Publisher
Pantheon
Titles on list
78
Total weeks
637
Best rank
#1
Weeks at #1
59
On the Bestseller Lists
78 titles
GIFT FROM THE SEA
Anne Morrow Lindbergh#1 · 80 wks
BORN FREE
Joy Adamson#1 · 48 wks
THE LEOPARD
Guiseppe di Lampedusa#2 · 38 wks
THE KING MUST DIE
Mary Renault#3 · 29 wks
THE BULL FROM THE SEA
Mary Renault#2 · 25 wks
THE PERSIAN BOY
Mary Renault#4 · 23 wks
''THE GOOD WAR,''
Studs Terkel#3 · 22 wks
THE MASK OF APOLLO
Mary Renault#4 · 22 wks
AMERICAN DREAMS
Studs Terkel#6 · 18 wks
EINSTEIN'S DREAMS
Alan Lightman#5 · 17 wks
GENIUS
James Gleick#8 · 17 wks
WORKING
Studs Terkel#5 · 17 wks
TRAVELING MERCIES
Anne Lamott#6 · 15 wks
DIVISION STREET: AMERICA
Studs Terkel#6 · 14 wks
THE UNICORN AND OTHER POEMS
Anne Morrow Lindbergh#6 · 14 wks
MAUS II
Art Spiegelman#11 · 13 wks
CATHERINE THE GREAT
Zoe Oldenbourg#6 · 10 wks
THE CORNERSTONE
Zoe Oldenbourg#10 · 10 wks
THE LOVER
Marguerite Duras#9 · 9 wks
HOTEL DU LAC
Anita Brookner#10 · 9 wks
THE TIN DRUM
Gunter Grass#6 · 9 wks
COBRA II
Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor#3 · 8 wks
GLORY DAYS
Dave Marsh#6 · 8 wks
IN THE COMPANY OF CHEERFUL LADIES
Alexander McCall Smith#6 · 7 wks
THE CATCHER WAS A SPY
Nicholas Dawidoff#7 · 7 wks
I REMEMBER
Boris Pasternak#10 · 7 wks
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
Zoe Oldenbourg#7 · 7 wks
TEA TIME FOR THE TRADITIONALLY BUILT
Alexander McCall Smith#2 · 6 wks
THE AGE OF AMERICAN UNREASON
Susan Jacoby#3 · 6 wks
THE GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE
Alexander McCall Smith#4 · 6 wks
BLUE SHOES & HAPPINESS
Alexander McCall Smith#2 · 6 wks
THE LIMPOPO ACADEMY OF PRIVATE DETECTION
Alexander McCall Smith#4 · 5 wks
INCOGNITO
David Eagleman#10 · 5 wks
THE SUNDAY PHILOSOPHY CLUB
Alexander McCall Smith#11 · 5 wks
THE FULL CUPBOARD OF LIFE
Alexander McCall Smith#7 · 5 wks
THE ABANDONMENT OF THE JEWS
David S. Wyman#13 · 5 wks
THE PRAISE SINGER
Mary Renault#12 · 5 wks
THE DOUBLE COMFORT SAFARI CLUB
Alexander McCall Smith#3 · 4 wks
13 BANKERS
Simon Johnson and James Kwak#5 · 4 wks
THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS
Alexander McCall Smith#3 · 4 wks
NIGGER
Randall Kennedy#8 · 4 wks
THE MOOR'S LAST SIGH
Salman Rushdie#11 · 4 wks
THE HANDSOME MAN'S DE LUXE CAFÉ
Alexander McCall Smith#6 · 3 wks
THE SATURDAY BIG TENT WEDDING PARTY
Alexander McCall Smith#3 · 3 wks
THE INFORMATION
James Gleick#8 · 3 wks
IN THE SHADOW OF NO TOWERS
Art Spiegelman#6 · 3 wks
TAKE ON THE STREET
Arthur Levitt with Paula Dwyer#7 · 3 wks
HIDDEN POWER
Kati Marton#10 · 3 wks
UP IN THE OLD HOTEL
Joseph Mitchell#11 · 3 wks
SKETCHES FROM A LIFE
George F. Kennan#14 · 3 wks
SKETCH FOR A SELF-PORTRAIT
Bernard Berenson#10 · 3 wks
FIGURING
Maria Popova#5 · 2 wks
THE RIGHTEOUS MIND
Jonathan Haidt#6 · 2 wks
FRIENDS, LOVERS, CHOCOLATE
Alexander McCall Smith#11 · 2 wks
THE ART OF TRAVEL
Alain de Botton#8 · 2 wks
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
Anne Lamott#10 · 2 wks
THE CRUSADES
Zoe Oldenbourg#8 · 2 wks
TOM'S CROSSING
Mark Z. Danielewski#15 · 1 wk
RAISING HARE
Chloe Dalton#10 · 1 wk
CHARLIE HUSTLE
Keith O'Brien#15 · 1 wk
TO THE LAND OF LONG LOST FRIENDS
Alexander McCall Smith#12 · 1 wk
THE DEPARTMENT OF SENSITIVE CRIMES
Alexander McCall Smith#14 · 1 wk
THE COLORS OF ALL THE CATTLE
Alexander McCall Smith#12 · 1 wk
OUR TOWNS
James Fallows and Deborah Fallows#15 · 1 wk
THE HOUSE OF UNEXPECTED SISTERS
Alexander McCall Smith#8 · 1 wk
PRECIOUS AND GRACE
Alexander McCall Smith#7 · 1 wk
THE WOMAN WHO WALKED IN SUNSHINE
Alexander McCall Smith#7 · 1 wk
THE MINOR ADJUSTMENT BEAUTY SALON
Alexander McCall Smith#5 · 1 wk
THE UNCOMMON APPEAL OF CLOUDS
Alexander McCall Smith#16 · 1 wk
THE LOST ART OF GRATITUDE
Alexander McCall Smith#13 · 1 wk
THE DRUNKARD’S WALK
Leonard Mlodinow#12 · 1 wk
THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO RAIN
Alexander McCall Smith#11 · 1 wk
ONLY REVOLUTIONS
Mark Z. Danielewski#13 · 1 wk
BREAK, BLOW, BURN
Camille Paglia#14 · 1 wk
THE KALAHARI TYPING SCHOOL FOR MEN
Alexander McCall Smith#15 · 1 wk
THE WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
Barbara Ehrenreich#14 · 1 wk
GREED IS NOT ENOUGH
Robert Lekachman#11 · 1 wk
THE CHARIOTEER
Mary Renault#13 · 1 wk
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