#7099, aired 2015-06-25 | "HIGH" PAGE DRIFTERS $800: Stephen Covey's self-help book "The 7 Habits of" these "People" was on the best-sellers list for over 270 weeks Highly Effective People |
#6992, aired 2015-01-27 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS LISTS $400: The first weekly list, Aug. 9, 1942, was topped by "The Last Time I Saw" this city, about living on the rue de la Huchette Paris |
#6992, aired 2015-01-27 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS LISTS $700 (Daily Double): In 2014, 20 years after it was published, this book about the origins of Ebola was back on the nonfiction list The Hot Zone |
#6992, aired 2015-01-27 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS LISTS $800: Some felt this series clogged the fiction list, so in 2000, as the 4th book came out, the Times created a children's list the Harry Potter series |
#6992, aired 2015-01-27 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS LISTS $1600: In the 21st century, graphic novels & this Japanese genre each got their own list in the New York Times manga |
#6992, aired 2015-01-27 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS LISTS $2000: First published in 1984, this "pregnancy bible" has spent more than 675 weeks on the New York Times best sellers list What to Expect When You're Expecting |
#5792, aired 2009-11-17 | AT THE "BAR" $1,020 (Daily Double): One of the best sellers in its field, its stock symbol is BKS Barnes & Noble |
#5560, aired 2008-11-07 | "BEST" SELLERS $200: The chief attendant of the bridegroom the best man |
#5560, aired 2008-11-07 | "BEST" SELLERS $400: Proverbial 3-word term for a dog in relation to our species man's best friend |
#5560, aired 2008-11-07 | "BEST" SELLERS $600: Day-of-the-week term for clothing worn on special occasions Sunday best |
#5560, aired 2008-11-07 | "BEST" SELLERS $800: Uno, a 15-inch beagle, took this Westminster Kennel Club top prize in 2008 Best in Show |
#5560, aired 2008-11-07 | "BEST" SELLERS $1000: Brian Epstein was assigned to boot this drummer from the Beatles in 1962 Pete Best |
#4081, aired 2002-05-06 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS $200: "The Universe in a Nutshell" is his bestselling follow-up to "A Brief History of Time" Stephen Hawking |
#4081, aired 2002-05-06 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS $600: If you know that this was Herman Wouk's first No. 1 novel, back in 1951, we salute you! The Caine Mutiny |
#4081, aired 2002-05-06 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS $800: A best seller in 1980, this Jeffrey Archer novel sounds like the saga of biblical siblings Kane and Abel |
#4081, aired 2002-05-06 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS $1,000 (Daily Double): This sequel by Alexandria Ripley, published 55 years after the original novel, entered the list at No. 1 in 1991 Scarlett |
#4081, aired 2002-05-06 | THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS $1000: This seductive novel landed John Fowles on the best-seller list in 1969 The French Lieutenant's Woman |
#3977, aired 2001-12-11 | SELLERS' BEST $400: As this character, Peter Sellers gave unique inflections to words like "room", "phone" & "monkey" Inspector Clouseau |
#3977, aired 2001-12-11 | SELLERS' BEST $800: Perhaps not one of Sellers' best, "The Bobo" co-starred this Swedish-born actress to whom he was married Britt Ekland |
#3977, aired 2001-12-11 | SELLERS' BEST $1200: Besides blankly watching TV, it's the original occupation of Chance, Sellers' character in "Being There" gardener |
#3977, aired 2001-12-11 | SELLERS' BEST $1600: Woody Allen wrote this '60s film featuring Sellers as a lecherous psychoanalyst What's New Pussycat? |
#3977, aired 2001-12-11 | SELLERS' BEST $2000: John Lennon was among the fans of this influential radio show starring Peter Sellers & Spike Milligan The Goon Show |
#2969, aired 1997-06-26 | NONFICTION $800: He had best-sellers with "The Dilbert Principle" & "Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook" Scott Adams |
#2296, aired 1994-09-05 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: Advanced Night Repair, a skin care product, is one of this cosmetics giant's best sellers Estée Lauder |
#1748, aired 1992-03-18 | BEST SELLERS $200: This author of the best-selling novel "Texas" hit the list again with "The Novel" in 1991 Michener |
#1748, aired 1992-03-18 | BEST SELLERS $400: Subtitled "Heir to Empire", Timothy Zahn's book continues the story of this George Lucas film series Star Wars |
#1748, aired 1992-03-18 | BEST SELLERS $600: This author of "The Naked and the Dead" takes on the CIA in his recent best seller "Harlot's Ghost" Norman Mailer |
#1748, aired 1992-03-18 | BEST SELLERS $800: According to the title of Julia Phillips' best seller, "You'll Never" do this "In This Town Again" Eat Lunch |
#1748, aired 1992-03-18 | BEST SELLERS $1000: The investigative reporter whose "The Commanders" traces the buildup to the Gulf War Bob Woodward |
#1710, aired 1992-01-24 | BEST SELLERS $200: In "Jurassic Park" scientists use genetic engineering to revive these creatures dinosaurs |
#1710, aired 1992-01-24 | BEST SELLERS $400: "Riders on the Storm" is John Densmore's best-selling account of life with this rock group The Doors |
#1710, aired 1992-01-24 | BEST SELLERS $600: Mario Puzo's "The Fourth K" is a futuristic political thriller about this family Kennedys |
#1710, aired 1992-01-24 | BEST SELLERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Time Magazine called this Anne Tyler novel about a travel writer one of the '80s' best books The Accidental Tourist |
#1710, aired 1992-01-24 | BEST SELLERS $1000: This 1977 Erich Segal novel takes place two years after Jenny Cavilleri's death Oliver's Story |
#1704, aired 1992-01-16 | KIDDIE LIT $100: He wrote 4 of the 10 all-time kids' hardcover best sellers, including "Hop on Pop" Dr. Seuss |
#1686, aired 1991-12-23 | WOMEN AUTHORS $800: She's written a string of best sellers including "Evergreen" & "Random Winds" Belva Plain |
#1644, aired 1991-10-24 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: 1 of 2 Thomas Harris best sellers that feature Hannibal the Cannibal The Silence of the Lambs (or Red Dragon) |
#1601, aired 1991-07-15 | BEST SELLERS $200: In a 1984 best seller, this comedienne told about "The Life & Hard Times of Heidi Abromowitz" Joan Rivers |
#1601, aired 1991-07-15 | BEST SELLERS $400: "What I Saw at the Revolution" is Peggy Noonan's account of her 4 years as a speechwriter for this president Reagan |
#1601, aired 1991-07-15 | BEST SELLERS $600: Guinness says this Jacqueline Susann work is the all-time best selling novel Valley of the Dolls |
#1601, aired 1991-07-15 | BEST SELLERS $1000: "Coma" & "Brain" are among the best selling mysteries by this doctor & teacher Robin Cook |
#1601, aired 1991-07-15 | BEST SELLERS $3,000 (Daily Double): This German archaeologist & his wife were the subject of Irving Stone's best seller "The Greek Treasure" Henry (Heinrich) Schliemann |
#1389, aired 1990-09-20 | BEST SELLERS $200: She says her new book "The Way to Cook" may be her last Julia Child |
#1389, aired 1990-09-20 | BEST SELLERS $400: Hollywood nonagenarian who remembers his career in "All My Best Friends" George Burns |
#1389, aired 1990-09-20 | BEST SELLERS $600: She wrote "I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise" about kids who survive cancer Erma Bombeck |
#1389, aired 1990-09-20 | BEST SELLERS $800: Actor whose book of light verse hit the best seller list in 1989 Jimmy Stewart |
#1389, aired 1990-09-20 | BEST SELLERS $1000: "Foucault's Pendulum" is an encyclopedic detective story by this author Umberto Eco |
#7, aired 1990-07-28 | BEST SELLERS $500: Completes the title of Thomas Harris' 1969 book "I'm OK..." You're OK |
#7, aired 1990-07-28 | BEST SELLERS $1000: "My Life in Three Acts" is the latest volume of memoirs by this First Lady of the American Theatre Helen Hayes |
#7, aired 1990-07-28 | BEST SELLERS $1500: His novel "The Stand" was 1st published in 1978, but an uncut version was released in 1990 (Stephen) King |
#7, aired 1990-07-28 | BEST SELLERS $2000: Morley Safer's "Flashbacks" describes a return visit to this country after 25 years Vietnam |
#7, aired 1990-07-28 | BEST SELLERS $2500: "An Inconvenient Woman" by this author describes morals & murders in L.A.'s high society Dominick Dunne |
#1374, aired 1990-07-19 | BALD IS BEAUTIFUL $1000: This H.S. dropout became an actor, director & author of the best sellers "Tracy & Hepburn" & "Hollywood" Garson Kanin |
#1341, aired 1990-06-04 | BEST SELLERS $200: Her version of the White House years is titled "My Turn" Nancy Reagan |
#1341, aired 1990-06-04 | BEST SELLERS $400: "Caribbean" is his fictional history of the islands James Michener |
#1341, aired 1990-06-04 | BEST SELLERS $600: Ex-L.A. cop whose story "The Blooding" concerns use of genetic fingerprinting in a murder case Joseph Wambaugh |
#1341, aired 1990-06-04 | BEST SELLERS $800: "It was on Fire When I Lay Down on It" is his sequel to "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" Robert Fulghum |
#1341, aired 1990-06-04 | BEST SELLERS $1000: "California Gold" is his tale of a young man who leaves Penn. to seek his fortune in the West John Jakes |
#1331, aired 1990-05-21 | BEST SELLERS $100: "Hey, Wait A Minute (I Wrote A Book!)" by this former Raiders coach was a best seller in 1984 John Madden |
#1331, aired 1990-05-21 | BEST SELLERS $200: In 1987 a Soviet magazine ran excerpts from this B. Pasternak novel -- 29 years after it was banned "Doctor Zhivago" |
#1331, aired 1990-05-21 | BEST SELLERS $300: His "Kids Say The Darndest Things!" topped the best-seller lists in both 1957 & 1958 Art Linkletter |
#1331, aired 1990-05-21 | BEST SELLERS $400: "Made In America" was this businessman's memoir of the 1984 Olympics Peter Ueberroth |
#1331, aired 1990-05-21 | BEST SELLERS $500: This Lloyd C. Douglas novel of the crucifixion was a best seller in '43 & '53 when the movie came out "The Robe" |
#1275, aired 1990-03-02 | BEST SELLERS $200: He got a $4 million advance for his latest thriller, "Clear & Present Danger" Tom Clancy |
#1275, aired 1990-03-02 | BEST SELLERS $400: Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club" centers around the women who play this Chinese game mahjong |
#1275, aired 1990-03-02 | BEST SELLERS $600: The 1989 book "Polar Star" was this author's sequel to "Gorky Park" Martin Cruz Smith |
#1275, aired 1990-03-02 | BEST SELLERS $800: This Black author's most recent best seller is the mystical "Temple of my Familiar" Alice Walker |
#1275, aired 1990-03-02 | BEST SELLERS $1000: Written in his usual factual-fictional style, "Billy Bathgate" is this "Ragtime" author's most recent work Doctorow |
#1245, aired 1990-01-19 | BEST SELLERS $200: "A Woman Named Jackie" is C. David Hermann's biography of this woman Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis |
#1245, aired 1990-01-19 | BEST SELLERS $400: "Parting the Waters" by Taylor Branch is a history of this social movement in America Civil Rights Movement |
#1245, aired 1990-01-19 | BEST SELLERS $600: The book subtitled "It Ain't Over..." is a collection of anecdotes by this man Yogi Berra |
#1245, aired 1990-01-19 | BEST SELLERS $800: Pat Hackett has edited & published the diaries this artist kept from 1976-87 Andy Warhol |
#1245, aired 1990-01-19 | BEST SELLERS $1000: In "The Good Times" this New York Times columnist describes his career in journalism Russell Baker |
#1202, aired 1989-11-21 | 1930s BEST SELLERS $200: John Steinbeck's "Of Mice & Men" was his 1st best seller, this, his 2nd, was the No. 1 book of 1939 The Grapes of Wrath |
#1202, aired 1989-11-21 | 1930s BEST SELLERS $400: 2 best-selling self-help books of the decade were "Orchids on Your Budget" & "Wake Up &" do this Live |
#1202, aired 1989-11-21 | 1930s BEST SELLERS $600 (Daily Double): The 2 James Hilton novels that made the fiction best-selling list in 1935 Goodbye, Mr. Chips & Lost Horizon |
#1202, aired 1989-11-21 | 1930s BEST SELLERS $800: His 1938 book, "Alone", described his months alone in the Antarctic Byrd |
#1202, aired 1989-11-21 | 1930s BEST SELLERS $1000: Her soapy story "Back Street" was a 1931 best seller & was filmed in 1932, 1941 & 1961 (Fannie) Hurst |
#1175, aired 1989-10-13 | BEST SELLERS $200: It's the title of Charles Higham's bio of the wife of Edward VIII & was her title as well "The Duchess of Windsor" |
#1175, aired 1989-10-13 | BEST SELLERS $400: In 1981 James G. Nourse hit the best seller list with "The Simple Solution To" this puzzle Rubik's Cube |
#1175, aired 1989-10-13 | BEST SELLERS $600: Melvyn Bragg used this Welsh actor's diaries in reconstructing the story of his life Richard Burton |
#1175, aired 1989-10-13 | BEST SELLERS $800: Published in the year of its bicentennial, "Citizens" is Simon Schama's story of this revolution The French Revolution |
#1175, aired 1989-10-13 | BEST SELLERS $1000: He's hit the best seller lists writing novels about horse racing like "The Edge" & "Hot Money" Dick Francis |
#1119, aired 1989-06-15 | BEST SELLERS $200: "The Home Planet" is a collection of photos of Earth taken from here the Moon (outer space, spaceships) |
#1119, aired 1989-06-15 | BEST SELLERS $400: Harvey Mackay's business book tells you how to "Swim With" these predators "Without Being Eaten Alive" Sharks |
#1119, aired 1989-06-15 | BEST SELLERS $800: Heywood Floyd confronts Dave Bowman, Hal & some aliens in this author's "2061: Odyssey Three" Arthur C. Clarke |
#1119, aired 1989-06-15 | BEST SELLERS $1,000 (Daily Double): Her book "The First Salute" is an historical account of the American Revolution Barbara Tuchman |
#1119, aired 1989-06-15 | BEST SELLERS $1000: This man illustrated "Dear Mili", a newly discovered 19th century story by Wilhelm Grimm Maurice Sendak |
#1089, aired 1989-05-04 | BEST SELLERS $200: "Child Star" is the autobiography of this '30s child star Shirley Temple |
#1089, aired 1989-05-04 | BEST SELLERS $400: "Gracie" was written by this man who loved Gracie George Burns |
#1089, aired 1989-05-04 | BEST SELLERS $600: Lewis Grizzard wrote "Don't bend over in the garden, Granny, you know them taters got" these eyes |
#1089, aired 1989-05-04 | BEST SELLERS $800: Robert Fulghum has written an essay collection called "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in" this place Kindergarten |
#1089, aired 1989-05-04 | BEST SELLERS $1000: According to the title of Ravi Batra's best seller, one of these will occur in the U.S. in 1990 depression |
#1068, aired 1989-04-05 | BEST SELLERS $200: This test pilot wrote his autobiography, "Press On!", with the help of Charles Leershen Chuck Yeager |
#1068, aired 1989-04-05 | BEST SELLERS $600: This prime time actress finished writing "Prime Time" while unemployed during the writers' strike Joan Collins |
#1068, aired 1989-04-05 | BEST SELLERS $800: "Generation of Swine" is this gonzo journalist's commentary on the 1980s Hunter S. Thompson |
#1068, aired 1989-04-05 | BEST SELLERS $1,000 (Daily Double): "Almost Golden" tells the story of this late golden-haired TV anchorwoman Jessica Savitch |
#1068, aired 1989-04-05 | BEST SELLERS $1000: "The Lives of John Lennon" is an unauthorized bio of the musician by this author Albert Goldman |
#1031, aired 1989-02-13 | NONFICTION $200: "The Living", "The New English", & "The Revised Standard" version of this book were best sellers The Bible |
#1031, aired 1989-02-13 | NONFICTION $800: In 1986, 3 of this cartoonist's "Far Side" books were best sellers Gary Larson |
#1003, aired 1989-01-04 | BEST SELLERS $200: This company's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary has been on the best seller list for 3 years Webster (Merriam-Webster) |
#1003, aired 1989-01-04 | BEST SELLERS $400: "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking measures time from this monumental explosion Big Bang Theory |
#1003, aired 1989-01-04 | 1968 $400: A survey of 70 years of best sellers had 7 of his hardboiled titles in the top 25 Mickey Spillane |
#1003, aired 1989-01-04 | BEST SELLERS $600: In "Show Time", Pat Riley, this team's coach, tells the story of their 1987 championship season Lakers |
#1003, aired 1989-01-04 | BEST SELLERS $800: Her "Money Book" was subtitled "How to Earn It, Spend It, Invest It, Borrow It & Use It to Better Your Life" Sylvia Porter |
#1003, aired 1989-01-04 | BEST SELLERS $1000: His daughter Angelique edited a book of his quotations called "A Trail of Memories" Louis L'Amour |
#960, aired 1988-11-04 | BEST SELLERS $200: He promises new thinking, not Newspeak, in his book "Perestroika" Mikhail Gorbachev |
#960, aired 1988-11-04 | BEST SELLERS $400: In "Detour: A Hollywood Story", this star's daughter Cheryl Crane talks about life with mom Lana Turner |
#960, aired 1988-11-04 | BEST SELLERS $600: "Heaven & Hell" is the final book of this John Jakes Civil War trilogy North & South (North & South and Love & War accepted) |
#960, aired 1988-11-04 | BEST SELLERS $800: In 1979 his "Cruel Shoes" hit No. 2 but never overtook "The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet" Steve Martin |
#960, aired 1988-11-04 | BEST SELLERS $1000: "The Bonfire of the Vanities" is this journalist's 1st novel Tom Wolfe |
#935, aired 1988-09-30 | BEST SELLERS $200: "Elizabeth Takes Off" is her story of the ups & downs in her weight & life Elizabeth Taylor |
#935, aired 1988-09-30 | BEST SELLERS $400: One of the latest tomes he's knocked out is "The Tommyknockers" Stephen King |
#935, aired 1988-09-30 | BEST SELLERS $600: "Fatal Shore" by Robert Hughes is about this country's early history Australia |
#935, aired 1988-09-30 | BEST SELLERS $800: One letter title of the 1988 best seller by John Updike S. |
#935, aired 1988-09-30 | BEST SELLERS $1000: "Texasville" is a sequel to this Larry McMurtry novel The Last Picture Show |
#860, aired 1988-05-06 | BEST SELLERS $200: Bookstore section in which you'd most likely find the works of John MacDonald & Ross Macdonald mysteries |
#860, aired 1988-05-06 | BEST SELLERS $400: Common English translation of the Russian title "Odin den Ivana Denisovicha" One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich |
#860, aired 1988-05-06 | BEST SELLERS $600: In 1984, he delved back into the world of organized crime with "The Sicilian" (Mario) Puzo |
#860, aired 1988-05-06 | BEST SELLERS $800: This author's on his 3rd odyssey, this one set in 2061 Arthur Clarke |
#860, aired 1988-05-06 | BEST SELLERS $1000: She received her 1st Pulitzer Prize in 1963 for "The Guns of August" Barbara Tuchman |
#845, aired 1988-04-15 | BEST SELLERS $100: While none of the 10 fiction best sellers of 1945 dealt with this subject, 4 nonfiction books did World War II |
#845, aired 1988-04-15 | BEST SELLERS $200: 1987 best seller whose subtitle is "The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981-1987" Veil |
#845, aired 1988-04-15 | BEST SELLERS $300: With her only novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird", she was only woman author on best seller list for 1961 Harper Lee |
#845, aired 1988-04-15 | BEST SELLERS $400: John Jakes' trilogy that began with "North & South" was completed in 1987 with this best seller Heaven and Hell |
#845, aired 1988-04-15 | BEST SELLERS $500: The 2 1935 best sellers by James Hilton which made him 1st author to have 2 books on an annual list a Lost Horizon & Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
#745, aired 1987-11-27 | BEST SELLERS $200: This Stephen King novel had shortest title & highest dollar volume among 1986 fiction best sellers It |
#745, aired 1987-11-27 | BEST SELLERS $400: In 1934, her "Seven Gothic Tales" was best seller, 52 yrs. before her "Out of Africa" became Best Picture Isak Dinesen |
#745, aired 1987-11-27 | BEST SELLERS $600: "North to the Orient" & "Listen! The Wind" were her accounts of flying with her husband Anne Morrow Lindbergh |
#745, aired 1987-11-27 | BEST SELLERS $800: The longest-running hardcover fiction best seller for 1986 was this huge work by Jean Auel The Mammoth Hunters |
#745, aired 1987-11-27 | BEST SELLERS $1000: Perhaps her 1987 best seller "Fine Things" reflects the fine things all her best sellers have given her Danielle Steel |
#692, aired 1987-09-15 | BEST SELLERS $200: '85 best seller by Mark H. McCormack told "What They Don't Teach You at" this business school Harvard |
#692, aired 1987-09-15 | BEST SELLERS $400: In 1956, "Arthritis & Common Sense" & Frances Benton's "Search for" this woman were non-fiction best sellers Bridey Murphy |
#692, aired 1987-09-15 | BEST SELLERS $800: One 1986 best seller was about "Men Who Hate Women & The Women Who" do this Love Them |
#692, aired 1987-09-15 | BEST SELLERS $1,000 (Daily Double): The "initial" author of "The Sensuous Woman" "J" |
#692, aired 1987-09-15 | BEST SELLERS $1000: Leon Uris' best seller "Mila 18" took title from address of resistance HQ in this city Warsaw |
#625, aired 1987-05-01 | BEST SELLERS $100: Of all the celebrity fitness books in 1984, only hers was a best seller of the year Jane Fonda |
#625, aired 1987-05-01 | BEST SELLERS $200: Books, on this subject took 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 7th place on 1945's non-fiction bestseller list World War II |
#625, aired 1987-05-01 | BEST SELLERS $300: According to title of Robert Ringer's 1977 best seller, it's whom you should be "Looking Out for" #1 |
#625, aired 1987-05-01 | BEST SELLERS $400: Since "Once Is Not Enough", this author's books made "Best Sellers of the Year" lists 3 times Jacqueline Susann |
#625, aired 1987-05-01 | BEST SELLERS $500: In 60 seconds you should manage to figure out this 1983 business best seller by Blanchard & Johnson The One Minute Manager |
#558, aired 1987-01-28 | AUTOMOBILES $1,000 (Daily Double): The 2 1971 best sellers by Arthur Hailey & Harold Robbins about the Detroit auto business Wheels & The Betsy |
#464, aired 1986-09-18 | BEST SELLERS $100: Edna Ferber's giant best seller of 1952 Giant |
#464, aired 1986-09-18 | BEST SELLERS $200: In 1976, Publishers Weekly initiated a best seller list for these paperbacks |
#464, aired 1986-09-18 | BEST SELLERS $300: First the Bible, then this John Bunyan book, became earliest best sellers in America Pilgrim's Progress |
#464, aired 1986-09-18 | BEST SELLERS $400: In Jack Higgins' 1975 "The Eagle Has Landed", German troops attempt to kidnap this man (Winston) Churchill |
#464, aired 1986-09-18 | BEST SELLERS $500: From 1901-1913 this Englishman had 5 #1 U.S. best sellers of the yr. including "The Crisis" & "The Crossing" Winston Churchill |
#355, aired 1986-01-17 | BEST SELLERS $100: Comprised of 192 of these, "The Nothing Book" sold over 300,000 copies in 1977 blank pages |
#355, aired 1986-01-17 | BEST SELLERS $200: This tough interviewer's book, "Close Encounters" takes longer than "60 Minutes" to read Mike Wallace |
#355, aired 1986-01-17 | BEST SELLERS $300: This book gave the Monterey, Calif. district of its title the nickname "Steinbeck's Street" Cannery Row |
#355, aired 1986-01-17 | BEST SELLERS $400: Actress who was referring to her wooden "brother" when she wrote "Knock Wood" Candice Bergen |
#355, aired 1986-01-17 | BEST SELLERS $500: Publishers of the "Places Rated Almanac" that placed Pittsburgh 1st most desirable U.S. city Rand McNally |
#328, aired 1985-12-11 | BEST SELLERS $200: Pound counters whose "Quick Start Program Cookbook" rose quickly on the best-seller charts Weight Watchers |
#328, aired 1985-12-11 | BEST SELLERS $400: "The Class" that graduated with Erich Segal from this university in 1958 provided him with a "novel" subject Harvard |
#328, aired 1985-12-11 | BEST SELLERS $600: It landed on the best-seller lists again in 1984, 35 years after it was published 1984 |
#328, aired 1985-12-11 | BEST SELLERS $800: As author of "My Mother's Keeper", B.D. Hyman seems not to have kept this mother's secrets Bette Davis |
#328, aired 1985-12-11 | BEST SELLERS $1000: Back again in John Gardner's "Role of Honor", he now stings with an "Asp", not a Walther PPK James Bond |
#269, aired 1985-09-19 | BEST SELLERS $200: This biblical king is enjoying a revival in both a Joseph Heller novel & a Richard Gere film King David |
#269, aired 1985-09-19 | BEST SELLERS $400: Having "phoned home", his adventure continues in "The Book of the Green Planet" E.T. |
#269, aired 1985-09-19 | BEST SELLERS $600: In 1983, Thomas J. Peters & Robert H. Waterman, Jr. went "In Search of" this in Amer. businesses Excellence |
#269, aired 1985-09-19 | BEST SELLERS $800: "So Long, & Thanks for All the Fish" is the 4th book in this Douglas Adams trilogy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
#269, aired 1985-09-19 | BEST SELLERS $1000: By its 3rd week out in '84, this work of 88-year-old Helen Hooven Santmyer was #1 "...And Ladies of the Club" |
#264, aired 1985-09-12 | BEST SELLERS $100: Best-selling book of both '72 & '73 was this Richard Bach bird Jonathan Livingston Seagull |
#264, aired 1985-09-12 | BEST SELLERS $200: J. Onassis was supervising editor for his autobiography, which should prove a "Thriller" Michael Jackson |
#264, aired 1985-09-12 | BEST SELLERS $300: "Dr. Love", he must have loved having 3 best-selling books at the same time Leo Buscaglia |
#264, aired 1985-09-12 | BEST SELLERS $400: With "Parachutes & Kisses" she's overcoming her "Fear of Flying" Erica Jong |
#264, aired 1985-09-12 | BEST SELLERS $500: Master of the page-turner who wrote "Master of the Game" Sidney Sheldon |
#174, aired 1985-05-09 | AROUND THE HOUSE $500 (Daily Double): These two helpful hint ladies have both "cleaned up" with best-sellers that use only their first names Heloise (Cruse) & Mary Ellen (Pinkham) |
#162, aired 1985-04-23 | BEST SELLERS $200: Studs Terkel calls it "The Good War" in his recent best-seller World War II |
#162, aired 1985-04-23 | BEST SELLERS $400: After spinning his "Wheels", this author now prescribes "Strong Medicine" Arthur Hailey |
#162, aired 1985-04-23 | BEST SELLERS $600: Alice Adams' new novel "Superior Women" does to Radcliffe grads what this Mary McCarthy book did to Vassar The Group |
#162, aired 1985-04-23 | BEST SELLERS $800: In this Mario Puzo #1 best-seller, the hero is an independent outlaw who bucks the Mafia The Sicilian |
#162, aired 1985-04-23 | BEST SELLERS $1000: In the latest in a list of best-sellers, this humorist gives us "Pieces of My Mind" Andy Rooney |
#105, aired 1985-02-01 | BEST SELLERS $100: Family murdered in 1st Adler & Chastain puzzle book the Robins family |
#105, aired 1985-02-01 | BEST SELLERS $200: Ken Kesey title which completes phrase "one flew east & one flew west and..." One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
#105, aired 1985-02-01 | BEST SELLERS $300: "God Knows" is only his third book in 23 years since his famous "22" (Joseph) Heller |
#105, aired 1985-02-01 | BEST SELLERS $400: 6 of his scary stories were released as feature films during a one year period (Stephen) King |
#105, aired 1985-02-01 | BEST SELLERS $500: Book lovers love his "Living, Loving & Learning" Leo Buscaglia |
#45, aired 1984-11-09 | BEST SELLERS $100: Not only world’s all-time best seller, but 1 of the oldest the Bible |
#45, aired 1984-11-09 | BEST SELLERS $200: 1968 Arthur Haley best seller that inspired a series of aerial epics Airport |
#45, aired 1984-11-09 | BEST SELLERS $300: Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath” title was taken from this Civil War hymn the "Battle Hymn Of The Republic" |
#45, aired 1984-11-09 | BEST SELLERS $400: This actress went “Out on a Limb” with her latest book Shirley MacLaine |
#45, aired 1984-11-09 | BEST SELLERS $500: Dorothy Stratten’s lover, he writes of her death in “The Killing of the Unicorn” Peter Bogdanovich |
#41, aired 1984-11-05 | BEST SELLERS $200: The number 1 syndicated game show, or Susan Howatch best-seller Wheel of Fortune |
#41, aired 1984-11-05 | BEST SELLERS $400: William Styron chose to write about her "choice" Sophie |
#41, aired 1984-11-05 | BEST SELLERS $600: In this biographical novel, Gore Vidal tells us what Carl Sandburg didn't Lincoln |
#41, aired 1984-11-05 | BEST SELLERS $800: The 1st president Theodore White wrote about "the making of" John F. Kennedy |
#41, aired 1984-11-05 | BEST SELLERS $1000: Author of "Tough Guys Don't Dance", he fears his notoriety has diminished his book sales Norman Mailer |
#6, aired 1984-09-17 | BEST SELLERS $100: Joseph Wambaugh writes novels about them & used to be one himself policemen |
#1, aired 1983-09-18 | BEST-SELLERS $25: This Jacqueline Susann novel is the all-time fictional best seller Valley of the Dolls |
#1, aired 1983-09-18 | BEST-SELLERS $50: Hot horror author whose latest book is about haunted '58 Plymouth Stephen King |
#1, aired 1983-09-18 | BEST-SELLERS $75: Recent expose of movie studio executive's way with a check Indecent Exposure |