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''Reader's Digest Condensed Books'' was a series of hardcover
Volume 9 – Spring * '' Adventures in Two Worlds'' –
Volume 11 – Autumn * ''Matador'' –
Spring 1953 Selections *''Black Widow'' –
Volume 15 – Autumn * ''
Volume 17 – Spring * '' The Night of the Hunter'' –
Volume 19 – Autumn * ''
Volume 25 – Spring * ''Captain of the Queens'' – Captain Harry Grattidge with Richard Collier * ''Beloved'' –
Volume 27 – Autumn * ''
Volume 29 – Spring * ''
Volume 31 – Autumn * ''Lobo'' –
Volume 33 – Spring * ''Big Caesar'' – Charlton Ogburn Jr. * ''
Volume 37 – Spring * ''The Secret Project of Sigurd O'Leary'' – Martin Quigley * ''Dear and Glorious Physician'' –
Volume 41 – Spring * ''The Final Diagnosis'' –
Volume 45 – Spring * ''
Volume 47 – Autumn * '' Ring of Bright Water'' –
Volume 49 – Spring * ''Captain Newman, MD'' –
Volume 51 – Autumn * '' Dearly Beloved'' –
Volume 53 – Spring * ''A River Ran Out of Eden'' – James Vance Marshall * ''Escape from Red China'' – Robert Loh with Humphrey Evans * ''The Surgeon'' – W. C. Heinz * ''Smith and Jones'' –
Volume 55 – Autumn * ''The Tilsit Inheritance'' –
Volume 57 – Spring * ''Too Young to Be a Grandfather'' – Willard Temple * ''When the Cheering Stopped'' – Gene Smith * '' I Was Dancing'' – Edwin O'Connor * ''Alone'' – Rear Admiral
Volume 59 – Autumn * '' A Song of Sixpence'' –
Volume 61 – Spring * ''A Journey to Boston'' –
Volume 63 – Autumn * '' Airs Above the Ground'' – Mary Stewart * ''
Volume 65 – Spring * ''Hall of Mirrors'' – John Rowan Wilson * ''
Volume 67 – Autumn * ''Don Quixote, U.S.A.'' – Richard Powell * ''All in the Family'' – Edwin O'Connor * ''Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry'' –
Volume 69 – Spring * ''My Boy John That Went to Sea'' – James Vance Marshall * ''One Summer in Between'' – Melissa Mather * ''The Broken Seal'' –
Volume 71 – Autumn * '' Christy'' –
Volume 73 – Spring * ''The New Year'' – Pearl S. Buck * ''The Tower of Babel'' – Morris L. West * ''
Volume 75 – Autumn * '' The Johnstown Flood'' – David G. McCullough * '' Once an Eagle'' –
Volume 79 – Autumn * ''The King's Pleasure'' –
Volume 83 – Autumn * ''Lone Woman'' –
Volume 85 – Spring * ''Halic: The Story of a Gray Seal'' – Ewan Clarkson * '' Time and Again'' –
Volume 87 – Autumn * ''A Timeless Place'' – Ellen Bromfield Geld * ''The San Francisco Earthquake'' – Gordon Thomas &
Volume 89 – Spring * ''Wild Goose, Brother Goose'' –
Volume 91 – Autumn * ''The Waltz Kings: Johann Strauss,
Volume 94 – #3 * ''Sadie Shapiro's Knitting Book'' –
Volume 96 – #5 * ''All Creatures Great and Small'' –
Volume 98 – #2 * ''A Member of the Family'' – Mary Carter * ''The Kappillan of Malta'' –
Volume 99 – #3 * ''The Will of Magda Townsend'' – Margaret Culkin Banning * ''Forever Island'' – Patrick D. Smith * ''Thirty-Four East'' –
Volume 104 – #3 * ''Mrs. 'arris Goes to Moscow'' –
Volume 106 – #5 * ''Lord of the Far Island'' –
Volume 109 – #3 * ''Liberty Tavern'' – Thomas Fleming * ''The Pilot'' – Robert Davis * '' Touch Not the Cat'' – Mary Stewart * '' The Boys from Brazil'' –
Volume 111 – #5 * ''The Pride of the Peacock'' –
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 Houston * ''In the Frame'' –
Volume 114 – #3 * ''Tisha'' – Robert Specht (author), Robert Specht * ''The Dragon'' –
Volume 118 – #2 * ''Jaws 2'' –
Volume 119 – #3 * ''A Stranger Is Watching (novel), A Stranger is Watching'' –
Volume 121 – #5 * ''Summer Lightning'' – Judith Richards * ''Tara Kane'' – George Markstein * ''Flight into Danger'' –
Volume 124 – #3 * ''Sunflower'' – Marilyn Sharp * ''Running Proud'' –
Volume 126 – #5 * ''Hungry as the Sea'' –
Volume 128 – #2 * ''Emma and I'' – Sheila Hocken * ''The Devil's Alternative'' –
Volume 131 – #4 * ''Sadie Shapiro, Matchmaker'' –
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
Volume 134 – #2 * ''One Child'' – Torey Hayden * ''Banners of Silk'' – Rosalind Laker * ''The Gentle Jungle'' – Toni Ringo Helfer * ''Reflex'' –
Volume 135 – M * ''Lincoln's Mothers: A Story of Nancy Lincoln, Nancy and Sally Lincoln'' –
Volume 137 – #4 * ''The Lord God Made Them All'' –
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'' –
Volume 140 – #2 * ''Alone Against the Atlantic'' – Gerry Spiess (with Marlin Bree) * ''A Green Desire'' –
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'' –
Volume 143 – #4 * ''Flanagan's Run'' – Tom McNab * ''A Parting Gift'' – Frances Sharkey, M.D. * ''The Big Bridge'' –
Volume 144 – #5 * ''Jane's House'' –
Volume 146 – #2 * ''Pacific Interlude'' –
Volume 147 – M * ''The Girl of the Sea of Cortez'' –
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'' –
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'' –
Volume 153 – M * ''The Cop and The Kid'' – William Price Fox, William Fox with Noel Hynd * ''Tiger, Tiger'' – Philip Caveney * ''Kincaid'' –
Volume 155 – #4 * ''Nop's Trials'' – Donald McCaig * ''Lee and Grant'' – 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'' –
Volume 158 – #2 * ''Julie'' –
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'' –
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
Volume 164 – #2 * ''An Ark on the Flood'' – Anne Knowles (author), Anne Knowles * ''The Seventh Secret'' –
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'' –
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'' –
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
Volume 176 – #2 * ''Hot Money'' –
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 (Cook 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'' –
Volume 180 – #5 * ''The India Fan'' –
Volume 182 – #2 * ''The Edge'' –
Volume 185 – #4 * ''While My Pretty One Sleeps'' –
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'' –
Volume 188 – #2 * ''Straight'' –
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'' –
Volume 192 – #5 * ''Harvest'' – Belva Plain * ''Purpose of Evasion'' – Greg Dinallo * ''Snare of Serpents'' –
Volume 194 – #2 * ''Longshot'' –
Volume 195 – #3 * ''The Firm (novel), The Firm'' – John Grisham * ''Payment in Full'' –
Volume 197 – #5 * ''The Eagle Has Flown'' –
Volume 198 – #6 * ''Loves Music, Loves to Dance'' –
Volume 200 – #2 * ''Comeback'' –
Volume 203 – #5 * ''The Pelican Brief'' – John Grisham * ''Treasures'' – Belva Plain * ''Eye of the Storm'' –
Volume 204 – #6 * ''Tangled Vines'' – Janet Dailey * ''Stalk'' – Louis Charbonneau * ''Anna'' – Cynthia Harrod-Eagles * ''The Leading Lady'' – Betty White & Tom Sullivan (author), Tom Sullivan
Volume 206 – #2 * ''Driving Force'' –
Volume 207 – #3 * ''Mrs. Washington and Horowitz, Too'' –
Volume 209 – #5 * ''Thunder Point'' –
Volume 210 – #6 * ''The Cat Who Went Into the Closet'' – Lillian Jackson Braun * ''Homeland'' – John Jakes * ''Tell Me No Secrets'' – Joy Fielding
Volume 212 – #2 * ''Without Remorse'' – Tom Clancy * ''The Old House at Railes'' – Mary Pearce * ''Decider'' –
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'' –
Volume 216 – #6 * ''Hidden Riches'' – Nora Roberts * ''Phoenix Rising'' – John J. Nance, John Nance * ''Roommates'' – Max Apple * ''White Harvest'' – Louis Charbonneau
Volume 218 – #2 * ''Tiger's Child'' – Torey Hayden * ''Heat'' – Stuart Woods * ''This Child is Mine'' –
Volume 219 – #3 * ''Prizes (novel), Prizes'' –
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'' –
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'' –
Volume 228 – #6 * ''Moonlight Becomes You'' –
Volume 230 – #2 * ''The Third Twin'' – Ken Follett * ''Small Town Girl'' – LaVyrle Spencer * ''To the Hilt'' –
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'' –
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''Reader's Digest Condensed Books'' was a series of hardcover anthology
In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors. There are also thematic and g ...
collections, published by the American general interest monthly family magazine ''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 wi ...
'' and distributed by direct mail
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. Most volumes contained five (although a considerable minority consisted of three, four, or six) current best-selling novels and nonfiction books which were abridged
An abridgement (or abridgment) is a condensing or reduction of a book or other creative work into a shorter form while maintaining the unity of the source. The abridgement can be true to the original work in terms of mood and tone, capturing th ...
(or "condensed") specifically for ''Reader's Digest''. The series was published from 1950 until 1997, when it was renamed '' Reader's Digest Select Editions''. Frequently featured authors in the original series include 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, winn ...
(17 titles), Henry Denker
Henry Denker (November 25, 1912 – May 15, 2012) was an American novelist and playwright.
Biography
Denker was born in New York, the son of a fur trader. After initially studying to be a rabbi, he change to the study of law and graduated fro ...
(16 titles), Victoria Holt
Eleanor Alice Hibbert (Maiden and married names, née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of Romance novel#Historical romance, historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in ...
(15 titles) and Mary Higgins Clark
Mary Higgins Clark (born Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins; December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020) was an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 51 books was a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her ...
(13 titles).
The series was popular; a 1987 ''New York Times'' article estimated annual sales of 10 million copies. Despite this popularity, old copies are notoriously difficult to sell, and scholarly attention has been sparse.
For much of their publication schedule, the volumes were issued four times each year. Each year the company produced a Volume 1 (winter), Volume 2 (spring), Volume 3 (summer), and Volume 4 (autumn). In later years they added a Volumes 5, and then a Volume 6, going to a bi-monthly schedule by the early 1990s. The series was produced for 47 years (1950–1997), until being renamed '' Reader's Digest Select Editions''. (''Note'': UK editions seem to have been somewhat different from US editions. Pre-1992 Canadian editions also contain different titles.)
Occasional books such as ''The Leopard
''The Leopard'' ( ) is a novel by Italian writer Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, which chronicles the changes in Sicilian life and society during the ''Risorgimento''. Published posthumously in 1958 by Feltrinelli, after two rejections by the ...
'' (Summer 1960), '' The Days Were Too Short'' (Autumn 1960), and '' Papillon'' (Autumn 1970) were not published in English originally but were abridgments of translations. In some cases, advanced copies of the hardcover edition were printed in paperback
A paperback (softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, also known as wrappers, and often held together with adhesive, glue rather than stitch (textile arts), stitches or Staple (fastener), staples. In contrast, ...
form. In a few cases, new editions of older works (''Up from Slavery
''Up from Slavery'' is the 1901 autobiography of the American educator Booker T. Washington (1856–1915). The book describes his experience of working to rise up from being enslaved as a child during the Civil War, the obstacles he overcame to ...
'', published originally in 1901 (Autumn 1960), '' A Roving Commission: My Early Life'', published originally in 1930 (Autumn 1951) or '' Goodbye Mr. Chips'', published originally in 1934 (Summer 1961)) were also among the condensed selections.
1950s
1950
Volume 1 – Spring * ''The Show Must Go On'' –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 ...
* ''The Cry and the Covenant
''The Cry and the Covenant'' is a novel by Morton Thompson written in 1949 and published by Doubleday. The novel is a fictionalized story of Ignaz Semmelweis, an Austrian-Hungarian physician known for his research into puerperal fever and his a ...
'' – Morton Thompson
Morton Thompson (c. 1907 – July 7, 1953) was an American writer of newspaper journalism, novels and film screenplays.
Career
Amongst his works were a collection of journalistic memoirs called ''Joe, the Wounded Tennis Player'', and the nov ...
* ''Autobiography of 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 Oklahoma ...
'' – Donald Day, editor
* ''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 B ...
'' – 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'' (1948), '' Too Late the Phalarope'' (1953), and the short story ''The Wa ...
Volume 2 – Summer
* ''The Wooden Horse
''The Wooden Horse'' is a 1950 British World War II war film directed by Jack Lee and starring Leo Genn, David Tomlinson and Anthony Steel. It is based on the book of the same name by Eric Williams, who also wrote the screenplay.
The film ...
'' – Eric Williams
Eric Eustace Williams (25 September 1911 – 29 March 1981) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician. He has been dubbed as the " Father of the Nation", having led the then-British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago to majority rule on 28 October 1956, ...
* ''Home Town'' – Cleveland Amory
Cleveland Amory (September 2, 1917 – October 14, 1998) was an American author, reporter, television critic, commentator and animal rights activist. He wrote a series of popular books poking fun at the pretensions and customs of society, start ...
* ''Visibility Unlimited'' – Dick Grace
Richard Virgil Grace (October 1, 1898 – June 25, 1965), known as Dick Grace, was an American stunt pilot who specialized in crashing planes for films. Films that he appeared in include '' Sky Bride'', '' The Lost Squadron'', '' Lilac Time'', and ...
* '' The Way West'' – A. B. Guthrie Jr.
Volume 3 – Autumn
* ''The Cardinal'' – Henry Morton Robinson
* ''Long the Imperial Way'' – Hanama Taski
* ''Roosevelt in Retrospect'' – John Gunther
John Gunther (August 30, 1901 – May 29, 1970) was an Americans, American journalist and writer.
His success came primarily by a series of popular sociopolitical works, known as the "Inside" books (1936–1972), including the best-sell ...
* '' Young Man with a Horn'' – Dorothy Baker
1951
Volume 4 – Winter * ''Anybody Can Do Anything'' –Betty MacDonald
Betty MacDonald (born Anne Elizabeth Campbell Bard; March 26, 1907 – February 7, 1958) was an American author who specialized in humorous autobiographical tales, and is best known for her book ''The Egg and I''. She also wrote the '' Mrs. Piggl ...
* ''Elephant Bill'' – Lt. Col. J. H. Williams
* ''Signal Thirty-Two'' – MacKinlay Kantor
MacKinlay Kantor (February 4, 1904 – October 11, 1977), born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor, was an American journalist, novelist and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the American Civil War, and was awarded the ...
* ''German Faces'' – Ann Stringer and 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 ...
* ''Mischief'' – Charlotte Armstrong
Charlotte Armstrong Lewi (May 2, 1905 – July 18, 1969) was an American writer. Under the names Charlotte Armstrong and Jo Valentine she wrote 29 novels, as well as short stories, plays, and screenplays. She also worked for ''The New York Times ...
Volume 5 – Spring
*''Blandings' way'' – Eric Hodgins
Eric Francis Hodgins (March 2, 1899 – January 7, 1971) was the American author of the popular novel '' Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House'', illustrated by William Steig.
Biography
Hodgins was born in Detroit, Michigan to the Episcop ...
*''Operation Cicero'' – Ludwig Carl Moyzisch
*''Two Soldiers / from collected stories'' – William Faulkner
William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer. He is best known for William Faulkner bibliography, his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in fo ...
*''The Nymph and the Lamp'' – Thomas H. Raddall
Thomas Head Raddall (13 November 1903 – 1 April 1994) was a Canadian writer of history and historical fiction.The Caine Mutiny
''The Caine Mutiny'' is a 1951 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Herman Wouk. The novel grew out of Wouk's personal experiences aboard two destroyer-minesweepers in the Pacific Theater in World War II. Among its themes, it deals with the mo ...
'' – Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk ( ; May 27, 1915 – May 17, 2019) was an American author. He published fifteen novels, many of them historical fiction such as ''The Caine Mutiny'' (1951), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Pulitzer Prize in fiction.
...
*''Neither Five nor Three'' – Helen MacInnes
Helen Clark MacInnes (October 7, 1907 – September 30, 1985) was a Scottish-American writer of espionage novels.
Life
She and her husband emigrated to the United States in 1937, when he took an academic position at Columbia University in New Yor ...
*''Old Herbaceous'' – Reginald Arkell
Reginald Arkell (14 October 1881 – 1 May 1959) was a British script writer and comic novelist who wrote many musical plays for the London theatre. The most popular of those was an adaptation of the spoof history book ''1066 and All That'': ''10 ...
*''See How They Run'' – Don M. Mankiewicz
Volume 7 – Autumn
* ''Fallen Away'' – Margaret Culkin Banning
* '' Return to Paradise'' – 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, set in particular geographic locales ...
* '' A Roving Commission: My Early Life'' – Winston S. Churchill
* ''The Southwest Corner'' – 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 ...
* ''The Arms of Venus'' – John Appleby
1952
Volume 8 – Winter * ''Melville Goodwin, USA'' –John P. Marquand
John Phillips Marquand (November 10, 1893 – July 16, 1960) was an American writer. Originally best known for his Mr. Moto spy stories, he achieved popular success and critical respect for his satirical novels, winning a Pulitzer Prize for '' T ...
* '' The Cruel Sea'' – Nicholas Monsarrat
Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat FRSL RNVR ( 22 March 19108 August 1979) was a British novelist known for his sea stories, particularly '' The Cruel Sea'' (1951) and ''Three Corvettes'' (1942–1945), but perhaps known be ...
* ''A Genius in the Family'' – Hiram Percy Maxim
Hiram Percy Maxim (September 2, 1869 – February 17, 1936) was an American radio pioneer and inventor, and co-founder (with Clarence D. Tuska) of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). Hiram Percy Maxim is credited with inventing and sell ...
* "Monarch of Goddess Island" (''The Plunderers'') – Georges Blond
Georges Blond (''Jean-Marie Hoedick'', 11 July 1906 – 16 March 1989), was a French writer who was born in Marseille and died in Paris. A prolific writer of mostly history but also other topics including fiction, Blond was also involved in far rig ...
* ''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 To Catch a Thief (novel), novel of the same name by David Dodge (novelist), David Dodge. The ...
'' – David Dodge
Volume 9 – Spring * '' Adventures in Two Worlds'' –
A. J. Cronin
Archibald Joseph Cronin (Cronogue) (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is ''The Citadel (novel), The Citadel'' (1937), about a Scottish physician who serves in a Welsh coal mining, minin ...
* ''The Gabriel Horn'' – Felix Holt
''Felix Holt, the Radical'' is an 1866 social novel by the English author George Eliot (pen name of Mary Ann Evans). The novel deals with political conflicts in a small English town at the time of the 1832 Reform Act. The plot centers on an ele ...
* ''Duveen'' – 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 ...
* "Kamante and Lulu" (''Out of Africa'') – Isak Dinesen
Baroness Karen Christentze von Blixen-Finecke (born Dinesen; 17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962) was a Danish author who wrote in Danish and English. She is also known under her pen names Isak Dinesen, used in English-speaking countries; Ta ...
* ''East Side General'' – Frank G. Slaughter
Volume 10 – Summer
* ''The Hidden Flower'' – Pearl S. Buck
* '' The Dam Busters'' – Paul Brickhill
Paul Chester Jerome Brickhill (20 December 191623 April 1991) was an Australian fighter pilot, prisoner of war, and author who wrote '' The Great Escape'', '' The Dam Busters'', and ''Reach for the Sky''.
Early life
Brickhill was born in Melbou ...
* '' The City Boy'' – Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk ( ; May 27, 1915 – May 17, 2019) was an American author. He published fifteen novels, many of them historical fiction such as ''The Caine Mutiny'' (1951), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Pulitzer Prize in fiction.
...
* ''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 i ...
'' – 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 Gerald du Maurier, Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont. Her gra ...
Volume 11 – Autumn * ''Matador'' –
Barnaby Conrad
Barnaby Conrad, Jr. (March 27, 1922 – February 12, 2013) was an American artist, author, nightclub proprietor, matador and boxer.
Born in San Francisco, California, to an affluent family, Conrad was raised in Hillsborough. He spent a year at ...
* ''Witness'' – Whittaker Chambers
Whittaker Chambers (born Jay Vivian Chambers; April 1, 1901 – July 9, 1961) was an American writer and intelligence agent. After early years as a Communist Party member (1925) and Soviet spy (1932–1938), he defected from the Soviet u ...
* "The Law of the Jungle" (''My India'') – Jim Corbett
Edward James Corbett (25 July 1875 – 19 April 1955) was an Anglo-Indian hunter and author. He gained fame through hunting and killing several man-eating tigers and leopards in Northern India, as detailed in his bestselling 1944 memoir '' M ...
* ''The President's Lady'' – Irving Stone
Irving Stone (born Tennenbaum; July 14, 1903 – August 26, 1989) was an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels of noted artists, politicians, and intellectuals. Among the best known are '' Lust for Life'' (1934), about the ...
1953
Volume 12 – Winter * ''Hunter'' – J.A. Hunter * ''Giant
In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: ''wiktionary:gigas, gigas'', cognate wiktionary:giga-, giga-) are beings of humanoid appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word ''gia ...
'' – 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), '' Cima ...
* ''Through Charley's Door'' – Emily Kimbrough
Emily Kimbrough (October 23, 1899 – February 10, 1989) was an American author and journalist.
Biography
Emily Kimbrough was born in Muncie, Indiana. In 1921, she graduated from Bryn Mawr College and went on a trip to Europe with her friend Co ...
* ''The Best Cartoons from Punch'' – Marvin Rosenberg & William Cole, editors
* '' Island Rescue: An Appointment with Venus'' – 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 ...
Spring 1953 Selections *''Black Widow'' –
Patrick Quentin
Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge were pen names under which Hugh Callingham Wheeler (19 March 1912 – 26 July 1987), Richard Wilson Webb (August 1901 – December 1966), Martha Mott Kelley (30 April 1906 – 2005) and Mary Louise ...
*''The Silent World'' – 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 open-circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), called the A ...
with 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. Tailliez coined for them
in allusion to (The Three Musketeers). They had a passion for ...
*'' East of Eden'' – John Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck ( ; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social percep ...
*''Karen'' – Marie Killilea
Marie Joan Lyons Killilea (June 28, 1913 – October 23, 1991) was the mother of Karen Killilea and an American author, activist, and lobbyist for the rights of people with cerebral palsy. Her work culminated in the formation of the Cerebral Pals ...
*''The Curve and The Tusk'' – Stuart Cloete
Volume 14 – Summer
* ''Our Virgin Island'' – Robb White
Robb White III (20 June 1909 – 24 Nov. 1990) was an American writer of screenplays, television scripts, and adventure novels. Most of the latter had a maritime setting, often the Pacific Navy during World War II. White was best known for juve ...
* ''A Bargain with God'' – Thomas Savage
* ''Annapurna
Annapurna (; ) is a mountain situated in the Annapurna mountain range of Gandaki Province, north-central Nepal. It is the 10th highest mountain in the world at above sea level and is well known for the difficulty and danger involved in its as ...
'' – Maurice Herzog
Maurice André Raymond Herzog (; 15 January 191913 December 2012) was a French mountaineer and administrator who was born in Lyon, France. He led the 1950 French Annapurna expedition that first climbed a peak over 8000m, Annapurna, in 1950, ...
* ''A Good Man'' – Jefferson Young
* ''The Intruder'' – Helen Fowler
Helen Fowler (born 1910) was an Australian writer. Her debut novel ''The Shades Will Not Vanish'' became a best seller and was adapted for radio and film.
Fowler studied arts at the University of Sydney and was a primary school teacher for sever ...
Volume 15 – Autumn * ''
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 (actor), Robert Strauss. The film, which was directed by Mark Robson (film dire ...
'' – 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, set in particular geographic locales ...
* '' Beyond This Place'' – A. J. Cronin
Archibald Joseph Cronin (Cronogue) (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is ''The Citadel (novel), The Citadel'' (1937), about a Scottish physician who serves in a Welsh coal mining, minin ...
* ''Life Among the Savages
''Life Among the Savages'' is a 1953 memoir by American writer Shirley Jackson. The book contains fictionalized stories based on Jackson's own life with her husband and four children. Many of these stories were originally published in women's ma ...
'' – Shirley Jackson
Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Her writing career spanned over two decades, during which she composed six novels, two memoirs, and mor ...
* ''My Crowded Solitude'' – Jack McLaren
* ''Digby'' – 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, comedian, entertainer and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwi ...
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'' (1948), '' Too Late the Phalarope'' (1953), and the short story ''The Wa ...
* ''Time and Time Again'' – James Hilton
* ''Heather Mary'' – J. M. Scott
Volume 17 – Spring * '' The Night of the Hunter'' –
Davis Grubb
Davis Alexander Grubb (July 23, 1919 – July 24, 1980) was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for his 1953 novel ''The Night of the Hunter (novel), The Night of the Hunter'', which was
The Night of the Hunter (film), adapt ...
* ''God and My Country'' – MacKinlay Kantor
MacKinlay Kantor (February 4, 1904 – October 11, 1977), born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor, was an American journalist, novelist and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the American Civil War, and was awarded the ...
* ''Not as a Stranger
''Not as a Stranger'' is a 1955 American film noir drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, starring Olivia de Havilland, Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra and Gloria Grahame. It is based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Morton Th ...
'' – Morton Thompson
Morton Thompson (c. 1907 – July 7, 1953) was an American writer of newspaper journalism, novels and film screenplays.
Career
Amongst his works were a collection of journalistic memoirs called ''Joe, the Wounded Tennis Player'', and the nov ...
* ''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
Edward Streeter (August 1, 1891 – March 31, 1976), sometimes credited as E. Streeter, was an American novelist and journalist, best known for '' Father of the Bride'' and his ''Dere Mable'' series.
Biography
Streeter was born in Buffalo, ...
* ''The Power and the Prize'' – Howard Swiggett
* "The Duchess and the Smugs" (''A Wreath for the Enemy'') – Pamela Frankau
Pamela Sydney Frankau (3 January 1908 – 8 June 1967) was a popular English novelist from a prominent artistic and literary family. She was abandoned by her novelist father Gilbert Frankau at an early age, and she became a prolific writer. Sh ...
* ''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 Bever ...
Volume 19 – Autumn * ''
The Dollmaker
''The Dollmaker'' is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film starring Jane Fonda and based on the 1954 novel written by Harriette Arnow. It was originally broadcast on ABC on May 13, 1984.
Fonda was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award ...
'' – Harriette Arnow
* ''The Anatomy of a Crime'' – Joseph F. Dinneen
* ''Love is Eternal'' – Irving Stone
Irving Stone (born Tennenbaum; July 14, 1903 – August 26, 1989) was an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels of noted artists, politicians, and intellectuals. Among the best known are '' Lust for Life'' (1934), about the ...
* ''Around a Rusty God'' – Augusta Walker
Augusta may refer to:
Places Australia
* Augusta, Western Australia
Brazil
* Rua Augusta (São Paulo)
Canada
* Augusta, Ontario
* North Augusta, Ontario
* Augusta Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
France
* Augusta Suessionum ("Augusta of the Sue ...
* '' The High and the Mighty'' – Ernest K. Gann
Ernest Kellogg Gann (October 13, 1910 – December 19, 1991) was an American aviator, author, sailor, and conservation movement, conservationist. He is best known for his novels and memoirs about early aviation and nautical adventures. Some of his ...
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-Sm ...
* ''The China I Knew (My Several Worlds)'' – Pearl S. Buck
* ''My Brother's Keeper'' – Marcia Davenport
Marcia Davenport (Birth name, née Glick; June 9, 1903 – January 16, 1996) was an American writer and music critic. She is best known for her 1932 biography of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the first American published biography of Mozart. ...
* ''Good Morning, Miss Dove'' – Frances Gray Patton
* ''The Darby Trial'' – Dick Pearce
Dick, Dicks, or Dick's may refer to:
Media
* ''Dicks'' (album), a 2004 album by Fila Brazillia
* Dicks (band), a musical group
* ''Dick'' (film), a 1999 American comedy film
* "Dick" (song), a 2019 song by Starboi3 featuring Doja Cat
* '' D ...
Volume 22 – Summer
* ''Man-Eater'' – Jim Corbett
Edward James Corbett (25 July 1875 – 19 April 1955) was an Anglo-Indian hunter and author. He gained fame through hunting and killing several man-eating tigers and leopards in Northern India, as detailed in his bestselling 1944 memoir '' M ...
* ''The Actor'' – Niven Busch
Niven Busch (April 26, 1903 – August 25, 1991) was an American novelist and screenwriter of movies such as the acclaimed '' The Postman Always Rings Twice''. His novels included ''Duel in the Sun'' (1944) and ''California Street'' (1959). H ...
* ''Onions in the Stew'' – Betty MacDonald
Betty MacDonald (born Anne Elizabeth Campbell Bard; March 26, 1907 – February 7, 1958) was an American author who specialized in humorous autobiographical tales, and is best known for her book ''The Egg and I''. She also wrote the '' Mrs. Piggl ...
* ''The Captive City'' – John Appleby
* ''The Missing Macleans'' – Geoffrey Hoare
* ''The Searchers'' – Alan Le May
Alan Brown Le May (June 3, 1899 – April 27, 1964) was an American novelist and screenplay writer.
He is most remembered for two classic Western novels, ''The Searchers'' (1954) and ''The Unforgiven'' (1957).Herzberg, Bob (2008). ''Savages and ...
Volume 21 – Spring
* '' Good-bye, My Lady'' – James Street
* ''The Dowry'' – Margaret Culkin Banning
* ''The Day Lincoln Was Shot'' – Jim Bishop
James Alonzo Bishop (November 21, 1907 – July 26, 1987) was an American journalist and author who wrote the bestselling book ''The Day Lincoln Was Shot''.
Early life
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he dropped out of school after eighth grad ...
* ''The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant
''The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant'' is a 1954 novel by Douglass Wallop. It adapts the Faust theme of a deal with the Devil to the world of American baseball in the 1950s.
Plot summary
The novel's protagonist, mild-mannered, middle-age ...
'' – Douglass Wallop
John Douglass Wallop III (March 8, 1920 – April 1, 1985) was an American novelist and playwright.
Early life
John Douglass Wallop III was born on March 8, 1920, in Washington, D.C., to Marjorie (née Ellis) and John Douglass Wallop Jr. His ...
* ''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 Jungi ...
Volume 23 – Autumn
* ''This is Goggle, or the Education of a Father'' – Bentz Plagemann
* ''Run Silent, Run Deep
''Run Silent, Run Deep'' is a novel by Commander (later Captain) Edward L. Beach Jr. published in 1955 by Henry Holt and Company, Henry Holt & Co. The story describes World War II submarine warfare in the Pacific Ocean, and deals with themes of ...
'' – Commander Edward L. Beach, USN
* '' Marjorie Morningstar'' – Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk ( ; May 27, 1915 – May 17, 2019) was an American author. He published fifteen novels, many of them historical fiction such as ''The Caine Mutiny'' (1951), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Pulitzer Prize in fiction.
...
* ''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 b ...
'' – Fred Bodsworth
Charles Frederick "Fred" Bodsworth (October 11, 1918 – September 15, 2012) was a Canadians, Canadian writer, journalist and amateur natural history, naturalist.
Born in Port Burwell, Ontario, Port Burwell, Ontario, Bodsworth worked as a journa ...
* ''First Train to Babylon'' – Max Ehrlich
Max Michaelis Ehrlich (7 December 1892 – 1 October 1944) was a German Jewish actor, screenwriter, and director on the German theater, comedy and cabaret scene of the 1930s.
Ehrlich began his career in the 1920s at various theatres, including ...
1956
Volume 24 – Winter * "The Secret of the Swamp" (''Andersonville'') –MacKinlay Kantor
MacKinlay Kantor (February 4, 1904 – October 11, 1977), born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor, was an American journalist, novelist and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the American Civil War, and was awarded the ...
* ''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 ...
* '' An Episode of Sparrows'' – Rumer Godden
Margaret Rumer Godden (10 December 1907 – 8 November 1998) was a British author of more than 60 fiction and non-fiction books. Nine of her works have been made into films, most notably ''Black Narcissus (novel), Black Narcissus'' in 194 ...
* ''Minding Our Own Business'' – Charlotte Paul
* ''The Long Ride Home'' – Bonner McMillion Bonner may refer to:
People
* Bonner (name)
Places
;United States
* Bonner Springs, Kansas
* Bonner County, Idaho
* Bonners Ferry, Idaho
* Bonner-West Riverside, Montana
* Bonner, Nebraska
;Australia
* Bonner, Australian Capital Territory, suburb ...
Volume 25 – Spring * ''Captain of the Queens'' – Captain Harry Grattidge with Richard Collier * ''Beloved'' –
Viña Delmar
Viña Delmar (born Alvina Louise Croter; January 29, 1903 – January 19, 1990) was an American short story writer, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who worked from the 1920s to the 1970s. She rose to fame in the late 1920s with the publi ...
* ''In My Father's House'' – Grace Nies Fletcher
Grace may refer to:
Places United States
* Grace, Idaho, a city
* Grace (CTA station), Chicago Transit Authority's Howard Line, Illinois
* Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Grace post office
* Grace, Carroll County, Missouri, an unincor ...
* '' The Last Hurrah'' – Edwin O'Connor
* ''Boon Island'' – Kenneth Roberts
Volume 26 – Summer
* ''Old Yeller
''Old Yeller'' is a 1956 children's novel written by Fred Gipson and illustrated by Carl Burger. It received a Newbery Honor in 1957. In 1957, Walt Disney released a film adaptation starring Tommy Kirk, Fess Parker, Dorothy McGuire, Kevi ...
'' – Fred Gipson
Frederick Benjamin Gipson (February 7, 1908 – August 14, 1973) was an American writer and screenwriter. He is best known for writing the 1956 novel '' Old Yeller'', which became a popular 1957 Walt Disney film. Gipson was born on a farm nea ...
* ''Harry Black'' – David Walker
* ''The Greer Case'' – David W. Peck
* '' A Thing of Beauty'' – A. J. Cronin
Archibald Joseph Cronin (Cronogue) (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is ''The Citadel (novel), The Citadel'' (1937), about a Scottish physician who serves in a Welsh coal mining, minin ...
* ''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 no ...
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 No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list, ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list.
Premise
The lead character of the book, Sister Luk ...
'' – Kathryn Hulme
Kathryn Cavarly Hulme (January 6, 1900 – August 25, 1981) was an American novelist and memoirist.
Writing
Hulme is known for her best-selling 1956 novel ''The Nun's Story'', which
was adapted into an Academy Awards, award-winning The Nun ...
* '' Merry Christmas, Mr. Baxter'' – Edward Streeter
Edward Streeter (August 1, 1891 – March 31, 1976), sometimes credited as E. Streeter, was an American novelist and journalist, best known for '' Father of the Bride'' and his ''Dere Mable'' series.
Biography
Streeter was born in Buffalo, ...
* ''The Success'' – Helen Howe
Helen Howe (January 11, 1905 – February 1, 1975) was an American novelist, biographer and monologist.
Early life and education
Helen Huntington Howe was born to Mark Antony DeWolfe Howe and Fanny Huntington (Quincy) Howe on January 11, 1905. ...
* ''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 contemp ...
1957
Volume 28 – Winter * '' Bon Voyage'' – Marrijane & Joseph Hayes * ''The Tribe That Lost Its Head'' –Nicholas Monsarrat
Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat FRSL RNVR ( 22 March 19108 August 1979) was a British novelist known for his sea stories, particularly '' The Cruel Sea'' (1951) and ''Three Corvettes'' (1942–1945), but perhaps known be ...
* ''The Philadelphian'' – Richard Powell
* ''A Family Party'' – John O'Hara
John Henry O'Hara (January 31, 1905 – April 11, 1970) was an American writer. He was one of America's most prolific writers of Short story, short stories, credited with helping to invent ''The New Yorker'' magazine short story style.John O'H ...
* ''Stopover: Tokyo'' – John P. Marquand
John Phillips Marquand (November 10, 1893 – July 16, 1960) was an American writer. Originally best known for his Mr. Moto spy stories, he achieved popular success and critical respect for his satirical novels, winning a Pulitzer Prize for '' T ...
Volume 29 – Spring * ''
The Scapegoat
A scapegoat is a goat used in a religious ritual or the victim of scapegoating, the singling out of a party for unmerited blame.
Scapegoat or The Scapegoat may also refer to:
Places
* Scapegoat Wilderness, a Wilderness Area in Montana
** Scapego ...
'' – 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 Gerald du Maurier, Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont. Her gra ...
* ''The Last Angry Man'' – Gerald Green
Gerald Green (born January 26, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted by the Boston Celtics with the 18th overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft. Known for his dunking skill, he has performed well in many slam du ...
* ''The Muses Are Heard
''The Muses Are Heard'' is an early journalistic work of Truman Capote. Originally published in ''The New Yorker'', it is a narrative account of the cultural mission by The Everyman's Opera to the U.S.S.R. in the mid-1950s.
Capote was sent to a ...
'' – 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 American DeLuxe Color war film in CinemaScope about a battle between an American destroyer escort and a German U-boat during World War II. It stars Robert Mitchum and Curt Jürgens as the American and German comm ...
'' – 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
''A Houseful of Love'' is a novel by Marjorie Housepian Dobkin, published in 1957 by Random House, that tells the story of an extended family of Armenian-Americans in 1929. It was a ''New York Times'' and ''New York Herald Tribune'' bestseller ...
'' – Marjorie Housepian
Marjorie Anaïs Housepian Dobkin () was an author and an English professor at Barnard College, Columbia University, New York City, New York. Her books include the novel ''A Houseful of Love'' (a '' New York Times'' and ''New York Herald Tribune'' ...
* ''The Three Faces of Eve
''The Three Faces of Eve'' is a 1957 American drama film presented in CinemaScope, based on the book of the same name about the life of Chris Costner Sizemore, which was written by psychiatrists Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckley, who a ...
'' – Dr. Corbett H. Thigpen, MD & Dr. Hervey M. Cleckley, MD
* '' Letter from Peking'' – Pearl S. Buck
* ''The FBI Story'' – Don Whitehead
Don Whitehead (April 8, 1908 in Inman, Virginia – January 12, 1981) was an American journalist. He was awarded the Medal of Freedom. He won the 1950 George Polk Award for wire service reporting.
He was awarded the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for ...
* "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.
Early life
In 1914, Jan de Hartog was born to a D ...
Volume 31 – Autumn * ''Lobo'' –
MacKinlay Kantor
MacKinlay Kantor (February 4, 1904 – October 11, 1977), born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor, was an American journalist, novelist and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the American Civil War, and was awarded the ...
* ''The Century of the Surgeon'' – Jürgen Thorwald
Jürgen Thorwald (born Heinz Bongartz, October 28, 1915 – April 4, 2006) was a German writer, journalist and historian known for his works describing the history of forensic medicine and of World War II.
Thorwald was a native of Solingen, Rhen ...
* '' By Love Possessed'' – James Gould Cozzens
James Gould Cozzens (August 19, 1903 – August 9, 1978) was a Pulitzer prize-winning American writer whose work enjoyed an unusual degree of popular success and critical acclaim for more than three decades. His 1949 Pulitzer win was for the WWII ...
* "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.
Early life
In 1914, Jan de Hartog was born to a D ...
* ''Warm Bodies'' – Donald R. Morris
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
Borden Deal ( – ) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Biography
Born Loysé Youth Deal in Pontotoc, Mississippi, Deal attended Macedonia Consolidated High School, after which he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and fought f ...
* ''The Twentieth Maine'' – John J. Pullen
* ''Life at Happy Knoll'' – John P. Marquand
John Phillips Marquand (November 10, 1893 – July 16, 1960) was an American writer. Originally best known for his Mr. Moto spy stories, he achieved popular success and critical respect for his satirical novels, winning a Pulitzer Prize for '' T ...
* ''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, David ...
* ''Sharks and Little Fish'' – Wolfgang Ott
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 her ...
'' – Anya Seton
Anya Seton (January 23, 1904 – November 8, 1990), born Ann Seton, was an American author of historical fiction, or as she preferred they be called, " biographical novels".
Early life and education
Anya Seton was born Ann Seton on January 23, ...
* ''The Counterfeit Traitor'' – Alexander Klein
* ''The Man Who Broke Things'' – John Brooks
* ''Murder on My Street'' – Edwin Lanham
Volume 34 – Summer
* ''Seidman and Son
''Seidman and Son'' is a 1958 novel by Elick Moll, adapted by Moll into a 1962 play.
The story centers on Morris Seidman, a Jewish garment manufacturer in New York City, and his relationships with his wife, son, and daughter.Graham, Kathleen ( ...
'' – Elick Moll
* '' The Northern Light'' – A. J. Cronin
Archibald Joseph Cronin (Cronogue) (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is ''The Citadel (novel), The Citadel'' (1937), about a Scottish physician who serves in a Welsh coal mining, minin ...
* ''Rough Road Home'' – Melissa Mather
* ''A Friend in Power'' – Carlos H. Baker
* ''Sun in the Hunter's Eyes'' – Mark Derby
Volume 35 – Autumn
* ''Preacher's Kids'' – Grace Nies Fletcher
Grace may refer to:
Places United States
* Grace, Idaho, a city
* Grace (CTA station), Chicago Transit Authority's Howard Line, Illinois
* Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Grace post office
* Grace, Carroll County, Missouri, an unincor ...
* ''The Steel Cocoon'' – Bentz Plagemann
* ''Women and Thomas Harrow'' – John P. Marquand
John Phillips Marquand (November 10, 1893 – July 16, 1960) was an American writer. Originally best known for his Mr. Moto spy stories, he achieved popular success and critical respect for his satirical novels, winning a Pulitzer Prize for '' T ...
* ''Green Mansions
''Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest'' is a 1904 exotic romance by William Henry Hudson about a traveller to the Guyana jungle of southeastern Venezuela and his encounter with a forest-dwelling girl named Rima.
The principal ...
'' – W. H. Hudson
* '' Tether's End'' – Margery Allingham
Margery Louise Allingham (20 May 1904 – 30 June 1966) was an English novelist from the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", and considered one of its four " Queens of Crime", alongside Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Ngaio Marsh.
All ...
1959
Volume 36 – Winter * ''The Admen'' –Shepherd Mead
Shepherd Mead, born Edward Mead (April 26, 1914 – August 15, 1994) was an American writer and is best known as the author of ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (book), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,'' which w ...
* '' 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 to protect his enginee ...
* ''Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
''Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris'' is a novel written by Paul Gallico and published in 1958. In the United Kingdom, it was published as ''Flowers for Mrs Harris''. It was the first in a series of four books about the adventures of a London charwoman.
...
'' – 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 pictures. ...
* ''The Ugly American
''The Ugly American'' is a 1958 political novel by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer that depicts the failures of the U.S. diplomatic corps in Southeast Asia.
The book caused a sensation in diplomatic circles and had major political impli ...
'' – William J. Lederer & Eugene Burdick
Eugene Leonard Burdick (December 12, 1918 – July 26, 1965) was an American political scientist, novelist, and non-fiction writer, co-author of '' The Ugly American'' (1958), ''Fail-Safe'' (1962), and author of '' The 480'' (1965).
Early life
H ...
* ''The White Room'' – Elizabeth Coatsworth
Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (May 31, 1893 – August 31, 1986) was an American writer of fiction and poetry for children and adults. She won the 1931 Newbery Medal from the American Library Association award recognizing ''The Cat Who Went to Hea ...
* ''Woman of Straw'' – Catherine Arley
Pierrette Henriette Denise Marthe Pernot (20 December 1922 – 25 July 2016), better known professionally as Catherine Arley, was a French novelist and actress.
Biography
After high school, Catherine Arley joined the National Conservatory of ...
Volume 37 – Spring * ''The Secret Project of Sigurd O'Leary'' – Martin Quigley * ''Dear and Glorious Physician'' –
Taylor Caldwell
Janet Miriam Caldwell (September 7, 1900August 30, 1985) was a British-born American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction under the pen names Taylor Caldwell, Marcus Holland and Max Reiner. She was also known by a variation of her mar ...
* ''Collision Course'' – Alvin Moscow
''Alvin'' (DSV-2) is a crewed deep-ocean research submersible owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) of Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The original vehicle was built by General Mills' Electro ...
* ''Jungle Girl'' – John Moore
* ''Epitaph for an Enemy'' – George Barr
Volume 38 – Summer
* '' The Lion'' – Joseph Kessel
Joseph Kessel (10 February 1898 – 23 July 1979), also known as "Jef", was a French journalist and novelist. He was a member of the Académie française and Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Biography
Kessel was born to a Jewish family in ...
* ''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 w ...
* ''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
* ''The Big X'' – Hank Searls
Henry Hunt Searls (August 10, 1922 – February 17, 2017) was an American author and screenwriter. His novels included ''The Crowded Sky'' (1960), which was adapted as the 1960 movie of the same name; ''The Pilgrim Project'' (1964), which was ad ...
Volume 39 – Autumn
* "West Wind to Hawaii" (''Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...
'') – 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, set in particular geographic locales ...
* ''Advise and Consent
''Advise and Consent'' is a 1959 political fiction novel by Allen Drury that explores the United States Senate confirmation of controversial Secretary of State nominee Robert Leffingwell, whose promotion is endangered due to growing evidence ...
'' – Allen Drury
Allen Stuart Drury (September 2, 1918 – September 2, 1998) was an American novelist. During World War II, he was a reporter in the Senate, closely observing Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, among others. He would convert the ...
* ''The Miracle of Merriford'' – Reginald Arkell
Reginald Arkell (14 October 1881 – 1 May 1959) was a British script writer and comic novelist who wrote many musical plays for the London theatre. The most popular of those was an adaptation of the spoof history book ''1066 and All That'': ''10 ...
* '' Act One: An Autobiography'' – Moss Hart
Moss Hart (October 24, 1904 – December 20, 1961) was an American playwright, librettist, and theater director.
Early years
Hart was born in New York City, the son of Lillian (Solomon) and Barnett Hart, a cigar maker. He had a younger brother ...
* ''Flight from Ashiya'' – Elliott Arnold
Elliott Arnold (September 13, 1912 – May 13, 1980) was an American newspaper feature writer, novelist, and screenwriter. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he became a feature writer with the ''New York World-Telegram'' and authored dozens of novels. ...
1960s
1960
Volume 40 – Winter * ''Jeremy Todd'' – Hamilton Maule * "From the Farm of Bitterness" (''Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...
'') – 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, set in particular geographic locales ...
* '' Pioneer, Go Home!'' – Richard Powell
* ''The City That Would Not Die'' – Richard Collier
Richard Bernard Collier (born October 23, 1981) is an American former professional 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 h ...
* '' King Solomon's Ring'' – Konrad Z. Lorenz
* ''The Triumph of Surgery'' – Jürgen Thorwald
Jürgen Thorwald (born Heinz Bongartz, October 28, 1915 – April 4, 2006) was a German writer, journalist and historian known for his works describing the history of forensic medicine and of World War II.
Thorwald was a native of Solingen, Rhen ...
Volume 41 – Spring * ''The Final Diagnosis'' –
Arthur Hailey
Arthur Frederick Hailey, AE (5 April 1920 – 24 November 2004) was a British/Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. His books, which include such best sellers as ''Hotel'' (1965), ...
* ''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 pictures. ...
* ''Strangers in the Forest'' – Carol Brink
* ''The Haunting of Hill House
''The Haunting of Hill House'' is a 1959 gothic horror novel by American author Shirley Jackson. It was a finalist for the National Book Award and has been made into two feature films ( ''The Haunting'', directed by Robert Wise, and its rema ...
'' – Shirley Jackson
Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Her writing career spanned over two decades, during which she composed six novels, two memoirs, and mor ...
* ''Wolfpack'' – William M. Hardy
Volume 42 – Summer
* ''The Lovely Ambition'' – Mary Ellen Chase
Mary Ellen Chase (24 February 1887 – 28 July 1973) was an American educator, teacher, scholar, and author. She is regarded as one of the most important regional New England literary figures of the early twentieth century.
Early life
Chase was ...
* ''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 ...
'' – 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 to protect his enginee ...
* ''The Leopard
''The Leopard'' ( ) is a novel by Italian writer Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, which chronicles the changes in Sicilian life and society during the ''Risorgimento''. Published posthumously in 1958 by Feltrinelli, after two rejections by the ...
'' – Giuseppe di Lampedusa
* ''Village of Stars'' – Paul Stanton
* ''To Kill a Mockingbird
''To Kill a Mockingbird'' is a 1960 Southern Gothic novel by American author Harper Lee. It became instantly successful after its release; in the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' ...
'' – Harper Lee
Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016) was an American novelist whose 1960 novel ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and became a classic of modern American literature. She assisted her close friend Truman ...
Volume 43 – Autumn
* ''Surface at the Pole'' – Commander James F. Calvert, USN
* '' The Devil's Advocate'' – Morris L. West
* ''Up from Slavery
''Up from Slavery'' is the 1901 autobiography of the American educator Booker T. Washington (1856–1915). The book describes his experience of working to rise up from being enslaved as a child during the Civil War, the obstacles he overcame to ...
'' – Booker T. Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the primary leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite#United S ...
* "Hook" ('' The Watchful Gods and Other Stories'') – Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Walter Van Tilburg Clark (August 3, 1909 – November 10, 1971) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and educator. He ranks as one of Nevada's most distinguished literary figures of the 20th century, and was the first inductee into ...
* ''Mistress of Mellyn'' – Victoria Holt
Eleanor Alice Hibbert (Maiden and married names, née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of Romance novel#Historical romance, historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in ...
* ''The Days Were Too Short'' – Marcel Pagnol
Marcel Paul Pagnol (, also ; ; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the . Pagnol is generally regarded as one of France's ...
1961
Volume 44 – Winter * '' The Light in the Piazza'' – Elizabeth Spencer * ''Half Angel'' –Barbara Jefferis
Barbara Jefferis AM (25 March 1917 – 3 January 2004) was an Australian author.
Early life, and character formation
Barbara Jefferis was the daughter of (Arthur) Tarlton Jefferis (1884–1965) and Lucy Barbara Ingoldsby Jefferis, ''née'' Smyt ...
* ''A Sense of Values'' – Sloan Wilson
Sloan Wilson (May 8, 1920 – May 25, 2003) was an American writer.
Reporter
Sloan was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, the grandson of U.S. Navy officer and Arctic explorer John Wilson Danenhower. Wilson graduated from Harvard University in 1942. ...
* "Warpath" (''Northwest Passage
The Northwest Passage (NWP) is the sea lane between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean, near the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Arctic Archipelago of Canada. The eastern route along the Arctic ...
'') – Kenneth Roberts
* ''Marnie Marnie may refer to:
People
* Marni, a given name, including a list of people named Marni and Marnie
* Helen Marnie (born 1978), Scottish singer-songwriter known mononymously as Marnie
Arts and entertainment
* ''Marnie'' (novel), a 1961 novel by ...
'' – 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 contemp ...
Volume 45 – Spring * ''
Fate Is the Hunter
''Fate Is the Hunter'' is a 1961 memoir by aviation writer Ernest K. Gann. It describes his years working as a pilot from the 1930s to 1950s, starting at American Airlines in Douglas DC-2s and DC-3s when civilian air transport was in its inf ...
'' – Ernest K. Gann
Ernest Kellogg Gann (October 13, 1910 – December 19, 1991) was an American aviator, author, sailor, and conservation movement, conservationist. He is best known for his novels and memoirs about early aviation and nautical adventures. Some of his ...
* ''Peaceable Lane'' – Keith Wheeler
* ''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 a ...
* ''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 W ...
* ''The 'Mozart' Leaves at Nine'' – Harris Greene
Volume 46 – Summer
* ''The Winter of Our Discontent
''The Winter of Our Discontent'' is John Steinbeck's last novel, published in 1961. The title comes from the first two lines of William Shakespeare's ''Richard III: "Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun r son ...
'' – John Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck ( ; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social percep ...
* '' The Agony and the Ecstasy'' – Irving Stone
Irving Stone (born Tennenbaum; July 14, 1903 – August 26, 1989) was an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels of noted artists, politicians, and intellectuals. Among the best known are '' Lust for Life'' (1934), about the ...
* '' The Making of the President, 1960'' – Theodore H. White
* "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
''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' is a novella about the life of a school teacher, Mr. Chipping, written by English writer James Hilton (novelist), James Hilton and first published by Hodder & Stoughton in October 1934. It has been adapted into two featu ...
'' – James Hilton
Volume 47 – Autumn * '' Ring of Bright Water'' –
Gavin Maxwell
Gavin Maxwell FRSL FZS FRGS (15 July 19147 September 1969) was a Scottish naturalist and author, best known for his non-fiction writing and his work with otters. He became most famous for '' Ring of Bright Water'' (1960) and its sequels, which ...
* '' The Judas Tree'' – A. J. Cronin
Archibald Joseph Cronin (Cronogue) (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is ''The Citadel (novel), The Citadel'' (1937), about a Scottish physician who serves in a Welsh coal mining, minin ...
* '' The Edge of Sadness'' – Edwin O'Connor
* ''A Fall of Moondust
''A Fall of Moondust'' is a hard science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1961. It was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel, and was the first science fiction novel selected to become a ''Reader's D ...
'' – 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.
Clarke co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film '' 2001: A ...
* ''A Christmas Carol
''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', commonly known as ''A Christmas Carol'', is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. It recounts the ...
'' – Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and Social criticism, social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by ...
* ''Summer of Pride'' – Elizabeth Savage
1962
Volume 48 – Winter * ''Spencer's Mountain
''Spencer's Mountain'' is a 1963 American family drama film written, directed and produced by Delmer Daves, from the 1961 novel of the same name by Earl Hamner Jr., and starring Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara. The supporting cast features earl ...
'' – Earl Hamner Jr.
* ''A Prologue to Love'' – Taylor Caldwell
Janet Miriam Caldwell (September 7, 1900August 30, 1985) was a British-born American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction under the pen names Taylor Caldwell, Marcus Holland and Max Reiner. She was also known by a variation of her mar ...
* ''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 known for his 1955 account of the sinking of the ''Titanic'', '' A Night to Remember''.
Biography Early life
Lord was bo ...
* ''Give It Back to the Lemongrowers!'' – Willard Temple
* ''Kirkland Revels'' – Victoria Holt
Eleanor Alice Hibbert (Maiden and married names, née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of Romance novel#Historical romance, historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in ...
Volume 49 – Spring * ''Captain Newman, MD'' –
Leo Rosten
Leo Calvin Rosten (Yiddish: ; April 11, 1908 – February 19, 1997) was an American writer and humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism, and Yiddish lexicography.
Early life
Rosten was born into a Yiddish-speaking famil ...
* ''Devil Water'' – Anya Seton
Anya Seton (January 23, 1904 – November 8, 1990), born Ann Seton, was an American author of historical fiction, or as she preferred they be called, " biographical novels".
Early life and education
Anya Seton was born Ann Seton on January 23, ...
* ''The Story of San Michele
''The Story of San Michele'' is a book of memoirs by Swedish physician Axel Munthe (October 31, 1857 – February 11, 1949) first published in 1929 by British publisher John Murray. Written in English, it was a bestseller in numerous language ...
'' – Axel Munthe
Axel Martin Fredrik Munthe (31 October 1857 – 11 February 1949) was a Swedish-born physician and psychiatrist, best known as the author of '' The Story of San Michele'', an autobiographical account of his life and work. He spoke several langua ...
* ''Nine Hours to Rama'' – Stanley Wolpert
Stanley Albert Wolpert (December 23, 1927 – February 19, 2019) was an American historian, Indologist, and author on the political and intellectual history of modern India and PakistanDr. Stanley Wolpert's UCLA Faculty homepage and wrote fict ...
* ''Watchers at the Pond'' – Franklin Russell
Volume 50 – Summer
* ''The Tuntsa'' – Teppo Turen 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
Herman Wouk ( ; May 27, 1915 – May 17, 2019) was an American author. He published fifteen novels, many of them historical fiction such as ''The Caine Mutiny'' (1951), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Pulitzer Prize in fiction.
...
* "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.
Biography
De Vries was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1910. He was educated in Dutch Christian Reformed Church schools, gr ...
* ''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 in 1955. For 56 years, the ''Ask Ann Landers'' syndicated advice column was a regular featur ...
* ''Star-Raker'' – Donald Gordon
Volume 51 – Autumn * '' Dearly Beloved'' –
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh (June 22, 1906 – February 7, 2001) was an American writer and aviator. She was the wife of decorated pioneer aviator Charles Lindbergh, with whom she made many exploratory flights.
Raised in Englewood, New Jerse ...
* "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. The ...
'' – Fletcher Knebel
Fletcher Knebel (October 1, 1911 – February 26, 1993) was an American author of several popular works of political fiction.
Knebel was born in Dayton, Ohio, but relocated a number of times during his youth. He graduated from high school in Yo ...
& Charles W. Bailey II
* "The Wonderful World of School" (''The World Is Young'') – Wayne Miller
* '' Microbe Hunters'' – Paul de Kruif
Paul Henry de Kruif (, rhyming with "life") (March 2, 1890 – February 28, 1971) was an American microbiologist and writer. Publishing as Paul de Kruif, he is known for his 1926 book, ''Microbe Hunters''. This book was not only a bestseller for a ...
* ''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 ...
'' – Alistair MacLean
Alistair Stuart MacLean (; 21 April 1922 – 2 February 1987) was a Scottish novelist who wrote popular thrillers and adventure stories. Many of his novels have been adapted to film, most notably '' The Guns of Navarone'' (1957) and '' Ice Sta ...
1963
Volume 52 – Winter * ''Second Growth'' –Ruth Moore
Ruth Moore (1903–1989) was an important Maine writer of the twentieth century. She is best known for her honest portrayals of Maine people and evocative descriptions of the state. Now primarily thought of as a regional writer, Moore was a sign ...
* ''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'') is a 1963 American drama film directed, produced and written by Elia Kazan. It was inspired by the struggle of his uncle, Avraam Elia Kazantzoglou, to work his way to America, a land o ...
'' – Elia Kazan
Elias Kazantzoglou (, ; September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003), known as Elia Kazan ( ), was a Greek-American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by ''The New York Times'' as "one of the most honored and inf ...
* "Hell Creek Crossing" (''The Reivers
''The Reivers: A Reminiscence'', published in 1962, is the last novel by the American author William Faulkner. It was published a month before his death. The bestselling novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1963. Faulkner previou ...
'') – William Faulkner
William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer. He is best known for William Faulkner bibliography, his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in fo ...
* ''Two Hours to Darkness'' – Antony Trew
Volume 53 – Spring * ''A River Ran Out of Eden'' – James Vance Marshall * ''Escape from Red China'' – Robert Loh with Humphrey Evans * ''The Surgeon'' – W. C. Heinz * ''Smith and Jones'' –
Nicholas Monsarrat
Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat FRSL RNVR ( 22 March 19108 August 1979) was a British novelist known for his sea stories, particularly '' The Cruel Sea'' (1951) and ''Three Corvettes'' (1942–1945), but perhaps known be ...
* ''To Sir, With Love
''To Sir, with Love'' is a 1967 British drama film that deals with social and racial issues in a secondary school in the East End of London. It stars Sidney Poitier and features Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall, Patricia Routle ...
'' – 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.
Early life
In 1914, Jan de Hartog was born to a D ...
* ''The Shoes of the Fisherman The Shoes of the Fisherman may refer to:
* ''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' (novel), a 1963 novel by the writer Morris West
* ''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' (film), a 1968 film based on the novel
{{disambiguation ...
'' – Morris L. West
* ''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-Sm ...
* ''The Wild Grapes'' – Barbara Jefferis
Barbara Jefferis AM (25 March 1917 – 3 January 2004) was an Australian author.
Early life, and character formation
Barbara Jefferis was the daughter of (Arthur) Tarlton Jefferis (1884–1965) and Lucy Barbara Ingoldsby Jefferis, ''née'' Smyt ...
Volume 55 – Autumn * ''The Tilsit Inheritance'' –
Catherine Gaskin
Catherine Gaskin (2 April 1929 – 6 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, set ...
* ''Stranger to the Ground'' – Richard Bach
Richard David Bach (born June 23, 1936) is an American writer. He has written numerous flight-related works of fiction and non-fiction. His works include '' Jonathan Livingston Seagull'' (1970) and '' Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Mes ...
* ''Of Good and Evil'' – Ernest K. Gann
Ernest Kellogg Gann (October 13, 1910 – December 19, 1991) was an American aviator, author, sailor, and conservation movement, conservationist. He is best known for his novels and memoirs about early aviation and nautical adventures. Some of his ...
* ''When the Legends Die
''When The Legends Die'' is a 1963 American novel written by Hal Borland and a 1972 American Western film released in DeLuxe Color by Twentieth Century-Fox.
Novel
The novel, about the life of a Ute Indian young man, was written in 1963 by ...
'' – Hal Borland
Harold "Hal" Glen Borland (May 14, 1900 – February 22, 1978) was an American writer, journalist and naturalist. In addition to writing many non-fiction and fiction books about the outdoors, he was a staff writer and editorialist for ''The New Yo ...
* ''The Battle of the Villa Fiorita'' – Rumer Godden
Margaret Rumer Godden (10 December 1907 – 8 November 1998) was a British author of more than 60 fiction and non-fiction books. Nine of her works have been made into films, most notably ''Black Narcissus (novel), Black Narcissus'' in 194 ...
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 eclampsi ...
* ''The Cincinnati Kid
''The Cincinnati Kid'' is a 1965 American drama film directed by Norman Jewison. It tells the story of Eric "The Kid" Stoner, a young Depression-era poker player, as he seeks to establish his reputation as the best. This quest leads him to chal ...
'' – 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
Jessup spent his early years in and out of a loca ...
Volume 57 – Spring * ''Too Young to Be a Grandfather'' – Willard Temple * ''When the Cheering Stopped'' – Gene Smith * '' I Was Dancing'' – Edwin O'Connor * ''Alone'' – Rear Admiral
Richard E. Byrd
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer, and pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader cr ...
* ''The Hand of Mary Constable'' – Paul Gallico
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* ''Nerve
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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, winn ...
Volume 58 – Summer
* ''Father to the Man'' – Bentz Plagemann
* ''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'' is a 1963 Cold War spy fiction, spy novel by the British author John le Carré. It depicts Alec Leamas, a United Kingdom, British intelligence officer, being sent to East Germany as a faux Defection, defect ...
'' – John le Carré
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* "Gold Fever" (''When the Lion Feeds'') – Wilbur A. Smith
* ''The Vine and the Olive'' – Margaret Culkin Banning
* '' The Flight of the Phoenix'' – Elleston Trevor
Elleston Trevor (17 February 1920 – 21 July 1995) was a British novelist and playwright who wrote under several pseudonyms. Born Trevor Dudley-Smith, he eventually changed his name to Elleston Trevor. Trevor worked in many genres, but is princ ...
Volume 59 – Autumn * '' A Song of Sixpence'' –
A.J. Cronin
Archibald Joseph Cronin (Cronogue) (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is '' The Citadel'' (1937), about a Scottish physician who serves in a Welsh mining village before achieving succes ...
* ''Strangers on a Bridge: The Case of Colonel Abel, Soviet Master Spy'' – James B. Donovan
James Britt Donovan (February 29, 1916 – January 19, 1970) was an American lawyer and United States Navy officer in the Office of Scientific Research and Development and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS, predecessor of the Central Intell ...
* ''Three Blind Mice
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'' – Agatha Christie
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* ''Episode'' – Eric Hodgins
Eric Francis Hodgins (March 2, 1899 – January 7, 1971) was the American author of the popular novel '' Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House'', illustrated by William Steig.
Biography
Hodgins was born in Detroit, Michigan to the Episcop ...
* ''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 kill ...
1965
Volume 60 – Winter * ''The Sea Flower'' –Ruth Moore
Ruth Moore (1903–1989) was an important Maine writer of the twentieth century. She is best known for her honest portrayals of Maine people and evocative descriptions of the state. Now primarily thought of as a regional writer, Moore was a sign ...
* ''The Man
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'' – Irving Wallace
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Early life
Wallace was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Bessie Liss a ...
* ''A Ship Called Hope'' – William B. Walsh, MD
* ''The Third Day'' – Joseph Hayes
* ''The Land Breakers'' – John Ehle
John Marsden Ehle Jr. (December 13, 1925 – March 24, 2018) was an American novelist known best for his fiction set in the Appalachian Mountains of the American South. He has been described as "the father of Appalachian literature".
Life and ...
Volume 61 – Spring * ''A Journey to Boston'' –
Mary Ellen Chase
Mary Ellen Chase (24 February 1887 – 28 July 1973) was an American educator, teacher, scholar, and author. She is regarded as one of the most important regional New England literary figures of the early twentieth century.
Early life
Chase was ...
* "Hotel St. Gregory" (''Hotel
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'') – Arthur Hailey
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* ''A Pillar of Iron'' – Taylor Caldwell
Janet Miriam Caldwell (September 7, 1900August 30, 1985) was a British-born American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction under the pen names Taylor Caldwell, Marcus Holland and Max Reiner. She was also known by a variation of her mar ...
* ''Eighth Moon'' – Sansan with Bette Lord
* ''The Ashes of Loda'' – Andrew Garve
Volume 62 – Summer
* ''May You Die in Ireland'' – Michael Kenyon
* ''Intern'' – Dr. X
* ''The Source The Source may refer to:
Film and television
* ''The Source'' (1918 film), 1918 American drama directed by George Melford
* ''The Source'' (1999 film), a 1999 documentary film about the Beat generation
* ''The Source'' (2002 film), a 2002 scienc ...
'' – 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, set in particular geographic locales ...
* '' Night of Camp David'' – Fletcher Knebel
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Knebel was born in Dayton, Ohio, but relocated a number of times during his youth. He graduated from high school in Yo ...
* ''A House of Many Rooms'' – Rodello Hunter
Volume 63 – Autumn * '' Airs Above the Ground'' – Mary Stewart * ''
Up the Down Staircase
''Up the Down Staircase'' is a novel written by Bel Kaufman, published on January 27, 1965, which spent 64 weeks on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. In 1967 it was released as a film starring Sandy Dennis, Patrick Bedford, Ruth Whi ...
'' – 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
Irving Stone (born Tennenbaum; July 14, 1903 – August 26, 1989) was an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels of noted artists, politicians, and intellectuals. Among the best known are '' Lust for Life'' (1934), about the ...
* ''The Kon-Tiki Expedition
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The P ...
'' – Thor Heyerdahl
Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and Ethnography, ethnographer with a background in biology with specialization in zoology, botany and geography.
Heyerdahl is notable for his Kon-Tiki expediti ...
* ''How Far to Bethlehem?'' – Norah Lofts
Norah Ethel Lofts (née Robinson; 27 August 190410 September 1983) was a 20th-century British writer. She also wrote under the pen names Peter Curtis and Juliet Astley. She wrote more than fifty books specialising in historical fiction, but she ...
1966
Volume 64 – Winter * ''Outpost of Freedom'' – Captain Roger H. C. Donlon with Warren Rogers * ''The Double Image'' –Helen MacInnes
Helen Clark MacInnes (October 7, 1907 – September 30, 1985) was a Scottish-American writer of espionage novels.
Life
She and her husband emigrated to the United States in 1937, when he took an academic position at Columbia University in New Yor ...
* ''The Yearling
''The Yearling'' is a novel by American writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, published in March 1938. It was the main selection of the Book of the Month Club in April 1938. It won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel.
It was the best-selling ...
'' – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (August 8, 1896 – December 14, 1953)
ac ...
* ''The Century of the Detective'' – ac ...
Jürgen Thorwald
Jürgen Thorwald (born Heinz Bongartz, October 28, 1915 – April 4, 2006) was a German writer, journalist and historian known for his works describing the history of forensic medicine and of World War II.
Thorwald was a native of Solingen, Rhen ...
* "The Way of the Eagle" (''The Last Eagle'') – Daniel P. Mannix
* ''So This Is What Happened to Charlie Moe'' – Douglass Wallop
John Douglass Wallop III (March 8, 1920 – April 1, 1985) was an American novelist and playwright.
Early life
John Douglass Wallop III was born on March 8, 1920, in Washington, D.C., to Marjorie (née Ellis) and John Douglass Wallop Jr. His ...
Volume 65 – Spring * ''Hall of Mirrors'' – John Rowan Wilson * ''
Avalon
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'' – Anya Seton
Anya Seton (January 23, 1904 – November 8, 1990), born Ann Seton, was an American author of historical fiction, or as she preferred they be called, " biographical novels".
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Anya Seton was born Ann Seton on January 23, ...
* ''Children of Hope'' – Elsie E. Vignec
* '' Congo Kitabu'' – Jean-Pierre Hallet 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
In the United States:
* Weldon, Arkansas
* Weldon, California
* Weldon, Illinois
* Weldon, Iowa
* Weldon, North Carolina
* Weldon Township, ...
* ''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
William Clark Brinkley (September 10, 1917 – November 22, 1993) was an American writer and journalist, best known for his novels '' Don't Go Near the Water'' (1956), which Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adapted to an eponymous 1957 film, and '' The La ...
* ''Menfreya in the Morning'' – Victoria Holt
Eleanor Alice Hibbert (Maiden and married names, née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of Romance novel#Historical romance, historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in ...
Volume 67 – Autumn * ''Don Quixote, U.S.A.'' – Richard Powell * ''All in the Family'' – Edwin O'Connor * ''Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry'' –
Harry Kemelman
Harry Kemelman (November 24, 1908 – December 15, 1996) was an American mystery writer and a professor of English studies, English. He was the creator of the fictitious religious sleuth Rabbi David Small.
Early life
Harry Kemelman was born ...
* ''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 * '' The Captain'' –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.
Early life
In 1914, Jan de Hartog was born to a D ...
* ''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 author. He is considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction. He is a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the category General Nonfiction, and he won that award on the fourt ...
* ''I Start Counting
''I Start Counting'' is a 1970 British coming-of-age drama thriller film directed by David Greene and starring Jenny Agutter and Bryan Marshall. It was written by Richard Harris. The film's plot follows a teenage girl who comes to suspect that ...
'' – Audrey Erskine Lindop
Audrey Erskine Lindop (26 December 1920, London – 7 November 1986, Isle of Wight) was an English writer of various forms of fiction, including crime, mainstream and historical. She was active from 1948 to 1970. She was married to the writer ...
Volume 69 – Spring * ''My Boy John That Went to Sea'' – James Vance Marshall * ''One Summer in Between'' – Melissa Mather * ''The Broken Seal'' –
Ladislas Farago
Ladislas Faragó (21 September 1906 – 15 October 1980) was a military historian, journalist, and author best known for his best-selling books on history and espionage, particularly focusing on World War II. Born in Hungary, he later worked exten ...
* ''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 edu ...
'' – Virginia Axline
* ''The Road'' – John Ehle
John Marsden Ehle Jr. (December 13, 1925 – March 24, 2018) was an American novelist known best for his fiction set in the Appalachian Mountains of the American South. He has been described as "the father of Appalachian literature".
Life and ...
* ''Sally'' – E. V. Cunningham
Volume 70 – Summer
* ''The Princess'' – Gunnar Mattsson
Kaj Gunnar Wolter Mattsson (5 May 1937 – 9 August 1989) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer and journalist.Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionar ...
* ''The Least One'' – Borden Deal
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Biography
Born Loysé Youth Deal in Pontotoc, Mississippi, Deal attended Macedonia Consolidated High School, after which he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and fought f ...
* ''Currahee!'' – Donald R. Burgett
* ''The Walking Stick'' – Winston Graham
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Volume 71 – Autumn * '' Christy'' –
Catherine Marshall
Catherine Sarah Wood Marshall LeSourd (September 27, 1914 – March 18, 1983) was an American author of nonfiction, inspirational, and fiction works. She was the wife of well-known minister Peter Marshall.
Biography
Marshall was born in Johnso ...
* '' Life with Father'' – Clarence Day
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Early life and family background
Day was born in New York City to Lavinia (née Sto ...
* ''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. It tells the story of the unlikely friendship between a r ...
'' – Daniel P. Mannix
* ''Nicholas and Alexandra
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'' – Robert K. Massie
Robert Kinloch Massie III (January 5, 1929 – December 2, 2019) was an American journalist and historian. He devoted much of his career to studying and writing about the House of Romanov, Russia's imperial family from 1613 to 1917. Massie was ...
* ''The Gabriel Hounds'' – Mary Stewart
1968
Volume 72 – Winter * ''Edge of Glass'' –Catherine Gaskin
Catherine Gaskin (2 April 1929 – 6 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, set ...
* ''Great Elephant'' – Alan Scholefield
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He lived in Hampshire and was married to Australian novelist Anthea Goddard. They had three daughters.
Biography
Born ...
* ''Color from a Light Within'' – Donald Braider
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* ''The Kitchen Madonna'' – Rumer Godden
Margaret Rumer Godden (10 December 1907 – 8 November 1998) was a British author of more than 60 fiction and non-fiction books. Nine of her works have been made into films, most notably ''Black Narcissus (novel), Black Narcissus'' in 194 ...
* ''Vanished'' – Fletcher Knebel
Fletcher Knebel (October 1, 1911 – February 26, 1993) was an American author of several popular works of political fiction.
Knebel was born in Dayton, Ohio, but relocated a number of times during his youth. He graduated from high school in Yo ...
Volume 73 – Spring * ''The New Year'' – Pearl S. Buck * ''The Tower of Babel'' – Morris L. West * ''
Airport
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'' – Arthur Hailey
Arthur Frederick Hailey, AE (5 April 1920 – 24 November 2004) was a British/Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. His books, which include such best sellers as ''Hotel'' (1965), ...
* ''To the Top of the World'' – Charles Kuralt
Charles Bishop Kuralt (September 10, 1934 – July 4, 1997) was an American television, newspaper and radio journalist and author. He is most widely known for his long career with CBS, first for his "On the Road" segments on '' The CBS Evening ...
* ''The Bait'' – Dorothy Uhnak
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Uhnak was born in New York City. She attended City College of New York and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Uhnak worked for 14 years as a detec ...
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 doct ...
* ''The Queen's Confession'' – Victoria Holt
Eleanor Alice Hibbert (Maiden and married names, née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of Romance novel#Historical romance, historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in ...
* ''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 m ...
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 Universi ...
* ''Gone: A Trio of Short Stories'' – Rumer Godden
Margaret Rumer Godden (10 December 1907 – 8 November 1998) was a British author of more than 60 fiction and non-fiction books. Nine of her works have been made into films, most notably ''Black Narcissus (novel), Black Narcissus'' in 194 ...
* ''Sarang'' – Roger A. Caras
Roger Andrew Caras (May 24, 1928 – February 18, 2001) was an American naturalist, animal welfare activist, wildlife photographer and writer.
Known as the host of the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Caras was the author of more than 7 ...
1969
Volume 76 – Winter * ''Miss One Thousand Spring Blossoms'' – John Ball * ''The Hurricane Years'' –Cameron Hawley
Elmer 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 numero ...
* ''The Wine and the Music'' – William E. Barrett
* ''On Reflection'' – Helen Hayes
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with Sandford Dody
* ''The Black Ship'' – Paul & Sheila Mandel
Volume 77 – Spring
* ''The Two of Us
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns 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 English. ''The' ...
'' – Claude Berri
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Early life
Born Claude Beri Langmann in Paris, Berri was the son of Jewish immigrant parents. His mother, Beila (née Bercu), ...
* ''Bichu the Jaguar'' – Alan Caillou
Alan Samuel Lyle-Smythe MBE, M.C. (9 November 1914 – 1 October 2006), who wrote under the name Alan Caillou, was an English-born author, actor, screenwriter, soldier, policeman and professional hunter.
Biography
Alan Lyle-Smythe was born in ...
* ''The Minister'' – Charles Mercer
* ''Mayo: The Story of My Family and My Career'' – Dr. Charles W. Mayo
* ''Torregreca'' – Ann Cornelisen
* '' April Morning'' – Howard Fast
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Biography Early life
Fast was born in New York City. His mother, ...
Volume 78 – Summer
* ''A Place in the Woods'' – Helen Hoover
* ''The Death Committee'' – Noah Gordon
* ''The Man from Monticello: An Intimate Life of Thomas Jefferson'' – Thomas Fleming
* ''The Three Daughters of Madame Liang'' – Pearl S. Buck
* ''Snatch'' – Rennie Airth
Rennie Airth (born 1935) is a South African novelist who currently resides in Italy. Airth has also worked as foreign correspondent for the Reuters news service.
Novels
His works include ''Snatch!'' (1969), ''Once A Spy'' (1981), and a series o ...
Volume 79 – Autumn * ''The King's Pleasure'' –
Norah Lofts
Norah Ethel Lofts (née Robinson; 27 August 190410 September 1983) was a 20th-century British writer. She also wrote under the pen names Peter Curtis and Juliet Astley. She wrote more than fifty books specialising in historical fiction, but she ...
* ''The Day the World Ended'' – Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan-Witts
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Biography
Morgan-Witts was a Director/Producer at Granada TV which he joined on 9 January 1956. He directed television shows for Granada, ...
* ''My Life with Martin Luther King Jr.
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'' – Coretta Scott King
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* ''In This House of Brede'' – Rumer Godden
Margaret Rumer Godden (10 December 1907 – 8 November 1998) was a British author of more than 60 fiction and non-fiction books. Nine of her works have been made into films, most notably ''Black Narcissus (novel), Black Narcissus'' in 194 ...
* ''The Black Camels'' – Ronald Johnston
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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 Martin
Paul Edgar Philippe Martin (born August 28, 1938), also known as Paul Martin Jr., is a Canadian lawyer and retired politician who served as the 21st prime minister of Canada and the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 2003 to 2006.
Th ...
* ''The Witness'' – Dorothy Uhnak
Dorothy Uhnak (April 24, 1930 – July 8, 2006; née Goldstein) was an American novelist.
Uhnak was born in New York City. She attended City College of New York and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Uhnak worked for 14 years as a detec ...
Volume 81 – Spring
* ''Kim: A Gift from Vietnam'' – Frank W. Chinnock
* '' Bless the Beasts & Children'' – Glendon Swarthout
Glendon Fred Swarthout (April 8, 1918 – September 23, 1992) was an American writer and novelist.
Several of his novels were made into films. ''Where the Boys Are'', and ''The Shootist'', which was John Wayne's last work, are probably the bes ...
* ''Great Lion of God'' – Taylor Caldwell
Janet Miriam Caldwell (September 7, 1900August 30, 1985) was a British-born American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction under the pen names Taylor Caldwell, Marcus Holland and Max Reiner. She was also known by a variation of her mar ...
* ''I Chose Prison'' – James V. Bennett
* ''Fiona'' – Catherine Gaskin
Catherine Gaskin (2 April 1929 – 6 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, set ...
Volume 82 – Summer
* ''Operation Sippacik'' – Rumer Godden
Margaret Rumer Godden (10 December 1907 – 8 November 1998) was a British author of more than 60 fiction and non-fiction books. Nine of her works have been made into films, most notably ''Black Narcissus (novel), Black Narcissus'' in 194 ...
* ''The Secret Woman'' – Victoria Holt
Eleanor Alice Hibbert (Maiden and married names, née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of Romance novel#Historical romance, historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in ...
* ''Christiaan Barnard – One Life'' – Christiaan Barnard
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& Curtis Bill Pepper
* '' The Song of Bernadette'' – Franz Werfel
Franz Viktor Werfel (; 10 September 1890 – 26 August 1945) was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned World War I, the Interwar period, and World War II. He is primarily known as the author of '' The Forty ...
* ''The Shattered Dream'' – Gene Smith
Volume 83 – Autumn * ''Lone Woman'' –
Dorothy Clarke Wilson
Dorothy Clarke Wilson (May 9, 1904 – March 26, 2003) was an American writer, perhaps best known for her novel ''Prince of Egypt'' (1949), which was a primary source for the Cecil B. DeMille film, '' The Ten Commandments'' (1956).
Early life
...
* ''The Homecoming
''The Homecoming'' is a two-act play written in 1964 and published in 1965 by Harold Pinter. Its premières in London (1965) and New York (1967) were both directed by Sir Peter Hall. The original Broadway production won the 1967 Tony Award ...
'' – Earl Hamner Jr.
* '' Papillon'' – Henri Charrière
Henri Charrière (; 16 November 1906 – 29 July 1973) was a French writer, convicted of murder in 1931 by the French courts and pardoned in 1970. He wrote the 1969 novel '' Papillon'', a memoir of his incarceration in and escape from a p ...
* ''Whitewater'' – Paul Horgan
Paul George Vincent O'Shaughnessy Horgan (August 1, 1903 – March 8, 1995) was an American writer of historical fiction and non-fiction who mainly wrote about the Southwestern United States. He was the recipient of two Pulitzer Prizes for Histor ...
* '' The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax'' – Dorothy Gilman
Dorothy Edith Gilman (June 25, 1923 – February 2, 2012) was an American writer. She is best known for the Mrs. Pollifax series. Begun in a time when women in mystery meant Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and international espionage meant young ...
1971
Volume 84 – Winter * ''The Crossing'' –Howard Fast
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, ...
* ''Kinds of Love'' – May Sarton
May Sarton was the pen name of Eleanore Marie Sarton (May 3, 1912 – July 16, 1995), a Belgian-American novelist, poet, and memoirist. Although her best work is strongly personalised with erotic female imagery, she resisted the label of ‘lesbi ...
* ''The Antagonists'' – Ernest K. Gann
Ernest Kellogg Gann (October 13, 1910 – December 19, 1991) was an American aviator, author, sailor, and conservation movement, conservationist. He is best known for his novels and memoirs about early aviation and nautical adventures. Some of his ...
* ''Love Story
Love Story or A Love Story may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Genres
* Romance (love)
** Romance film
** Romance novel
Films
* ''Love Story'' (1925 film), German silent film
* ''Love Story'' (1942 film), Italian drama film
* ''Love ...
'' – Erich Segal
Erich Wolf Segal (June 16, 1937January 17, 2010) was an American author, screenwriter, educator, and classicist who wrote the bestselling novel '' Love Story'' (1970) and its film adaptation.
Early life and education
Born and raised in a Jew ...
* ''Another Part of the House'' – Winston M. Estes
Volume 85 – Spring * ''Halic: The Story of a Gray Seal'' – Ewan Clarkson * '' Time and Again'' –
Jack Finney
Walter Braden "Jack" Finney (born John Finney; October 2, 1911 – November 14, 1995) was an American writer. His best-known works are science fiction and thrillers, including '' The Body Snatchers'' and '' Time and Again''. The former was the b ...
* ''Six-Horse Hitch'' – Janice Holt Giles
Janice Holt Giles (March 28, 1905 – June 1, 1979) was an American writer who lived near Knifley in Adair County, Kentucky.
Personal life
She was born Janice Meredith Holt on March 28, 1905, in Altus, Arkansas to John Albert Holt and Lucy El ...
* ''Bomber
A bomber is a military combat aircraft that utilizes
air-to-ground weaponry to drop bombs, launch aerial torpedo, torpedoes, or deploy air-launched cruise missiles.
There are two major classifications of bomber: strategic and tactical. Strateg ...
'' – Len Deighton
Leonard Cyril Deighton ( ; born 18 February 1929) is a British author. His publications have included cookery books and works on history, but he is best known for his spy novels.
After completing his national service in the Royal Air Force, D ...
* ''A Woman in the House'' – Wm. E. Barrett
Volume 86 – Summer
* ''The White Dawn'' – James Houston
* ''Risk'' – Rachel MacKenzie
* ''Lifeboat Number Two'' – Margaret Culkin Banning
* ''Because I Loved Him: The Life and Loves of Lillie Langtry
Emilie Charlotte, Lady de Bathe (née Le Breton, formerly Langtry; 13 October 1853 – 12 February 1929), known as Lillie (or Lily) Langtry and nicknamed "The Jersey Lily", was a British socialite, stage actress and producer.
Born on the isla ...
'' – 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 &
Max Morgan-Witts
Max Morgan-Witts (born 27 September 1931) is a British producer, director and author of Canadian origin.
Biography
Morgan-Witts was a Director/Producer at Granada TV which he joined on 9 January 1956. He directed television shows for Granada, ...
* ''Wheels
A wheel is a rotating component (typically circular in shape) that is intended to turn on an axle bearing. The wheel is one of the key components of the wheel and axle which is one of the six simple machines. Wheels, in conjunction with axl ...
'' – Arthur Hailey
Arthur Frederick Hailey, AE (5 April 1920 – 24 November 2004) was a British/Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. His books, which include such best sellers as ''Hotel'' (1965), ...
* ''People I Have Loved, Known or Admired'' – Leo Rosten
Leo Calvin Rosten (Yiddish: ; April 11, 1908 – February 19, 1997) was an American writer and humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism, and Yiddish lexicography.
Early life
Rosten was born into a Yiddish-speaking famil ...
* ''Summer of the Red Wolf'' – Morris West
Morris Langlo West (26 April 19169 October 1999) was an Australian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels ''The Devil's Advocate (West novel), The Devil's Advocate'' (1959), ''The Shoes of the Fisherman (novel), The Shoes of the Fi ...
1972
Volume 88 – Winter * '' The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax'' –Dorothy Gilman
Dorothy Edith Gilman (June 25, 1923 – February 2, 2012) was an American writer. She is best known for the Mrs. Pollifax series. Begun in a time when women in mystery meant Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and international espionage meant young ...
* ''The Winds of War
''The Winds of War'' is Herman Wouk's second book about World War II (the first being '' The Caine Mutiny''). Published in 1971, ''The Winds of War'' was followed up seven years later by '' War and Remembrance''; originally conceived as one vol ...
'' – Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk ( ; May 27, 1915 – May 17, 2019) was an American author. He published fifteen novels, many of them historical fiction such as ''The Caine Mutiny'' (1951), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Pulitzer Prize in fiction.
...
* ''The Runaways'' – Victor Canning
Victor Canning (16 June 1911 – 21 February 1986) was a prolific British writer of novels and thrillers who flourished in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He was personally reticent, writing no memoirs and giving relatively few newspaper interviews. ...
Volume 89 – Spring * ''Wild Goose, Brother Goose'' –
Mel Ellis
Mel, Mels or MEL may refer to:
Biology
* Mouse erythroleukemia cell line (MEL)
* National Herbarium of Victoria, a herbarium with the Index Herbariorum code MEL
People
* Mel (given name), the abbreviated version of several given names (including ...
* ''Event 1000'' – David Lavallee
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.
The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damas ...
* ''Bring Me a Unicorn'' – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh (June 22, 1906 – February 7, 2001) was an American writer and aviator. She was the wife of decorated pioneer aviator Charles Lindbergh, with whom she made many exploratory flights.
Raised in Englewood, New Jerse ...
* ''Hearts'' – Thomas Thompson
* '' The Day of the Jackal'' – Frederick Forsyth
Frederick McCarthy Forsyth ( ; 25 August 1938 – 9 June 2025) was an English novelist and journalist. He was best known for thrillers such as ''The Day of the Jackal'', ''The Odessa File'', ''The Fourth Protocol'', ''The Dogs of War (novel), ...
Volume 90 – Summer
* ''A Falcon for a Queen'' – Catherine Gaskin
Catherine Gaskin (2 April 1929 – 6 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, set ...
* ''Meeting With a Great Beast'' – Leonard Wibberley
Leonard Patrick O'Connor Wibberley (9 April 1915 – 22 November 1983), who also published under the name Patrick O'Connor, among others, was an Irish author who spent most of his life in the United States. Wibberley, who published more than 1 ...
* ''Blockbuster'' – Gerald Green
Gerald Green (born January 26, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted by the Boston Celtics with the 18th overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft. Known for his dunking skill, he has performed well in many slam du ...
* ''The Shape of Illusion'' – Wm. E.Barrett
* ''Duel in the Snow'' – Hans Meissner
Volume 91 – Autumn * ''The Waltz Kings: Johann Strauss,
Father
A father is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with the child that carries with it certain rights and obligations. A biological fat ...
& Son
A son is a male offspring; a boy or a man in relation to his parents. The female counterpart is a daughter. From a biological perspective, a son constitutes a first degree relative.
Social issues
In pre-industrial societies and some current ...
, and Their Romantic Age'' – Hans Fantel
* ''The Terminal Man
''The Terminal Man'' is a novel by American writer Michael Crichton. It is his second novel under his own name and his twelfth overall, and is about the dangers of mind control. It was published in April 1972, and also serialized in ''Playboy' ...
'' – Michael Crichton
John Michael Crichton (; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author, screenwriter and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavil ...
* ''The Dwelling Place'' – Catherine Cookson
Dame Catherine Ann Cookson (''née'' McMullen; 20 June 1906 – 11 June 1998), was a British writer. She is in the top 20 of the most widely read British novelists, with sales topping 100 million, while she retained a relatively low profile in ...
* ''A World to Care For'' – Howard A. Rusk, MD
* ''The Hessian'' – Howard Fast
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, ...
1973
Volume 92 – #1 * ''The Stepford Wives
''The Stepford Wives'' is a 1972 satirical "feminist horror" novel by Ira Levin. The story concerns Joanna Eberhart, a talented photographer, wife, and young mother who suspects that something in the town of Stepford is changing the wives fro ...
'' – Ira Levin
Ira Marvin Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His works include the novels '' A Kiss Before Dying'' (1953), '' Rosemary's Baby'' (1967), '' The Stepford Wives'' (1972), '' This Perf ...
* ''The Odessa File
''The Odessa File'' is a thriller by English writer Frederick Forsyth, first published in 1972, about the adventures of a young German reporter attempting to discover the location of a former SS concentration-camp commander.
The name ODESSA ...
'' – Frederick Forsyth
Frederick McCarthy Forsyth ( ; 25 August 1938 – 9 June 2025) was an English novelist and journalist. He was best known for thrillers such as ''The Day of the Jackal'', ''The Odessa File'', ''The Fourth Protocol'', ''The Dogs of War (novel), ...
* '' A Day No Pigs Would Die'' – Robert Newton Peck
* ''Stanfield Harvest'' – Richard Martin Stern
Richard Martin Stern (March 17, 1915, in Fresno, California – October 31, 2001, in Santa Fe, New Mexico) was an American novelist. Stern began his writing career in the 1950s with mystery tales of private investigators, winning a 1959 Edgar Aw ...
* '' P.S. Your Not Listening'' – Eleanor Craig
Eleanor () is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal dialect">Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It was the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. ...
Volume 93 – #2
* '' A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax'' – Dorothy Gilman
Dorothy Edith Gilman (June 25, 1923 – February 2, 2012) was an American writer. She is best known for the Mrs. Pollifax series. Begun in a time when women in mystery meant Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and international espionage meant young ...
* ''The Camerons'' – Robert Crichton
* ''The Japanese'' – Jack Seward
* ''Green Darkness
''Green Darkness'' is a 1972 novel by Anya Seton. It spent six months on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list and became her most popular novel.
Plot summary
In the 1960s, young Celia Marsdon is a rich American heiress who, upon her marriag ...
'' – Anya Seton
Anya Seton (January 23, 1904 – November 8, 1990), born Ann Seton, was an American author of historical fiction, or as she preferred they be called, " biographical novels".
Early life and education
Anya Seton was born Ann Seton on January 23, ...
Volume 94 – #3 * ''Sadie Shapiro's Knitting Book'' –
Robert Kimmel Smith
Robert Kimmel Smith (July 31, 1930 – April 18, 2020) was an American novelist and children's author.
Smith was born in Brooklyn, New York and first learned to read from his mother Sally. Smith was inspired to become a writer at age eight, when h ...
* ''The Years of the Forest'' – Helen Hoover
* '' The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'' – John Godey
Morton Freedgood (1913 – April 16, 2006) was an American author who wrote '' The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'' and many other detective and mystery novels under the pen name John Godey.
Biography
Freedgood was born in Brooklyn, New York City ...
* ''The Curse of the Kings'' – Victoria Holt
Eleanor Alice Hibbert (Maiden and married names, née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of Romance novel#Historical romance, historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in ...
* ''Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian'' – Richard Hough
Richard Alexander Hough (; 15 May 1922 – 7 October 1999) was a British author and historian specializing in maritime history.
Personal life
Hough married the author Charlotte Woodyatt, whom he had met when they were pupils at Frensham Heigh ...
Volume 95 – #4
* ''La Balsa: The Longest Raft Voyage in History'' – Vital Alsar
Vital Alsar Ramírez (August 7, 1933 – September 15, 2020) was a sailor and scientist who made several extremely long sailing expeditions.
His entire life was linked to nature and the sea. He became professor of economics, although he never a ...
with Enrique Hank Lopez
* ''The Sunbird'' – Wilbur Smith
Wilbur Addison Smith (9 January 1933 – 13 November 2021) was a Northern Rhodesian-born British-South African novelist specializing in historical fiction about international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries.
He gained a f ...
* ''State Trooper'' – Noel B. Gerson
* ''The Search for Anna Fisher'' – Florence Fisher
* ''Mrs. Starr Lives Alone'' – Jon Godden
Winsome Ruth Key Godden (August 1906 1984) was an English novelist who wrote under the name Jon Godden. She was born in Assam, India. She was the elder sister of the better-known novelist Rumer Godden.
Early life
The eldest of four daugh ...
Volume 96 – #5 * ''All Creatures Great and Small'' –
James Herriot
James Alfred Wight (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), better known by his pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and author.
Born in Sunderland, Wight graduated from Glasgow Veterinary College in 1939, returning to En ...
* ''The Salamander'' – Morris West
Morris Langlo West (26 April 19169 October 1999) was an Australian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels ''The Devil's Advocate (West novel), The Devil's Advocate'' (1959), ''The Shoes of the Fisherman (novel), The Shoes of the Fi ...
* ''A Thousand Summers'' – Garson Kanin
Garson Kanin (November 24, 1912 – March 13, 1999) was an American writer and director of plays and films.
Early life
Garson Kanin was born in Rochester, New York; his Jewish family later relocated to Detroit then to New York City. He at ...
* ''Shipwreck: The Strange Fate of the Morro Castle'' – Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts
Max Morgan-Witts (born 27 September 1931) is a British producer, director and author of Canadian origin.
Biography
Morgan-Witts was a Director/Producer at Granada TV which he joined on 9 January 1956. He directed television shows for Granada, ...
1974
Volume 97 – #1 * '' The Tower'' –Richard Martin Stern
Richard Martin Stern (March 17, 1915, in Fresno, California – October 31, 2001, in Santa Fe, New Mexico) was an American novelist. Stern began his writing career in the 1950s with mystery tales of private investigators, winning a 1959 Edgar Aw ...
* ''Incident at Hawk's Hill
''Incident at Hawk's Hill'' is a 1971 children's book by naturalist and writer Allan W. Eckert. Supposedly based on a true event, it is a historical novel centering on a six-year-old boy who gets lost on the Canadian prairie and survives for two m ...
'' – 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 m ...
* ''Stay of Execution: A Sort of Memoir'' – Stewart Alsop
Stewart Johonnot Oliver Alsop (May 17, 1914 – May 26, 1974) was an American newspaper columnist and political analyst.
Early life
Alsop was born and raised in Avon, Connecticut, from an old Yankee family. Alsop attended Groton School and Yal ...
* ''The Mountain Farm'' – Ernest Raymond
Ernest Raymond (31 December 1888 – 14 May 1974) was a British novelist, best known for his first novel, '' Tell England'' (1922), set in World War I. His next biggest success was ''We, the Accused'' (1935), generally thought to be a reworki ...
* ''The Thirteenth Trick'' – Russell Braddon
Russell Reading Braddon (25 January 1921 – 20 March 1995) was an Australian writer of novels, biographies and TV scripts. His chronicle of his four years as a prisoner of war, '' The Naked Island'', sold more than a million copies.
Braddon ...
Volume 98 – #2 * ''A Member of the Family'' – Mary Carter * ''The Kappillan of Malta'' –
Nicholas Monsarrat
Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat FRSL RNVR ( 22 March 19108 August 1979) was a British novelist known for his sea stories, particularly '' The Cruel Sea'' (1951) and ''Three Corvettes'' (1942–1945), but perhaps known be ...
* ''In Darkness'' – Roger Bourgeon
Roger is a masculine given name, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic languages">Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") ...
* '' Jaws'' – Peter Benchley
Peter Bradford Benchley (May 8, 1940 – February 11, 2006) was an American author. He is best known for his bestselling novel '' Jaws'' and co-wrote its movie adaptation with Carl Gottlieb. Several more of his works were also adapted for both ...
Volume 99 – #3 * ''The Will of Magda Townsend'' – Margaret Culkin Banning * ''Forever Island'' – Patrick D. Smith * ''Thirty-Four East'' –
Alfred Coppel
Alfred Coppel, Alfredo Jose de Arana-Marini Coppel (November 9, 1921 – May 30, 2004) was an American author. Born in Oakland, he served as a fighter pilot in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. After his discharge, he started ...
* ''The Diddakoi'' – Rumer Godden
Margaret Rumer Godden (10 December 1907 – 8 November 1998) was a British author of more than 60 fiction and non-fiction books. Nine of her works have been made into films, most notably ''Black Narcissus (novel), Black Narcissus'' in 194 ...
* ''Lion in the Evening'' – Alan Scholefield
Alan Scholefield (15 January 1931 – 26 October 2017) was a South African writer famous for his ''Macrae and Silver'' series.
He lived in Hampshire and was married to Australian novelist Anthea Goddard. They had three daughters.
Biography
Born ...
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 pictures. ...
* ''The Good Shepherd'' – Thomas Fleming
* ''The Property of a Gentleman'' – Catherine Gaskin
Catherine Gaskin (2 April 1929 – 6 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, set ...
* ''His Majesty's U-Boat'' – Douglas Reeman
Douglas Edward Reeman (15 October 1924 – 23 January 2017), who also used the pseudonym Alexander Kent, was a British author who wrote many historical novels about the Royal Navy, mainly set during either World War II or the Napoleonic Wars. He w ...
Volume 101 – #5
* ''The Other Room'' – Borden Deal
Borden Deal ( – ) was an American novelist and short story writer.
Biography
Born Loysé Youth Deal in Pontotoc, Mississippi, Deal attended Macedonia Consolidated High School, after which he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and fought f ...
* '' The Dogs of War'' – Frederick Forsyth
Frederick McCarthy Forsyth ( ; 25 August 1938 – 9 June 2025) was an English novelist and journalist. He was best known for thrillers such as ''The Day of the Jackal'', ''The Odessa File'', ''The Fourth Protocol'', ''The Dogs of War (novel), ...
* ''All Things Bright and Beautiful'' – James Herriot
James Alfred Wight (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), better known by his pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and author.
Born in Sunderland, Wight graduated from Glasgow Veterinary College in 1939, returning to En ...
* ''Malevil
''Malevil'' is a 1972 science fiction novel by French writer Robert Merle. It was adapted into a 1981 film directed by Christian de Chalonge and starring Michel Serrault, Jacques Dutronc, Jacques Villeret and Jean-Louis Trintignant.
Plot summ ...
'' – 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 kill ...
* ''A Daughter of Zion'' – Rodello Hunter
1975
Volume 102 – #1 * ''Our John Willie'' –Catherine Cookson
Dame Catherine Ann Cookson (''née'' McMullen; 20 June 1906 – 11 June 1998), was a British writer. She is in the top 20 of the most widely read British novelists, with sales topping 100 million, while she retained a relatively low profile in ...
* ''Centennial
A centennial, or centenary in British English, is a 100th anniversary or otherwise relates to a century.
Notable events
Notable centennial events at a national or world-level include:
* Centennial Exhibition, 1876, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...
'' – 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, set in particular geographic locales ...
* ''Harlequin'' – Morris West
Morris Langlo West (26 April 19169 October 1999) was an Australian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels ''The Devil's Advocate (West novel), The Devil's Advocate'' (1959), ''The Shoes of the Fisherman (novel), The Shoes of the Fi ...
* ''Eric'' – Doris Lund
Volume 103 – #2
* ''Lost!'' – Thomas Thompson
* ''Baker's Hawk'' – Jack Bickham
* ''The Physicians'' – Henry Denker
Henry Denker (November 25, 1912 – May 15, 2012) was an American novelist and playwright.
Biography
Denker was born in New York, the son of a fur trader. After initially studying to be a rabbi, he change to the study of law and graduated fro ...
* ''God and Mr. Gomez'' – Jack Smith
* ''Eagle in the Sky'' – Wilbur Smith
Wilbur Addison Smith (9 January 1933 – 13 November 2021) was a Northern Rhodesian-born British-South African novelist specializing in historical fiction about international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries.
He gained a f ...
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 pictures. ...
* ''The Moneychangers
''The Moneychangers'' is a 1975 novel written by Arthur Hailey. The plot revolves around the politics inside a major bank.
Plot summary
As the novel begins, the position of CEO of one of America's largest banks, ''First Mercantile American'', ...
'' – Arthur Hailey
Arthur Frederick Hailey, AE (5 April 1920 – 24 November 2004) was a British/Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. His books, which include such best sellers as ''Hotel'' (1965), ...
* ''The Massacre at Fall Creek'' – Jessamyn West
* ''Collision'' – Spencer Dunmore
Spencer may refer to:
People
*Spencer (surname)
**Spencer family, British aristocratic family
**List of people with surname Spencer
* Spencer (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
Places
Australia
*Spencer, New S ...
Volume 105 – #4
* ''Where are the Children?'' – Mary Higgins Clark
Mary Higgins Clark (born Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins; December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020) was an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 51 books was a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her ...
* ''Earthsound'' – Arthur Herzog
Arthur Herzog III (April 6, 1927 – May 26, 2010) was an American novelist, non-fiction writer, and journalist, well known for his works of science fiction and true crime books. He was the son of songwriter Arthur Herzog Jr. He was married t ...
* '' The Eagle Has Landed'' – Jack Higgins
Henry Patterson (27 July 1929 – 9 April 2022), commonly known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author. He was a best-selling author of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His novel '' The Eagle Has Landed'' (1975) sold more t ...
* ''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 (Maiden and married names, née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of Romance novel#Historical romance, historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in ...
* ''Alexander Dolgun's Story: An American in the Gulag
The Gulag was a system of Labor camp, forced labor camps in the Soviet Union. The word ''Gulag'' originally referred only to the division of the Chronology of Soviet secret police agencies, Soviet secret police that was in charge of runnin ...
'' – Alexander Dolgun
Alexander Michael Dolgun (29 September 1926 – 28 August 1986) was an American inmate in the Soviet Gulag who wrote about his experiences in 1975 after being allowed to leave the Soviet Union.
Pre-Gulag years
Alexander Dolgun was born on ...
with Patrick Watson
* ''Minnie Santangelo's Mortal Sin'' – Anthony Mancini
* ''A Sporting Proposition'' – James Aldridge
Harold Edward James Aldridge (10 July 1918 – 23 February 2015) was an Australian-British writer and journalist. His World War II despatches were published worldwide and he was the author of over 30 books, both fiction and non-fiction works, ...
* ''Power'' – Richard Martin Stern
Richard Martin Stern (March 17, 1915, in Fresno, California – October 31, 2001, in Santa Fe, New Mexico) was an American novelist. Stern began his writing career in the 1950s with mystery tales of private investigators, winning a 1959 Edgar Aw ...
1976
Volume 107 – #1 * '' The Great Train Robbery'' –Michael Crichton
John Michael Crichton (; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author, screenwriter and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavil ...
* ''I Take Thee, Serenity'' – Daisy Newman
* ''Bill W.
William Griffith Wilson (November 26, 1895 – January 24, 1971), also known as Bill Wilson or Bill W., was the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) with Bob Smith.
AA is an international mutual aid fellowship with about two million member ...
'' – Robert Thomsen
* ''A Town Like Alice
''A Town Like Alice'' (United States title: ''The Legacy'') is a romance novel by Nevil Shute, published in 1950 when Shute had newly settled in Australia. Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman, becomes romantically interested in a fellow prisoner ...
'' – 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 to protect his enginee ...
Volume 108 – #2
* ''The Hostage Heart'' – Gerald Green
Gerald Green (born January 26, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted by the Boston Celtics with the 18th overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft. Known for his dunking skill, he has performed well in many slam du ...
* ''They Came to Stay'' – Marjorie Margolies
Marjorie Margolies ( ; formerly Margolies-Mezvinsky; born June 21, 1942) is a fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Fels Institute of Government and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a former journalist and ...
& Ruth Gruber
Ruth Gruber (; September 30, 1911 – November 17, 2016) was an American journalist, photographer, writer, humanitarian, and United States government official.
Born in Brooklyn to Russian Jewish immigrants, she was encouraged to pursue her dr ...
* ''The Tide of Life'' – Catherine Cookson
Dame Catherine Ann Cookson (''née'' McMullen; 20 June 1906 – 11 June 1998), was a British writer. She is in the top 20 of the most widely read British novelists, with sales topping 100 million, while she retained a relatively low profile in ...
* ''Swan Watch'' – Budd Schulberg
Budd Schulberg (born Seymour Wilson Schulberg; March 27, 1914 – August 5, 2009) was an American screenwriter, television producer, novelist and sports writer. He was known for his novels '' What Makes Sammy Run?'' (1941) and ''The Harder They ...
* ''Drummer in the Dark'' – Francis Clifford
Volume 109 – #3 * ''Liberty Tavern'' – Thomas Fleming * ''The Pilot'' – Robert Davis * '' Touch Not the Cat'' – Mary Stewart * '' The Boys from Brazil'' –
Ira Levin
Ira Marvin Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His works include the novels '' A Kiss Before Dying'' (1953), '' Rosemary's Baby'' (1967), '' The Stepford Wives'' (1972), '' This Perf ...
Volume 110 – #4
* ''The Distant Summer'' – Sarah Patterson
* ''The Olmec Head'' – David Westheimer
David Westheimer (April 11, 1917, in Houston, Texas – November 8, 2005) was an American novelist best known for writing the 1964 novel ''Von Ryan's Express'', which was adapted as a Von Ryan's Express, 1965 film starring Frank Sinatra and Trevor ...
* ''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 (Maiden and married names, née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of Romance novel#Historical romance, historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in ...
* "Bobbitt" – Thomas Tryon (novelist), Thomas Tryon
* ''The Experiment'' – Henry Denker
Henry Denker (November 25, 1912 – May 15, 2012) was an American novelist and playwright.
Biography
Denker was born in New York, the son of a fur trader. After initially studying to be a rabbi, he change to the study of law and graduated fro ...
* ''Ordinary People (Guest novel), Ordinary People'' – Judith Guest
* ''Storm Warning (Higgins novel), Storm Warning'' – Jack Higgins
Henry Patterson (27 July 1929 – 9 April 2022), commonly known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author. He was a best-selling author of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His novel '' The Eagle Has Landed'' (1975) sold more t ...
1977
Volume 112 – #1 * ''Mrs. Pollifax, Mrs. Pollifax on Safari'' –Dorothy Gilman
Dorothy Edith Gilman (June 25, 1923 – February 2, 2012) was an American writer. She is best known for the Mrs. Pollifax series. Begun in a time when women in mystery meant Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and international espionage meant young ...
* ''The R Document'' – Irving Wallace
Irving Wallace (March 19, 1916 – June 29, 1990) was an American best-selling author and screenwriter. He was known for his heavily researched novels, many with a sexual theme.
Early life
Wallace was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Bessie Liss a ...
* ''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 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, winn ...
Volume 114 – #3 * ''Tisha'' – Robert Specht (author), Robert Specht * ''The Dragon'' –
Alfred Coppel
Alfred Coppel, Alfredo Jose de Arana-Marini Coppel (November 9, 1921 – May 30, 2004) was an American author. Born in Oakland, he served as a fighter pilot in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. After his discharge, he started ...
* ''Oliver's Story'' – Erich Segal
Erich Wolf Segal (June 16, 1937January 17, 2010) was an American author, screenwriter, educator, and classicist who wrote the bestselling novel '' Love Story'' (1970) and its film adaptation.
Early life and education
Born and raised in a Jew ...
* ''Majesty'' – Robert Lacey
* ''Overboard'' – Hank Searls
Henry Hunt Searls (August 10, 1922 – February 17, 2017) was an American author and screenwriter. His novels included ''The Crowded Sky'' (1960), which was adapted as the 1960 movie of the same name; ''The Pilgrim Project'' (1964), which was ad ...
Volume 115 – #4
* ''The Stone Bull'' – Phyllis Whitney
* ''Enola Gay'' – Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan Witts
* ''Sadie Shapiro in Miami'' – Robert Kimmel Smith
Robert Kimmel Smith (July 31, 1930 – April 18, 2020) was an American novelist and children's author.
Smith was born in Brooklyn, New York and first learned to read from his mother Sally. Smith was inspired to become a writer at age eight, when h ...
* ''The Scofield Diagnosis'' – Henry Denker
Henry Denker (November 25, 1912 – May 15, 2012) was an American novelist and playwright.
Biography
Denker was born in New York, the son of a fur trader. After initially studying to be a rabbi, he change to the study of law and graduated fro ...
Volume 116 – #5
* ''The Melodeon'' – Glendon Swarthout
Glendon Fred Swarthout (April 8, 1918 – September 23, 1992) was an American writer and novelist.
Several of his novels were made into films. ''Where the Boys Are'', and ''The Shootist'', which was John Wayne's last work, are probably the bes ...
* ''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
Richard Martin Stern (March 17, 1915, in Fresno, California – October 31, 2001, in Santa Fe, New Mexico) was an American novelist. Stern began his writing career in the 1950s with mystery tales of private investigators, winning a 1959 Edgar Aw ...
* ''The Summer of the Spanish Woman'' – Catherine Gaskin
Catherine Gaskin (2 April 1929 – 6 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, set ...
* ''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
Henry Hunt Searls (August 10, 1922 – February 17, 2017) was an American author and screenwriter. His novels included ''The Crowded Sky'' (1960), which was adapted as the 1960 movie of the same name; ''The Pilgrim Project'' (1964), which was ad ...
* ''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 (novel), A Stranger is Watching'' –
Mary Higgins Clark
Mary Higgins Clark (born Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins; December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020) was an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 51 books was a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her ...
* ''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 (Maiden and married names, née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of Romance novel#Historical romance, historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in ...
* ''The Good Old Boys'' – Elmer Kelton
* ''By the Rivers of Babylon'' – Nelson DeMille
* ''Breakpoint'' – William Brinkley
William Clark Brinkley (September 10, 1917 – November 22, 1993) was an American writer and journalist, best known for his novels '' Don't Go Near the Water'' (1956), which Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adapted to an eponymous 1957 film, and '' The La ...
Volume 121 – #5 * ''Summer Lightning'' – Judith Richards * ''Tara Kane'' – George Markstein * ''Flight into Danger'' –
Arthur Hailey
Arthur Frederick Hailey, AE (5 April 1920 – 24 November 2004) was a British/Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. His books, which include such best sellers as ''Hotel'' (1965), ...
& John Castle
* ''Raquela; A Woman Of Israel'' – Ruth Gruber
Ruth Gruber (; September 30, 1911 – November 17, 2016) was an American journalist, photographer, writer, humanitarian, and United States government official.
Born in Brooklyn to Russian Jewish immigrants, she was encouraged to pursue her dr ...
* ''The Snake'' – John Godey
Morton Freedgood (1913 – April 16, 2006) was an American author who wrote '' The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'' and many other detective and mystery novels under the pen name John Godey.
Biography
Freedgood was born in Brooklyn, New York City ...
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
Arthur Frederick Hailey, AE (5 April 1920 – 24 November 2004) was a British/Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. His books, which include such best sellers as ''Hotel'' (1965), ...
* ''A Dangerous Magic'' – Frances Lynch
Volume 123 – #2
* ''Dinah, Blow Your Horn'' – Jack Bickham
* ''War and Remembrance'' – Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk ( ; May 27, 1915 – May 17, 2019) was an American author. He published fifteen novels, many of them historical fiction such as ''The Caine Mutiny'' (1951), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Pulitzer Prize in fiction.
...
* ''How I Got to be Perfect'' – Jean Kerr
Volume 124 – #3 * ''Sunflower'' – Marilyn Sharp * ''Running Proud'' –
Nicholas Monsarrat
Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat FRSL RNVR ( 22 March 19108 August 1979) was a British novelist known for his sea stories, particularly '' The Cruel Sea'' (1951) and ''Three Corvettes'' (1942–1945), but perhaps known be ...
* ''Error of Judgment'' – Henry Denker
Henry Denker (November 25, 1912 – May 15, 2012) was an American novelist and playwright.
Biography
Denker was born in New York, the son of a fur trader. After initially studying to be a rabbi, he change to the study of law and graduated fro ...
* ''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
Wilbur Addison Smith (9 January 1933 – 13 November 2021) was a Northern Rhodesian-born British-South African novelist specializing in historical fiction about international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries.
He gained a f ...
* ''The Tightrope Walker'' – Dorothy Gilman
Dorothy Edith Gilman (June 25, 1923 – February 2, 2012) was an American writer. She is best known for the Mrs. Pollifax series. Begun in a time when women in mystery meant Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and international espionage meant young ...
* ''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
Henry Denker (November 25, 1912 – May 15, 2012) was an American novelist and playwright.
Biography
Denker was born in New York, the son of a fur trader. After initially studying to be a rabbi, he change to the study of law and graduated fro ...
* ''To Catch a King'' – Jack Higgins, Harry Patterson
Volume 128 – #2 * ''Emma and I'' – Sheila Hocken * ''The Devil's Alternative'' –
Frederick Forsyth
Frederick McCarthy Forsyth ( ; 25 August 1938 – 9 June 2025) was an English novelist and journalist. He was best known for thrillers such as ''The Day of the Jackal'', ''The Odessa File'', ''The Fourth Protocol'', ''The Dogs of War (novel), ...
* ''The Capricorn Stone'' – Madeleine Brent
* ''Flood'' – Richard Martin Stern
Richard Martin Stern (March 17, 1915, in Fresno, California – October 31, 2001, in Santa Fe, New Mexico) was an American novelist. Stern began his writing career in the 1950s with mystery tales of private investigators, winning a 1959 Edgar Aw ...
Volume 129 – M
* ''Amanda/Miranda'' – Richard Peck (writer), Richard Peck
* ''Ice Brothers'' – Sloan Wilson
Sloan Wilson (May 8, 1920 – May 25, 2003) was an American writer.
Reporter
Sloan was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, the grandson of U.S. Navy officer and Arctic explorer John Wilson Danenhower. Wilson graduated from Harvard University in 1942. ...
* ''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
Robert Kimmel Smith (July 31, 1930 – April 18, 2020) was an American novelist and children's author.
Smith was born in Brooklyn, New York and first learned to read from his mother Sally. Smith was inspired to become a writer at age eight, when h ...
* ''The Cradle Will Fall'' – Mary Higgins Clark
Mary Higgins Clark (born Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins; December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020) was an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 51 books was a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her ...
* ''Man, Woman and Child'' – Erich Segal
Erich Wolf Segal (June 16, 1937January 17, 2010) was an American author, screenwriter, educator, and classicist who wrote the bestselling novel '' Love Story'' (1970) and its film adaptation.
Early life and education
Born and raised in a Jew ...
* ''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
Ernest Kellogg Gann (October 13, 1910 – December 19, 1991) was an American aviator, author, sailor, and conservation movement, conservationist. He is best known for his novels and memoirs about early aviation and nautical adventures. Some of his ...
* ''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, set in particular geographic locales ...
* ''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, winn ...
Volume 135 – M * ''Lincoln's Mothers: A Story of Nancy Lincoln, Nancy and Sally Lincoln'' –
Dorothy Clarke Wilson
Dorothy Clarke Wilson (May 9, 1904 – March 26, 2003) was an American writer, perhaps best known for her novel ''Prince of Egypt'' (1949), which was a primary source for the Cecil B. DeMille film, '' The Ten Commandments'' (1956).
Early life
...
* ''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
Henry Denker (November 25, 1912 – May 15, 2012) was an American novelist and playwright.
Biography
Denker was born in New York, the son of a fur trader. After initially studying to be a rabbi, he change to the study of law and graduated fro ...
* ''The Dam'' – Robert Byrne (writer), Robert Byrne
Volume 137 – #4 * ''The Lord God Made Them All'' –
James Herriot
James Alfred Wight (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), better known by his pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and author.
Born in Sunderland, Wight graduated from Glasgow Veterinary College in 1939, returning to En ...
* ''An Exceptional Marriage'' – Jack Shepherd (writer), Jack Shepherd
* ''Texas Dawn'' – Phillip Finch
* ''Crossing in Berlin'' – Fletcher Knebel
Fletcher Knebel (October 1, 1911 – February 26, 1993) was an American author of several popular works of political fiction.
Knebel was born in Dayton, Ohio, but relocated a number of times during his youth. He graduated from high school in Yo ...
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
Margaret Rumer Godden (10 December 1907 – 8 November 1998) was a British author of more than 60 fiction and non-fiction books. Nine of her works have been made into films, most notably ''Black Narcissus (novel), Black Narcissus'' in 194 ...
* ''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 (Maiden and married names, née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of Romance novel#Historical romance, historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in ...
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, winn ...
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
Archibald Joseph Cronin (Cronogue) (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is '' The Citadel'' (1937), about a Scottish physician who serves in a Welsh mining village before achieving succes ...
Volume 143 – #4 * ''Flanagan's Run'' – Tom McNab * ''A Parting Gift'' – Frances Sharkey, M.D. * ''The Big Bridge'' –
Richard Martin Stern
Richard Martin Stern (March 17, 1915, in Fresno, California – October 31, 2001, in Santa Fe, New Mexico) was an American novelist. Stern began his writing career in the 1950s with mystery tales of private investigators, winning a 1959 Edgar Aw ...
* ''Last Quadrant'' – Meira Chand
Volume 144 – #5 * ''Jane's House'' –
Robert Kimmel Smith
Robert Kimmel Smith (July 31, 1930 – April 18, 2020) was an American novelist and children's author.
Smith was born in Brooklyn, New York and first learned to read from his mother Sally. Smith was inspired to become a writer at age eight, when h ...
* ''China: Alive In The Bitter Sea'' – Fox Butterfield
* ''Promises'' – Catherine Gaskin
Catherine Gaskin (2 April 1929 – 6 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, set ...
* ''Outrage'' – Henry Denker
Henry Denker (November 25, 1912 – May 15, 2012) was an American novelist and playwright.
Biography
Denker was born in New York, the son of a fur trader. After initially studying to be a rabbi, he change to the study of law and graduated fro ...
1983
Volume 145 – #1 * ''A Cry in the Night (novel), A Cry in the Night'' –Mary Higgins Clark
Mary Higgins Clark (born Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins; December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020) was an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 51 books was a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her ...
* ''Indian Summer of the Heart'' – Daisy Newman
* ''Touch the Devil'' – Jack Higgins
Henry Patterson (27 July 1929 – 9 April 2022), commonly known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author. He was a best-selling author of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His novel '' The Eagle Has Landed'' (1975) sold more t ...
* ''The Winter of the White Seal'' – Marie Herbert
Volume 146 – #2 * ''Pacific Interlude'' –
Sloan Wilson
Sloan Wilson (May 8, 1920 – May 25, 2003) was an American writer.
Reporter
Sloan was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, the grandson of U.S. Navy officer and Arctic explorer John Wilson Danenhower. Wilson graduated from Harvard University in 1942. ...
* ''The Whip'' – Catherine Cookson
Dame Catherine Ann Cookson (''née'' McMullen; 20 June 1906 – 11 June 1998), was a British writer. She is in the top 20 of the most widely read British novelists, with sales topping 100 million, while she retained a relatively low profile in ...
* ''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, winn ...
Volume 147 – M * ''The Girl of the Sea of Cortez'' –
Peter Benchley
Peter Bradford Benchley (May 8, 1940 – February 11, 2006) was an American author. He is best known for his bestselling novel '' Jaws'' and co-wrote its movie adaptation with Carl Gottlieb. Several more of his works were also adapted for both ...
* ''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
Dorothy Edith Gilman (June 25, 1923 – February 2, 2012) was an American writer. She is best known for the Mrs. Pollifax series. Begun in a time when women in mystery meant Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and international espionage meant young ...
* ''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 (Maiden and married names, née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of Romance novel#Historical romance, historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in ...
* ''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 RossiVolume 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
Eleanor () is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal dialect">Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It was the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. ...
Volume 153 – M * ''The Cop and The Kid'' – William Price Fox, William Fox with Noel Hynd * ''Tiger, Tiger'' – Philip Caveney * ''Kincaid'' –
Henry Denker
Henry Denker (November 25, 1912 – May 15, 2012) was an American novelist and playwright.
Biography
Denker was born in New York, the son of a fur trader. After initially studying to be a rabbi, he change to the study of law and graduated fro ...
* ''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
Dorothy Clarke Wilson (May 9, 1904 – March 26, 2003) was an American writer, perhaps best known for her novel ''Prince of Egypt'' (1949), which was a primary source for the Cecil B. DeMille film, '' The Ten Commandments'' (1956).
Early life
...
Volume 155 – #4 * ''Nop's Trials'' – Donald McCaig * ''Lee and Grant'' – 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
Spencer may refer to:
People
*Spencer (surname)
**Spencer family, British aristocratic family
**List of people with surname Spencer
* Spencer (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
Places
Australia
*Spencer, New S ...
* ''Surprise Party'' – William Katz
1985
Volume 157 – #1 * ''Lovestrong'' – Dorothy Greenbaum, MD & Deidre Laiken * ''Stillwatch'' –Mary Higgins Clark
Mary Higgins Clark (born Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins; December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020) was an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 51 books was a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her ...
* ''Crescent City'' – Belva Plain
* ''The Wild Children'' – Felice Holman
Volume 158 – #2 * ''Julie'' –
Catherine Marshall
Catherine Sarah Wood Marshall LeSourd (September 27, 1914 – March 18, 1983) was an American author of nonfiction, inspirational, and fiction works. She was the wife of well-known minister Peter Marshall.
Biography
Marshall was born in Johnso ...
* ''Strong Medicine (novel), Strong Medicine'' – Arthur Hailey
Arthur Frederick Hailey, AE (5 April 1920 – 24 November 2004) was a British/Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. His books, which include such best sellers as ''Hotel'' (1965), ...
* ''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, winn ...
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
Henry Denker (November 25, 1912 – May 15, 2012) was an American novelist and playwright.
Biography
Denker was born in New York, the son of a fur trader. After initially studying to be a rabbi, he change to the study of law and graduated fro ...
* ''The Bannaman Legacy'' – Catherine Cookson
Dame Catherine Ann Cookson (''née'' McMullen; 20 June 1906 – 11 June 1998), was a British writer. She is in the top 20 of the most widely read British novelists, with sales topping 100 million, while she retained a relatively low profile in ...
* ''The Cheetahs'' – Alan Caillou
Alan Samuel Lyle-Smythe MBE, M.C. (9 November 1914 – 1 October 2006), who wrote under the name Alan Caillou, was an English-born author, actor, screenwriter, soldier, policeman and professional hunter.
Biography
Alan Lyle-Smythe was born in ...
* ''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
Dorothy Edith Gilman (June 25, 1923 – February 2, 2012) was an American writer. She is best known for the Mrs. Pollifax series. Begun in a time when women in mystery meant Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and international espionage meant young ...
* ''Wildfire'' – Richard Martin Stern
Richard Martin Stern (March 17, 1915, in Fresno, California – October 31, 2001, in Santa Fe, New Mexico) was an American novelist. Stern began his writing career in the 1950s with mystery tales of private investigators, winning a 1959 Edgar Aw ...
* ''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
Irving Wallace (March 19, 1916 – June 29, 1990) was an American best-selling author and screenwriter. He was known for his heavily researched novels, many with a sexual theme.
Early life
Wallace was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Bessie Liss a ...
* ''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, winn ...
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
Dorothy Clarke Wilson (May 9, 1904 – March 26, 2003) was an American writer, perhaps best known for her novel ''Prince of Egypt'' (1949), which was a primary source for the Cecil B. DeMille film, '' The Ten Commandments'' (1956).
Early life
...
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
Gerald Green (born January 26, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted by the Boston Celtics with the 18th overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft. Known for his dunking skill, he has performed well in many slam du ...
* ''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'' –
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, winn ...
* ''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 known for his 1955 account of the sinking of the ''Titanic'', '' A Night to Remember''.
Biography Early life
Lord was bo ...
* ''The Choice'' – Henry Denker
Henry Denker (November 25, 1912 – May 15, 2012) was an American novelist and playwright.
Biography
Denker was born in New York, the son of a fur trader. After initially studying to be a rabbi, he change to the study of law and graduated fro ...
* ''The Ladies of Missalonghi'' – Colleen McCullough
* ''Night of the Fox'' – Jack Higgins
Henry Patterson (27 July 1929 – 9 April 2022), commonly known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author. He was a best-selling author of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His novel '' The Eagle Has Landed'' (1975) sold more t ...
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
Dorothy Edith Gilman (June 25, 1923 – February 2, 2012) was an American writer. She is best known for the Mrs. Pollifax series. Begun in a time when women in mystery meant Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and international espionage meant young ...
* ''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'' –
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, winn ...
* ''Jenny's Mountain'' – Elaine Long
* ''Trespass'' – Phillip Finch
* ''Sara Dane'' – Catherine Gaskin
Catherine Gaskin (2 April 1929 – 6 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, set ...
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 (Cook 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
Richard Martin Stern (March 17, 1915, in Fresno, California – October 31, 2001, in Santa Fe, New Mexico) was an American novelist. Stern began his writing career in the 1950s with mystery tales of private investigators, winning a 1959 Edgar Aw ...
* ''The Harrogate Secret'' – Catherine Cookson
Dame Catherine Ann Cookson (''née'' McMullen; 20 June 1906 – 11 June 1998), was a British writer. She is in the top 20 of the most widely read British novelists, with sales topping 100 million, while she retained a relatively low profile in ...
* ''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 (Maiden and married names, née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of Romance novel#Historical romance, historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in ...
* ''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
Henry Denker (November 25, 1912 – May 15, 2012) was an American novelist and playwright.
Biography
Denker was born in New York, the son of a fur trader. After initially studying to be a rabbi, he change to the study of law and graduated fro ...
* ''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'' –
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, winn ...
* ''Alaska (novel), Alaska'' – James Michener
* ''Thornyhold'' – Mary Stewart
Volume 183 – M
* ''Doctors (novel), Doctors'' – Erich Segal
Erich Wolf Segal (June 16, 1937January 17, 2010) was an American author, screenwriter, educator, and classicist who wrote the bestselling novel '' Love Story'' (1970) and its film adaptation.
Early life and education
Born and raised in a Jew ...
* ''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
Mary Higgins Clark (born Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins; December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020) was an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 51 books was a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her ...
* ''The Bailey Chronicles'' – Catherine Cookson
Dame Catherine Ann Cookson (''née'' McMullen; 20 June 1906 – 11 June 1998), was a British writer. She is in the top 20 of the most widely read British novelists, with sales topping 100 million, while she retained a relatively low profile in ...
* ''The Negotiator (novel), The Negotiator'' – Frederick Forsyth
Frederick McCarthy Forsyth ( ; 25 August 1938 – 9 June 2025) was an English novelist and journalist. He was best known for thrillers such as ''The Day of the Jackal'', ''The Odessa File'', ''The Fourth Protocol'', ''The Dogs of War (novel), ...
* ''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
Dorothy Clarke Wilson (May 9, 1904 – March 26, 2003) was an American writer, perhaps best known for her novel ''Prince of Egypt'' (1949), which was a primary source for the Cecil B. DeMille film, '' The Ten Commandments'' (1956).
Early life
...
1990s
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 StravinskyVolume 188 – #2 * ''Straight'' –
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, winn ...
* ''No Roof But Heaven'' – Jeanne Williams
* ''The Evening News'' – Arthur Hailey
Arthur Frederick Hailey, AE (5 April 1920 – 24 November 2004) was a British/Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. His books, which include such best sellers as ''Hotel'' (1965), ...
* ''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
Henry Patterson (27 July 1929 – 9 April 2022), commonly known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author. He was a best-selling author of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His novel '' The Eagle Has Landed'' (1975) sold more t ...
* ''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 (Maiden and married names, née Burford; 1 September 1906 – 18 January 1993) was an English writer of Romance novel#Historical romance, historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in ...
* ''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
Dorothy Edith Gilman (June 25, 1923 – February 2, 2012) was an American writer. She is best known for the Mrs. Pollifax series. Begun in a time when women in mystery meant Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and international espionage meant young ...
Volume 194 – #2 * ''Longshot'' –
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, winn ...
* ''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
Henry Denker (November 25, 1912 – May 15, 2012) was an American novelist and playwright.
Biography
Denker was born in New York, the son of a fur trader. After initially studying to be a rabbi, he change to the study of law and graduated fro ...
* ''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
Henry Patterson (27 July 1929 – 9 April 2022), commonly known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author. He was a best-selling author of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His novel '' The Eagle Has Landed'' (1975) sold more t ...
* ''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
Mary Higgins Clark (born Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins; December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020) was an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 51 books was a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her ...
* ''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
Henry Denker (November 25, 1912 – May 15, 2012) was an American novelist and playwright.
Biography
Denker was born in New York, the son of a fur trader. After initially studying to be a rabbi, he change to the study of law and graduated fro ...
* ''Beast (Benchley novel), Beast'' – Peter Benchley
Peter Bradford Benchley (May 8, 1940 – February 11, 2006) was an American author. He is best known for his bestselling novel '' Jaws'' and co-wrote its movie adaptation with Carl Gottlieb. Several more of his works were also adapted for both ...
* ''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, winn ...
* ''Scarlett (Ripley novel), Scarlett'' – Alexandra Ripley
* ''The Deceiver (novel), The Deceiver'' – Frederick Forsyth
Frederick McCarthy Forsyth ( ; 25 August 1938 – 9 June 2025) was an English novelist and journalist. He was best known for thrillers such as ''The Day of the Jackal'', ''The Odessa File'', ''The Fourth Protocol'', ''The Dogs of War (novel), ...
Volume 201 – #3
* ''Acts of Faith'' – Erich Segal
Erich Wolf Segal (June 16, 1937January 17, 2010) was an American author, screenwriter, educator, and classicist who wrote the bestselling novel '' Love Story'' (1970) and its film adaptation.
Early life and education
Born and raised in a Jew ...
* ''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
Dame Catherine Ann Cookson (''née'' McMullen; 20 June 1906 – 11 June 1998), was a British writer. She is in the top 20 of the most widely read British novelists, with sales topping 100 million, while she retained a relatively low profile in ...
* ''American Gothic'' – Gene Smith (writer), Gene Smith
Volume 203 – #5 * ''The Pelican Brief'' – John Grisham * ''Treasures'' – Belva Plain * ''Eye of the Storm'' –
Jack Higgins
Henry Patterson (27 July 1929 – 9 April 2022), commonly known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author. He was a best-selling author of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His novel '' The Eagle Has Landed'' (1975) sold more t ...
* ''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
James Alfred Wight (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), better known by his pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and author.
Born in Sunderland, Wight graduated from Glasgow Veterinary College in 1939, returning to En ...
* ''All Around the Town'' – Mary Higgins Clark
Mary Higgins Clark (born Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins; December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020) was an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 51 books was a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her ...
* ''Colony'' – Anne Rivers Siddons
* ''Death Penalty'' – William J. Coughlin
Volume 206 – #2 * ''Driving Force'' –
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, winn ...
* ''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
Henry Denker (November 25, 1912 – May 15, 2012) was an American novelist and playwright.
Biography
Denker was born in New York, the son of a fur trader. After initially studying to be a rabbi, he change to the study of law and graduated fro ...
* ''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
Henry Patterson (27 July 1929 – 9 April 2022), commonly known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author. He was a best-selling author of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His novel '' The Eagle Has Landed'' (1975) sold more t ...
* ''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
Mary Higgins Clark (born Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins; December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020) was an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 51 books was a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her ...
* ''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
Dorothy Edith Gilman (June 25, 1923 – February 2, 2012) was an American writer. She is best known for the Mrs. Pollifax series. Begun in a time when women in mystery meant Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and international espionage meant young ...
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, winn ...
* ''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
John Michael Crichton (; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author, screenwriter and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavil ...
* ''St. Agnes' Stand'' – Tom Eidson
* ''The Fist of God'' – Frederick Forsyth
Frederick McCarthy Forsyth ( ; 25 August 1938 – 9 June 2025) was an English novelist and journalist. He was best known for thrillers such as ''The Day of the Jackal'', ''The Odessa File'', ''The Fourth Protocol'', ''The Dogs of War (novel), ...
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
Mary Higgins Clark (born Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins; December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020) was an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 51 books was a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her ...
* ''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
Henry Denker (November 25, 1912 – May 15, 2012) was an American novelist and playwright.
Biography
Denker was born in New York, the son of a fur trader. After initially studying to be a rabbi, he change to the study of law and graduated fro ...
* ''Wall of Brass'' – Robert Daley
Volume 219 – #3 * ''Prizes (novel), Prizes'' –
Erich Segal
Erich Wolf Segal (June 16, 1937January 17, 2010) was an American author, screenwriter, educator, and classicist who wrote the bestselling novel '' Love Story'' (1970) and its film adaptation.
Early life and education
Born and raised in a Jew ...
* ''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
Mary Higgins Clark (born Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins; December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020) was an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 51 books was a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her ...
* ''Children of the Dust'' – Clancy Carlile
* ''Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion-Killer'' – Dorothy Gilman
Dorothy Edith Gilman (June 25, 1923 – February 2, 2012) was an American writer. She is best known for the Mrs. Pollifax series. Begun in a time when women in mystery meant Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and international espionage meant young ...
* ''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'' –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, winn ...
* ''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
Henry Denker (November 25, 1912 – May 15, 2012) was an American novelist and playwright.
Biography
Denker was born in New York, the son of a fur trader. After initially studying to be a rabbi, he change to the study of law and graduated fro ...
* ''The Judge'' – Steve Martini
Volume 228 – #6 * ''Moonlight Becomes You'' –
Mary Higgins Clark
Mary Higgins Clark (born Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins; December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020) was an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 51 books was a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of her ...
* ''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
Frederick McCarthy Forsyth ( ; 25 August 1938 – 9 June 2025) was an English novelist and journalist. He was best known for thrillers such as ''The Day of the Jackal'', ''The Odessa File'', ''The Fourth Protocol'', ''The Dogs of War (novel), ...
* ''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'' –
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, winn ...
* ''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
John Michael Crichton (; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author, screenwriter and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavil ...
* ''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.''
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