Scott Kelly#5 · 10 wks

UNCOMMON TYPE
Tom Hanks#3 · 10 wks

THE QUARTET
Joseph J. Ellis#9 · 10 wks

DUTY
Robert M. Gates#1 · 10 wks

THE TWELVE TRIBES OF HATTIE
Ayana Mathis#6 · 10 wks

THE FABRIC OF THE COSMOS
Brian Greene#3 · 10 wks

OF PARADISE AND POWER
Robert Kagan#6 · 10 wks

BASKET CASE
Carl Hiaasen#3 · 10 wks

DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS
P. D. James#7 · 10 wks
MERRICK
Anne Rice#2 · 10 wks
SICK PUPPY
Carl Hiaasen#6 · 10 wks

PANDORA
Anne Rice#2 · 10 wks

SOLE SURVIVOR
Dean Koontz#1 · 10 wks

SILENT WITNESS
Richard North Patterson#3 · 10 wks

SERVANT OF THE BONES
Anne Rice#1 · 10 wks

BEING DIGITAL
Nicholas Negroponte#11 · 10 wks

DARK RIVERS OF THE HEART
Dean Koontz#7 · 10 wks

SPY HOOK
Len Deighton#7 · 10 wks

OSCAR WILDE
Richard Ellmann#7 · 10 wks

LONDON MATCH
Len Deighton#9 · 10 wks
MARTINA
Martina Navratilova with George Vecsey#5 · 10 wks

CHINA MEN
Maxine Hong Kingston#4 · 10 wks

OCTOBER LIGHT
John Gardner#6 · 10 wks
WHILE TIME REMAINS
Leland Stowe#5 · 10 wks
EUROPE IN THE SPRING
Clare Boothe#2 · 10 wks

FOUNDATION STONE
Lella Warren#2 · 10 wks

KLARA AND THE SUN
Kazuo Ishiguro#3 · 9 wks

GRATITUDE
Oliver Sacks#11 · 9 wks

PRINCE LESTAT
Anne Rice#3 · 9 wks

BAD MONKEY
Carl Hiaasen#3 · 9 wks

A WEEK IN WINTER
Maeve Binchy#1 · 9 wks

1Q84
Haruki Murakami#2 · 9 wks

THE DOWNHILL LIE
Carl Hiaasen#6 · 9 wks

AMERICAN CREATION
Joseph J. Ellis#4 · 9 wks
FRENCH LESSONS
Peter Mayle#8 · 9 wks

THE AMERICAN CENTURY
Harold Evans with Gail Buckland and Kevin Baker#6 · 9 wks

A DOG'S LIFE
Peter Mayle#5 · 9 wks

OUR GAME
John le Carré#2 · 9 wks

THE SECRET HISTORY
Donna Tartt#3 · 9 wks

UNTO THE SONS
Gay Talese#4 · 9 wks

SAINT MAYBE
Anne Tyler#3 · 9 wks

LEGACIES
Bette Bao Lord#9 · 9 wks
BARRIER ISLAND
John D. MacDonald#11 · 9 wks

ONE MORE SUNDAY
John D. MacDonald#6 · 9 wks
FURTHER UP THE ORGANIZATION
Robert Townsend#9 · 9 wks
THE OLD BEAUTY AND OTHERS
Willa Cather#8 · 9 wks
ASYLUM FOR THE QUEEN
Mildred Jordan#9 · 9 wks
PORTRAIT OF JENNIE
Robert Nathan#3 · 9 wks

THE ART THIEF
Michael Finkel#5 · 8 wks

THE GIRL WHO TAKES AN EYE FOR AN EYE
David Lagercrantz#2 · 8 wks
IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT
Judy Blume#4 · 8 wks

STATION ELEVEN
Emily St. John Mandel#10 · 8 wks

HALF THE SKY
Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn#9 · 8 wks

WHITETHORN WOODS
Maeve Binchy#2 · 8 wks

THE LOOMING TOWER
Lawrence Wright#3 · 8 wks

HEAT
Bill Buford#10 · 8 wks

MY LIFE IN FRANCE
Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme#9 · 8 wks

THE MURDER ROOM
P. D. James#9 · 8 wks

VITTORIO, THE VAMPIRE
Anne Rice#2 · 8 wks

CONSILIENCE
Edward O. Wilson#12 · 8 wks

EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO MY OPINION
David Brinkley#4 · 8 wks

TIME PRESENT, TIME PAST
Bill Bradley#5 · 8 wks

AN ANTHROPOLOGIST ON MARS
Oliver Sacks#6 · 8 wks

EYES OF A CHILD
Richard North Patterson#4 · 8 wks

MARLENE DIETRICH
Maria Riva#10 · 8 wks

LIBERATION MANAGEMENT
Tom Peters#6 · 8 wks

FUNNY MONEY
Mark Singer#9 · 8 wks

ONCE UPON A TIME
Gloria Vanderbilt#4 · 8 wks

MEXICO SET
Len Deighton#8 · 8 wks

SUPERIOR WOMEN
Alice Adams#10 · 8 wks

THE HEAT OF THE DAY
Elizabeth Bowen#7 · 8 wks

END OF A BERLIN DIARY
William L. Shirer#5 · 8 wks

THE BRANDONS
Angela Thirkell#3 · 8 wks
THE COMING VICTORY OF DEMOCRACY
Thomas Mann#2 · 8 wks

THE THIN MAN
Dashiell Hammett#1 · 8 wks

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns#5 · 7 wks

ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS
Omar El Akkad#7 · 7 wks

SEA OF TRANQUILITY
Emily St. John Mandel#2 · 7 wks

HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER
Bill Gates#1 · 7 wks

THE SOURCE OF SELF-REGARD
Toni Morrison#8 · 7 wks

M TRAIN
Patti Smith#3 · 7 wks

COLORLESS TSUKURU TAZAKI AND HIS YEARS OF PILGRIMAGE
Haruki Murakami#1 · 7 wks

GOING CLEAR
Lawrence Wright#3 · 7 wks

THE PASSAGE OF POWER
Robert A. Caro#1 · 7 wks

STAR ISLAND
Carl Hiaasen#2 · 7 wks

THE NATIONAL PARKS
Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns#9 · 7 wks

THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC
Richard Russo#2 · 7 wks

UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Jhumpa Lahiri#1 · 7 wks

NATURE GIRL
Carl Hiaasen#4 · 7 wks

LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION
Sam Harris#6 · 7 wks

THE LIGHTHOUSE
P. D. James#5 · 7 wks

AMERICAN RHAPSODY
Joe Eszterhas#4 · 7 wks

CITIES OF THE PLAIN
Cormac McCarthy#2 · 7 wks

LUCKY YOU
Carl Hiaasen#6 · 7 wks

LOCKED IN THE CABINET
Robert B. Reich#6 · 7 wks

THE TAILOR OF PANAMA
John le Carré#7 · 7 wks

AN UNQUIET MIND
Kay Redfield Jamison#7 · 7 wks

STRIP TEASE
Carl Hiaasen#8 · 7 wks

THE WIVES OF HENRY VIII
Antonia Fraser#9 · 7 wks

RABBIT AT REST
John Updike#8 · 7 wks

GOLDWYN
A. Scott Berg#10 · 7 wks

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT
Anne Rice#9 · 7 wks

THE RED FOX
Anthony Hyde#10 · 7 wks

KINFLICKS
Lisa Alther#8 · 7 wks

THE OLD BANK HOUSE
Angela Thirkell#13 · 7 wks

SILVER KINGS
Oscar Lewis#10 · 7 wks

PAST ALL DISHONOR
James M. Cain#9 · 7 wks
THE BELOVED RETURNS
Thomas Mann#1 · 7 wks
SERENADE
James M. Cain#3 · 7 wks

YESTERYEAR
Caro Claire Burke#1 · 6 wks

KIN
Tayari Jones#3 · 6 wks

THE GIRL WHO LIVED TWICE
David Lagercrantz#3 · 6 wks

RAZOR GIRL
Carl Hiaasen#2 · 6 wks

LAB GIRL
Hope Jahren#6 · 6 wks
GOD HELP THE CHILD
Toni Morrison#5 · 6 wks

THE BURIED GIANT
Kazuo Ishiguro#3 · 6 wks

REVOLUTIONARY SUMMER
Joseph J. Ellis#10 · 6 wks

THE WOLF GIFT
Anne Rice#3 · 6 wks

BACK TO WORK
Bill Clinton#3 · 6 wks

1493
Charles C. Mann#4 · 6 wks

THE HIDDEN REALITY
Brian Greene#4 · 6 wks

HEART AND SOUL
Maeve Binchy#3 · 6 wks

THE PRIVATE PATIENT
P. D. James#3 · 6 wks

THE SENATOR’S WIFE
Sue Miller#7 · 6 wks

THE ROAD
Cormac McCarthy#4 · 6 wks

THE RUINS
Scott Smith#4 · 6 wks

DIGGING TO AMERICA
Anne Tyler#4 · 6 wks
BLOOD AND GOLD
Anne Rice#5 · 6 wks

LIVING A LIFE THAT MATTERS
Harold S. Kushner#5 · 6 wks

AVA'S MAN
Rick Bragg#7 · 6 wks

WHILE I WAS GONE
Sue Miller#11 · 6 wks
A PATCHWORK PLANET
Anne Tyler#7 · 6 wks

THE FINAL JUDGMENT
Richard North Patterson#10 · 6 wks

STORMY WEATHER
Carl Hiaasen#9 · 6 wks

A HISTORY OF GOD
Karen Armstrong#13 · 6 wks

THE PROMISED LAND
Nicholas Lemann#7 · 6 wks
S.
John Updike#10 · 6 wks

THE MAKING OF "THE AFRICAN QUEEN,"
Katharine Hepburn#7 · 6 wks

DISTANT NEIGHBORS
Alan Riding#12 · 6 wks

MARRY ME
John Updike#7 · 6 wks

THE MOTH
James M. Cain#11 · 6 wks

I TOO, NICODEMUS
Curtis Bok#4 · 6 wks

AMERICAN LANGUAGE SUPPLEMENT
H.L. Mencken#12 · 6 wks
THE JAPANESE ENEMY
Hugh Byas#1 · 6 wks

JOSEPH IN EGYPT
Thomas Mann#2 · 6 wks

STORIES OF THREE DECADES
Thomas Mann#4 · 6 wks

THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE
James M. Cain#2 · 6 wks
ONE MORE SPRING
Robert Nathan#2 · 6 wks

THE GLASS HOTEL
Emily St. John Mandel#4 · 5 wks

THE SECRETS WE KEPT
Lara Prescott#7 · 5 wks

CLOCK DANCE
Anne Tyler#3 · 5 wks

THE STRANGER IN THE WOODS
Michael Finkel#8 · 5 wks

SWEETBITTER
Stephanie Danler#10 · 5 wks

CHESTNUT STREET
Maeve Binchy#3 · 5 wks

ONE MORE THING
B. J. Novak#4 · 5 wks

MY AGE OF ANXIETY
Scott Stossel#7 · 5 wks

THE LOWLAND
Jhumpa Lahiri#3 · 5 wks

DEARIE
Bob Spitz#6 · 5 wks

THE SENSE OF AN ENDING
Julian Barnes#8 · 5 wks

MAINE
J. Courtney Sullivan#7 · 5 wks

A JOURNEY
Tony Blair#3 · 5 wks

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Stieg Larsson#4 · 5 wks

TRAFFIC
Tom Vanderbilt#10 · 5 wks

THIS REPUBLIC OF SUFFERING
Drew Gilpin Faust#7 · 5 wks

BRIDGE OF SIGHS
Richard Russo#6 · 5 wks

GIVING
Bill Clinton#1 · 5 wks

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Cormac McCarthy#8 · 5 wks

BLOOD CANTICLE
Anne Rice#5 · 5 wks

BLACKWOOD FARM
Anne Rice#4 · 5 wks

THE LITTLE FRIEND
Donna Tartt#8 · 5 wks

PROTECT AND DEFEND
Richard North Patterson#9 · 5 wks
ANIL'S GHOST
Michael Ondaatje#12 · 5 wks

HORSE HEAVEN
Jane Smiley#12 · 5 wks

PLAINSONG
Kent Haruf#13 · 5 wks

DARK LADY
Richard North Patterson#6 · 5 wks

NO SAFE PLACE
Richard North Patterson#4 · 5 wks

MY MANY COLORED DAYS
Dr. Seuss. Illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher#10 · 5 wks

IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILIES
John Updike#9 · 5 wks

TRUE NORTH
Jill Ker Conway#11 · 5 wks

THE CHANGE
Germaine Greer#13 · 5 wks

WANDERINGS
Chaim Potok#10 · 5 wks
MARGOT FONTEYN: AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Margot Fonteyn#7 · 5 wks

HIROSHIMA
John Hershey#13 · 5 wks

SOURCE CODE
Bill Gates#1 · 4 wks

PATRIOT
Alexei Navalny#3 · 4 wks

THE PASSENGER
Cormac McCarthy#3 · 4 wks

THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF AN ORDINARY MAN
Paul Newman#5 · 4 wks

THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT
Maggie O'Farrell#5 · 4 wks

FRENCH BRAID
Anne Tyler#4 · 4 wks

TIGHTROPE
Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn#2 · 4 wks

FURIOUS HOURS
Casey Cep#6 · 4 wks

WARLIGHT
Michael Ondaatje#6 · 4 wks

THE VIETNAM WAR
Geoffrey C. Ward#8 · 4 wks

THE ROMANOVS
Simon Sebag Montefiore#12 · 4 wks

OUR SOULS AT NIGHT
Kent Haruf#9 · 4 wks

SOME LUCK
Jane Smiley#8 · 4 wks

THE ROOSEVELTS
Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns#6 · 4 wks

ADULTERY
Paulo Coelho#2 · 4 wks

HOME
Toni Morrison#9 · 4 wks

THE SNOWMAN
Jo Nesbo#9 · 4 wks

THE BRIDGE
David Remnick#3 · 4 wks

NOAH’S COMPASS
Anne Tyler#3 · 4 wks

THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN
Claire Messud#5 · 4 wks

TERRORIST
John Updike#5 · 4 wks

SUITE FRANÇAISE
Irène Némirovsky#11 · 4 wks

1491
Charles C. Mann#10 · 4 wks

THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE
Karen Armstrong#8 · 4 wks

LIVING TO TELL THE TALE
Gabriel García Márquez#12 · 4 wks

I AM A SOLDIER, TOO: The Jessica Lynch Story
Rick Bragg#1 · 4 wks

LOVE
Toni Morrison#11 · 4 wks

THE CHILDREN OF MEN
P. D. James#4 · 4 wks

BARCELONA
Robert Hughes#13 · 4 wks

SPY LINE
Len Deighton#12 · 4 wks

THE MAKING OF ''THE AFRICAN QUEEN,''
Katharine Hepburn#8 · 4 wks

THE BREAKS OF THE GAME
David Halberstam#15 · 4 wks

PRISONER WITHOUT A NAME, CELL WITHOUT A NUMBER
Jacobo Timerman#6 · 4 wks

JULIA CHILD & COMPANY
Julia Child#9 · 4 wks
THE CIA AND THE CULT OF INTELLIGENCE
Victor Marchetti and John D. Marks#8 · 4 wks
WASHINGTON BY-LINE
Bess Furman#12 · 4 wks

LEAVE CANCELLED
Nicholas Monsarrat#13 · 4 wks
NO OTHER ROAD TO FREEDOM
Leland Stowe#5 · 4 wks
ANOTHER CAESAR
Alfred Neumann#3 · 4 wks

COMING UP SHORT
Robert B. Reich#1 · 3 wks

DREAM COUNT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie#7 · 3 wks

THREE DAYS IN JUNE
Anne Tyler#9 · 3 wks

BEING JEWISH AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF GAZA
Peter Beinart#10 · 3 wks

TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM
Yaa Gyasi#3 · 3 wks

SQUEEZE ME
Carl Hiaasen#4 · 3 wks

REDHEAD BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
Anne Tyler#4 · 3 wks

UNTIL THE END OF TIME
Brian Greene#6 · 3 wks

CHANCES ARE ...
Richard Russo#8 · 3 wks

EXHALATION
Ted Chiang#15 · 3 wks

WORKING
Robert A. Caro#6 · 3 wks

DOING JUSTICE
Preet Bharara#4 · 3 wks

INHERITANCE
Dani Shapiro#11 · 3 wks

KILLING COMMENDATORE
Haruki Murakami#8 · 3 wks

THE BEST COOK IN THE WORLD
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THE MINISTRY OF UTMOST HAPPINESS
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Michael Dobbs#10 · 1 wk

TERROR AND CONSENT
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THE SENATOR'S WIFE
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SONGS WITHOUT WORDS
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NEW ENGLAND WHITE
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FINAL EXAM
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RUNAWAY
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EMPIRE FALLS
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JAZZ
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OFF CAMERA
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THE GATES OF THE ALAMO
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THE LAST THING HE WANTED
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Peter Mayle#14 · 1 wk

THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY
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LINCOLN
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DIANE ARBUS
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THE MISTS OF AVALON
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SCRIBBLE SCRIBBLE
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CRAZY SALAD
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COGAN'S TRADE
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LOVE AMONG THE RUINS
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LINCOLN'S HERNDON
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NEVER LOVE A STRANGER
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AMERICAN LANGUAGE: SUPPLEMENT II
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THE BIG BONANZA
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RETURN TO THE FUTURE
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VERDUN
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CONSULTATION ROOM
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THIS PEACE
Thomas Mann#8 · 1 wk

SCIENCE FOR THE CITIZEN
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Rex Warner#8 · 1 wk

YOUNG HENRY OF NAVARRE
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THE ENCHANTED VOYAGE
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GUNNAR'S DAUGHTER
Sigrid Undset#6 · 1 wk
THE MONEY MUDDLE
James P. Warburg#6 · 1 wk

SEVEN MEN CAME BACK
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IDA ELISABETH
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MEN OF GOOD-WILL
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THE RUEFUL MATING
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