Books: Editors’ Choice

FICTION: Life Before Man, Margaret Atwood ∙ Morgan’s Passing, Anne Tyler ∙ Shikasta, Doris Lessing Smiley’s People, John le Carre ∙ The Beginning Place, Ursula K. Le Guin The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter Yellowfish, John Keeble

NONFICTION: And No Birds Sang, Farley Mowat ∙ Dreams in the Mirror, Richard S. Kennedy ∙ Fin-de-Siecle Vienna, Carl E. Schorske Maugham, Ted Morgan ∙ Misia, Arthur Gold & Robert Fizdale ∙ Sex in History, Reay Tannahill ∙ Show People, Kenneth Tynan

Best Sellers

FICTION

1. Princess Daisy, Krantz (3 last week) 2. The Bourne Identity, Ludlum (5) 3. The Devil’s Alternative, Forsyth (1) 4. Smiley’s People, Le Carré (2) 5. Portraits, Freeman (6) 6. Who’s on First, Buckley (9) 7. The Top of the Hill, Shaw (10) 8. Memories of Another Day, Robbins (7) 9. Triple, Follett (4) 10. The Third World War, Hackett, et al.

NONFICTION

1. The Brethren, Woodward & Armstrong (1) 2. Donahue, Donahue & Co. (2) 3. Free to Choose, Milton & Rose Friedman (3) 4. All You Need to Know About the IRS, Strassels with Wool (7) 5. Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient, Cousins (6) 6. On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors, Wright (5) 7. Aunt Erma’s Cope Book, Bombeck (4) 8. The Pritikin Program for Diet and Exercise, Pritikin with McGrady (8) 9. How to Become Financially Independent by Investing in Real Estate, Lowry 10. White House Years, Kissinger (10)