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1vpfluke
Editado: Jun 16, 2008, 1:18 pm

I've only read one of the bestsellers from this year.

1. Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach, owned by 1,684, reviewed by 19. This I read, and own.

2. Once Is Not Enough by Jacqueline Susann, owned by 91, no reviews. She is better known for Valley of the Dolls, owned by 680.

3. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, owned by 3,367, and reviewed by 24. Almost Science fiction, as it is about a SF writer. I've read half of Vonnegut, but not this one. His top novel is Slaughterhouse-five, owned by 7,510 and reviewed by 59.

4. The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth, owned by 358 and reviewed by 2. The Day of the jackal owned by 607 (9 reviews) is more popular.

5. Burr by Gore Vidal, owned by 413, and reviewed by 10. Almost as popular as Lincoln: a novel owned by 429, and reviewed by 7.

6. The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart, owned by 819, reviewed by 4. We own this, but only my wife has read this Arthurian Saga.

7. Evening in Byzantium by Irwin Shaw, owned by 30, no reviews. His Rich Man, poor man is owned by 103.

8. The Matlock Paper by Robert Ludlum, owned by 139, and reviewd by 2. The Bourne Identity, owned by 1,275, and reviewed by 12 is much better known today.

9. The Billion Dollar Sure Thing by Paul E Erdman, owned by 17, no reviews. Really obscure. His novel, The Crash of '79, owned by 35, is less obscure.

10. The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene, owned by 341, no reviews. His The Power and the Glory (owned by 1281 and reviewed by 6) and a bunch of others are better known.

2Polite_Society
Editado: Ago 6, 2007, 11:56 pm

I've read three on this list: Numbers 1 and 2 (and haha at their apt scatological rankings!) and Number 5. The first two were deftly abandoned at airports back when that was called littering, not bookcrossing; Number 5 I still have, along with just about everything Gore Vidal ever wrote. His Lincoln is far superior to Burr, imo.

vpfluke, these lists are a lot of fun, and bring back quite a few memories. Please post some more!

3vpfluke
Ago 7, 2007, 12:10 am

I will continue to post these lists, and will go back and forth in time. 1931 will come next. I like statistical anlyses and somewhat do that for a living.

I remember seeing an interview with Vidal when Burr was published.

4DaynaRT
Ago 7, 2007, 9:34 am

>1 vpfluke: You just solved a mystery! My dad has been trying to think of a series of books he read about Merlin and all he could remember was that "Crystal" was in the title somewhere. It looks like the Mary Stewart books are the ones he read. Thanks!

5vpfluke
Ago 7, 2007, 10:56 am

The first of Mary Stewart's Arthurian books was The Crystal Cave (1012 owners, 9 reviews). I was going to mention this, but didn't. Book 3 is The Last Enchantment (730 owners, 1 review), and Book 4 is The Wicked Day (507 owners, 3 reviews). Somehow, I think The Wicked Day came a good deal later, but I'll check that out.

6vpfluke
Ago 7, 2007, 11:03 am

Well, I looked up the dates of Mary Stewart's four Arthurian books. They are 1970, 1973, 1979, and 1983 (I used the Nassau County listing under the assumption that at least one of its component libraries has the original hardcover of each book). So, there wasn't a trilogy that became a quartet.

7vpfluke
Ago 7, 2007, 11:13 am

I am glad that someone put in a disambiguation notice on Mary Stewart. I could see that there were at least three separate people, the notice indicates five. I didn't have time to do the research, but I didn't seem plausible that the Arthurian author would write yoga books, but you nver know.

8usnmm2
Editado: Oct 22, 2007, 8:23 pm

have read ;
1. The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth. Made into a good movie but they changed the ending and everone I talk to about it are also displeased that they did, even though they enjoyed the movie.
2. Burr by Gore Vidal Also read most of his AMerican historical novels and loved them.
3. The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart the 2nd book in her Merlin trilogy the other two are The Crystal Cave The Last Enchantment all good reads.

9aviddiva
Oct 31, 2007, 2:35 am

good year for me -- I've read #s 1,2, 3, 4, 6 and 10. The Mary Stewart and the Grahame Greene are probably the only ones I would read again.

10Bookmarque
Oct 31, 2007, 8:57 am

Nope. Have a copy of The Matlock Paper though, so I could knock that one out if I found the time.

11varielle
Editado: Ene 16, 2008, 12:00 pm

Non-Fiction US

1. The Living Bible, Kenneth Taylor 233 copies

2. Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution, Robert C. Atkins 565 copies

3. I'm O.K., You're O.K., Thomas Harris 314 copies

4. The Joy of Sex, Alex Comfort 267 copies

5. Weight Watchers Program Cookbook, Jean Nidetch 28 copies

6. How To Be Your Own Best Friend, Mildred Newman, et al. 46 copies

7. The Art of Walt Disney, Christopher Finch 185 copies

8. Better Homes and Gardens Home Canning Cookbook 16 copies

9. Alistair Cooke's America, Alistair Cooke 243 copies

10. Sybil, Flora R. Schreiber
243 copies

12vpfluke
Ene 16, 2008, 3:05 pm

I think this is the most ever I read on any bestseller (from the 1973 non-fiction list). My wife and I have either owned or previouslyowned, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10

13keren7
Abr 14, 2008, 4:17 pm

I have read Sybil

14adpaton
Jul 14, 2010, 2:46 am

Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution, The joy of Sex and Sybil (made into a rather horrid film) amongst the non-fiction, and The Odessa File - grand - plus Jonothan Livingston Seagull - dire - from fiction.

15kensor
Feb 10, 2011, 6:36 pm

I just noticed that http://www.librarything.com/work/ a novel by http://www.librarything.com/author/eerdmanpaul is listed under Zeitgeist Languages as having originated in the Sanskrit language. This appears to be a data entry error as it seems unlikely to be actually the case. I don't have the book, so could someone check on this situation? Thanks.

16prosfilaes
Feb 10, 2011, 6:51 pm

#15: That's user data. There's nothing that anyone but the people who hold the book can do about it, besides adding a copy to your own library and setting the language properly.