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The list features the most popular novels of each year from 1970 through 1975. [ 1 ] The standards set for inclusion in the lists – which, for example, led to the exclusion of the novels in the Harry Potter series from the lists for the 1990s and 2000s – are currently unknown.
Author January 4: The Selling of the President 1968: Joe McGinniss: January 11 January 18 January 25 February 1 February 8 February 15 February 22 March 1: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) David Reuben: March 8 March 15 March 22 March 29 April 5 April 12 April 19 April 26 April 29 May 3: Up the Organization
For many years, the list was maintained by Alice Payne Hackett, who also published a decennial series which summarized and commented on the best sellers of the previous decade. Her Seventy Years of Bestsellers 1895–1965 was published in 1970.
The New York Times Best Seller list was first published without fanfare on October 12, 1931. [1] [2] It consisted of five fiction and four nonfiction for the New York City region only. [2] The following month the list was expanded to eight cities, with a separate list for each city. [2] By the early 1940s, fourteen cities were included.
Author January 5: Centennial: James Michener: January 12 January 19 January 26 February 2 February 9: Something Happened: Joseph Heller: February 16: Centennial: James Michener February 23 March 2 March 9 March 16 March 23 March 30 April 6 April 13 April 20 April 27 May 4: The Moneychangers: Arthur Hailey: May 11 May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 ...
Author January 3: Love Story: Erich Segal: January 10 January 17 January 24 January 31 February 7 February 14 February 21: QB VII: Leon Uris: February 28 March 7 March 14 March 21 March 28 April 4 April 11 April 18 April 25: The Passions of the Mind: Irving Stone: May 2 May 9 May 16 May 23 May 30 June 6 June 13 June 20 June 27 July 4 July 11 ...
This is a list of best-selling fiction authors to date, in any language. While finding precise sales numbers for any given author is nearly impossible, the list is based on approximate numbers provided or repeated by reliable sources. "Best selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold of all fiction books written or co-written by an ...
Having sold more than 600 million copies worldwide, [14] Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling is the best-selling book series in history. The first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, has sold in excess of 120 million copies, [15] making it one of the best-selling books of all time.