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The Most Popular Books of 1979

A list of the top 100 most shelved books of 1979 on Goodreads.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/popular_by_date/1979
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1
Douglas Adams
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Betty Edwards)
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
2
Betty Edwards
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
3
Octavia Butler
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
4
V.C. Andrews
The Dead Zone (Stephen King)
The Dead Zone
5
Stephen King
The Neverending Story (Michael Ende)
The Neverending Story
6
Michael Ende
The Long Walk (Stephen King)
The Long Walk
7
Stephen King
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Edmund Morris)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
8
Edmund Morris
Sophie's Choice (William Styron)
Sophie's Choice
9
William Styron
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
10
Douglas R. Hofstadter
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
11
Italo Calvino
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story
12
Peter Straub
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
13
Angela Carter
The White Album (Joan Didion)
The White Album
14
Joan Didion
Bunnicula (James Howe)
Bunnicula
15
James Howe
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Milan Kundera)
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
16
Milan Kundera
The Executioner's Song (Norman Mailer)
The Executioner's Song
17
Norman Mailer
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
18
Love Comes Softly (Oke, Janet)
Love Comes Softly
19
Oke, Janet
The Drama of the Gifted Child (Alice Miller)
The Drama of the Gifted Child
20
Alice Miller
The Matarese Circle (Robert Ludlum)
The Matarese Circle
21
Robert Ludlum
Smiley's People (John Le Carré)
Smiley's People
22
John Le Carré
Suttree
Suttree
23
A Woman of Substance - West Yorkshire (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
A Woman of Substance - West Yorkshire
24
Barbara Taylor Bradford
The Fountains of Paradise
The Fountains of Paradise
25
The Gnostic Gospels (Elaine Pagels)
The Gnostic Gospels
26
Elaine Pagels
Dragondrums
Dragondrums
27
Hear the Wind Sing
Hear the Wind Sing
28
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
29
V.S. Naipaul
Jailbird (Kurt Vonnegut)
Jailbird
30
Kurt Vonnegut
The Ringworld Engineers
The Ringworld Engineers
31
The Key to Midnight
The Key to Midnight
32
Ramona and Her Mother (Beverly Cleary)
Ramona and Her Mother
33
Beverly Cleary
Sex and Rage (1979) (Eve Babitz)
Sex and Rage (1979)
34
Eve Babitz
Amadeus (Peter Shaffer)
Amadeus
35
Peter Shaffer
The Source of Magic
The Source of Magic
36
Castle Roogna (Piers Anthony)
Castle Roogna
37
Piers Anthony
The New Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie (Dick Riley & Pam McAllister)
The New Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie
38
Dick Riley & Pam McAllister
The Feast of All Saints
The Feast of All Saints
39
Alien (Alan Dean Foster)
Alien
40
Alan Dean Foster
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