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This is a list of books that topped The New York Times Best Seller list in 1966.

Fiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books.

Only three novels topped the list that year, which was dominated by Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls which spent 28 weeks at the top of the list and 65 weeks in the top 10. Valley was toppled by Robert Crichton's The Secret of Santa Vittoria, a World War II story based on fact, which sold more than 100,000 copies in the first month of its release. It spent 18 weeks at the top of the list and nearly a year in the top 10. The other top seller of the year, James Michener's The Source, spent 36 weeks at the top of the list in 1965 and 1966.

Nonfiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.

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See also

• Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1960s

References

1. Lambert, Bruce (March 24, 1993). "Robert Crichton, 68, Writer, Dies – His Best Sellers Became Hit Films". The New York Times. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
2. John Bear, The #1 New York Times Best Seller: intriguing facts about the 484 books that have been #1 New York Times bestsellers since the first list, 50 years ago, Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1992, pp. 95-97

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