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Bestselling books for the Twentieth century for every year

Publishers Weekly's entire list of the bestselling book for each year from 1900 to 1998. Impress your friends & family - read the bestselling book for each year in the Twentieth century.

1900 - 1909
1910 - 1919
1920 - 1929
1930 - 1939
1940 - 1949
1950 - 1959
1960 - 1969
1970 - 1979

(1970) Love Story, Erich Segal
(1971) Wheels, Arthur Hailey
(1972) Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach
(1973) Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach
(1974) Centennial, James A. Michener
(1975) Ragtime, E. L. Doctorow
(1976) Trinity, Leon Uris
(1977) The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien; Christopher Tolkien
(1978) Chesapeake, James A. Michener
(1979) The Matarese Circle, Robert Ludlum

1980 - 1989
1990 - 1999

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