1984

US F I C T I O N

1. The Talisman, Stephen King and Peter Straub 2,405 copies on LT

2. The Aquitaine Progression, Robert Ludlum 445 copies on LT

3. The Sicilian, Mario Puzo 364 copies

4. Love and War, John Jakes 243 copies

5. The Butter Battle Book, Dr. Seuss 242 copies

6. ". . . And the Ladies of the Club," Helen Hooven Santmyer 369 copies

7. The Fourth Protocol, Frederick Forsyth 451 copies

8. Full Circle, Danielle Steel 94 copies

9. The Life and Hard Times of Heidi Abromowitz, Joan Rivers 22 copies

10. Lincoln: A Novel, Gore Vidal 652 copies

N O N F I C T I O N

1. Iacocca: An Autobiography, Lee Iacocca with William Novak 343 copies

2. Loving Each Other: The Challenge of Human Relationships, Leo Buscaglia 90 copies

3. Eat to Win: The Sports Nutrition Bible, Robert Haas, M.D. 33 copies

4. Pieces of My Mind, Andrew A. Rooney 56 copies

5. Weight Watchers Fast and Fabulous Cookbook 31 copies

6. What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School: Notes from a Street-Smart Executive, Mark H. McCormack 195 copies

7. Women Coming of Age, Jane Fonda with Mignon McCarthy 18 copies

8. Moses the Kitten, James Herriot 92 copies

9. The One Minute Salesperson, Spencer Johnson, M.D., and Larry Wilson 76 copies

10. Weight Watchers Quick Start Program Cookbook, Jean Nidetch 27 copies

Grr - I missed The talisman which I have read - and loved.

I own The Aquitaine Progression, but I haven't read it. Own and have read The Talisman. Remember reading about the Bitter Butter Battles at some point...

I'll admit to The Fourth Protocol and The Butter Battle Book.

I own and have read #6 and #10. Both outstanding novels.

# 10 from the Fiction list for me, too. One of Vidal's best.

I own #2.

I have ...And All the Ladies of the Club as a gift from one of my daughters.

I have gotten half-way through it twice. That is a big book.

How have you all found it?

My ex-mother-in-law had it and loved it. I made it half way through the first chapter. It wasn't bad, it's just very, very S L O W.

I haven't read any of the books on these lists, but I have read the book named after the year!

I loved And Ladies of the Club when I read it back in the 80s, but when I tried to read it last year (after this thread was started & I was reminded how much I enjoyed it), I got bored after only a few pages and put it down. Funny, you'd think I'd enjoy it more now that I'm old(er).

I think I've only read Moses the Kitten by James Herriot. I might have looked at Leo Buscaglia's book.

The Talisman and The Sicilian, and my husband has the Iacocca autobiography although I have never been tempted to read it.