Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Titles on list
136
Total weeks
1,741
Best rank
#1
Weeks at #1
127
On the Bestseller Lists
136 titles
FRANNY AND ZOOEY
J.D. Salinger#1 · 54 wks
THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN
John Fowles#1 · 53 wks
THE LAST HURRAH
Edwin O'Connor#1 · 53 wks
THE NUN'S STORY
Kathryn Hulme#1 · 48 wks
SHIP OF FOOLS
Katherine Anne Porter#1 · 44 wks
THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY
Sheila Burnford#9 · 39 wks
THE NEW CENTURIONS
Joseph Wambaugh#2 · 32 wks
HUMAN SEXUAL RESPONSE
William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson#3 · 32 wks
JULIAN
Gore Vidal#2 · 32 wks
LORD VANITY
Samuel Shellabarger#1 · 31 wks
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
Gore Vidal#2 · 30 wks
AWAY ALL BOATS
Kenneth Dodson#3 · 30 wks
THE ARMS OF KRUPP
William Manchester#3 · 29 wks
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
J.D. Salinger#4 · 29 wks
RAISE HIGH THE ROOF BEAM, CARPENTERS
J.D. Salinger#1 · 28 wks
THE EDGE OF SADNESS
Edwin O'Connor#3 · 28 wks
TIME AND TIME AGAIN
James Hilton#2 · 28 wks
RUSSIA AND THE WEST UNDER LENIN AND STALIN
George F. Kennan#5 · 27 wks
I KID YOU NOT
Jack Paar#2 · 27 wks
ALL IN THE FAMILY
Edwin O'Connor#5 · 25 wks
THE YEARS WITH ROSS
James Thurber#2 · 25 wks
SINCERELY, WILLIS WAYDE
John Phillips Marquand#1 · 25 wks
THE PEABODY SISTERS OF SALEM
Louise Hall Tharp#4 · 25 wks
THE HURRICANE YEARS
Cameron Hawley#5 · 23 wks
THE LINCOLN LORDS
Cameron Hawley#4 · 22 wks
THE BRAVE BULLS
Tom Lea#3 · 22 wks
THE RIGHT PEOPLE
Stephen Birmingham#3 · 21 wks
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Gore Vidal#2 · 21 wks
GRANT MOVES SOUTH
Bruce Catton#4 · 21 wks
HUMAN SEXUAL INADEQUACY
William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson#5 · 20 wks
MUCH ADO ABOUT ME
Fred Allen#3 · 20 wks
THREE CAME HOME
Agnes Newton Keith#4 · 20 wks
WOMEN AND THOMAS HARROW
John P. Marquand#4 · 19 wks
THE KING'S CAVALIER
Samuel Shellabarger#2 · 19 wks
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
C.S. Forester#4 · 18 wks
ESSAYS IN THE PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY
Walter Lippmann#5 · 18 wks
TREADMILL TO OBLIVION
Fred Allen#6 · 18 wks
THREE SAINTS AND A SINNER
Louise Hall Tharp#6 · 17 wks
THE SPANISH GARDENER
A.J. Cronin#4 · 17 wks
THE BLUE KNIGHT
Joseph Wambaugh#6 · 16 wks
MEMOIRS
George F. Kennan#3 · 16 wks
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BERTRAND RUSSELL, 1872-1914
Bertrand Russell#2 · 16 wks
THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY
Tom Lea#6 · 16 wks
THE JUDAS TREE
A.J. Cronin#8 · 15 wks
R.S.V.P. ELSA MAXWELL'S OWN STORY
Elsa Maxwell#6 · 15 wks
NINE STORIES
J.D. Salinger#9 · 15 wks
JOHN ADAMS AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Catherine Drinker Bowen#5 · 15 wks
THE NORTHERN LIGHT
A.J. Cronin#5 · 14 wks
SAY, DARLING
Richard Bissell#7 · 14 wks
WHITE MAN RETURNS
Agnes Newton Keith#4 · 14 wks
FIRE IN THE LAKE
Frances Fitzgerald#7 · 13 wks
LIFE AT HAPPY KNOLL
John P. Marquand#6 · 13 wks
COMFORT ME WITH APPLES
Peter De Vries#7 · 13 wks
LIEUTENANT HORNBLOWER
C.S. Forester#5 · 13 wks
MORNING JOURNEY
James Hilton#4 · 13 wks
MANILA GALLEON
F. Van Wyck Mason#10 · 12 wks
STOPOVER: TOKYO
John P. Marquand#8 · 12 wks
A MANY-SPLENDORED THING
Han Suyin#10 · 12 wks
MEN AT ARMS
Evelyn Waugh#7 · 12 wks
DANCE TO THE PIPER
Agnes de Mille#3 · 12 wks
MRS. JACK
Louise Hall Tharp#7 · 11 wks
RENOIR, MY FATHER
Jean Renoir#8 · 11 wks
THE DRESS DOCTOR
Edith Head and Jane Kesner Ardmore#11 · 11 wks
THE MACKEREL PLAZA
Peter De Vries#8 · 11 wks
THE DOG WHO WOULDN'T BE
Farley Mowat#11 · 11 wks
JEFFERSON SELLECK
Carl Jonas#8 · 11 wks
WAKE OF THE RED WITCH
Garland Roark#6 · 11 wks
AN UNFINISHED WOMAN: A MEMOIR
Lilian Hellman#6 · 10 wks
THE COLLECTOR
John Fowles#6 · 10 wks
THE GIPSY IN THE PARLOUR
Margery Sharp#8 · 10 wks
HORNBLOWER AND THE HOTSPUR
C.S. Forester#6 · 9 wks
NAKED TO MINE ENEMIES
Charles W. Ferguson#8 · 9 wks
JUBILEE
Edward Weeks and Emily Flint#11 · 9 wks
TOLBECKEN
Samuel Shellabarger#9 · 9 wks
THE TENTS OF WICKEDNESS
Peter De Vries#7 · 8 wks
THE LION AND THE THRONE
Catherine Drinker Bowen#10 · 8 wks
OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN
Evelyn Waugh#9 · 8 wks
THE TUNNEL OF LOVE
Peter De Vries#12 · 8 wks
HELENA
Evelyn Waugh#10 · 8 wks
MR.MIDSHIPMAN HORNBLOWER
C.S. Forester#8 · 8 wks
WATCHER IN THE SHADOWS
Geoffrey Household#9 · 7 wks
WAIKIKI BEACHNIK
Harry Allen Smith#12 · 7 wks
JOHN PAUL JONES
Samuel Eliot Morison#11 · 7 wks
THE SCARLET PATCH
Bruce Lancaster#10 · 7 wks
PRIVATE BERLIN
James Patterson and Mark Sullivan#1 · 6 wks
ADVENTUROUS ALLIANCE
Louise Hall Tharp#11 · 6 wks
LEFTOVER LIFE TO KILL
Caitlin Thomas#10 · 6 wks
YOU SHALL KNOW THEM
Rita Vercors#10 · 6 wks
ORDEAL BY SLANDER
Owen Lattimore#11 · 6 wks
ESCAPE TO ADVENTURE
Fitzroy MacLean#14 · 6 wks
REUBEN, REUBEN
Peter DeVries#9 · 5 wks
FALSE SCENT
Ngaio Marsh#11 · 5 wks
A NEW ENGLAND GIRLHOOD
Nancy Hale#14 · 5 wks
CAPTAIN SAM GRANT
Lloyd Lewis#11 · 5 wks
THE PURPLE PLAIN
H.E. Bates#12 · 5 wks
OUR VALIANT FEW
F Van Wyck Mason#13 · 4 wks
DIALOGUES OF ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD
Lucien Price#15 · 4 wks
MARY LINCOLN
Ruth Randall#14 · 4 wks
A SONG OF SIXPENCE
A.J. Cronin#10 · 3 wks
ANNIE'S CAPTAIN
Kathryn Hulme#12 · 3 wks
SOMETHING LIGHT
Margery Sharp#14 · 3 wks
1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
Walter Johnson#15 · 3 wks
THE EYE OF LOVE
Margery Sharp#13 · 3 wks
THE PEPPER TREE
John Jennings#13 · 3 wks
THE FAR LANDS
James Norman Hall#12 · 3 wks
THE DIPLOMAT
James Aldridge#12 · 3 wks
THE BRIGHT PROMISE
Richard Sherman#10 · 3 wks
GRANT TAKES COMMAND
Bruce Catton#9 · 2 wks
THE END OF THE BATTLE
Evelyn Waugh#15 · 2 wks
THROUGH THE FIELDS OF CLOVER
Peter De Vries#14 · 2 wks
THE RESCUERS
Margery Sharp#11 · 2 wks
THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES
Samuel Eliot Morison#13 · 2 wks
IN THE WRONG RAIN
Robert P. Kirsch#14 · 2 wks
THE COMMUNIST WORLD AND OURS
Walter Lippmann#16 · 2 wks
THE KING RANCH
Tom Lea#12 · 2 wks
NINE RIVERS FROM JORDAN
Denis Johnston#13 · 2 wks
HORNBLOWER AND THE ATROPOS
C.S. Forester#13 · 2 wks
THE PRIVATE DINING ROOM
Ogden Nash#16 · 2 wks
MOONFLEET
John Meade Falkner#14 · 2 wks
THE ONION BOOK OF KNOWN KNOWLEDGE
The Onion#14 · 1 wk
ONE NATION: AMERICA REMEMBERS
Life Magazine#12 · 1 wk
THE MAGUS
John Fowles#10 · 1 wk
I WAS DANCING
Edwin O'Connor#10 · 1 wk
THE PERENNIAL PHILADELPHIANS
Nathaniel Burt#10 · 1 wk
FRANCIS BACON
Catherine Drinker Bowen#9 · 1 wk
ADMIRAL HORNBLOWER IN THE WEST INDIES
C.S. Forester#12 · 1 wk
THE ATLANTIC BATTLE WON
Samuel Eliot Morison#15 · 1 wk
ME AND KIT
Guthrie McClintic#15 · 1 wk
FEAR STRIKES OUT
Jim Piersall and Al Hirshberg#13 · 1 wk
THIRTY YEARS
John P. Marquand#16 · 1 wk
MY ISLAND HOME
James Norman Hall#13 · 1 wk
THE SECRET ROAD
Bruce Lancaster#13 · 1 wk
A CREED FOR FREE ENTERPRISE
Clarence B. Randall#16 · 1 wk
RENNY'S DAUGHTER
Mazo de la Roche#14 · 1 wk
NIGHT AT THE VULCAN
Ngaio Marsh#15 · 1 wk
THE LIFE LINE
Phyllis Bottome#16 · 1 wk
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