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 COOK BOOK, Elizabeth Woody. 1942 4,466,200
13. A MESSAGE TO GARCIA, Elbert Hubbard. 1898 (est.) 4,000,000
14. THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD,
Fulton Oursler. 1949 3,858,948
15. KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS!
Art Linkletter. 1957 3,821,608
16. THE RADIO AMATEUR'S HANDBOOK. 1926 3,800,000
17. THE BOSTON COOKING SCHOOL COOK BOOK,
Fannie Farmer. 1896 3,768,144
18. DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL, Anne Frank. 1952 3,662,089
19. THE AMERICAN WOMAN'S COOK BOOK,
Ruth Berolzheimer. 1939 3,549,276
20. FOUR DAYS, American Heritage and U.P.I. 1964 3,500,000
21. LAROUSSE FRENCH-ENGLISH,
ENGLISH-FRENCH DICTIONARY. 1961 3,426,000
22. LOVE WITHOUT FEAR, Eustace Chesser. 1947 3,075,123 23.
23. THE CONSCIENCE OF A CONSERVATIVE,
Barry Goldwater. 1960 3,007,000
24. THE DELL CROSSWORD DICTIONARY,
Kathleen Rafferty. 1950 3,000,000
25. THE STORY OF THE BIBLE, Jesse Lyman Hurlbut. 1904 3,000,000
FICTION
1. PEYTON PLACE, Grace Metalious. 1956 9,919,785
2. IN HIS STEPS, Charles Monroe Sheldon. 1897 (est.) 8,065,000
3. GOD'S LITTLE ACRE, Erskine Caldwell. 1933 8,061,812
4. GONE WITH THE WIND, Margaret Mitchell. 1937 6,978,211
5. LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER, D.H. Lawrence. 1932 6,326,470
6. THE CARPETBAGGERS, Harold Robbins. 1961 5,563,841
7. EXODUS, Leon Uris. 1958 5,473,710
8. I, THE JURY, Mickey Spillane. 1947 5,390,105
9. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Harper Lee. 1960 5,363,909
10. THE BIG KILL, Mickey Spillane. 1951 5,089,472
11. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ,
L. Frank Baum. 1900 (est.) 5,000,000
12. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, J.D. Salinger. 1951 4,988,225
13. MY GUN IS QUICK, Mickey Spillane. 1950 4,916,074
14. ONE LONELY NIGHT, Mickey Spillane. 1951 4,873,563
15. THE LONG WAIT, Mickey Spillane. 1951 4,835,966
16. KISS ME, DEADLY, Mickey Spillane. 1952 4,828,044
17. TRAGIC GROUND, Erskine Caldwell. 1944 4,810,418
18. VENGEANCE IS MINE, Mickey Spillane. 1950 4,637,734
19. RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE, Grace Metalious. 1959 4,400,000
20. NEVER LOVE A STRANGER, Harold Robbins. 1948 4,375,620
21. THUNDERBALL, Ian Fleming. 1965 4,186,935
22. 1984, George Orwell. 1949 4,171,838
23. THE UGLY AMERICAN,
William J. Lederer and Eugene L. Burdick. 1958 4,007,158
24. HAWAII, James A. Michener. 1959 3,913,341
25. JOURNEYMAN, Erskine Caldwell. 1935 3,910,155