What book was the #1 seller? Top ten? What authors are still publishing? What books do you remember from that year?

1. Top Books and
Literary News of 1977
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2. Publishers Weekly
Top Fiction 1977
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3. 1. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien
2. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
3. Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard
Bach
4. The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carre
5. Oliver's Story by Erich Segal
6. Dreams Die First by Harold Robbins
7. Beggarman, Thief by Irwin Shaw
8. How To Save Your Own Life by Erica Jong
9. Delta of Venus: Erotica by Anaïs Nin
10. Daniel Martin by John Fowles
Publishers Weekly
Top Ten Fiction 1977
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4. Publishers Weekly
Top Non-Fiction 1977
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5. 1. Roots by Alex Haley
2. Looking Out for #1 by Robert Ringer
3. All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot
4. Your Erroneous Zones by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
5. The Book of Lists by David Wallechinsky, Irving Wallace and Amy
Wallace
6. The Possible Dream: A Candid Look at Amway by Charles Paul
Conn
7. The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan
8. The Second Ring of Power by Carlos Castaneda
9. The Grass ls Always Greener over the Septic Tank by Erma
Bombeck
10. The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
Publishers Weekly
Top Ten Non-Fiction 1977
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6. #1 NY Times
Bestsellers of 1977
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7. Trinity by Leon Uris from the beginning of the year until April 3
Oliver’s Story by Erich Seagal From April 10 until May 15
Falconer by John Cheever May 22
Oliver’s Story by Erich Seagal May 29
Falconer by John Cheever June 5 to June 12
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough June 19 to September 25
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien October 2 to the end of the year
#1 NY Times
Bestsellers of 1977 Throughout the
Year
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8. The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
Coma by Robin Cook
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
How To Save Your Own Life by Erica Jong
The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carre
Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtry
Interesting Titles Published in
1977
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9. Norman Mailer punches Gore Vidal in the face at a NYC party.
magazine Gay News is found guilty of libel for publishing a homo
V.S. Naipaul declines the offer of a CBE.
Top Books and
Literary News of 1977
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10. Norman Mailer and Gore Vidal in 2002
Top Books and
Literary News of 1977
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11. ROOTS was racked as nonfiction and on the NY Times
list in that category. It was promoted as ‘faction’.
Alex Haley later admitted he did make up segments of
the story as it was impossible to determine his true
family history.
Top Books and
Literary News of 1977
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12. 1. The Shining by Stephen King
2. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
3. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
4. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkein
5. A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
6. The Amityville Horror by Jan Anson
7. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
8. The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
9. Illusions: The Adventure of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
10. Gateway by Frederich Pohl
Goodreads Top Books of 1977
As of Today
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13. The #1 Selling Book of
1977?
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14. What is your favorite book from
1977?
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15. New York City, summer 1977. The Bronx is burning. The twin towers of the new World
Trade Center loom over the skyline. Son of Sam. Star Wars. Studio 54. The Five
Families. The city faces bankruptcy and unrest seethes. On the dark streets of a city
the rest of the country believes is going down the toilet, Vietnam vet Kane’s life mirrors
his hometown.
Kane has been working out of a diner in Greenwich Village as a ‘fixer’ for a high-
priced lawyer since returning to New York in disgrace. But is he really fixing anything?
It begins when he takes a compromising picture as part of the job. As the long hot
summer boils, so does Kane as the mob, the CIA, the IRA, and other forces are
brought to bear on him. What they all seem to have forgotten, and Kane wishes he
could, is that he is a highly trained and experienced warrior. A skilled killer.
What should a good man do when faced with the evil that the law can't touch?
On 13 July 1977, the Blackout occurs and Kane explodes.

16. New York City. 1970s.
Jack Reacher meets the Equalizer
by NY Times Bestselling Author,
West Point graduate
and former Green Beret
One of the top five new series of the year.
http://bobmayer.com/fiction/

17. www.bobmayer.com
About the author: Bob Mayer up in the Bronx, New York
City; graduated West Point, served in the Infantry
including leading a recon platoon in the First Cav
Division, and then Special Forces (Green Berets),
commanding an A-Team and other assignments. After
leaving active duty he studied martial arts in the Orient
and was brought back for numerous ADSW (Active Duty
Special Work) tours in Special Operations.
He’s lived on an island off the east coast, an island off
the west coast, in the Rocky Mountains, the hill country of
Texas, the first of New England, the Appalachians and
other places.
They haven’t caught up to him yet.
He is the New York Times bestselling author of over 80
books.