1. The Matarese Circle, Ludlum (1 last week)
2. Sophie’s Choice, Styron (2)
3. Shibumi, Trevanian (4)
4. The Island, Benchley (5)
5. Class Reunion, Jaffe (6)
6. War and Remembrance, Wouk (8)
1. Chesapeake, Michener (10)
8. The Third World War, Hackett, et al. (3)
9. Sphinx, Cook
10. The Vicar of Christ, Murphy
NONFICTION
1. The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet, Tarnower & Baker (1)
2. Cruel Shoes, Martin (2)
3. The Powers That Be, Halberstam (4)
4. The Pritikin Program for Diet and Exercise, Pritikin
with McGrady (3)
5. How to Prosper During the Coming Bad Years, Ruff (5)
6. The Bronx Zoo, Lyle & Golenbock (7)
7. The White Album, Didion (8)
8. The Medusa and the Snail, Thomas (6)
9. Lauren Bacall by Myself, Bacall (10)
10. Broca’s Brain, Sagan (9)
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