- Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1970s
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Best sellers ".This is a list of bestselling novels in theUnited States in the1970s , as determined byPublishers Weekly . The list features the most popular novels of each year from 1970 through 1979.The standards set for inclusion in the lists - which, for example, lead to the exclusion of the
novel s in theHarry Potter series from the lists for the 1990s and 2000s - are currently unknown.1970
# "Love Story" by
Erich Segal
# "The French Lieutenant's Woman " byJohn Fowles
# "Islands in the Stream" byErnest Hemingway
# "The Crystal Cave " byMary Stewart
# "Great Lion of God " byTaylor Caldwell
# "QB VII " byLeon Uris
# "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight " byJimmy Breslin
# "The Secret Woman " byVictoria Holt
# "Travels with My Aunt " byGraham Greene
# "Rich Man, Poor Man " byIrwin Shaw 1971
# "Wheels" by
Arthur Hailey
# "The Exorcist " by William P. Blatty
# "The Passions of the Mind " byIrving Stone
# "The Day of the Jackal " byFrederick Forsyth
# "The Betsy" byHarold Robbins
# "Message from Malaga " by Helen MacInnes
# "The Winds of War " byHerman Wouk
# "The Drifters" byJames A. Michener
# "The Other " byTom Tryon
# "Rabbit Redux " byJohn Updike 1972
# "
Jonathan Livingston Seagull " byRichard Bach
# "August 1914 " byAleksandr Solzhenitsyn
# "The Odessa File " byFrederick Forsyth
# "The Day of the Jackal " byFrederick Forsyth
# "The Word" byIrving Wallace
# "The Winds of War " byHerman Wouk
# "Captains and the Kings " byTaylor Caldwell
# "Two from Galilee " byMarjorie Holmes
# "My Name is Asher Lev" byChaim Potok
# "Semi-Tough" byDan Jenkins 1973
# "
Jonathan Livingston Seagull " byRichard Bach
# "Once Is Not Enough " byJacqueline Susann
# "Breakfast of Champions " byKurt Vonnegut
# "The Odessa File " byFrederick Forsyth
# "Burr" byGore Vidal
# "The Hollow Hills " byMary Stewart
# "Evening in Byzantium " byIrwin Shaw
# "The Matlock Paper " byRobert Ludlum
# "The Billion Dollar Sure Thing " by Paul E. Erdman
# "The Honorary Consul " byGraham Greene 1974
# "Centennial" by
James A. Michener
# "Watership Down " by Richard Adams
# "Jaws" byPeter Benchley
# "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy " byJohn le Carré
# "Something Happened " byJoseph Heller
# "The Dogs of War" byFrederick Forsyth
# "The Pirate" byHarold Robbins
# "I Heard the Owl Call My Name " byMargaret Craven
# "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution " byNicholas Meyer
# "The Fan Club " byIrving Wallace 1975
# "Ragtime" by
E. L. Doctorow
# "The Moneychangers " byArthur Hailey
# "Curtain" byAgatha Christie
# "Looking for Mr. Goodbar " byJudith Rossner
# "The Choirboys" byJoseph Wambaugh
# "The Eagle Has Landed " byJack Higgins
# "The Great Treasure " byIrving Stone
# "The Great Train Robbery" byMichael Crichton
# "Shogun" byJames Clavell
# "Humboldt's Gift " bySaul Bellow 1976
# "Trinity" by
Leon Uris
# "Sleeping Murder " byAgatha Christie
# "Dolores" byJacqueline Susann
# "Storm Warning" byJack Higgins
# "The Deep" byPeter Benchley
# "1876" byGore Vidal
# "Slapstick or Lonesome No More!" byKurt Vonnegut
# "The Lonely Lady" byHarold Robbins
# "Touch Not the Cat " byMary Stewart
# "A Stranger in the Mirror " bySidney Sheldon 1977
# "
The Silmarillion " byJ. R. R. Tolkien andChristopher Tolkien
# "The Thorn Birds " byColleen McCullough
# "" byRichard Bach
# "The Honourable Schoolboy " byJohn le Carré
# "Oliver's Story " byErich Segal
# "Dreams Die First " byHarold Robbins
# "Beggarman, Thief " byIrwin Shaw
# "How to Save Your Own Life " byErica Jong
# "Delta of Venus " byAnaïs Nin
# "Daniel Martin" byJohn Fowles 1978
# "Chesapeake" by
James A. Michener
# "War and Remembrance " byHerman Wouk
# "Fools Die " byMario Puzo
# "Bloodline" bySidney Sheldon
# "Scruples" byJudith Krantz
# "Evergreen" byBelva Plain
# "" byRichard Bach
# "The Holcroft Covenant " byRobert Ludlum
# "Second Generation" byHoward Fast
# "Eye of the Needle " byKen Follett 1979
# "
The Matarese Circle " byRobert Ludlum
# "Sophie's Choice" byWilliam Styron
# "Overload" byArthur Hailey
# "Memories of Another Day " byHarold Robbins
# "Jailbird " byKurt Vonnegut
# "The Dead Zone" byStephen King
# "The Last Enchantment " byMary Stewart
# "The Establishment" byHoward Fast
# "" by John Hackett
# "Smiley's People " byJohn le Carré
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