Books: ALLTIME BESTSELLERS

NONFICTION

1. THE POCKET BOOK OF BABY AND CHILD CARE

(The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care),

Dr. Benjamin Spock1946 19,076,822

2. BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS COOK BOOK. 1930 11,325,299

3. POCKET ATLAS. 1917 11,000,000

4. BETTY CROCKER'S PICTURE COOKBOOK. 1950 (est.) 7,000,000

5. HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE,

Dale Carnegie. 1937 6,578,314

6. 101 FAMOUS POEMS, R.J. Cook. 1916 (est.) 6,000,000

7. ENGLISH-SPANISH,

SPANISH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY,

Carlos Castillo and Otto F. Bond. 1948 5,899,000

8. PROFILES IN COURAGE, John F. Kennedy. 1956 5,490,651

9. ROGET'S POCKET THESAURUS. 1923 5,416,857

10. MODERN WORLD ATLAS. 1922 5,000,000

11. 30 DAYS TO A MORE POWERFUL VOCABULARY,

Wilfred J. Funk and Norman Lewis. 1942 4,712,588

12. THE POCKET...

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