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A good way of determining what was popular is to look at what sold the most.

The top 10 best selling books of 1979 (in the US) were:

  • The Matarese Circle by Robert Ludlum
  • Sophie's Choice by William Styron
  • Overload by Arthur Hailey
  • Memories of Another Day by Harold Robbins
  • Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut
  • The Dead Zone by Stephen King
  • The Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart
  • The Establishment by Howard Fast
  • The Third World War: August 1985 by John Hackett
  • Smiley's People by John le Carré
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11y ago

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