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1 Events

• In a landmark obscenity case, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the banned novel John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland did not meet the Roth standard for obscenity.
• Author Jacqueline Susann has her first novel, Valley of the Dolls published. From a friend, she obtained a list of the bookstores upon which the New York Times relied for sales figures to determine its bestseller list. Ms. Susann then used her own money to buy large quantities of her own book at these selected stores resulting in her novel going to #1 on the "Times" bestseller list. Valley of the Dolls is the second best selling novel of all time.
• Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys is published.

2 New Books

• The Adventurers - Harold Robbins
• The Anti-Death League - Kingsley Amis
• Capable of Honor - Allen Drury
• The Circle Game - Margaret AtwoodMargaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor "Peggy" Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a novelist, poet, literary critic and one of the world's best-selling authors. She was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and attended school at Victoria College in Toronto. After li
• The Dartmoor WorkerThe Dartmoor Worker is a collection, first assembled in 1966, of newspaper articles originally written for The Western Morning News by the principal authority on Dartmoor and its history, William Crossing, in the early 1900s. The book is illustrated with anthology of William CrossingWilliam Crossing ( 1847 1928) was a writer and documenter of Dartmoor and Dartmoor life. He lived at Brenttor and at Mary Tavy. He was born in Plymouth, November 14, 1847. From his earliest youth he was fond of Dartmoor, his early associations centring ar
• Der Meteor - Friedrich DürrenmattFriedrich Durrenmatt ( January 5, 1921 December 14, 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was born in Konolfingen near Bern. The politically active author gained fame largely due to his avant-garde dramas, philosophically deep crime novels, and often
• The Devil's BrigadeThe Devil's Brigade is a 1966 book written by World War II combat pilot, novelist, and historian Robert H. Adleman in conjunction with Col. George Walton, a brigade member. The story tells the real-life World War II story of the 1st Special Service Force. - Robert H. AdlemanRobert H. Adleman American novelist and historian, was born on May 17, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died on November 16, 1995 in Ashland, Oregon. Adleman was a businessman and a historian who began a collaboration with U. Army Colonel George Wal
• The Double Image - Helen McInnes
• The Embezzler - Louis AuchinclossLouis Auchincloss born September 27, 1917, in New York City, is a prolific novelist, historian and essayist. He grew up among the privileged classes he was to write about, attending Groton and Yale University. After serving in the Navy in World War II, Au
• Expeditions - Margaret AtwoodMargaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor "Peggy" Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a novelist, poet, literary critic and one of the world's best-selling authors. She was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and attended school at Victoria College in Toronto. After li
• Fantastic VoyageFantastic Voyage is a 1966 science fiction film written by Harry Kleiner. 20th Century Fox wanted a book that would be a tie-in with the movie, and hired Isaac Asimov to write a novelization based on the screenplay. Both book and film were released the sa - Isaac Asimov
• The Fixer - Bernard Malamud
• In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
• Jean de Florette - Marcel Pagnol
• Last Picture Show - Larry McMurtry
• The Magic Finger - Roald Dahl
• Manon des sources - Marcel Pagnol
• The Master and Margarita - Mihail Bulgakov
• The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A. Heinlein
• The Soldier's Art - Anthony Powell
• The Solid Mandala - Patrick White
• Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein - Margaret Atwood
• The Sun King - Nancy Mitford
• Tai-Pan - James Clavell
• Tell No Man - Adela Rogers St. Johns
• A Thousand Days - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
• Valley of the Dolls - Jacqueline Susann
• Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys