8.Last of the Breed, Louis L’Amour
9.The Prince of Tides, Pat Conroy
10.A Perfect Spy, John Le Carré
1986 Nonfiction
1.Fatherhood, Bill Cosby
2.Fit for Life, Harvey and Marilyn Diamond
3.His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank
Sinatra, Kitty Kelley
4.The Rotation Diet, Martin Katahn
5.You’re Only Old Once, Dr. Seuss
6.Callanetics: Ten Years Younger in Ten Hours,
Callan Pinckney
7.The Frugal Gourmet Cooks with Wine, Jeff Smith
8.Be Happy—You Are Loved!,Robert H. Schuller
9.Word for Word, Andrew A. Rooney
10.James Herriot’s Dog Stories, James Herriot
1987 Fiction
1.The Tommyknockers, Stephen King
2.Patriot Games, Tom Clancy
3.Kaleidoscope, Danielle Steel
4.Miser y, Stephen King
5.Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon
Stories, Garrison Keillor
6.Windmills of the Gods, Sidney Sheldon
7.Presumed Innocent, Scott Turow
8.Fine Things, Danielle Steel
9.Heaven and Hell, John Jakes
10.The Eyes of the Dragon, Stephen King
1987 Nonfiction
1.Time Flies, Bill Cosby
2.Spycatcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior
Intelligence Officer, Peter Wright with Paul
Greengrass
3.Family: The Ties That Bind. ..and Gag!,Erma
Bombeck
4.Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA, 1981-1987, Bob
Woodward
5.A Day in the Life of America, Rick Smolan and
David Cohen
6.The Great Depression of 1990, Ravi Batra
7.It’s All in the Playing, Shirley MacLaine
8.Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of
Speaker Tip O’Neill, Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr., with
William Novak
9.The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American, Jeff Smith
10.The Closing of the American Mind, Allan Bloom
1988 Fiction
1.The Cardinal of the Kremlin, Tom Clancy
2.The Sands of Time, Sidney Sheldon
3.Zoya, Danielle Steel
4.The Icarus Agenda, Robert Ludlum
5.Alaska, James A. Michener
6.Till We Meet Again, Judith Krantz
7.The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice
8.To Be the Best, Barbara Taylor Bradford
9.One: A Novel, Richard Bach
10.Mitla Pass, Leon Uris
1988 Nonfiction
1.The Eight-Week Cholesterol Cure, Robert E.
Kowalski
2.Talking Straight, Lee Iacocca with Sonny
Kleinfield
3.A Brief Histor y of Time: From the Big Bang to Black
Holes, Steven W. Hawking
4.Trump: The Art of the Deal, Donald J. Trump
with Tony Schwartz
5.Gracie: A Love Stor y, George Burns
6.Elizabeth Takes Off, Elizabeth Taylor
7.Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive,
Harvey MacKay
8.Christmas in America, David Cohen, editor
9.Weight Watchers Quick Success Program Book, Jean
Nidetch
10.Moonwalk, Michael Jackson
1989 Fiction
1.Clear and Present Danger, Tom Clancy
2.The Dark Half, Stephen King
3.Daddy, Danielle Steel
4.Star, Danielle Steel
5.Caribbean, James A. Michener
6.The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie
7.The Russia House, John Le Carré
8.The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
9.California Gold, John Jakes
10.While My Pretty One Sleeps, Mary Higgins Clark
1989 Nonfiction
1.All I Really Need to Know I Learned in
Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common
Things, Robert Fulghum
2.Wealth Without Risk: How to Develop a Personal
Fortune Without Going Out on a Limb, Charles J.
Givens
3.A Woman Named Jackie, C. David Heymann
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