Books of 1972

By Patrick Mondout

Here's a list of the top ten fiction bestsellers of 1972:

1972 Fiction Bestsellers
1	Jonathan Livingston Seagull	Richard Bach
2	August, 1914	Alexander Solzhenitsyn
3	The Odessa File	Frederick Forsyth
4	The Day of the Jackal	Frederick Forsyth
5	The Word	Irving Wallace
6	The Winds of War	Herman Wouk
7	Captains and the Kings	Taylor Caldwell
8	Two from Galilee	Marjorie Holmes
9	My Name Is Asher Lev	Chaim Potok
10	Semi-Tough	Dan Jenkins
	Source: Publisher's Weekly

1972 Non-Fiction Bestsellers
1	The Living Bible	Kenneth Taylor
2	I'm O.K., You're O.K.	Thomas Harris
3	Open Marriage	Nena and George O'Neill
4	Harry S. Truman	Margaret Truman
5	Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution	Robert C. Atkins
6	Better Homes & Gardens Menu Cook Book
7	The Peter Prescription	Laurence J. Peter
8	A World Beyond	Ruth Montgomery
9	Journey to Ixtlan	Carlos Castaneda
10	Better Homes & Gardens Low-Calorie Desserts
	Source: Publisher's Weekly