Memorize these and you could recognize 21.3% of all Bestsellers clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Clancy | 8 | He got a $4 million advance for his latest thriller, "Clear & Present Danger" |
| 2 | John Grisham | 7 | No. 1 thrillers by this author include "The Firm" & "The Pelican Brief" |
| 3 | Stephen King | 6 | One of the latest tomes he's knocked out is "The Tommyknockers" |
| 4 | James Michener | 4 | "Caribbean" is his fictional history of the islands |
| 5 | Heaven | 4 | "Tuesdays with Morrie" author Mitch Albom titled his 2003 bestseller "The Five People You Meet" here |
| 6 | World War II | 3 | Books, on this subject took 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 7th place on 1945's non-fiction bestseller list |
| 7 | The Godfather | 3 | It includes the line, "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse" |
| 8 | Sidney Sheldon | 3 | Master of the page-turner who wrote "Master of the Game" |
| 9 | Primary Colors | 3 | Joe Klein (aka Anonymous) could have titled this political novel "Red, Yellow, Blue" |
| 10 | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | 3 | Best-selling book of both '72 & '73 was this Richard Bach bird |
| 11 | Hillary Clinton | 3 | Her memoir "Living History" sold about 200,000 copies on its first day of release in 2003 |
| 12 | Dick Francis | 3 | He's hit the best seller lists writing novels about horse racing like "The Edge" & "Hot Money" |
| 13 | Airport | 3 | In 1968 this Arthur Haley novel took off, landing at No. 1 on the bestseller list |
| 14 | The Agony and the Ecstasy | 3 | This Irving Stone book about Michelangelo was the fiction bestseller of 1961 |
| 15 | Swim with the Sharks | 3 | Harvey Mackay's recent bestseller tells how to do this "Without Being Eaten Alive" |
| 16 | Carl Sagan | 3 | His "Cosmos" was a bestseller in 1980; he made "Contact" again in 1985 |
| 17 | Zane Grey | 2 | "The Mysterious Rider", "To the Last Man" & "The Call of the Canyon" were some of his 1920s top westerns |
| 18 | What To Expect When You're Expecting | 2 | As of Dec. 4, 2005 this pregnancy prep book had spent 247 weeks on the N.Y. Times Bestseller List |
| 19 | Tom Brokaw | 2 | "The Greatest Generation" |
| 20 | The Mammoth Hunters | 2 | The longest-running hardcover fiction best seller for 1986 was this huge work by Jean Auel |
| 21 | The Hunt for Red October | 2 | Tom Clancy's recurring hero Jack Ryan was introduced in this 1984 bestseller |
| 22 | The Horse Whisperer | 2 | Inspired by a conversation with a blacksmith, Nicholas Evans made himself heard with this 1995 bestseller |
| 23 | The Group | 2 | Mary McCarthy's best-known novel is this 1963 bestseller about the lives of 8 Vassar graduates |
| 24 | the 1980s | 2 | "Red Storm Rising"& "The Prince of Tides" |
| 25 | the 1970s | 2 | "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" &"All the President's Men" |
| 26 | the 1960s | 2 | "Airport" &"Valley of the Dolls" |
| 27 | the 1950s | 2 | "From Here to Eternity" &"Peyton Place" |
| 28 | the 1940s | 2 | "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" &"For Whom the Bell Tolls" |
| 29 | the 1920s | 2 | "Elmer Gantry" &"All Quiet on the Western Front" |
| 30 | Shirley MacLaine | 2 | "Going Within" was "A Guide for Inner Transformation" by this "Out on a Limb" actress |
| 31 | Russell Baker | 2 | In "The Good Times" this New York Times columnist describes his career in journalism |
| 32 | Roots | 2 | "The Saga of an American Family" is the subtitle of this 1976 best seller |
| 33 | Richard Simmons | 2 | In 1981 weight-conscious readers feasted on "The Beverly Hills Diet" & his "Never-Say-Diet Book" |
| 34 | Paris | 2 | In a Paul Gallico title, "Mrs. 'arris Goes to" this European city |
| 35 | Norman Mailer | 2 | This author of "The Naked and the Dead" takes on the CIA in his recent best seller "Harlot's Ghost" |
| 36 | Nancy Reagan | 2 | Her version of the White House years is titled "My Turn" |
| 37 | Mars & Venus | 2 | In 1995 John Gray moved these 2 planets into "the bedroom" |
| 38 | Main Street | 2 | With this book Sinclair Lewis was on the road to success in 1921 |
| 39 | Louis L'Amour | 2 | His daughter Angelique edited a book of his quotations called "A Trail of Memories" |
| 40 | Lincoln | 2 | Gore Vidal's monumental novel about this president was a bestseller in 1984 |
| 41 | Leo Buscaglia | 2 | "Dr. Love", he must have loved having 3 best-selling books at the same time |
| 42 | Kindergarten | 2 | Robert Fulghum has written an essay collection called "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in" this place |
| 43 | John F. Kennedy | 2 | In 1964, 5 of the top 10 nonfiction best sellers were by or about this man |
| 44 | James Herriot | 2 | Pen name of veterinarian James Alfred Wight |
| 45 | James Bond | 2 | Back again in John Gardner's "Role of Honor", he now stings with an "Asp", not a Walther PPK |
| 46 | Jacqueline Susann | 2 | Since "Once Is Not Enough", this author's books made "Best Sellers of the Year" lists 3 times |
| 47 | It | 2 | This Stephen King novel had shortest title & highest dollar volume among 1986 fiction best sellers |
| 48 | Into Thin Air | 2 | Jon Krakauer ascended to No. 1 with this "personal account of the Mt. Everest disaster" |
| 49 | Ian Fleming | 2 | 002 of his '60s bestsellers were "You Only Live Twice" in 1964 & "The Man With The Golden Gun" in 1965 |
| 50 | Hawaii | 2 | Please "state" the name of this James Michener book, No. 3 on Publishers Weekly's list for the year |