1. The Godfather, Puzo (1 last week)
2. The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Fowles (2)
3. The House on the Strand, du Maurier (3)
4. The Inheritors, Robbins (4)
5. The Seven Minutes, Wallace (5)
6. In This House of Brede, Godden (7)
7. The Promise, Potok (9)
8. The Love Machine, Susann (8)
9. The Andromeda Strain, Crichton (10)
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NONFICTION
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2. Present at the Creation, Acheson (3)
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4. Mary Queen of Scots, Fraser (7)
5. The Collapse of the Third Republic, Shirer (6)
6. Ambassador’s Journal, Galbraith (4)
7. Prime Time, Kendrick (5)
8. My Life and Prophecies, Dixon and Noorbergen (10)
9. The American Heritage Dictionary (8)
10. My Life with Jacqueline Kennedy, Gallagher (9)
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