NYT Best Seller List, 11 April 1965

[malthaussen]

The New York Times Best Seller List
April 11, 1965
Fiction

1 HERZOG, by Saul Bellow.
2 UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE, by Bel Kaufman.
3 HURRY SUNDOWN, by K.B. Gilden.
4 FUNERAL IN BERLIN, by Len Deighton.
5 HOTEL, by Arthur Hailey.
6 THE MAN, by Irving Wallace.
7 THE LEGEND OF THE SEVENTH VIRGIN, by Victoria Holt
8 THE ORDWAYS, by William Humphrey.
9 DON'T STOP THE CARNIVAL, by Herman Wouk.
10 AN AMERICAN DREAM, by Norman Mailer.


Non-Fiction

1 MARKINGS, by Dag Hammarskjöld.
2 QUEEN VICTORIA: BORN TO SUCCEED, by Elizabeth Longford.
3 THE FOUNDING FATHER, by Richard J. Whalen.
4 MY SHADOW RAN FAST, by Bill Sands.
5 THE ITALIANS, by Luigi Barzini.
6 REMINISCENCES, by Douglas MacArthur.
7 CATHERINE THE GREAT, by Zoe Oldenbourg.
8 SIXPENCE IN HER SHOE, by Phyllis McGinley.
9 GAMBLERS' MONEY: THE NEW FORCE IN AMERICAN LIFE, by Wallace Turner.
10 STAGESTRUCK, by Maurice Zolotow.

Well, I was only nine at the time, but I'm impressed I only managed to read two of them in 50 years!

BTW, Bel Kaufman died last year at the ripe old age of 103.

-- Mal

[murielm99]

1. I read four of them.

I was in high school then. I read a lot, but not best sellers. I read mostly classics and things assigned for my school work.

I did not know about Bel Kaufman. I did read her book at the time.

Thanks for the memories, malthaussen!

[First Speaker]

2. I've read six of the novels, four of the non-fiction...

...but by God, look how (relatively) grown-up that list is, compared to today. Could you imagine a book like *Herzog* topping today's list? (Though to be fair, I expect the new Harper Lee book to zoom to the top when it's released. So maybe there's some hope for us yet...:-/...)

[Art_from_Ark]

3. Interesting that the Dag Hammarskjöld book made the Bestseller List

more than 3 years after his death.