The books on this list all held the #1 position for fiction on the New York Time Besteller List during the 70’s. Although The Godfather, by Mario Puzo, gave up it’s position at #1 on February 8, 1970, it continued to stay on the charts and remained influential throughout the 70’s and beyond.
1969
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
1970
The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles
Love Story by Erich Segal
1971
QB VII by Leon Uris
The Passions of the Mind by Irving Stone
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Wheels by Arthur Hailey
1972
The Winds of War by Herman Wouk
The Word by Irving Wallace
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
1973
The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth
Once Is Not Enough by Jacqueline Susann
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart
The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene
Burr by Gore Vidal
1974
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
Centennial by James Michener
1975
The Moneychangers by Arthur Hailey
Looking for Mr. Goodbar by Judith Rossner
Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
Curtain by Agatha Christie
1976
1876 by Gore Vidal
Trinity by Leon Uris
Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
1977
Oliver’s Story by Erich Segal
Falconer by John Cheever
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkein
1978
Bloodline by Sidney Sheldon
Scruples by Judith Krantz
The Holcroft Covenant by Robert Ludlum
Chesapeake by James Michener
War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk
1979
Overload by Arthur Hailey
The Matarese Circle by Robert Ludlum
Good as Gold by Joseph Heller
Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
The Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart
Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
The Establishment by Howard Fast
Triple by Ken Follett
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