Reader's Digest ''Reader's Digest'' is an American general-interest family magazine, published ten times a year. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, it is now headquartered in midtown Manhattan. The magazine was founded in 1922 by DeWitt Wallace and his w ...

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The Days Were Too Short ''Souvenirs d'enfance'' ("Souvenirs of infancy", "Childhood memories") is a series of autobiographical novels by French filmmaker and ''académicien'', Marcel Pagnol (1895–1974).''Books and Writers'' ''Souvenirs d'enfance'' comprises four vol ...

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Elmer Rice Elmer Rice (born Elmer Leopold Reizenstein, September 28, 1892 – May 8, 1967) was an American playwright. He is best known for his plays ''The Adding Machine'' (1923) and his Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of New York tenement life, ''Street Sce ...

Will Rogers William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (now part of Oklaho ...

Cry, the Beloved Country ''Cry, the Beloved Country'' is a 1948 novel by South African writer Alan Paton. Set in the prelude to apartheid in South Africa, it follows a black village priest and a white farmer who must deal with news of a murder. American publisher Benne ...

Alan Paton Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988) was a South African writer and anti-apartheid activist. His works include the novels '' Cry, the Beloved Country'' and ''Too Late the Phalarope''. Family Paton was born in Pietermaritzbur ...

Eric Williams Eric Eustace Williams (25 September 1911 – 29 March 1981) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician who is regarded by some as the "Father of the Nation", having led the then British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago to majority rule on 28 October 1 ...

Cleveland Amory Cleveland Amory (September 2, 1917 – October 14, 1998) was an American author, reporter, television critic, commentator and animal rights activist. He originally was known for writing a series of popular books poking fun at the pretensions an ...

The Way West ''The Way West'' is a 1949 western novel by A. B. Guthrie, Jr. The book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1950 and became the basis for a film starring Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, and Richard Widmark. The novel is one in the sequence of s ...

A. B. Guthrie Jr. Alfred Bertram Guthrie Jr. (January 13, 1901 – April 26, 1991) was an American novelist, screenwriter, historian, and literary historian known for writing western stories. His novel ''The Way West'' won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and h ...

Lt. Col. J. H. Williams James Howard Williams, also known as Elephant Bill (15 November 1897 – 30 July 1958), was a British soldier and elephant expert in Burma, known for his work with the Fourteenth Army during the Burma Campaign of World War II, and for his 19 ...

Ann Stringer Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...

Henry Ries Henry Ries (September 22, 1917 – May 24, 2004) was a photographer who worked for ''New York Times''. His most famous photo was of "The Berlin Air Lift" which was later made into a U.S. Postage Stamp commemorative. Ries was born in Berlin and ...

William Faulkner William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where Faulkner spent most ...

Don M. Mankiewicz Don Martin Mankiewicz (January 20, 1922 – April 25, 2015) was an American screenwriter and novelist best known for his novel, ''Trial''. Early life Born in Berlin, Germany, he was the son of Sara (née Aaronson) and the screenwriter Herman J. M ...

James A. Michener James Albert Michener ( or ; February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and ...

Winston S. Churchill Winston Churchill, in addition to his careers of soldier and politician, was a prolific writer under the pen name 'Winston S. Churchill'. After being commissioned into the 4th Queen's Own Hussars in 1895, Churchill gained permission to observe ...

Mildred Walker Mildred Walker (Schemm) (May 2, 1905 – May 27, 1998) was an American novelist who published 12 novels and was nominated for the National Book Award. She graduated from Wells College and from the University of Michigan. She was a faculty mem ...

To Catch a Thief '' To Catch a Thief'' is a 1955 American romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, from a screenplay by John Michael Hayes based on the 1952 novel of the same name by David Dodge. The film stars Cary Grant as a retired cat burglar w ...

Adventures in Two Worlds ''Adventures in Two Worlds'' is the 1952 autobiography of Dr. A. J. Cronin Archibald Joseph Cronin (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981), known as A. J. Cronin, was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is ''The Citadel'' (1937 ...

Felix Holt ''Felix Holt, the Radical'' (1866) is a social novel written by George Eliot about political disputes in a small English town at the time of the First Reform Act of 1832. In January 1868, Eliot penned an article entitled "Address to Working M ...

S. N. Behrman Samuel Nathaniel Behrman (; June 9, 1893 – September 9, 1973) was an American playwright, screenwriter, biographer, and longtime writer for ''The New Yorker''. His son is the composer David Behrman. Biography Early years Behrman's parents, Z ...

Isak Dinesen Baroness Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke (born Dinesen; 17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962) was a Danish author who wrote works in Danish and English. She is also known under her pen names Isak Dinesen, used in English-speaking countrie ...

My Cousin Rachel ''My Cousin Rachel'' is a Gothic novel written by English author Daphne du Maurier, published in 1951. Bearing thematic similarities to her earlier and more famous novel ''Rebecca'', it is a mystery-romance, set primarily on a large estate in ...

Daphne du Maurier Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, (; 13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Her parents were actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont. Her grandfather was Georg ...

J.A. Hunter John Alexander Hunter (30 May 1887 – 29 March 1963) was a white hunter in Africa from the early 1900s through the 1950s who led many notable safaris. Biography John Alexander Hunter was born on 30 May 1887 near Shearington, Dumfries-shir ...

Giant In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: '' gigas'', cognate giga-) are beings of human-like appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word ''giant'' is first attested in 1297 fr ...

Edna Ferber Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning '' So Big'' (1924), '' Show Boat'' (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), '' C ...

Punch Punch commonly refers to: * Punch (combat), a strike made using the hand closed into a fist * Punch (drink), a wide assortment of drinks, non-alcoholic or alcoholic, generally containing fruit or fruit juice Punch may also refer to: Places * Pun ...

Jerrard Tickell Edward Jerrard Tickell (14 February 1905 – 27 March 1966) was an Irish writer, known for his novels and historical books on the Second World War. Biography Jerrard Tickell was born in Dublin and educated in Tipperary and, from 1919 until 1922 ...

Jacques-Yves Cousteau Jacques-Yves Cousteau, (, also , ; 11 June 191025 June 1997) was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. He co-invented the first successful Aqua-Lung, open-circuit SCUBA (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus). T ...

Frédéric Dumas Frédéric Dumas (14 January 1913 – 26 July 1991) was a French writer. He was part of a team of three, with Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Philippe Tailliez, who had a passion for diving, and developed the diving regulator with the aid of the engine ...

Stuart Cloete Edward Fairly Stuart Graham Cloete (23 July 1897 – 19 March 1976) was a South African novelist, essayist, biographer and short story writer. Early life Cloete was born in Paris to Margaret Edit Park, granddaughter of Glasgow banker Edward ...

Annapurna Annapurna (; ne, अन्नपूर्ण) is a mountain situated in the Annapurna mountain range of Gandaki Province, north-central Nepal. It is the tenth highest mountain in the world at above sea level and is well known for the diffic ...

Jefferson Young Jefferson may refer to: Names * Jefferson (surname) * Jefferson (given name) People * Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third president of the United States * Jefferson (footballer, born 1970), full name Jefferson Tomaz de Souza, Brazilian fo ...

Helen Fowler Helen may refer to: People * Helen of Troy, in Greek mythology, the most beautiful woman in the world * Helen (actress) (born 1938), Indian actress * Helen (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) Places * Helen ...

The Bridges at Toko-Ri ''The Bridges at Toko-Ri'' is a 1954 American war film about the Korean War and stars William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney, and Robert Strauss. The film, which was directed by Mark Robson, was produced by Paramount Pictur ...

James A. Michener James Albert Michener ( or ; February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and ...

Beyond This Place Beyond This Place may refer to: * Beyond This Place (novel), a 1950 novel by A. J. Cronin * Beyond This Place (1959 film), a British crime mystery film based on the novel * Beyond This Place (2010 film), a documentary film * Beyond This Place (DuPo ...

Shirley Jackson Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Over the duration of her writing career, which spanned over two decades, she composed six novels, two me ...

Jack McLaren Jack McLaren (13 October 1884 – 16 May 1954) was an Australian novelist who wrote novels based on his life experiences and who was renowned for his "authenticity of background".David Walker

1954

Volume 16 - Winter * ''Call Me Lucky: Bing Crosby's Own Story'' -

Bing Crosby Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, musician and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a ...

with Pete Martin * '' Too Late the Phalarope'' -

Alan Paton Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988) was a South African writer and anti-apartheid activist. His works include the novels '' Cry, the Beloved Country'' and ''Too Late the Phalarope''. Family Paton was born in Pietermaritzbur ...

* ''Time and Time Again'' - James Hilton * ''Heather Mary'' - J. M. Scott
Volume 17 - Spring * '' The Night of the Hunter'' - Davis Grubb * ''God and My Country'' - MacKinlay Kantor * '' Not as a Stranger'' - Morton Thompson * ''The Best Cartoons from France'' - Edna Bennett, collector * ''The Young Elizabeth'' - Jennette & Francis Letton Volume 18 - Summer * '' The Desperate Hours'' - Joseph Hayes * ''General Dean's Story'' - William F. Dean with William L. Worden * '' Mr. Hobbs' Vacation'' - Edward Streeter * ''The Power and the Prize'' - Howard Swiggett * "The Duchess and the Smugs" (''A Wreath for the Enemy'') - Pamela Frankau * ''Tomorrow!'' -

Philip Wylie Philip Gordon Wylie (May 12, 1902 – October 25, 1971) was an American writer of works ranging from pulp science fiction, mysteries, social diatribes and satire to ecology and the threat of nuclear holocaust. Early life and career Born in Be ...

Volume 19 - Autumn * '' The Dollmaker'' -

Harriette Arnow Harriette Simpson Arnow (July 7, 1908 – March 22, 1986) was an American novelist and historian, who lived in Kentucky and Michigan. Arnow has been called an expert on the people of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, but she herself loved citie ...

* ''The Anatomy of a Crime'' -

Joseph F. Dinneen Joseph Francis Dinneen (1897–1964) was a crime reporter for ''The Boston Globe''. He wrote several books and articles, many of which were adapted for film. Books * ''Yankee Fighter: The Story of an American in the Free French Foreign Legion'' ( ...

* ''Love is Eternal'' - Irving Stone * ''Around a Rusty God'' - Augusta Walker * '' The High and the Mighty'' - Ernest K. Gann

1955

Volume 20 - Winter * ''The Reason Why'' -

Cecil Woodham-Smith Cecil Blanche Woodham-Smith ( Fitzgerald; 29 April 1896 – 16 March 1977) CBE was a British historian and biographer. She wrote four popular history books, each dealing with a different aspect of the Victorian era. Early life Cecil Woodham-Smi ...

* ''The China I Knew (My Several Worlds)'' - Pearl S. Buck * ''My Brother's Keeper'' - Marcia Davenport * ''Good Morning, Miss Dove'' -

Frances Gray Patton Mrs. Frances Gray Patton (March 19, 1906 – March 28, 2000) was an American short story writer and novelist. She is best known for her 1954 novel '' Good Morning Miss Dove.'' Biography She was born in Raleigh, North Carolina to Mr. Robert Lily ...

* ''The Darby Trial'' - Dick Pearce Volume 22 - Summer * ''Man-Eater'' - Jim Corbett * ''The Actor'' - Niven Busch * ''Onions in the Stew'' - Betty MacDonald * ''The Captive City'' - John Appleby * ''The Missing Macleans'' -

Geoffrey Hoare Geoffrey, Geoffroy, Geoff, etc., may refer to: People * Geoffrey (name), including a list of people with the name * Geoffroy (surname), including a list of people with the name * Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1095–c. 1155), clergyman and one of the ...

* ''The Searchers'' - Alan Le May Volume 21 - Spring * ''

Good-bye, My Lady ''Good-bye, My Lady'' is a novel by James H. Street about a boy and his dog. It was published by J. B. Lippincott Company in June 1954 and reprinted in paperback by Pocket Books in February 1978. It is based on Street's short story "Weep No More ...

'' - James Street * ''The Dowry'' - Margaret Culkin Banning * ''The Day Lincoln Was Shot'' - Jim Bishop * '' The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant'' - Douglass Wallop * ''Flamingo Feather'' -

Laurens van der Post Sir Laurens Jan van der Post, (13 December 1906 – 15 December 1996) was a South African Afrikaner writer, farmer, soldier, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer and conservationist. He was noted for his interest in Jun ...

Volume 23 - Autumn * ''This is Goggle, or the Education of a Father'' -

Bentz Plagemann Bentz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Bentz (1897–1964), German geologist *Chad Bentz (born 1980), American baseball player *Cliff Bentz (born 1952), American politician * Eddie Bentz (1894–1979), American crimin ...

* '' Run Silent, Run Deep'' - Commander Edward L. Beach, USN * '' Marjorie Morningstar'' - Herman Wouk * ''

Last of the Curlews ''Last of the Curlews'' is a novel, a fictionalized account of the life of the last Eskimo curlew. It was written by Fred Bodsworth, a Canadian newspaper reporter and naturalist, and published in 1954. Plot introduction The story follows the bird ...

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Fred Bodsworth Charles Frederick (Fred) Bodsworth (October 11, 1918 – September 15, 2012) was a Canadian writer, journalist and amateur naturalist. Born in Port Burwell, Ontario, Bodsworth worked as a journalist for the '' St. Thomas Times-Journal'', ''The ...

* ''First Train to Babylon'' - Max Ehrlich

1956

Volume 24 - Winter * "The Secret of the Swamp" (''Andersonville'') - MacKinlay Kantor * ''Island in the Sun'' -

Alec Waugh Alexander Raban Waugh (8 July 1898 – 3 September 1981) was a British novelist, the elder brother of the better-known Evelyn Waugh, uncle of Auberon Waugh and son of Arthur Waugh, author, literary critic, and publisher. His first wife was Ba ...

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An Episode of Sparrows ''An Episode of Sparrows'' is a novel written in 1955 by Rumer Godden. It was re-issued in 2016 in The New York Review Children's Collection. Plot summary The novel focuses on children in Catford Street, a working-class street in South London, w ...

'' - Rumer Godden * ''Minding Our Own Business'' - Charlotte Paul * ''The Long Ride Home'' - Bonner McMillion
Volume 25 - Spring * ''Captain of the Queens'' - Captain Harry Grattidge with Richard Collier * ''Beloved'' - Viña Delmar * ''In My Father's House'' - Grace Nies Fletcher * ''

The Last Hurrah ''The Last Hurrah'' is a 1956 novel written by Edwin O'Connor. It is considered the most popular of O’Connor's works, partly because of a 1958 movie adaptation starring Spencer Tracy. The novel was immediately a bestseller in the United Sta ...

'' - Edwin O'Connor * ''Boon Island'' - Kenneth Roberts Volume 26 - Summer * '' Old Yeller'' - Fred Gipson * ''Harry Black'' - David Walker * ''The Greer Case'' -

David W. Peck David W. Peck (December 3, 1902 – August 23, 1990) was an American jurist. From 1947 to 1957, he was Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department in New York (state), New York, and in that time took a leading role in the reform ...

* '' A Thing of Beauty'' - A. J. Cronin * ''A Single Pebble'' -

John Hersey John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914 – March 24, 1993) was an American writer and journalist. He is considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling techniques of fiction are adapted to n ...

Volume 27 - Autumn * ''

The Nun's Story ''The Nun's Story'' is a 1956 novel by Kathryn Hulme. It was a Book of the Month selection and reached #1 on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. Hulme wrote the book based partly upon the experiences of her friend, Marie Louise Habets of ...

'' - Kathryn Hulme * ''

Merry Christmas, Mr. Baxter ''Merry Christmas, Mr. Baxter'' was a novel written and published in 1956 by American author Edward Streeter. It was preceded in his list of novels by '' Mr. Hobbs' Vacation'' in 1954, and followed by ''Mr. Robbins Rides Again'' in 1958. It is ...

'' - Edward Streeter * ''The Success'' - Helen Howe * ''The Diamond Hitch'' - Frank O'Rourke * ''The Sleeping Partner'' -

Winston Graham Winston Mawdsley Graham OBE, born Winston Grime (30 June 1908 – 10 July 2003), was an English novelist best known for the Poldark series of historical novels set in Cornwall, though he also wrote numerous other works, including contemporary ...

1957

Volume 28 - Winter * '' Bon Voyage'' - Marrijane & Joseph Hayes * ''The Tribe That Lost Its Head'' - Nicholas Monsarrat * ''The Philadelphian'' - Richard Powell * ''A Family Party'' - John O'Hara * ''Stopover: Tokyo'' - John P. Marquand
Volume 29 - Spring * '' The Scapegoat'' -

Daphne du Maurier Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, (; 13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Her parents were actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont. Her grandfather was Georg ...

* ''The Last Angry Man'' - Gerald Green * '' The Muses Are Heard'' -

Truman Capote Truman Garcia Capote ( ; born Truman Streckfus Persons; September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, ...

* ''The Fruit Tramp'' - Vinnie Williams * ''

The Enemy Below ''The Enemy Below'' is a 1957 DeLuxe Color war film in CinemaScope about a battle between an American destroyer escort and a German U-boat during World War II. Produced and directed by Dick Powell, the movie stars Robert Mitchum and Curt J� ...

'' - Commander D.A. Rayner Volume 30 - Summer * ''The Lady'' -

Conrad Richter Conrad Michael Richter (October 13, 1890 – October 30, 1968) was an American novelist whose lyrical work is concerned largely with life on the American frontier in various periods. His novel '' The Town'' (1950), the last story of his trilogy '' ...

* '' A Houseful of Love'' - Marjorie Housepian * '' The Three Faces of Eve'' - Dr.

Corbett H. Thigpen Corbett H. Thigpen (January 8, 1919 – March 19, 1999) was an American psychiatrist and co-author of the book ''The Three Faces of Eve'' (1957). Education and career Thigpen attended North Georgia College (now University of North Georgia) and M ...

, MD & Dr. Hervey M. Cleckley, MD * '' Letter from Peking'' - Pearl S. Buck * ''The FBI Story'' - Don Whitehead * "Mission to Borneo" (''The Spiral Road'') -

Jan de Hartog Jan de Hartog (April 22, 1914 – September 22, 2002) was a Dutch playwright, novelist and occasional social critic who moved to the United States in the early 1960s and became a Quaker. Biography Early years Jan de Hartog was born to a Dut ...

Volume 31 - Autumn * ''Lobo'' - MacKinlay Kantor * ''The Century of the Surgeon'' - Jürgen Thorwald * '' By Love Possessed'' - James Gould Cozzens * "Duel with a Witch Doctor" (''The Spiral Road'') -

Jan de Hartog Jan de Hartog (April 22, 1914 – September 22, 2002) was a Dutch playwright, novelist and occasional social critic who moved to the United States in the early 1960s and became a Quaker. Biography Early years Jan de Hartog was born to a Dut ...

* ''Warm Bodies'' -

Donald R. Morris Donald Robert Morris (November 11, 1924 – December 4/5, 2002) was an American naval officer, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, novelist, military historian and foreign affairs writer. He joined the navy in 1942 and after World War ...

1958

Volume 32 - Winter * ''The Green Helmet'' -

Jon Cleary Jon Stephen Cleary (22 November 191719 July 2010) was an Australian writer and novelist. He wrote numerous books, including '' The Sundowners'' (1951), a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next, and '' The ...

* ''Dunbar's Cove'' - Borden Deal * ''The Twentieth Maine'' - John J. Pullen * ''Life at Happy Knoll'' - John P. Marquand * ''The Horsecatcher'' -

Mari Sandoz Mari Susette Sandoz (May 11, 1896 – March 10, 1966) was a Nebraska novelist, biographer, lecturer, and teacher. She became one of the West's foremost writers, and wrote extensively about pioneer life and the Plains Indians.Bristow, Davi ...

* ''Sharks and Little Fish'' -

Wolfgang Ott Wolfgang Ott (born 1957) is an Austrian sex offender, murderer and alleged serial killer, whose actions are considered some of the most spectacular criminal cases in his home country. Offenses and alleged crimes Wolfgang Ott was sentenced to ...

Volume 33 - Spring * ''Big Caesar'' - Charlton Ogburn Jr. * ''

The Winthrop Woman ''The Winthrop Woman'' is Anya Seton's 1958 historical novel about Elizabeth Fones, a settler of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a founder of Greenwich, Connecticut. Plot summary ''The Winthrop Woman'' begins with young Elizabeth Fones and h ...

'' - Anya Seton * ''The Counterfeit Traitor'' - Alexander Klein * ''The Man Who Broke Things'' - John Brooks * ''Murder on My Street'' - Edwin Lanham Volume 34 - Summer * '' Seidman and Son'' -

Elick Moll ''Final Fight'' is a series of beat 'em up video games by Capcom, which began with the arcade release of ''Final Fight'' in 1989. Set in the fictional Metro City, the games focus on a group of heroic vigilantes who fights against the control and ...

* '' The Northern Light'' - A. J. Cronin * ''Rough Road Home'' -

Melissa Mather Melissa Louise Mather is an Australian physicist who is Professor in Biological Sensing and Imaging at the University of Nottingham. Her research considers the development of novel sensing techniques, including ultrasound, single molecule imagin ...

* ''A Friend in Power'' - Carlos H. Baker * ''Sun in the Hunter's Eyes'' -

Mark Derby Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Fi ...

Volume 35 - Autumn * ''Preacher's Kids'' - Grace Nies Fletcher * ''The Steel Cocoon'' -

Bentz Plagemann Bentz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Bentz (1897–1964), German geologist *Chad Bentz (born 1980), American baseball player *Cliff Bentz (born 1952), American politician * Eddie Bentz (1894–1979), American crimin ...

* ''Women and Thomas Harrow'' - John P. Marquand * '' Green Mansions'' - W. H. Hudson * ''Tether's End'' - Margery Allingham

1959

Volume 36 - Winter * ''The Admen'' - Shepherd Mead * '' The Rainbow and the Rose'' -

Nevil Shute Nevil Shute Norway (17 January 189912 January 1960) was an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia. He used his full name in his engineering career and Nevil Shute as his pen name, in order to protect ...

* '' Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris'' -

Paul Gallico Paul William Gallico (July 26, 1897 – July 15, 1976) was an American novelist and short story and sports writer.Ivins, Molly,, ''The New York Times'', July 17, 1976. Retrieved Oct. 25, 2020. Many of his works were adapted for motion pictu ...

* '' The Ugly American'' -

William J. Lederer William Julius Lederer, Jr. (March 31, 1912 – December 5, 2009) was an American author and naval officer. Biography U.S. Navy service After dropping out of high school, Lederer enlisted in the United States Navy in 1930. He graduated from ...

& Eugene Burdick * ''The White Room'' - Elizabeth Coatsworth * ''Woman of Straw'' - Catherine Arley
Volume 37 - Spring * ''The Secret Project of Sigurd O'Leary'' - Martin Quigley * ''Dear and Glorious Physician'' - Taylor Caldwell * ''Collision Course'' -

Alvin Moscow Alvin may refer to: Places Canada *Alvin, British Columbia United States *Alvin, Colorado *Alvin, Georgia *Alvin, Illinois * Alvin, Michigan *Alvin, Texas * Alvin, Wisconsin, a town *Alvin (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Other ...

* ''Jungle Girl'' - John Moore * ''Epitaph for an Enemy'' - George Barr Volume 38 - Summer * '' The Lion'' - Joseph Kessel * ''The Light Infantry Ball'' -

Hamilton Basso Joseph Hamilton Basso (September 5, 1904 – May 13, 1964) was an American novelist and journalist. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Basso worked as reporter for several newspapers in New Orleans, wrote 11 novels, primarily about the South, and was ...

* ''A Rockefeller Family Portrait'' -

William Manchester William Raymond Manchester (April 1, 1922 – June 1, 2004) was an American author, biographer, and historian. He was the author of 18 books which have been translated into over 20 languages. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal and the ...

* "Trail to Abilene" (''Born of the Sun'') -

John H. Culp John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

* ''The Big X'' - Hank Searls Volume 39 - Autumn * "West Wind to Hawaii" (''

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only ...

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James A. Michener James Albert Michener ( or ; February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and ...

* '' Advise and Consent'' - Allen Drury * ''The Miracle of Merriford'' - Reginald Arkell * '' Act One: An Autobiography'' - Moss Hart * ''Flight from Ashiya'' - Elliott Arnold

1960s

1960

Volume 40 - Winter * ''Jeremy Todd'' - Hamilton Maule * "From the Farm of Bitterness" (''

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only ...

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James A. Michener James Albert Michener ( or ; February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and ...

* '' Pioneer, Go Home!'' - Richard Powell * ''The City That Would Not Die'' -

Richard Collier Richard Bernard Collier (born October 23, 1981) is a former professional American football player. He played offensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) from 2006 to 2008, until a shooting incident left him ...

* '' King Solomon's Ring'' - Konrad Z. Lorenz * ''The Triumph of Surgery'' - Jürgen Thorwald
Volume 41 - Spring * ''The Final Diagnosis'' - Arthur Hailey * ''Mrs. 'Arris Goes to New York'' -

Paul Gallico Paul William Gallico (July 26, 1897 – July 15, 1976) was an American novelist and short story and sports writer.Ivins, Molly,, ''The New York Times'', July 17, 1976. Retrieved Oct. 25, 2020. Many of his works were adapted for motion pictu ...

* ''Strangers in the Forest'' -

Carol Brink Carol Ryrie Brink (December 28, 1895 – August 15, 1981) was an American writer of over thirty juvenile and adult books. Her novel ''Caddie Woodlawn'' won the 1936 Newbery Medal and a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958. Lifetime Caroline S ...

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The Haunting of Hill House ''The Haunting of Hill House'' is a 1959 gothic horror novel by American author Shirley Jackson. A finalist for the National Book Award and considered one of the best literary ghost stories published during the 20th century, it has been ...

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Shirley Jackson Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Over the duration of her writing career, which spanned over two decades, she composed six novels, two me ...

* ''Wolfpack'' - William M. Hardy Volume 42 - Summer * ''The Lovely Ambition'' - Mary Ellen Chase * ''

Trustee from the Toolroom ''Trustee from the Toolroom'' is a novel written by Nevil Shute. Shute died in January 1960; ''Trustee'' was published posthumously later that year. Plot summary The plot of the novel hinges on the actions of a modest technical journalist, Ke ...

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Nevil Shute Nevil Shute Norway (17 January 189912 January 1960) was an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia. He used his full name in his engineering career and Nevil Shute as his pen name, in order to protect ...

* '' The Leopard'' -

Giuseppe di Lampedusa Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, 11th Prince of Lampedusa, 12th Duke of Palma, Grandee, GE (; 23 December 1896 – 23 July 1957) was an Italian writer and the last Prince of Lampedusa. He is most famous for his only novel, ''The Leopard, Il Gattopar ...

* ''Village of Stars'' - Paul Stanton * ''

To Kill a Mockingbird ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' is a novel by the American author Harper Lee. It was published in 1960 and was instantly successful. In the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' has become ...

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Harper Lee Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926February 19, 2016) was an American novelist best known for her 1960 novel ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. It won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature. Lee has received numer ...

Volume 43 - Autumn * ''Surface at the Pole'' - Commander

James F. Calvert James Francis Calvert (September 8, 1920 – June 3, 2009) served in the United States Navy, where he commanded , the third nuclear submarine commissioned and the second submarine to reach the North Pole, which became the first to surface at th ...

, USN * '' The Devil's Advocate'' -

Morris L. West Morris Langlo West (26 April 19169 October 1999) was an Australian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels '' The Devil's Advocate'' (1959), ''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' (1963) and ''The Clowns of God'' (1981). His books were publ ...

* '' Up from Slavery'' - Booker T. Washington * "Hook" (''

The Watchful Gods and Other Stories ''The Watchful Gods and Other Stories'' is a collection of short stories by Walter Van Tilburg Clark published in 1950. It brings together eight stories and one novella (the title story). Three of the stories had already appeared in the annual ant ...

'') - Walter Van Tilburg Clark * ''Mistress of Mellyn'' -

Victoria Holt Eleanor Alice Hibbert (née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen ...

* ''The Days Were Too Short'' - Marcel Pagnol

1961

Volume 44 - Winter * '' The Light in the Piazza'' - Elizabeth Spencer * ''Half Angel'' - Barbara Jefferis * ''A Sense of Values'' - Sloan Wilson * "Warpath" (''

Northwest Passage The Northwest Passage (NWP) is the sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The eastern route along the Arct ...

'') - Kenneth Roberts * '' Marnie'' -

Winston Graham Winston Mawdsley Graham OBE, born Winston Grime (30 June 1908 – 10 July 2003), was an English novelist best known for the Poldark series of historical novels set in Cornwall, though he also wrote numerous other works, including contemporary ...

Volume 45 - Spring * '' Fate Is the Hunter'' - Ernest K. Gann * ''Peaceable Lane'' -

Keith Wheeler Keith R. Wheeler is a Republican politician and former member of the Illinois House of Representatives. He represented the 50th District from 2015 to 2023. The 50th district included municipalities in southern Kane and Kendall counties. After ...

* ''Madame Curie'' -

Ève Curie Ève Denise Curie Labouisse (; December 6, 1904 – October 22, 2007) was a French and American writer, journalist and pianist. Ève Curie was the younger daughter of Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie. Her sister was Irène Joliot-Curie ...

* ''Evil Come, Evil Go'' -

Whit Masterson Whit Masterson was a pen name for a partnership of two American authors, Robert Allison Wade (June 8, 1920 – September 30, 2012) and H. Bill Miller (May 11, 1920 – August 21, 1961). The two also wrote under several other pseudonyms, including Wa ...

* ''The 'Mozart' Leaves at Nine'' - Harris Greene Volume 46 - Summer * '' The Winter of Our Discontent'' - John Steinbeck * '' The Agony and the Ecstasy'' - Irving Stone * ''

The Making of the President, 1960 ''The Making of the President 1960'', written by journalist Theodore H. White and published by Atheneum Publishers in 1961, is a book that recounts and analyzes the 1960 election in which John F. Kennedy was elected President of the United State ...

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Theodore H. White Theodore Harold White (, May 6, 1915 – May 15, 1986) was an American political journalist and historian, known for his reporting from China during World War II and the ''Making of the President'' series. White started his career reporting for ...

* "A Lodging for the Emperor" (''Japanese Inn'') -

Oliver Statler Oliver may refer to: Arts, entertainment and literature Books * ''Oliver the Western Engine'', volume 24 in ''The Railway Series'' by Rev. W. Awdry * ''Oliver Twist'', a novel by Charles Dickens Fictional characters * Ariadne Oliver, ...

* '' Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' - James Hilton
Volume 47 - Autumn * '' Ring of Bright Water'' -

Gavin Maxwell Gavin Maxwell FRSL FZS FRGS (15 July 19147 September 1969) was a British naturalist and author, best known for his non-fiction writing and his work with otters. He wrote the book '' Ring of Bright Water'' (1960) about how he brought an otte ...

* '' The Judas Tree'' - A. J. Cronin * ''

The Edge of Sadness ''The Edge of Sadness'' is a novel by the American author Edwin O'Connor. It was published in 1961 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1962. The story is about a middle-aged Catholic priest in New England New England is a region com ...

'' - Edwin O'Connor * '' A Fall of Moondust'' -

Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 191719 March 2008) was an English science-fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film '' 2001: A Spac ...

* '' A Christmas Carol'' -

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...

* ''Summer of Pride'' - Elizabeth Savage

1962

Volume 48 - Winter * '' Spencer's Mountain'' -

Earl Hamner Jr. Earl Henry Hamner Jr. (July 10, 1923 – March 24, 2016) was an American television writer and producer (sometimes credited as Earl Hamner), best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s as the creator of two long-running series, ''The Waltons' ...

* ''A Prologue to Love'' - Taylor Caldwell * ''A Time to Stand'' -

Walter Lord John Walter Lord Jr. (October 8, 1917 – May 19, 2002) was an American author, lawyer, copywriter and popular historian best known for his 1955 account of the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'', '' A Night to Remember''. Biography Early life L ...

* ''Give It Back to the Lemongrowers!'' -

Willard Temple Willard may refer to: People * Willard (name) Geography Places in the United States * Willard, Colorado * Willard, Georgia * Willard, Kansas *Willard, Kentucky * Willard, Michigan, a small unincorporated community in Beaver Township, Bay Co ...

* ''Kirkland Revels'' -

Victoria Holt Eleanor Alice Hibbert (née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen ...

Volume 49 - Spring * ''Captain Newman, MD'' -

Leo Rosten Leo Calvin Rosten (Yiddish: ; April 11, 1908 – February 19, 1997) was an American humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism, and Yiddish lexicography. Early life Rosten was born into a Yiddish-speaking family in Łó ...

* ''Devil Water'' - Anya Seton * '' The Story of San Michele'' - Axel Munthe * ''Nine Hours to Rama'' - Stanley Wolpert * ''Watchers at the Pond'' -

Franklin Russell Franklin may refer to: People * Franklin (given name) * Franklin (surname) * Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class Places Australia * Franklin, Tasmania, a township * Division of Franklin, federal electoral divi ...

Volume 50 - Summer * ''The Tuntsa'' -

Teppo Turen Teppo may refer to: *Teppo (name) Teppo is a male Finnish name, that originated as a diminutive of the name Tapani. It is quite an uncommon first name, and is derived from '' Stefanos'', a Greek name which means roughly translated "laurel" or "c ...

with Elizabeth Maddox McCabe * ''

Youngblood Hawke ''Youngblood Hawke'' is a 1962 novel by American writer Herman Wouk about the rise and fall of a talented young writer of hardscrabble Kentucky origin who briefly becomes the toast of literary New York City. The plot was suggested by the life ...

'' - Herman Wouk * "Carol" (''The Blood of the Lamb'') -

Peter De Vries Peter De Vries (February 27, 1910 – September 28, 1993) was an American editor and novelist known for his satiric wit. He has been described by the philosopher Daniel Dennett as "probably the funniest writer on religion ever". Biography De ...

* ''Since You Ask Me'' -

Ann Landers Ann Landers was a pen name created by '' Chicago Sun-Times'' advice columnist Ruth Crowley in 1943 and taken over by Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer (July 4, 1918 – June 22, 2002) in 1955. For 56 years, the Ask Ann Landers syndicated a ...

* ''Star-Raker'' - Donald Gordon
Volume 51 - Autumn * '' Dearly Beloved'' - Anne Morrow Lindbergh * "Brickie" (''To Love and Corrupt'') - Joseph Viertel * ''

Seven Days in May ''Seven Days in May'' is a 1964 American political thriller film about a military-political cabal's planned takeover of the United States government in reaction to the president's negotiation of a disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union. Th ...

'' - Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II * "The Wonderful World of School" (''The World Is Young'') - Wayne Miller * ''

Microbe Hunters Paul Henry de Kruif (, rhyming with "life") (1890–1971) was an American microbiologist and author of Dutch descent. Publishing as Paul de Kruif, he is most noted for his 1926 book, ''Microbe Hunters''. This book was not only a bestseller for a le ...

'' - Paul de Kruif * ''

The Golden Rendezvous ''The Golden Rendezvous'' is a novel written by Scottish author Alistair MacLean, and was first published in 1962. One of MacLean's most popular works, it combines mystery, suspense, action, clever bluffs and double bluffs, with MacLean's tradem ...

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Alistair MacLean Alistair Stuart MacLean ( gd, Alasdair MacGill-Eain; 21 April 1922 – 2 February 1987) was a 20th-century List of Scottish novelists, Scottish novelist who wrote popular Thriller (genre), thrillers and adventure stories. Many of his novels hav ...

1963

Volume 52 - Winter * ''Second Growth'' - Ruth Moore * ''To Catch an Angel: Adventures in the World I Cannot See'' - Robert Russell * ''I Take This Land'' - Richard Powell * ''

America, America ''America America'' (British title ''The Anatolian Smile''—a reference to an ongoing acknowledgment of the character Stavros' captivating smile) is a 1963 American drama film directed, produced and written by Elia Kazan, adapted from his own b ...

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Elia Kazan Elia Kazan (; born Elias Kazantzoglou ( el, Ηλίας Καζαντζόγλου); September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was an American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by ''The New York Times'' as "one o ...

* "Hell Creek Crossing" (''

The Reivers ''The Reivers: A Reminiscence'', published in 1962, is the last novel by the American author William Faulkner. The bestselling novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1963. Faulkner previously won this award for his book ''A Fable'', ...

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William Faulkner William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where Faulkner spent most ...

* ''Two Hours to Darkness'' - Antony Trew
Volume 53 - Spring * ''A River Ran Out of Eden'' - James Vance Marshall * ''Escape from Red China'' -

Robert Loh Robert Loh (born 24 January 1946) is a Hong Kong former butterfly, freestyle and medley swimmer. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), offici ...

with Humphrey Evans * ''The Surgeon'' - W. C. Heinz * ''Smith and Jones'' - Nicholas Monsarrat * ''

To Sir, With Love ''To Sir, with Love'' is a 1967 British drama film that deals with social and racial issues in an inner city school. It stars Sidney Poitier and features Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall and singer Lulu making her film debut. Ja ...

'' - E. R. Braithwaite * ''...and presumed dead'' - Lucille Fletcher Volume 54 - Summer * ''The Artist'' -

Jan de Hartog Jan de Hartog (April 22, 1914 – September 22, 2002) was a Dutch playwright, novelist and occasional social critic who moved to the United States in the early 1960s and became a Quaker. Biography Early years Jan de Hartog was born to a Dut ...

* '' The Shoes of the Fisherman'' -

Morris L. West Morris Langlo West (26 April 19169 October 1999) was an Australian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels '' The Devil's Advocate'' (1959), ''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' (1963) and ''The Clowns of God'' (1981). His books were publ ...

* ''The Moonflower Vine'' - Jetta Carleton * ''Florence Nightingale'' -

Cecil Woodham-Smith Cecil Blanche Woodham-Smith ( Fitzgerald; 29 April 1896 – 16 March 1977) CBE was a British historian and biographer. She wrote four popular history books, each dealing with a different aspect of the Victorian era. Early life Cecil Woodham-Smi ...

* ''The Wild Grapes'' - Barbara Jefferis
Volume 55 - Autumn * ''The Tilsit Inheritance'' -

Catherine Gaskin Catherine Gaskin (2 April 19296 September 2009) was an Irish–Australian romance novelist. Biography Gaskin was born in Dundalk Bay, County Louth, Ireland in 1929. When she was only three months old, her parents moved to Australia, settling i ...

* ''Stranger to the Ground'' -

Richard Bach Richard David Bach (born June 23, 1936) is an American writer. He has written numerous works of fiction and also non-fiction flight-related titles. His works include '' Jonathan Livingston Seagull'' (1970) and '' Illusions: The Adventures of a ...

* ''Of Good and Evil'' - Ernest K. Gann * '' When the Legends Die'' - Hal Borland * ''The Battle of the Villa Fiorita'' - Rumer Godden

1964

Volume 56 - Winter * '' Naked Came I: A Novel of Rodin'' - David Weiss * '' Joy in the Morning'' -

Betty Smith Betty Smith (born Elisabeth Lillian Wehner; December 15, 1896 – January 17, 1972) was an American playwright and novelist, who wrote the 1943 bestseller '' A Tree Grows in Brooklyn''. Early years Smith was born Elisabeth Lillian Wehner on Dec ...

* ''The Peregrine Falcon'' - Robert Murphy * '' Careful, He Might Hear You'' -

Sumner Locke Elliott Sumner Locke Elliott (17 October 191724 June 1991) was an Australian (later American) novelist and playwright. Biography Elliott was born in Sydney to the writer Sumner Locke and the journalist Henry Logan Elliott. His mother died of eclamp ...

* '' The Cincinnati Kid'' -

Richard Jessup Richard Jessup (January 2, 1925 in Savannah, Georgia - October 22, 1982 in Nokomis, Florida) was an American author and screenwriter. He also wrote under the name of Richard Telfair. Biography Mr. Jessup spent his early years in and out of a l ...

Volume 57 - Spring * ''Too Young to Be a Grandfather'' -

Willard Temple Willard may refer to: People * Willard (name) Geography Places in the United States * Willard, Colorado * Willard, Georgia * Willard, Kansas *Willard, Kentucky * Willard, Michigan, a small unincorporated community in Beaver Township, Bay Co ...

* ''When the Cheering Stopped'' - Gene Smith * '' I Was Dancing'' - Edwin O'Connor * ''Alone'' - Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd * ''The Hand of Mary Constable'' -

Paul Gallico Paul William Gallico (July 26, 1897 – July 15, 1976) was an American novelist and short story and sports writer.Ivins, Molly,, ''The New York Times'', July 17, 1976. Retrieved Oct. 25, 2020. Many of his works were adapted for motion pictu ...

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Dick Francis Richard Stanley Francis (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England. After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, w ...

Volume 58 - Summer * ''Father to the Man'' -

Bentz Plagemann Bentz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Bentz (1897–1964), German geologist *Chad Bentz (born 1980), American baseball player *Cliff Bentz (born 1952), American politician * Eddie Bentz (1894–1979), American crimin ...

* '' The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'' -

John le Carré David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 193112 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré ( ), was a British and Irish author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. ...

* "Gold Fever" (''When the Lion Feeds'') - Wilbur A. Smith * ''The Vine and the Olive'' - Margaret Culkin Banning * '' The Flight of the Phoenix'' - Elleston Trevor
Volume 59 - Autumn * ''

A Song of Sixpence ''A Song of Sixpence'' is a 1964 novel by A. J. Cronin about the coming to manhood of Laurence Carroll and his life in Scotland. Its sequel is '' A Pocketful of Rye''. As with several of his other novels, Cronin drew on his own experiences gro ...

'' - A.J. Cronin * ''Strangers on a Bridge: The Case of Colonel Abel, Soviet Master Spy'' - James B. Donovan * '' Three Blind Mice'' -

Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictiona ...

* ''Episode'' - Eric Hodgins * ''The Island'' -

Robert Merle Robert Merle (; 28 August 1908 – 27 March 2004) was a French novelist. Early life Merle was born in 1908 in Tébessa, French Algeria. His father Félix, who was an interpreter "with a perfect knowledge of literary and spoken Arabic", was kille ...

1965

Volume 60 - Winter * ''The Sea Flower'' - Ruth Moore * '' The Man'' - Irving Wallace * ''A Ship Called Hope'' -

William B. Walsh William Bertalan Walsh, M.D. (April 26, 1920 – December 27, 1996) was the founder of Project HOPE (USA). Walsh was born on April 26, 1920, in Brooklyn. He received a bachelor's degree from St. John's University in Queens, New York. He graduated ...

, MD * ''The Third Day'' - Joseph Hayes * ''The Land Breakers'' - John Ehle
Volume 61 - Spring * ''A Journey to Boston'' - Mary Ellen Chase * "Hotel St. Gregory" (''

Hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a ref ...

'') - Arthur Hailey * ''A Pillar of Iron'' - Taylor Caldwell * ''Eighth Moon'' - Sansan with Bette Lord * ''The Ashes of Loda'' - Andrew Garve Volume 62 - Summer * ''May You Die in Ireland'' -

Michael Kenyon Michael F. Kenyon (26 June 1931 – 29 May 2005) was a British author of crime novels. Author of more than twenty humorous mystery novels, he was one of the first in the field of spoof-espionage story telling, but was perhaps better ...

* ''Intern'' - Dr. X * ''

The Source ''The Source'' is an American hip hop and entertainment website, and a magazine that publishes annually or . It is the world's longest-running rap periodical, being founded as a newsletter in 1988 by Jonathan Shecter. David Mays was the maga ...

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James A. Michener James Albert Michener ( or ; February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and ...

* '' Night of Camp David'' - Fletcher Knebel * ''A House of Many Rooms'' - Rodello Hunter
Volume 63 - Autumn * '' Airs Above the Ground'' - Mary Stewart * '' Up the Down Staircase'' -

Bel Kaufman Bella Kaufman (May 10, 1911 – July 25, 2014) was an American teacher and author, well known for writing the bestselling 1964 novel ''Up the Down Staircase.'' Early life Bella's father, Michael Kaufman (Mikhail Y. Koyfman) and her mother, Lal ...

* '' Those Who Love'' - Irving Stone * '' Kon-Tiki'' -

Thor Heyerdahl Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany and geography. Heyerdahl is notable for his ''Kon-Tiki'' expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000& ...

* ''How Far to Bethlehem?'' - Norah Lofts

1966

Volume 64 - Winter * ''Outpost of Freedom'' - Captain

Roger H. C. Donlon Roger Hugh Charles Donlon (born January 30, 1934) is a former United States Army officer. He is the first person to receive the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War, as well as the first member of the United States Army Special Forces to be so h ...

with Warren Rogers * ''The Double Image'' - Helen MacInnes * '' The Yearling'' - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings * ''The Century of the Detective'' - Jürgen Thorwald * "The Way of the Eagle" (''The Last Eagle'') -

Daniel P. Mannix Daniel Pratt Mannix IV (October 27, 1911 – January 29, 1997) was an American writer, journalist, photographer, sideshow performer, stage magician, animal trainer, and filmmaker. His best-known works are the 1958 book ''Those About to Die'', which ...

* ''So This Is What Happened to Charlie Moe'' - Douglass Wallop
Volume 65 - Spring * ''Hall of Mirrors'' - John Rowan Wilson * ''

Avalon Avalon (; la, Insula Avallonis; cy, Ynys Afallon, Ynys Afallach; kw, Enys Avalow; literally meaning "the isle of fruit r appletrees"; also written ''Avallon'' or ''Avilion'' among various other spellings) is a mythical island featured in th ...

'' - Anya Seton * ''Children of Hope'' - Elsie E. Vignec * '' Congo Kitabu'' -

Jean-Pierre Hallet Jean-Pierre Hallet (1927 – 1 January 2004) was a Belgian (born in DR Congo) ethnologist, naturalist, and humanitarian known best for his extensive work with the Efé ( Bambuti) pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest. He wrote the 1964 autobiograp ...

with Alex Pelle * ''Power Play'' - The Gordons Volume 66 - Summer * ''Rafe'' -

Weldon Hill Weldon may refer to: Places In Canada: * Weldon, Saskatchewan In England: * Weldon, Northamptonshire * Weldon, Northumberland In the United States: * Weldon, Arkansas * Weldon, California * Weldon, Illinois * Weldon, Iowa * Weldon, North Caroli ...

* ''Churchill: The Struggle for Survival'' -

Lord Moran Baron Moran, of Manton in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 8 March 1943 for the physician Charles Wilson (10 November 1882 – 12 April 1977). He is chiefly remembered as Winston Church ...

* ''Here Come the Brides'' - Geraldine Napier * ''The Ninety and Nine'' - William Brinkley * ''Menfreya in the Morning'' -

Victoria Holt Eleanor Alice Hibbert (née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen ...

Volume 67 - Autumn * ''Don Quixote, U.S.A.'' - Richard Powell * ''All in the Family'' - Edwin O'Connor * ''Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry'' - Harry Kemelman * ''The Gift of the Deer'' - Helen Hoover * ''Brothers of the Sea'' - D.R. Sherman

1967

Volume 68 - Winter * ''The Town and Dr. Moore'' - Agatha Young * ''

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Jan de Hartog Jan de Hartog (April 22, 1914 – September 22, 2002) was a Dutch playwright, novelist and occasional social critic who moved to the United States in the early 1960s and became a Quaker. Biography Early years Jan de Hartog was born to a Dut ...

* ''Flight from a Firing Wall'' -

Baynard Kendrick Baynard Hardwick Kendrick (April 8, 1894 – March 22, 1977) was an American mystery novelist. He wrote whodunit novels about Duncan Maclain, a blind private investigator who worked with his two German shepherds and his household of assistants ...

* '' The Headmaster'' -

John McPhee John Angus McPhee (born March 8, 1931) is an American writer. He is considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction Creative nonfiction (also known as literary nonfiction or narrative nonfiction or literary journalism or verfabula) is ...

* '' I Start Counting'' -

Audrey Erskine Lindop Audrey Erskine Lindop (26 December 1920, London – 7 November 1986, Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight ( ) is a Counties of England, county in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, from which it is separated by the Solent. It is ...

Volume 69 - Spring * ''My Boy John That Went to Sea'' - James Vance Marshall * ''One Summer in Between'' -

Melissa Mather Melissa Louise Mather is an Australian physicist who is Professor in Biological Sensing and Imaging at the University of Nottingham. Her research considers the development of novel sensing techniques, including ultrasound, single molecule imagin ...

* ''The Broken Seal'' - Ladislas Farago * ''

Dibs in Search of Self ''Dibs in Search of Self'' is a book by clinical psychologist and author Virginia Axline published in 1964. The book chronicles a series of play therapy sessions over a period of one year with a boy (Dibs) who comes from a wealthy and highly educa ...

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Virginia Axline Virginia Mae Axline (March 31, 1911 – March 21, 1988) was a psychologist and one of the pioneers in the use of play therapy. She wrote the book ''Dibs in Search of Self ''Dibs in Search of Self'' is a book by clinical psychologist and author V ...

* ''The Road'' - John Ehle * ''Sally'' -

E. V. Cunningham Howard Melvin Fast (November 11, 1914 – March 12, 2003) was an American novelist and television writer. Fast also wrote under the pen names E.V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson. Biography Early life Fast was born in New York City. His mother, ...

Volume 70 - Summer * ''The Princess'' - Gunnar Mattsson * ''At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends'' - Dwight D. Eisenhower * ''The Least One'' - Borden Deal * ''Currahee!'' - Donald R. Burgett * ''The Walking Stick'' -

Winston Graham Winston Mawdsley Graham OBE, born Winston Grime (30 June 1908 – 10 July 2003), was an English novelist best known for the Poldark series of historical novels set in Cornwall, though he also wrote numerous other works, including contemporary ...

Volume 71 - Autumn * '' Christy'' - Catherine Marshall * '' Life with Father'' - Clarence Day * ''

The Fox and the Hound ''The Fox and the Hound'' is a 1981 American animated buddy drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and loosely based on the 1967 novel of the same name by Daniel P. Mannix. The 24th Disney animated feature film, the film tells the ...

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Daniel P. Mannix Daniel Pratt Mannix IV (October 27, 1911 – January 29, 1997) was an American writer, journalist, photographer, sideshow performer, stage magician, animal trainer, and filmmaker. His best-known works are the 1958 book ''Those About to Die'', which ...

* ''

Nicholas and Alexandra ''Nicholas and Alexandra'' is a 1971 British epic historical drama film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, from a screenplay written by James Goldman and Edward Bond, based on Robert K. Massie's 1967 book of the same name, which is a partia ...

'' - Robert K. Massie * ''The Gabriel Hounds'' - Mary Stewart

1968

Volume 72 - Winter * ''Edge of Glass'' -

Catherine Gaskin Catherine Gaskin (2 April 19296 September 2009) was an Irish–Australian romance novelist. Biography Gaskin was born in Dundalk Bay, County Louth, Ireland in 1929. When she was only three months old, her parents moved to Australia, settling i ...

* ''Great Elephant'' - Alan Scholefield * ''Color from a Light Within'' -

Donald Braider Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Goidelic languages, Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic language, Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is part ...

* ''The Kitchen Madonna'' - Rumer Godden * ''Vanished'' - Fletcher Knebel
Volume 73 - Spring * ''The New Year'' - Pearl S. Buck * ''The Tower of Babel'' -

Morris L. West Morris Langlo West (26 April 19169 October 1999) was an Australian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels '' The Devil's Advocate'' (1959), ''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' (1963) and ''The Clowns of God'' (1981). His books were publ ...

* ''

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'' - Arthur Hailey * ''To the Top of the World'' - Charles Kuralt * ''The Bait'' - Dorothy Uhnak Volume 74 - Summer * ''Once Upon an Island'' - David Conover * ''Bush Baby'' -

Martin Woodhouse Martin Charlton Woodhouse (29 August 1932 – 15 May 2011) was a British author and scriptwriter. He is most famous as a writer for the TV series ''The Avengers'', but he also authored or co-authored eleven novels. He was a former medical doctor ...

* ''The Queen's Confession'' -

Victoria Holt Eleanor Alice Hibbert (née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen ...

* ''Leafy Rivers'' - Jessamyn West * ''The Crossbreed'' -

Allan W. Eckert Allan Wesley Eckert (January 30, 1931 – July 7, 2011) was an American novelist and playwright who specialized in historical novels for adults and children, and was also a naturalist. His novel ''Incident at Hawk's Hill'' (1971) was initially ...

Volume 75 - Autumn * '' The Johnstown Flood'' - David G. McCullough * '' Once an Eagle'' -

Anton Myrer Anton Olmstead Myrer (November 3, 1922 – January 19, 1996) was a United States Marine Corps veteran and a best-selling author of American war novels that accurately and sensitively depict the lives of United States military personnel while ...

* ''Ammie, Come Home'' -

Barbara Michaels Barbara Louise Mertz (September 29, 1927 – August 8, 2013) was an American author who wrote under her own name as well as under the pseudonyms Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels. In 1952, she received a PhD in Egyptology from the Univers ...

* ''Gone: A Trio of Short Stories'' - Rumer Godden * ''Sarang'' - Roger A. Caras

1969

Volume 76 - Winter * ''Miss One Thousand Spring Blossoms'' - John Ball * ''The Hurricane Years'' -

Cameron Hawley Cameron Hawley (September 19, 1905 – February 9, 1969) was an American writer of fiction from Howard, South Dakota. Much of Hawley's output concerned the pressures of modern life, particularly in a business setting. He published numerous nove ...

* ''The Wine and the Music'' - William E. Barrett * ''On Reflection'' -

Helen Hayes Helen Hayes MacArthur ( Brown; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress whose career spanned 80 years. She eventually received the nickname "First Lady of American Theatre" and was the second person and first woman to have w ...

with Sandford Dody * ''The Black Ship'' - Paul & Sheila Mandel Volume 77 - Spring * ''

The Two of Us ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in E ...

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Claude Berri Claude Berri (; 1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor. Early life Born Claude Beri Langmann in Paris, Berri was the son of Jewish immigrant parents. His mother, Beila (née Bercu), w ...

* ''Bichu the Jaguar'' - Alan Caillou * ''The Minister'' - Charles Mercer * ''Mayo: The Story of My Family and My Career'' - Dr. Charles W. Mayo * ''Torregreca'' - Ann Cornelisen * ''April Morning'' - Howard Fast Volume 78 - Summer * ''A Place in the Woods'' - Helen Hoover * ''The Death Committee'' - Noah Gordon (novelist), Noah Gordon * ''The Man from Monticello: An Intimate Life of Thomas Jefferson'' - Thomas Fleming (historian), Thomas Fleming * ''The Three Daughters of Madame Liang'' - Pearl S. Buck * ''Snatch'' - Rennie Airth
Volume 79 - Autumn * ''The King's Pleasure'' - Norah Lofts * ''The Day the World Ended'' - Gordon Thomas (author), Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan-Witts * ''My Life with Martin Luther King Jr.'' - Coretta Scott King * ''In This House of Brede'' - Rumer Godden * ''The Black Camels'' - Ronald Johnston

1970s

1970

Volume 80 - Winter * ''Waiting for Willa'' - Dorothy Eden * ''A Walk to the Hills of the Dreamtime'' - James Vance Marshall * ''T.R.'' - Noel B. Gerson * ''Heartsblood'' - Paul Marttin * ''The Witness'' - Dorothy Uhnak Volume 81 - Spring * ''Kim: A Gift from Vietnam'' - Frank W. Chinnock * ''Bless the Beasts and Children (novel), Bless the Beasts & Children'' - Glendon Swarthout * ''Great Lion of God'' - Taylor Caldwell * ''I Chose Prison'' - James V. Bennett * ''Fiona'' -

Catherine Gaskin Catherine Gaskin (2 April 19296 September 2009) was an Irish–Australian romance novelist. Biography Gaskin was born in Dundalk Bay, County Louth, Ireland in 1929. When she was only three months old, her parents moved to Australia, settling i ...

Volume 82 - Summer * ''Operation Sippacik'' - Rumer Godden * ''The Secret Woman'' -

Victoria Holt Eleanor Alice Hibbert (née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen ...

* ''Christiaan Barnard - One Life'' - Christiaan Barnard & Curtis Bill Pepper * ''The Song of Bernadette (novel), The Song of Bernadette'' - Franz Werfel * ''The Shattered Dream'' - Gene Smith (author), Gene Smith
Volume 83 - Autumn * ''Lone Woman'' - Dorothy Clarke Wilson * ''The Waltons, The Homecoming'' -

Earl Hamner Jr. Earl Henry Hamner Jr. (July 10, 1923 – March 24, 2016) was an American television writer and producer (sometimes credited as Earl Hamner), best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s as the creator of two long-running series, ''The Waltons' ...

* '' Papillon'' - Henri Charrière * ''Whitewater'' - Paul Horgan * ''Mrs. Pollifax, The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax'' - Dorothy Gilman

1971

Volume 84 - Winter * ''The Crossing'' - Howard Fast * ''Kinds of Love'' - May Sarton * ''The Antagonists'' - Ernest K. Gann * ''Love Story (novel), Love Story'' - Erich Segal * ''Another Part of the House'' - Winston M. Estes
Volume 85 - Spring * ''Halic: The Story of a Gray Seal'' - Ewan Clarkson * ''Time and Again (Finney novel), Time and Again'' - Jack Finney * ''Six-Horse Hitch'' - Janice Holt Giles * ''Bomber (novel), Bomber'' - Len Deighton * ''A Woman in the House'' - William Edmund Barrett, Wm. E. Barrett Volume 86 - Summer * ''The White Dawn'' - James Archibald Houston, James Houston * ''Risk'' - Rachel MacKenzie * ''Lifeboat Number Two'' - Margaret Culkin Banning * ''Because I Loved Him: The Life and Loves of Lillie Langtry'' - Noel B. Gerson * ''The Sea of Grass'' -

Conrad Richter Conrad Michael Richter (October 13, 1890 – October 30, 1968) was an American novelist whose lyrical work is concerned largely with life on the American frontier in various periods. His novel '' The Town'' (1950), the last story of his trilogy '' ...

* ''The Possession of Joel Delaney'' - Ramona Stewart
Volume 87 - Autumn * ''A Timeless Place'' - Ellen Bromfield Geld * ''The San Francisco Earthquake'' - Gordon Thomas (author), Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan-Witts * ''Wheels (novel), Wheels'' - Arthur Hailey * ''People I Have Loved, Known or Admired'' -

Leo Rosten Leo Calvin Rosten (Yiddish: ; April 11, 1908 – February 19, 1997) was an American humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism, and Yiddish lexicography. Early life Rosten was born into a Yiddish-speaking family in Łó ...

* ''Summer of the Red Wolf'' - Morris West

1972

Volume 88 - Winter * ''Mrs. Pollifax, The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax'' - Dorothy Gilman * ''The Winds of War'' - Herman Wouk * ''The Runaways'' - Victor Canning
Volume 89 - Spring * ''Wild Goose, Brother Goose'' - Mel Ellis * ''Event 1000'' - David Lavallee * ''Bring Me a Unicorn'' - Anne Morrow Lindbergh * ''Hearts'' - Thomas Thompson (author), Thomas Thompson * ''The Day of the Jackal'' - Frederick Forsyth Volume 90 - Summer * ''A Falcon for a Queen'' -

Catherine Gaskin Catherine Gaskin (2 April 19296 September 2009) was an Irish–Australian romance novelist. Biography Gaskin was born in Dundalk Bay, County Louth, Ireland in 1929. When she was only three months old, her parents moved to Australia, settling i ...

* ''Meeting With a Great Beast'' - Leonard Wibberley * ''Blockbuster'' - Gerald Green * ''The Shape of Illusion'' - William Edmund Barrett, Wm. E.Barrett * ''Duel in the Snow'' - Hans Meissner
Volume 91 - Autumn * ''The Waltz Kings: Johann Strauss, Johann Strauss I, Father & Johann Strauss II, Son, and Their Romantic Age'' - Hans Fantel * ''The Terminal Man'' - Michael Crichton * ''The Dwelling Place'' - Catherine Cookson * ''A World to Care For'' - Howard A. Rusk, MD * ''The Hessian'' - Howard Fast

1973

Volume 92 - #1 * ''The Stepford Wives'' - Ira Levin * ''The Odessa File'' - Frederick Forsyth * ''A Day No Pigs Would Die'' - Robert Newton Peck * ''Stanfield Harvest'' - Richard Martin Stern * ''P.S. Your Not Listening'' - Eleanor Craig Volume 93 - #2 * ''Mrs. Pollifax, A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax'' - Dorothy Gilman * ''The Camerons'' - Robert Crichton (novelist), Robert Crichton * ''The Japanese'' - Jack Seward (author), Jack Seward * ''Green Darkness'' - Anya Seton
Volume 94 - #3 * ''Sadie Shapiro's Knitting Book'' - Robert Kimmel Smith * ''The Years of the Forest'' - Helen Hoover * ''The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (novel), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'' - John Godey * ''The Curse of the Kings'' -

Victoria Holt Eleanor Alice Hibbert (née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen ...

* ''Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian'' - Richard Hough Volume 95 - #4 * ''La Balsa: The Longest Raft Voyage in History'' - Vital Alsar with Enrique Hank Lopez * ''The Sunbird'' - Wilbur Smith * ''State Trooper'' - Noel B. Gerson * ''The Search for Anna Fisher'' - Florence Fisher * ''Mrs. Starr Lives Alone'' - Jon Godden
Volume 96 - #5 * ''All Creatures Great and Small'' - James Herriot * ''The Salamander'' - Morris West * ''A Thousand Summers'' - Garson Kanin * ''Shipwreck: The Strange Fate of the Morro Castle'' - Gordon Thomas (author), Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts

1974

Volume 97 - #1 * ''The Tower (Stern novel), The Tower'' - Richard Martin Stern * ''Incident at Hawk's Hill'' -

Allan W. Eckert Allan Wesley Eckert (January 30, 1931 – July 7, 2011) was an American novelist and playwright who specialized in historical novels for adults and children, and was also a naturalist. His novel ''Incident at Hawk's Hill'' (1971) was initially ...

* ''Stay of Execution: A Sort of Memoir'' - Stewart Alsop * ''The Mountain Farm'' - Ernest Raymond * ''The Thirteenth Trick'' - Russell Braddon
Volume 98 - #2 * ''A Member of the Family'' - Mary Carter (author), Mary Carter * ''The Kappillan of Malta'' - Nicholas Monsarrat * ''In Darkness'' - Roger Bourgeon * ''Jaws (novel), Jaws'' - Peter Benchley
Volume 99 - #3 * ''The Will of Magda Townsend'' - Margaret Culkin Banning * ''Forever Island'' - Patrick D. Smith * ''Thirty-Four East'' - Alfred Coppel * ''The Diddakoi'' - Rumer Godden * ''Lion in the Evening'' - Alan Scholefield Volume 100 - #4 * ''The Boy Who Invented the Bubble Gun'' -

Paul Gallico Paul William Gallico (July 26, 1897 – July 15, 1976) was an American novelist and short story and sports writer.Ivins, Molly,, ''The New York Times'', July 17, 1976. Retrieved Oct. 25, 2020. Many of his works were adapted for motion pictu ...

* ''The Good Shepherd'' - Thomas Fleming (historian and novelist), Thomas Fleming * ''The Property of a Gentleman'' -

Catherine Gaskin Catherine Gaskin (2 April 19296 September 2009) was an Irish–Australian romance novelist. Biography Gaskin was born in Dundalk Bay, County Louth, Ireland in 1929. When she was only three months old, her parents moved to Australia, settling i ...

* ''His Majesty's U-Boat'' - Douglas Reeman Volume 101 - #5 * ''The Other Room'' - Borden Deal * ''The Dogs of War (novel), The Dogs of War'' - Frederick Forsyth * ''All Things Bright and Beautiful'' - James Herriot * ''Malevil'' -

Robert Merle Robert Merle (; 28 August 1908 – 27 March 2004) was a French novelist. Early life Merle was born in 1908 in Tébessa, French Algeria. His father Félix, who was an interpreter "with a perfect knowledge of literary and spoken Arabic", was kille ...

* ''A Daughter of Zion'' - Rodello Hunter

1975

Volume 102 - #1 * ''Our John Willie'' - Catherine Cookson * ''Centennial (novel), Centennial'' -

James A. Michener James Albert Michener ( or ; February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and ...

* ''Harlequin'' - Morris West * ''Eric'' - Doris Lund (nonfiction), Doris Lund Volume 103 - #2 * ''Lost!'' - Thomas Thompson (American author), Thomas Thompson * ''Baker's Hawk'' - Jack Bickham * ''The Physicians'' - Henry Denker * ''God and Mr. Gomez'' - Jack Smith (author), Jack Smith * ''Eagle in the Sky'' - Wilbur Smith
Volume 104 - #3 * ''Mrs. 'arris Goes to Moscow'' -

Paul Gallico Paul William Gallico (July 26, 1897 – July 15, 1976) was an American novelist and short story and sports writer.Ivins, Molly,, ''The New York Times'', July 17, 1976. Retrieved Oct. 25, 2020. Many of his works were adapted for motion pictu ...

* ''The Moneychangers'' - Arthur Hailey * ''The Massacre at Fall Creek'' - Jessamyn West * ''Collision'' - Spencer Dunmore Volume 105 - #4 * ''Where are the Children?'' - Mary Higgins Clark * ''Earthsound'' - Arthur Herzog * ''The Eagle Has Landed (novel), The Eagle Has Landed'' - Jack Higgins * ''Daylight Must Come'' - Alan Burgess * ''The Wind at Morning'' - James Vance Marshall
Volume 106 - #5 * ''Lord of the Far Island'' -

Victoria Holt Eleanor Alice Hibbert (née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen ...

* ''Alexander Dolgun's Story: An American in the Gulag'' - Alexander Dolgun with Patrick Watson * ''Minnie Santangelo's Mortal Sin'' - Anthony Mancini * ''A Sporting Proposition'' - James Aldridge * ''Power'' - Richard Martin Stern

1976

Volume 107 - #1 * ''The Great Train Robbery (novel), The Great Train Robbery'' - Michael Crichton * ''I Take Thee, Serenity'' - Daisy Newman * ''Bill W.'' - Robert Thomsen * ''A Town Like Alice'' -

Nevil Shute Nevil Shute Norway (17 January 189912 January 1960) was an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia. He used his full name in his engineering career and Nevil Shute as his pen name, in order to protect ...

Volume 108 - #2 * ''The Hostage Heart'' - Gerald Green * ''They Came to Stay'' - Marjorie Margolies & Ruth Gruber * ''The Tide of Life'' - Catherine Cookson * ''Swan Watch'' - Budd Schulberg * ''Drummer in the Dark'' - Francis Clifford (author), Francis Clifford
Volume 109 - #3 * ''Liberty Tavern'' - Thomas Fleming (historian and novelist), Thomas Fleming * ''The Pilot'' - Robert Davis (authot), Robert Davis * ''Touch Not the Cat'' - Mary Stewart * ''The Boys from Brazil (novel), The Boys from Brazil'' - Ira Levin Volume 110 - #4 * ''The Distant Summer'' - Sarah Patterson (author), Sarah Patterson * ''The Olmec Head'' - David Westheimer * ''The Matthew Tree'' - H. T. Wright * ''The Splendid Torments'' - Margaret Culkin Banning * ''Harry's Game'' - Gerald Seymour
Volume 111 - #5 * ''The Pride of the Peacock'' -

Victoria Holt Eleanor Alice Hibbert (née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen ...

* "Bobbitt" - Thomas Tryon (novelist), Thomas Tryon * ''The Experiment'' - Henry Denker * ''Ordinary People (Guest novel), Ordinary People'' - Judith Guest * ''Storm Warning (Higgins novel), Storm Warning'' - Jack Higgins

1977

Volume 112 - #1 * ''Mrs. Pollifax, Mrs. Pollifax on Safari'' - Dorothy Gilman * ''The R Document'' - Irving Wallace * ''Home Before Dark'' - Sue Ellen Bridgers * ''The Glory Boys'' - Gerald Seymour * ''The Spuddy'' - Lillian Beckwith
Volume 113 - #2 * ''The Slow Awakening'' - Catherine Marchant * ''Who Are the Debolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?, 19 Steps Up the Mountain'' - Joseph P. Blank * ''Ghost Fox'' - James Archibald Houston, James Houston * ''In the Frame'' -

Dick Francis Richard Stanley Francis (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England. After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, w ...

Volume 114 - #3 * ''Tisha'' - Robert Specht (author), Robert Specht * ''The Dragon'' - Alfred Coppel * ''Oliver's Story'' - Erich Segal * ''Majesty'' - Robert Lacey * ''Overboard'' - Hank Searls Volume 115 - #4 * ''The Stone Bull'' - Phyllis Whitney * ''Enola Gay'' - Gordon Thomas (author), Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan Witts * ''Sadie Shapiro in Miami'' - Robert Kimmel Smith * ''The Scofield Diagnosis'' - Henry Denker Volume 116 - #5 * ''The Melodeon'' - Glendon Swarthout * ''Full Disclosure'' - William Safire * ''Bel Ria'' - Sheila Burnford * ''Chase the Wind'' - E. V. Thompson * ''The Fan'' - Bob Randall (author), Bob Randall

1978

Volume 117 - #1 * ''Snowbound Six'' - Richard Martin Stern * ''The Summer of the Spanish Woman'' -

Catherine Gaskin Catherine Gaskin (2 April 19296 September 2009) was an Irish–Australian romance novelist. Biography Gaskin was born in Dundalk Bay, County Louth, Ireland in 1929. When she was only three months old, her parents moved to Australia, settling i ...

* ''Elephants in the Living Room, Bears in the Canoe'' - Earl & Liz Hammond with Elizabeth Levy * ''Arrest Sitting Bull'' - Douglas C. Jones * ''I Can Jump Puddles'' - Alan Marshall (Australian author), Alan Marshall
Volume 118 - #2 * ''Jaws 2'' - Hank Searls * ''The Education of Little Tree'' - Asa Earl Carter, Forrest Carter * ''The Practice'' - Dr. Alan E. Nourse * ''Excellency'' - David Beaty (author), David Beaty
Volume 119 - #3 * ''A Stranger is Watching'' - Mary Higgins Clark * ''The Miracle of Dommatina'' - Ira Avery * ''The Last Convertible'' -

Anton Myrer Anton Olmstead Myrer (November 3, 1922 – January 19, 1996) was a United States Marine Corps veteran and a best-selling author of American war novels that accurately and sensitively depict the lives of United States military personnel while ...

* ''Such a Life'' - Edith LaZebnik Volume 120 - #4 * ''My Enemy the Queen'' -

Victoria Holt Eleanor Alice Hibbert (née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen ...

* ''The Good Old Boys'' - Elmer Kelton * ''By the Rivers of Babylon'' - Nelson DeMille * ''Breakpoint'' - William Brinkley
Volume 121 - #5 * ''Summer Lightning'' - Judith Richards * ''Tara Kane'' - George Markstein * ''Flight into Danger'' - Arthur Hailey & John Castle * ''Raquela; A Woman Of Israel'' - Ruth Gruber * ''The Snake'' - John Godey

1979

Volume 122 - #1 * ''Eye of the Needle (novel), Eye of the Needle'' - Ken Follett * ''Orphan Train'' - James Magnuson & Dorothea Petrie * ''Overload (novel), Overload'' - Arthur Hailey * ''A Dangerous Magic'' - Frances Lynch Volume 123 - #2 * ''Dinah, Blow Your Horn'' - Jack Bickham * ''War and Remembrance'' - Herman Wouk * ''How I Got to be Perfect'' - Jean Kerr
Volume 124 - #3 * ''Sunflower'' - Marilyn Sharp * ''Running Proud'' - Nicholas Monsarrat * ''Error of Judgment'' - Henry Denker * ''A Walk Across America'' - Peter Jenkins (travel author), Peter Jenkins Volume 125 - #4 * ''Sphinx (novel), Sphinx'' - Robin Cook (american novelist), Robin Cook * ''Cold is the Sea'' - Capt. Edward L. Beach Jr. * ''Words by Heart'' - Ouida Sebestyen * ''The North Runner'' - R. D. Lawrence * ''Intruder'' - Louis Charbonneau
Volume 126 - #5 * ''Hungry as the Sea'' - Wilbur Smith * ''The Tightrope Walker'' - Dorothy Gilman * ''The Passing Bells'' - Phillip Rock * ''Flesh and Spirit'' - Elizabeth Christman

1980s

1980

Volume 127 - #1 * ''Domino'' - Phyllis Whitney * ''Passage West'' - Dallas Miller * ''Horowitz and Mrs. Washington'' - Henry Denker * ''To Catch a King'' - Harry Patterson
Volume 128 - #2 * ''Emma and I'' - Sheila Hocken * ''The Devil's Alternative'' - Frederick Forsyth * ''The Capricorn Stone'' - Madeleine Brent * ''Flood'' - Richard Martin Stern Volume 129 – M * ''Amanda/Miranda'' - Richard Peck (writer), Richard Peck * ''Ice Brothers'' - Sloan Wilson * ''The Small Outsider'' - Joan Martin Hundley * ''The Silver Falcon'' - Evelyn Anthony Volume 130 - #3 * ''Thursday's Child '' - Victoria Poole * ''Random Winds'' - Belva Plain * ''A Very Private War'' -

Jon Cleary Jon Stephen Cleary (22 November 191719 July 2010) was an Australian writer and novelist. He wrote numerous books, including '' The Sundowners'' (1951), a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next, and '' The ...

* ''Control Tower'' - Robert P. Davis
Volume 131 - #4 * ''Sadie Shapiro, Matchmaker'' - Robert Kimmel Smith * ''The Cradle Will Fall'' - Mary Higgins Clark * ''Man, Woman and Child'' - Erich Segal * ''Bess Truman, Bess and Harry Truman, Harry: An American Love Story'' - Jhan Robbins * ''The Wolf and the Buffalo'' - Elmer Kelton
Volume 132 - #5 * ''No Job for a Lady'' - Phyllis Lose, V.M.D. * ''The Key to Rebecca'' - Ken Follett * ''The Old Neighborhood'' - Avery Corman * ''A Piano for Mrs. Cimino'' - Robert Oliphant (author), Robert Oliphant * ''The Gold of Troy'' - Robert L. Fish

1981

Volume 133 - #1 * ''The Aviator'' - Ernest K. Gann * ''The Covenant (novel), The Covenant'' -

James A. Michener James Albert Michener ( or ; February 3, 1907 – October 16, 1997) was an American writer. He wrote more than 40 books, most of which were long, fictional family sagas covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and ...

* ''Hope'' - Richard Meryman * ''Bullet Train'' - Joseph Rance & Arei Kato
Volume 134 - #2 * ''One Child'' - Torey Hayden * ''Banners of Silk'' - Rosalind Laker * ''The Gentle Jungle'' - Toni Ringo Helfer * ''Reflex'' -

Dick Francis Richard Stanley Francis (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England. After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, w ...

Volume 135 – M * ''Lincoln's Mothers: A Story of Nancy Lincoln, Nancy and Sally Lincoln'' - Dorothy Clarke Wilson * ''The Last Step'' - Rick Ridgeway * ''All the Days were Summer'' - Jack M. Bickham * ''Flight to Landfall'' - Gerald Glaskin, G.M. Glaskin Volume 136 - #3 * ''Still Missing'' - Beth Gutcheon * ''A Princess in Berlin'' - Arthur Solmssen * ''The Warfield Syndrome'' - Henry Denker * ''The Dam'' - Robert Byrne (writer), Robert Byrne
Volume 137 - #4 * ''The Lord God Made Them All'' - James Herriot * ''An Exceptional Marriage'' - Jack Shepherd (writer), Jack Shepherd * ''Texas Dawn'' - Phillip Finch * ''Crossing in Berlin'' - Fletcher Knebel
Volume 138 - #5 * ''Vermilion'' - Phyllis Whitney * ''Totaled'' - Frances Rickett & Steven McGraw * ''Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ike and Mamie Eisenhower, Mamie: The Story of the General and His Lady'' - Lester David & Irene David * ''The Dark Horse'' - Rumer Godden * ''Fortress'' - Gabrielle Lord

1982

Volume 139 - #1 * ''Through the Narrow Gate'' - Karen Armstrong * ''Noble House (book), Noble House'' - James Clavell * ''The Judas Kiss'' -

Victoria Holt Eleanor Alice Hibbert (née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen ...

Volume 140 - #2 * ''Alone Against the Atlantic'' - Gerry Spiess (with Marlin Bree) * ''A Green Desire'' -

Anton Myrer Anton Olmstead Myrer (November 3, 1922 – January 19, 1996) was a United States Marine Corps veteran and a best-selling author of American war novels that accurately and sensitively depict the lives of United States military personnel while ...

* ''Going Wild: Adventures of a Zoo Vet'' - David Taylor (vet), David Taylor * ''The Man Who Lived at the Ritz'' - A. E. Hotchner
Volume 141 - M * ''Fever (Cook novel), Fever'' - Robin Cook (american novelist), Robin Cook * ''The Walk West: A Walk Across America 2'' - Peter Jenkins (travel author), Peter Jenkins * ''Gilded Splendour'' - Rosalind Laker * ''Twice Shy'' -

Dick Francis Richard Stanley Francis (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England. After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, w ...

Volume 142 - #3 * ''The Man from St. Petersburg'' - Ken Follett * ''Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier'' - Joanna Stratton * ''No Escape'' - Joseph Hayes * ''The Citadel (novel), The Citadel'' - A.J. Cronin
Volume 143 - #4 * ''Flanagan's Run'' - Tom McNab * ''A Parting Gift'' - Frances Sharkey, M.D. * ''The Big Bridge'' - Richard Martin Stern * ''Last Quadrant'' - Meira Chand
Volume 144 - #5 * ''Jane's House'' - Robert Kimmel Smith * ''China: Alive In The Bitter Sea'' - Fox Butterfield * ''Promises'' -

Catherine Gaskin Catherine Gaskin (2 April 19296 September 2009) was an Irish–Australian romance novelist. Biography Gaskin was born in Dundalk Bay, County Louth, Ireland in 1929. When she was only three months old, her parents moved to Australia, settling i ...

* ''Outrage'' - Henry Denker

1983

Volume 145 - #1 * ''A Cry in the Night (novel), A Cry in the Night'' - Mary Higgins Clark * ''Indian Summer of the Heart'' - Daisy Newman * ''Touch the Devil'' - Jack Higgins * ''The Winter of the White Seal'' - Marie Herbert
Volume 146 - #2 * ''Pacific Interlude'' - Sloan Wilson * ''The Whip'' - Catherine Cookson * ''Open Heart'' - Mary Bringle * ''Banker'' -

Dick Francis Richard Stanley Francis (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England. After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, w ...

Volume 147 - M * ''The Girl of the Sea of Cortez'' - Peter Benchley * ''Jedder's Land'' - Maureen O'Donoghue * ''Run Before the Wind'' - Stuart Woods * ''Impressionist: A Novel of Mary Cassatt'' - Joan King (author), Joan King Volume 148 - #3 * ''Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station'' - Dorothy Gilman * ''The Brea File'' - Louis Charbonneau * ''Growing Up (memoir), Growing Up'' - Russell Baker * ''Octavia's Hill'' - Margaret Dickson
Volume 149 - #4 * ''The Secret Annie Oakley'' - Marcy Heidish * ''Talk Down'' - Brian Lecomber * ''Jewelled Path'' - Rosalind Laker * ''A Solitary Dance'' - Robert Lane (author), Robert Lane
Volume 150 - #5 * ''Godplayer (novel), Godplayer'' - Robin Cook (american novelist), Robin Cook * ''The Suitcases'' - Anne Hall Whitt * ''The Time of the Hunter's Moon'' -

Victoria Holt Eleanor Alice Hibbert (née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen ...

* ''Stalking Point'' - Duncan Kyle

1984

Volume 151 - #1 * ''The Children's Game'' - David Wise (journalist), David Wise * ''Beyond All Frontiers'' - Emma Drummond * ''The Incredible Journey'' - Sheila Burnford * ''From This Day Forward'' - Nancy Rossi
Volume 152 - #2 * ''Arnie, The Darling Starling'' - Margarete Sigl Corbo & Diane Marie Barras * ''Night Sky'' - Clare Francis * ''The Canyon'' - Jack Schaefer * ''If We Could Hear the Grass Grow'' - Eleanor Craig
Volume 153 - M * ''The Cop and The Kid'' - William Price Fox, William Fox with Noel Hynd * ''Tiger, Tiger'' - Philip Caveney * ''Kincaid'' - Henry Denker * ''The Whale of the Victoria Cross'' - Pierre Boulle Volume 154 - #3 * ''Skyscraper'' - Robert Byrne (author), Robert Byrne * ''A Shine of Rainbows'' - Lillian Beckwith * ''The Reckoning'' - Phillip Finch * ''Lady Washington'' - Dorothy Clarke Wilson
Volume 155 - #4 * ''Nop's Trials'' - Donald McCaig * ''Lee and Grant'' - Gene Smith (author), Gene Smith * ''Murder and the First Lady'' - Elliott Roosevelt (general), Elliott Roosevelt * ''Jennie About To Be'' - Elisabeth Ogilvie Volume 156 - #5 * ''Hanna and Walter'' - Hanna Kohner, Hanna & Walter Kohner * ''Stormswift'' - Madeleine Brent * ''The Sound of Wings'' - Spencer Dunmore * ''Surprise Party'' - William Katz

1985

Volume 157 - #1 * ''Lovestrong'' - Dorothy Greenbaum, MD & Deidre Laiken * ''Stillwatch'' - Mary Higgins Clark * ''Crescent City'' - Belva Plain * ''The Wild Children'' - Felice Holman
Volume 158 - #2 * ''Julie'' - Catherine Marshall * ''Strong Medicine (novel), Strong Medicine'' - Arthur Hailey * ''Polsinney Harbour'' - Mary E. Pearce * ''Proof'' -

Dick Francis Richard Stanley Francis (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England. After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, w ...

Volume 159 - M * ''The State of Stony Lonesome'' - Jessamyn West * ''At The Going Down of the Sun'' - Elizabeth Darrell (writer), Elizabeth Darrell * ''Callanish'' - William Horwood (novelist), William Horwood * ''Find a Safe Place'' - Alexander Lazzarino & E. Kent Hayes Volume 160 - #3 * ''In Love and War'' - Jim Stockdale, Jim & Sybil Stockdale * ''Ringo, the Robber Raccoon'' - Robert Franklin Leslie * ''This Giving Heart'' - Hugh Miller (author), Hugh Miller * ''Twilight Child'' - Warren Adler
Volume 161 - #4 * ''Robert, My Son'' - Henry Denker * ''The Bannaman Legacy'' - Catherine Cookson * ''The Cheetahs'' - Alan Caillou * ''This Shining Land'' - Rosalind Laker
Volume 162 - #5 * ''Voices on the Wind'' - Evelyn Anthony * ''Trauma'' - John Fried & John G. West, MD * ''The Donkey's Gift'' - Thomas M. Coffey * ''The Double Man'' - William Cohen & Gary Hart

1986

Volume 163 - #1 * ''Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha'' - Dorothy Gilman * ''Wildfire'' - Richard Martin Stern * ''Arnie & a House Full of Company'' - Margarete Corbo & Diane Marie Barras * ''Take Away One'' - Thomas Froncek * ''The Two Farms'' - Mary Pearce
Volume 164 - #2 * ''An Ark on the Flood'' - Anne Knowles (author), Anne Knowles * ''The Seventh Secret'' - Irving Wallace * ''Come Spring'' - Charlotte Hinger * ''Break In'' -

Dick Francis Richard Stanley Francis (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England. After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, w ...

Volume 165 - M * ''Deep Lie'' - Stuart Woods * ''Bess Truman, Bess W. Truman: An American Courtship'' - Margaret Truman * ''In A Place Dark and Secret'' - Phillip Finch * ''The Summer of the Barshinskeys'' - Diane Pearson Volume 166 - #3 * ''Lie Down with Lions'' - Ken Follett * ''Tree of Gold'' - Rosalind Laker * ''The Deep End'' - Joy Fielding * ''Cry Wild'' - R. D. Lawrence
Volume 167 - #4 * ''Silversword'' - Phyllis Whitney * ''Texas (novel), Texas'' - James Michener * ''Bracken'' - Elizabeth Webster Volume 168 - #5 * ''The Judgment'' - Howard Goldfluss * ''Kaffir Boy'' - Mark Mathabane * ''Unnatural Causes'' - Mark Olshaker * ''Queen Dolley Madison, Dolley'' - Dorothy Clarke Wilson

1987

Volume 169 - #1 * ''A Matter of Honour, A Matter of Honor'' - Jeffrey Archer * ''The Golden Cup'' - Belva Plain * ''Stepping Down from the Star'' - Alexandra Costa * ''A Deadly Presence'' - Hjalmer Thesen Volume 170 - #2 * ''A Place To Hide'' - Evelyn Anthony * ''A Time For Heroes'' - Will Bryant * ''East and West'' - Gerald Green * ''Nightshade'' - Gloria Murphy
Volume 171 - M * ''Carter's Castle'' - Wilbur Wright (author), Wilbur Wright * ''New Orleans Legacy'' - Alexandra Ripley * ''To Kill the Potemkin'' - Mark Joseph (author), Mark Joseph * ''Anne Frank Remembered'' - Miep Gies & Alison Leslie Gold Volume 172 - #3 * ''Bolt'' -

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* ''The Night Lives On'' -

Walter Lord John Walter Lord Jr. (October 8, 1917 – May 19, 2002) was an American author, lawyer, copywriter and popular historian best known for his 1955 account of the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'', '' A Night to Remember''. Biography Early life L ...

* ''The Choice'' - Henry Denker * ''The Ladies of Missalonghi'' - Colleen McCullough * ''Night of the Fox'' - Jack Higgins
Volume 173 - #4 * ''Windmills of the Gods'' - Sidney Sheldon * ''Unholy Matrimony'' - John Dillmann * ''The Silver Touch'' - Rosalind Laker * ''Outbreak (novel), Outbreak'' - Robin Cook (American novelist), Robin Cook
Volume 174 - #5 * ''Patriot Games'' - Tom Clancy * ''Snow on the Wind'' - Hugh Miller (witer), Hugh Miller * ''Memoirs of an Invisible Man'' - H. F. Saint * ''The Man Who Rode Midnight'' - Elmer Kelton

1988

Volume 175 - #1 * ''Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle'' - Dorothy Gilman * ''Not Without My Daughter (book), Not Without My Daughter'' - Betty Mahmoody with William Hoffer * ''The Seizing of Yankee Green Mall'' - Ridley Pearson * ''O Come Ye Back to Ireland'' - Niall Williams (writer), Niall Williams & Christine Breen
Volume 176 - #2 * ''Hot Money'' -

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* ''Jenny's Mountain'' - Elaine Long * ''Trespass'' - Phillip Finch * ''Sara Dane'' -

Catherine Gaskin Catherine Gaskin (2 April 19296 September 2009) was an Irish–Australian romance novelist. Biography Gaskin was born in Dundalk Bay, County Louth, Ireland in 1929. When she was only three months old, her parents moved to Australia, settling i ...

Volume 177 - M * ''Wolf Winter'' - Clare Francis * ''Johnnie Alone'' - Elizabeth Webster * ''Man With a Gun'' - Robert Daley * ''Winner'' - Maureen O'Donoghue Volume 178 - #3 * ''Mortal Fear (novel), Mortal Fear'' - Robin Cook (american novelist), Robin Cook * ''Just Another Kid'' - Torey Hayden * ''Rockets' Red Glare'' - Greg Dinallo * ''Brownstone Facade'' - Catherine M. Rae
Volume 179 - #4 * ''Tsunami'' - Richard Martin Stern * ''The Harrogate Secret'' - Catherine Cookson * ''The Charm School (novel), The Charm School'' - Nelson DeMille * ''A Walk in the Dark'' - Joyce Stranger
Volume 180 - #5 * ''The India Fan'' -

Victoria Holt Eleanor Alice Hibbert (née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen ...

* ''Mannequin'' - Robert Byrne (author), Robert Byrne * ''Lady of No Man's Land'' - Jeanne Williams * ''Wildtrack'' - Bernard Cornwell

1989

Volume 181 - #1 * ''A Gift of Life'' - Henry Denker * ''Daddy'' - Loup Durand * ''Norman Rockwell's Greatest Painting'' - Hollis Hodges * ''Murder in the Oval Office'' - Elliott Roosevelt (general), Elliott Roosevelt
Volume 182 - #2 * ''The Edge'' -

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* ''Alaska (novel), Alaska'' - James Michener * ''Thornyhold'' - Mary Stewart Volume 183 - M * ''Doctors (novel), Doctors'' - Erich Segal * ''Gracie Allen, Gracie'' - George Burns * ''The Giant's Shadow'' - Thomas Bontly * ''The Toothache Tree'' - Jack Galloway (author), Jack Galloway Volume 184 - #3 * ''Morning Glory'' - LaVyrle Spencer * ''Toy Soldiers'' - William P. Kennedy * ''Trail'' - Louis Charbonneau * ''Prospect'' - Bill Littlefield
Volume 185 - #4 * ''While My Pretty One Sleeps'' - Mary Higgins Clark * ''The Bailey Chronicles'' - Catherine Cookson * ''The Negotiator (novel), The Negotiator'' - Frederick Forsyth * ''Hallapoosa'' - Robert Newton Peck
Volume 186 - #5 * ''Killer's Wake'' - Bernard Cornwell * ''Blessings'' - Belva Plain * ''Grass Roots (novel), Grass Roots'' - Stuart Woods * ''Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, Alice and Edith Roosevelt, Edith'' - Dorothy Clarke Wilson

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1990

Volume 187 - #1 * ''Tiebreaker'' - Jack Bickham * ''What was Good About Today'' - Carol Kruckeberg * ''California Gold'' - John Jakes * ''Monkeys on the Interstate'' - Jack Hanna w/ John Stravinsky
Volume 188 - #2 * ''Straight'' -

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* ''No Roof But Heaven'' - Jeanne Williams * ''The Evening News'' - Arthur Hailey * ''The Courtship of Peggy McCoy'' - Ray Sipherd
Volume 189 - M * ''The Lady of the Labyrinth'' - Caroline Llewellyn * ''The Himmler Equation'' - William P. Kennedy * ''Flying Free'' - Dan True * ''A Time to Love'' - Beryl Kingston Volume 190 - #3 * ''Harmful Intent (novel), Harmful Intent'' - Robin Cook (American novelist), Robin Cook * ''The Flight of the Swan'' - Elizabeth Webster * ''The Estuary Pilgrim'' - Douglas Skeggs * ''Manifest Destiny'' - Brian Garfield
Volume 191 - #4 * ''Cold Harbour'' - Jack Higgins * ''Circle of Pearls'' - Rosalind Laker * ''The Grizzly King, The Bear'' - James Oliver Curwood * ''Finders Keepers'' - Barbara Nickolae
Volume 192 - #5 * ''Harvest'' - Belva Plain * ''Purpose of Evasion'' - Greg Dinallo * ''Snare of Serpents'' -

Victoria Holt Eleanor Alice Hibbert (née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen ...

* ''Coyote Waits'' - Tony Hillerman

1991

Volume 193 - #1 * ''Trial'' - Clifford Irving * ''September (novel), September'' - Rosamunde Pilcher * ''The White Puma'' - R. D. Lawrence * ''Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish'' - Dorothy Gilman
Volume 194 - #2 * ''Longshot'' -

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* ''The Women in His Life'' - Barbara Taylor Bradford * ''Crackdown'' - Bernard Cornwell * ''Something to Hide'' - Patricia Robinson (writer), Patricia Robinson
Volume 195 - #3 * ''The Firm (novel), The Firm'' - John Grisham * ''Payment in Full'' - Henry Denker * ''Final Approach'' - John J. Nance * ''Home Ground'' - Hugh Miller (writer), Hugh Miller Volume 196 - #4 * ''As the Crow Flies (novel), As the Crow Flies'' - Jeffrey Archer * ''Home Mountain'' - Jeanne Williams * ''MacKinnon's Machine'' - S. K. Wolf * ''Seal Morning'' - Rowena Farre
Volume 197 - #5 * ''The Eagle Has Flown'' - Jack Higgins * ''Aspen Gold'' - Janet Dailey * ''The Ice'' - Louis Charbonneau * ''Lightning in July'' - Ann L. McLaughlin
Volume 198 - #6 * ''Loves Music, Loves to Dance'' - Mary Higgins Clark * ''Lost and Found'' - Marilyn Harris (writer), Marilyn Harris * ''Condition Black'' - Gerald Seymour * ''Escape Into Light'' - Elizabeth Webster

1992

Volume 199 - #1 * ''Night Over Water'' - Ken Follett * ''Doctor on Trial'' - Henry Denker * ''Beast (Benchley novel), Beast'' - Peter Benchley * ''Dear Family'' - Camilla Bittle
Volume 200 - #2 * ''Comeback'' -

Dick Francis Richard Stanley Francis (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England. After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, w ...

* ''Scarlett (Ripley novel), Scarlett'' - Alexandra Ripley * ''The Deceiver (novel), The Deceiver'' - Frederick Forsyth Volume 201 - #3 * ''Acts of Faith'' - Erich Segal * ''Hard Fall'' - Ridley Pearson * ''Bygones'' - LaVyrle Spencer * ''The Stormy Petrel'' - Mary Stewart Volume 202 - #4 * ''Such Devoted Sisters'' - Eileen Goudge * ''Rules of Encounter'' - William P. Kennedy * ''The Love Child'' - Catherine Cookson * ''American Gothic'' - Gene Smith (writer), Gene Smith
Volume 203 - #5 * ''The Pelican Brief'' - John Grisham * ''Treasures'' - Belva Plain * ''Eye of the Storm'' - Jack Higgins * ''The Island Harp'' - Jeanne Williams
Volume 204 - #6 * ''Tangled Vines'' - Janet Dailey * ''Stalk'' - Louis Charbonneau * ''Anna'' - Cynthia Harrod-Eagles * ''The Leading Lady'' - Betty White & Tom Sullivan (author), Tom Sullivan

1993

Volume 205 - #1 * ''Every Living Thing'' - James Herriot * ''All Around the Town'' - Mary Higgins Clark * ''Colony'' - Anne Rivers Siddons * ''Death Penalty'' - William J. Coughlin
Volume 206 - #2 * ''Driving Force'' -

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* ''Sotah'' - Naomi Ragen * ''The Doll's House'' - Evelyn Anthony * ''The Bears and I'' - Robert Franklin Leslie
Volume 207 - #3 * ''Mrs. Washington and Horowitz, Too'' - Henry Denker * ''Point of Impact (Stephen Hunter novel), Point of Impact'' - Stephen Hunter * ''November of the Heart'' - LaVyrle Spencer * ''Shooting Script'' - Gordon Cotler Volume 208 - #4 * ''The Client (novel), The Client'' - John Grisham * ''Sweet Water'' - Christina Baker Kline * ''Slow Through Eden'' - Gordon Glasco * ''The Longest Road'' - Jeanne Williams
Volume 209 - #5 * ''Thunder Point'' - Jack Higgins * ''The Venetian Mask'' - Rosalind Laker * ''Final Argument'' - Clifford Irving * ''Whispers'' - Belva Plain
Volume 210 - #6 * ''The Cat Who Went Into the Closet'' - Lillian Jackson Braun * ''Homeland'' - John Jakes * ''Tell Me No Secrets'' - Joy Fielding

1994

Volume 211 - #1 * ''I'll Be Seeing You'' - Mary Higgins Clark * ''Honour Among Thieves (Jeffrey Archer novel), Honour Among Thieves'' - Jeffrey Archer * ''Alex Haley's Queen'' - Alex Haley with David Stevens * ''Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief'' - Dorothy Gilman
Volume 212 - #2 * ''Without Remorse'' - Tom Clancy * ''The Old House at Railes'' - Mary Pearce * ''Decider'' -

Dick Francis Richard Stanley Francis (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England. After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, w ...

* ''King of the Hill'' - A. E. Hotchner
Volume 213 - #3 * ''A Dangerous Fortune'' - Ken Follett * ''The Select'' - F. Paul Wilson * ''Rivers of Gold'' - Janet Edmonds * ''Hardscape'' - Justin Scott (writer), Justin Scott Volume 214 - #4 * ''Fatal Cure (novel), Fatal Cure'' - Robin Cook (American novelist), Robin Cook * ''The Wrong House'' - Carol McD. Wallace * ''Red Ink'' - Greg Dinallo * ''Having Our Say'' - Sarah Louise Delany, Sadie and Annie Elizabeth Delany, Bessie Delany
Volume 215 - #5 * ''Daybreak'' - Belva Plain * ''Disclosure (novel), Disclosure'' - Michael Crichton * ''St. Agnes' Stand'' - Tom Eidson * ''The Fist of God'' - Frederick Forsyth
Volume 216 - #6 * ''Hidden Riches'' - Nora Roberts * ''Phoenix Rising'' - John J. Nance, John Nance * ''Roommates'' - Max Apple * ''White Harvest'' - Louis Charbonneau

1995

Volume 217 - #1 * ''The Chamber (novel), The Chamber'' - John Grisham * ''Remember Me (Mary Higgins Clark novel), Remember Me'' - Mary Higgins Clark * ''The Intruders (novel), The Intruders'' - Stephen Coonts * ''The Acorn Winter'' - Elizabeth Webster (author), Elizabeth Webster
Volume 218 - #2 * ''Tiger's Child'' - Torey Hayden * ''Heat'' - Stuart Woods * ''This Child is Mine'' - Henry Denker * ''Wall of Brass'' - Robert Daley
Volume 219 - #3 * ''Prizes (novel), Prizes'' - Erich Segal * ''Secret Missions'' - Michael Gannon (historian), Michael Gannon * ''Eyes of a Child (novel), Eyes of a Child'' - Richard North Patterson * ''More Than Meets the Eye'' - Joan Brock & Derek Gill (nonfiction), Derek Gill Volume 220 - #4 * ''Acceptable Risk (novel), Acceptable Risk'' - Robin Cook (American novelist), Robin Cook * ''Local Rules'' - Jay Brandon * ''Salem Street'' - Anna Jacobs * ''Fast Forward'' - Judy Mercer
Volume 221 - #5 * ''The Rainmaker (John Grisham), The Rainmaker'' - John Grisham * ''The Carousel'' - Belva Plain * ''Wedding Night'' - Gary Devon * ''Cloud Shadows'' - Elizabeth Webster (author), Elizabeth Webster
Volume 222 - #6 * ''Let Me Call You Sweetheart'' - Mary Higgins Clark * ''Children of the Dust'' - Clancy Carlile * ''Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion-Killer'' - Dorothy Gilman * ''The Magic Bullet'' - Harry Stein (author), Harry Stein

1996

Volume 223 - #1 * ''A Place Called Freedom'' - Ken Follett * ''The Horse Whisperer (book), The Horse Whisperer'' - Nicholas Evans * ''The Apocalypse Watch'' - Robert Ludlum Volume 224 - #2 * ''Come To Grief'' -

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* ''Coming Home'' - Rosamunde Pilcher * ''Blaze'' - Robert Somerlott * ''That Camden Summer'' - LaVyrle Spencer
Volume 225 - #3 * ''The Final Judgment'' - Richard North Patterson * ''Nathan's Run'' - John Gilstrap * ''Dance of the Scarecrows'' - Ray Sipherd * ''Implant'' - F. Paul Wilson Volume 226 - #4 * ''Notorious'' - Janet Dailey * ''Snow Wolf'' - Glenn Meade * ''The Cat Who Said Cheese'' - Lilian Jackson Braun * ''Mirage'' - Soheir Khashoggi
Volume 227 - #5 * ''The Zero Hour'' - Joseph Finder * ''Rose (novel), Rose'' - Martin Cruz Smith * ''A Place For Kathy'' - Henry Denker * ''The Judge'' - Steve Martini
Volume 228 - #6 * ''Moonlight Becomes You'' - Mary Higgins Clark * ''The Outsider'' - Penelope Williamson * ''Harvest'' - Tess Gerritsen * ''The Falconer'' - Elaine Clark McCarthy

1997

Volume 229 - #1 * ''The Runaway Jury'' - John Grisham * ''Critical Judgment'' - Michael Palmer (novelist), Michael Palmer * ''Icon (novel), Icon'' - Frederick Forsyth * ''Capitol Offense'' - Barbara Mikulski, Senator Barbara Mikulski & Mary Louise Oates
Volume 230 - #2 * ''The Third Twin'' - Ken Follett * ''Small Town Girl'' - LaVyrle Spencer * ''To the Hilt'' -

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* ''The Burning Man'' - Phillip Margolin
Volume 231 - #3 * ''A Woman's Place'' - Barbara Delinsky * ''The Unlikely Spy'' - Daniel Silva (novelist), Daniel Silva * ''The Cat Who Tailed a Thief'' - Lilian Jackson Braun * ''Beyond Recognition'' - Ridley Pearson Volume 232 - #4 * ''The Escape Artist'' - Diane Chamberlain * ''Airframe (novel), Airframe'' - Michael Crichton * ''Weeding Out the Tears'' - Jeanne White with Susan Dworkin * ''Infinity's Child'' - Harry Stein (author), Harry Stein These 1997 volumes were also published as '' Reader's Digest Select Editions'', and all succeeding volumes were published as ''Reader's Digest Select Editions.'' RDCB-V21956.jpg RDCB-InARow.jpg RDCB-FastPaceLife.jpg RDCB-Dustjacket.jpg

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