Books: Editor's Choice

FICTION: Daniel Martin, John Fowles∙Gnomes, Will Huygen and Rien Poortvliet∙The Honourable Schoolboy, John le Carré∙The Professor of Desire, Philip Roth∙Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison

NONFICTION: The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh, edited by Michael Davie Dispatches, Michael Herr∙Parallel Botany, Leo Lionni∙Ring, Jonathan Yardley∙The River Congo, Peter Forbath

Best Sellers

FICTION

1. The Silmarillion, Tolkien (1 last week)

2. The Thorn Birds, McCullough (2)

3. The Honourable Schoolboy, Le Carré (3)

4. Dreams Die First, Robbins (4)

5. Beggarman, Thief, Shaw (6)

6. Daniel Martin, Fowles (5)

7. Delta of Venus, Nin (9)

8. Illusions, Bach (10)

9. Dynasty, Elegant (8)

10. The Second Deadly Sin, Sanders (7)

NONFICTION

1. All Things Wise and...

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