Books: ALLTIME BESTSELLERS

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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