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    Which one of these fiction books reached number 3 on the best seller list in 1960?

    • "Family: The Ties That Bind . . . And Gag" By Erma Bombeck
    • "The Leopard" By Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
    • "K" By Mary Roberts Rinehart
    • "Lady Rose's Daughter" By Mary Augusta Ward
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  • 2. 

    Which one of these fiction books reached number 2 on the best seller list in 1961?

    • "The Shuttle" By Frances Hodgson Burnett

    • "Life Begins At Forty" By Walter B. Pitkin

    • "Franny And Zooey" By J. D. Salinger

    • "North To The Orient" By Anne Morrow Lindbergh

    Correct Answer
    A. "Franny And Zooey" By J. D. Salinger
  • 3. 

    Which one of these fiction books reached number 1 on the best seller list in 1962?

    • "Ship Of Fools" By Katherine Anne Porter

    • "The Head Of The House Of Coombe" By Frances Hodgson Burnett

    • "Exile" By Warwick Deeping

    • "Etiquette" By Emily Post

    Correct Answer
    A. "Ship Of Fools" By Katherine Anne Porter
  • 4. 

    Which one of these nonfiction books reached number 4 on the best seller list in 1962?

    • "Blood, Sweat And Tears" By Winston S. Churchill

    • "A Smattering Of Ignorance" By Oscar Levant

    • "O Ye Jigs & Juleps" By Virginia Cary Hudson

    • "The Civil War" By Geoffrey C. Ward With Ric Burns And Ken Burns

    Correct Answer
    A. "O Ye Jigs & Juleps" By Virginia Cary Hudson
  • 5. 

    Which one of these fiction books reached number 5 on the best seller list in 1963?

    • "The Seven Purposes" By Margaret Cameron

    • "Only Yesterday" By Frederick Lewis Allen

    • "Elizabeth Appleton" By John O'Hara

    • "His Way: The Unauthorized Biography Of Frank Sinatra" By Kitty Kelley

    Correct Answer
    A. "Elizabeth Appleton" By John O'Hara
  • 6. 

    Which one of these fiction books reached number 1 on the best seller list in 1964?

    • "Private Parts" By Howard Stern

    • "Lady Rose's Daughter" By Mary Augusta Ward

    • "Anthony Adverse" By Hervey Allen

    • "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold" By John Le Carre

    Correct Answer
    A. "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold" By John Le Carre
  • 7. 

    Which one of these nonfiction books reached number 3 on the best seller list in 1964?

    • "The Man Nobody Knows" By Bruce Barton

    • "A Gentleman Of Courage" By James Oliver Curwood

    • "The Barrier" By Rex Beach

    • "Profiles In Courage: Memorial Edition" By John F. Kennedy

    Correct Answer
    A. "Profiles In Courage: Memorial Edition" By John F. Kennedy
  • 8. 

    Which one of these fiction books reached number 4 on the best seller list in 1965?

    • "Northwest Passage" By Kenneth Roberts

    • "One More River" By John Galsworthy

    • "The Yearling" By Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

    • "The Chapman Report" By Irving Wallace

    Correct Answer
    A. "The Chapman Report" By Irving Wallace
  • 9. 

    Which one of these fiction books reached number 5 on the best seller list in 1965?

    • "Needful Things" By Stephen King

    • "The Green Berets" By Robin Moore

    • "Angela's Ashes" By Frank McCourt

    • "The Life Of Christ" By Giovanni Papini

    Correct Answer
    A. "The Green Berets" By Robin Moore
  • 10. 

    Which one of these fiction books reached number 1 on the best seller list in 1966?

    • "The Arts" By Hendrik Willem Van Loon

    • "Autobiography With Letters" By William Lyon Phelps

    • "Valley Of The Dolls" By Jacqueline Susann

    • "The Good Earth" By Pearl S. Buck

    Correct Answer
    A. "Valley Of The Dolls" By Jacqueline Susann
  • 11. 

    Which one of these nonfiction books reached number 2 on the best seller list in 1966?

    • "The Outline Of History" By H. G. Wells

    • "Make The Connection" By Oprah Winfrey And Bob Greene

    • "Human Sexual Response" By William Howard Masters And Virginia E. Johnston

    • "The Mysterious Rider" By Zane Grey

    Correct Answer
    A. "Human Sexual Response" By William Howard Masters And Virginia E. Johnston
  • 12. 

    Which one of these fiction books reached number 3 on the best seller list in 1967?

    • "Yankee From Olympus" By Catherine Drinker Bowen

    • "The Chosen" By Chaim Potok

    • "Alaska" By James A. Michener

    • "Napoleon" By Emil Ludwig

    Correct Answer
    A. "The Chosen" By Chaim Potok
  • 13. 

    Which one of these nonfiction books reached number 4 on the best seller list in 1967?

    • "Laugh And Live" By Douglas Fairbanks

    • "Stanyan Street & Other Sorrows" By Rod McKuen

    • "Daddy" By Danielle Steel

    • "Dark Hester" By Anne Douglas Sedgwick

    Correct Answer
    A. "Stanyan Street & Other Sorrows" By Rod McKuen
  • 14. 

    Which one of these fiction books reached number 5 on the best seller list in 1968?

    • "Northwest Passage" By Kenneth Roberts

    • "The Bridges Of Madison County" By Robert James Waller

    • "Testimony Of Two Men" By Taylor Caldwell

    • "Under Cover" By John Roy Carlson

    Correct Answer
    A. "Testimony Of Two Men" By Taylor Caldwell
  • 15. 

    Which one of these fiction books reached number 2 on the best seller list in 1969?

    • "The Godfather" By Mario Puzo

    • "The Fountain" By Charles Morgan

    • "Revolt In The Desert" By T. E. Lawrence

    • "Information Please Almanac, 1947" By John Kieran

    Correct Answer
    A. "The Godfather" By Mario Puzo

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