Reader's Digest Condensed Books

Reader's Digest Condensed Books was a series of hardcover anthology collections, published by the American general interest monthly family magazine Reader's Digest and distributed by direct mail. Most volumes contained five (although a considerable minority consisted of three, four, or six) current best-selling novels and nonfiction books which were abridged (or "condensed") specifically for Reader's Digest.^[1][2] The series was published from 1950 until 1997, when it was renamed Reader's Digest Select Editions.^[3] Frequently featured authors in the original series include Dick Francis (17 titles), Henry Denker (16 titles), Victoria Holt (15 titles) and Mary Higgins Clark (13 titles).

The spines of many Reader's Digest Condensed Books

The series was popular; a 1987 New York Times article estimated annual sales of 10 million copies.^[4] Despite this popularity, old copies are notoriously difficult to sell,^[5][6] and scholarly attention has been sparse.^[7][8]

For much of their publication schedule, the volumes were issued four times each year. Each year the company produced a Volume 1 (winter), Volume 2 (spring), Volume 3 (summer), and Volume 4 (autumn). In later years they added a Volumes 5, and then a Volume 6, going to a bi-monthly schedule by the early 1990s. The series was produced for 47 years (1950–1997), until being renamed Reader's Digest Select Editions. (Note: UK editions seem to have been somewhat different from US editions. Pre-1992 Canadian editions also contain different titles.)

Occasional books such as The Leopard (Summer 1960), The Days Were Too Short (Autumn 1960), and Papillon (Autumn 1970) were not published in English originally but were abridgments of translations. In some cases, advanced copies of the hardcover edition were printed in paperback form. In a few cases, new editions of older works (Up from Slavery, published originally in 1901 (Autumn 1960), A Roving Commission: My Early Life, published originally in 1930 (Autumn 1951) or Goodbye Mr. Chips, published originally in 1934 (Summer 1961)) were also among the condensed selections.

1950s

1950

Volume 1 – Spring The Show Must Go On – Elmer Rice The Cry and the Covenant – Morton Thompson Autobiography of Will Rogers – Donald Day, editor Cry, the Beloved Country – Alan Paton Volume 2 – Summer The Wooden Horse – Eric Williams Home Town – Cleveland Amory Visibility Unlimited – Dick Grace The Way West – A. B. Guthrie Jr.

Volume 3 – Autumn The Cardinal – Henry Morton Robinson Long the Imperial Way – Hanama Taski Roosevelt in Retrospect – John Gunther Young Man with a Horn – Dorothy Baker

1951

Volume 4 – Winter Anybody Can Do Anything – Betty MacDonald Elephant Bill – Lt. Col. J. H. Williams Signal Thirty-Two – MacKinlay Kantor German Faces – Ann Stringer and Henry Ries Mischief – Charlotte Armstrong Volume 5 – Spring Blandings' way – Eric Hodgins Operation Cicero – Ludwig Carl Moyzisch Two Soldiers / from collected stories – William Faulkner The Nymph and the Lamp – Thomas H. Raddall

Volume 6 – Summer The Caine Mutiny – Herman Wouk Neither Five nor Three – Helen MacInnes Old Herbaceous – Reginald Arkell See How They Run – Don M. Mankiewicz Volume 7 – Autumn Fallen Away – Margaret Culkin Banning Return to Paradise – James A. Michener A Roving Commission: My Early Life – Winston S. Churchill The Southwest Corner – Mildred Walker The Arms of Venus – John Appleby

1952

Volume 8 – Winter Melville Goodwin, USA – John P. Marquand The Cruel Sea – Nicholas Monsarrat A Genius in the Family – Hiram Percy Maxim "Monarch of Goddess Island" (The Plunderers) – Georges Blond To Catch a Thief – David Dodge Volume 9 – Spring Adventures in Two Worlds – A. J. Cronin The Gabriel Horn – Felix Holt Duveen – S. N. Behrman "Kamante and Lulu" (Out of Africa) – Isak Dinesen East Side General – Frank G. Slaughter

Volume 10 – Summer The Hidden Flower – Pearl S. Buck The Dam Busters – Paul Brickhill The City Boy – Herman Wouk My Cousin Rachel – Daphne du Maurier Volume 11 – Autumn Matador – Barnaby Conrad Witness – Whittaker Chambers "The Law of the Jungle" (My India) – Jim Corbett The President's Lady – Irving Stone

1953

Volume 12 – Winter Hunter – J.A. Hunter Giant – Edna Ferber Through Charley's Door – Emily Kimbrough The Best Cartoons from Punch – Marvin Rosenberg & William Cole, editors Island Rescue: An Appointment with Venus – Jerrard Tickell Spring 1953 Selections Black Widow – Patrick Quentin The Silent World – Jacques-Yves Cousteau with Frédéric Dumas East of Eden – John Steinbeck Karen – Marie Killilea The Curve and The Tusk – Stuart Cloete

Volume 14 – Summer Our Virgin Island – Robb White A Bargain with God – Thomas Savage Annapurna – Maurice Herzog A Good Man – Jefferson Young The Intruder – Helen Fowler Volume 15 – Autumn The Bridges at Toko-Ri – James A. Michener Beyond This Place – A. J. Cronin Life Among the Savages – Shirley Jackson My Crowded Solitude – Jack McLaren Digby – David Walker

1954

Volume 16 – Winter Call Me Lucky: Bing Crosby's Own Story – Bing Crosby with Pete Martin Too Late the Phalarope – Alan Paton Time and Time Again – James Hilton Heather Mary – J. M. Scott Volume 17 – Spring The Night of the Hunter – Davis Grubb God and My Country – MacKinlay Kantor Not as a Stranger – Morton Thompson The Best Cartoons from France – Edna Bennett, collector The Young Elizabeth – Jennette & Francis Letton

Volume 18 – Summer The Desperate Hours – Joseph Hayes General Dean's Story – William F. Dean with William L. Worden Mr. Hobbs' Vacation – Edward Streeter The Power and the Prize – Howard Swiggett "The Duchess and the Smugs" (A Wreath for the Enemy) – Pamela Frankau Tomorrow! – Philip Wylie Volume 19 – Autumn The Dollmaker – Harriette Arnow The Anatomy of a Crime – Joseph F. Dinneen Love is Eternal – Irving Stone Around a Rusty God – Augusta Walker The High and the Mighty – Ernest K. Gann

1955

Volume 20 – Winter The Reason Why – Cecil Woodham-Smith The China I Knew (My Several Worlds) – Pearl S. Buck My Brother's Keeper – Marcia Davenport Good Morning, Miss Dove – Frances Gray Patton The Darby Trial – Dick Pearce

Volume 22 – Summer Man-Eater – Jim Corbett The Actor – Niven Busch Onions in the Stew – Betty MacDonald The Captive City – John Appleby The Missing Macleans – Geoffrey Hoare The Searchers – Alan Le May

Volume 21 – Spring Good-bye, My Lady – James Street The Dowry – Margaret Culkin Banning The Day Lincoln Was Shot – Jim Bishop The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant – Douglass Wallop Flamingo Feather – Laurens van der Post

Volume 23 – Autumn This is Goggle, or the Education of a Father – Bentz Plagemann Run Silent, Run Deep – Commander Edward L. Beach, USN Marjorie Morningstar – Herman Wouk Last of the Curlews – Fred Bodsworth First Train to Babylon – Max Ehrlich

1956

Volume 24 – Winter "The Secret of the Swamp" (Andersonville) – MacKinlay Kantor Island in the Sun – Alec Waugh An Episode of Sparrows – Rumer Godden Minding Our Own Business – Charlotte Paul The Long Ride Home – Bonner McMillion Volume 25 – Spring Captain of the Queens – Captain Harry Grattidge with Richard Collier Beloved – Viña Delmar In My Father's House – Grace Nies Fletcher The Last Hurrah – Edwin O'Connor Boon Island – Kenneth Roberts

Volume 26 – Summer Old Yeller – Fred Gipson Harry Black – David Walker The Greer Case – David W. Peck A Thing of Beauty – A. J. Cronin A Single Pebble – John Hersey Volume 27 – Autumn The Nun's Story – Kathryn Hulme Merry Christmas, Mr. Baxter – Edward Streeter The Success – Helen Howe The Diamond Hitch – Frank O'Rourke The Sleeping Partner – Winston Graham

1957

Volume 28 – Winter Bon Voyage – Marrijane & Joseph Hayes The Tribe That Lost Its Head – Nicholas Monsarrat The Philadelphian – Richard Powell A Family Party – John O'Hara Stopover: Tokyo – John P. Marquand Volume 29 – Spring The Scapegoat – Daphne du Maurier The Last Angry Man – Gerald Green The Muses Are Heard – Truman Capote The Fruit Tramp – Vinnie Williams The Enemy Below – Commander D.A. Rayner

Volume 30 – Summer The Lady – Conrad Richter A Houseful of Love – Marjorie Housepian The Three Faces of Eve – Dr. Corbett H. Thigpen, MD & Dr. Hervey M. Cleckley, MD Letter from Peking – Pearl S. Buck The FBI Story – Don Whitehead "Mission to Borneo" (The Spiral Road) – Jan de Hartog Volume 31 – Autumn Lobo – MacKinlay Kantor The Century of the Surgeon – Jürgen Thorwald By Love Possessed – James Gould Cozzens "Duel with a Witch Doctor" (The Spiral Road) – Jan de Hartog Warm Bodies – Donald R. Morris

1958

Volume 32 – Winter The Green Helmet – Jon Cleary Dunbar's Cove – Borden Deal The Twentieth Maine – John J. Pullen Life at Happy Knoll – John P. Marquand The Horsecatcher – Mari Sandoz Sharks and Little Fish – Wolfgang Ott Volume 33 – Spring Big Caesar – Charlton Ogburn Jr. The Winthrop Woman – Anya Seton The Counterfeit Traitor – Alexander Klein The Man Who Broke Things – John Brooks Murder on My Street – Edwin Lanham

Volume 34 – Summer Seidman and Son – Elick Moll The Northern Light – A. J. Cronin Rough Road Home – Melissa Mather A Friend in Power – Carlos H. Baker Sun in the Hunter's Eyes – Mark Derby Volume 35 – Autumn Preacher's Kids – Grace Nies Fletcher The Steel Cocoon – Bentz Plagemann Women and Thomas Harrow – John P. Marquand Green Mansions – W. H. Hudson Tether's End – Margery Allingham

1959

Volume 36 – Winter The Admen – Shepherd Mead The Rainbow and the Rose – Nevil Shute Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris – Paul Gallico The Ugly American – William J. Lederer & Eugene Burdick The White Room – Elizabeth Coatsworth Woman of Straw – Catherine Arley Volume 37 – Spring The Secret Project of Sigurd O'Leary – Martin Quigley Dear and Glorious Physician – Taylor Caldwell Collision Course – Alvin Moscow Jungle Girl – John Moore Epitaph for an Enemy – George Barr

Volume 38 – Summer The Lion – Joseph Kessel The Light Infantry Ball – Hamilton Basso A Rockefeller Family Portrait – William Manchester "Trail to Abilene" (Born of the Sun) – John H. Culp The Big X – Hank Searls Volume 39 – Autumn "West Wind to Hawaii" (Hawaii) – James A. Michener Advise and Consent – Allen Drury The Miracle of Merriford – Reginald Arkell Act One: An Autobiography – Moss Hart Flight from Ashiya – Elliott Arnold

1960s

1960

Volume 40 – Winter Jeremy Todd – Hamilton Maule "From the Farm of Bitterness" (Hawaii) – James A. Michener Pioneer, Go Home! – Richard Powell The City That Would Not Die – Richard Collier King Solomon's Ring – Konrad Z. Lorenz The Triumph of Surgery – Jürgen Thorwald Volume 41 – Spring The Final Diagnosis – Arthur Hailey Mrs. 'Arris Goes to New York – Paul Gallico Strangers in the Forest – Carol Brink The Haunting of Hill House – Shirley Jackson Wolfpack – William M. Hardy

Volume 42 – Summer The Lovely Ambition – Mary Ellen Chase Trustee from the Toolroom – Nevil Shute The Leopard – Giuseppe di Lampedusa Village of Stars – Paul Stanton To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee Volume 43 – Autumn Surface at the Pole – Commander James F. Calvert, USN The Devil's Advocate – Morris L. West Up from Slavery – Booker T. Washington "Hook" (The Watchful Gods and Other Stories) – Walter Van Tilburg Clark Mistress of Mellyn – Victoria Holt The Days Were Too Short – Marcel Pagnol

1961

Volume 44 – Winter The Light in the Piazza – Elizabeth Spencer Half Angel – Barbara Jefferis A Sense of Values – Sloan Wilson "Warpath" (Northwest Passage) – Kenneth Roberts Marnie – Winston Graham Volume 45 – Spring Fate Is the Hunter – Ernest K. Gann Peaceable Lane – Keith Wheeler Madame Curie – Ève Curie Evil Come, Evil Go – Whit Masterson The 'Mozart' Leaves at Nine – Harris Greene

Volume 46 – Summer The Winter of Our Discontent – John Steinbeck The Agony and the Ecstasy – Irving Stone The Making of the President, 1960 – Theodore H. White "A Lodging for the Emperor" (Japanese Inn) – Oliver Statler Goodbye, Mr. Chips – James Hilton Volume 47 – Autumn Ring of Bright Water – Gavin Maxwell The Judas Tree – A. J. Cronin The Edge of Sadness – Edwin O'Connor A Fall of Moondust – Arthur C. Clarke A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens Summer of Pride – Elizabeth Savage

1962

Volume 48 – Winter Spencer's Mountain – Earl Hamner Jr. A Prologue to Love – Taylor Caldwell A Time to Stand – Walter Lord Give It Back to the Lemongrowers! – Willard Temple Kirkland Revels – Victoria Holt Volume 49 – Spring Captain Newman, MD – Leo Rosten Devil Water – Anya Seton The Story of San Michele – Axel Munthe Nine Hours to Rama – Stanley Wolpert Watchers at the Pond – Franklin Russell

Volume 50 – Summer The Tuntsa – Teppo Turen with Elizabeth Maddox McCabe Youngblood Hawke – Herman Wouk "Carol" (The Blood of the Lamb) – Peter De Vries Since You Ask Me – Ann Landers Star-Raker – Donald Gordon Volume 51 – Autumn Dearly Beloved – Anne Morrow Lindbergh "Brickie" (To Love and Corrupt) – Joseph Viertel Seven Days in May – Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II "The Wonderful World of School" (The World Is Young) – Wayne Miller Microbe Hunters – Paul de Kruif The Golden Rendezvous – Alistair MacLean

1963

Volume 52 – Winter Second Growth – Ruth Moore To Catch an Angel: Adventures in the World I Cannot See – Robert Russell I Take This Land – Richard Powell America, America – Elia Kazan "Hell Creek Crossing" (The Reivers) – William Faulkner Two Hours to Darkness – Antony Trew Volume 53 – Spring A River Ran Out of Eden – James Vance Marshall Escape from Red China – Robert Loh with Humphrey Evans The Surgeon – W. C. Heinz Smith and Jones – Nicholas Monsarrat To Sir, With Love – E. R. Braithwaite ...and presumed dead – Lucille Fletcher

Volume 54 – Summer The Artist – Jan de Hartog The Shoes of the Fisherman – Morris L. West The Moonflower Vine – Jetta Carleton Florence Nightingale – Cecil Woodham-Smith The Wild Grapes – Barbara Jefferis Volume 55 – Autumn The Tilsit Inheritance – Catherine Gaskin Stranger to the Ground – Richard Bach Of Good and Evil – Ernest K. Gann When the Legends Die – Hal Borland The Battle of the Villa Fiorita – Rumer Godden

1964

Volume 56 – Winter Naked Came I: A Novel of Rodin – David Weiss Joy in the Morning – Betty Smith The Peregrine Falcon – Robert Murphy Careful, He Might Hear You – Sumner Locke Elliott The Cincinnati Kid – Richard Jessup Volume 57 – Spring Too Young to Be a Grandfather – Willard Temple When the Cheering Stopped – Gene Smith I Was Dancing – Edwin O'Connor Alone – Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd The Hand of Mary Constable – Paul Gallico Nerve – Dick Francis

Volume 58 – Summer Father to the Man – Bentz Plagemann The Spy Who Came in from the Cold – John le Carré "Gold Fever" (When the Lion Feeds) – Wilbur A. Smith The Vine and the Olive – Margaret Culkin Banning The Flight of the Phoenix – Elleston Trevor Volume 59 – Autumn A Song of Sixpence – A.J. Cronin Strangers on a Bridge: The Case of Colonel Abel, Soviet Master Spy – James B. Donovan Three Blind Mice – Agatha Christie Episode – Eric Hodgins The Island – Robert Merle

1965

Volume 60 – Winter The Sea Flower – Ruth Moore The Man – Irving Wallace A Ship Called Hope – William B. Walsh, MD The Third Day – Joseph Hayes The Land Breakers – John Ehle Volume 61 – Spring A Journey to Boston – Mary Ellen Chase "Hotel St. Gregory" (Hotel) – Arthur Hailey A Pillar of Iron – Taylor Caldwell Eighth Moon – Sansan with Bette Lord The Ashes of Loda – Andrew Garve

Volume 62 – Summer May You Die in Ireland – Michael Kenyon Intern – Dr. X The Source – James A. Michener Night of Camp David – Fletcher Knebel A House of Many Rooms – Rodello Hunter Volume 63 – Autumn Airs Above the Ground – Mary Stewart Up the Down Staircase – Bel Kaufman Those Who Love – Irving Stone The Kon-Tiki Expedition – Thor Heyerdahl How Far to Bethlehem? – Norah Lofts

1966

Volume 64 – Winter Outpost of Freedom – Captain Roger H. C. Donlon with Warren Rogers The Double Image – Helen MacInnes The Yearling – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings The Century of the Detective – Jürgen Thorwald "The Way of the Eagle" (The Last Eagle) – Daniel P. Mannix So This Is What Happened to Charlie Moe – Douglass Wallop Volume 65 – Spring Hall of Mirrors – John Rowan Wilson Avalon – Anya Seton Children of Hope – Elsie E. Vignec Congo Kitabu – Jean-Pierre Hallet with Alex Pelle Power Play – The Gordons

Volume 66 – Summer Rafe – Weldon Hill Churchill: The Struggle for Survival – Lord Moran Here Come the Brides – Geraldine Napier The Ninety and Nine – William Brinkley Menfreya in the Morning – Victoria Holt Volume 67 – Autumn Don Quixote, U.S.A. – Richard Powell All in the Family – Edwin O'Connor Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry – Harry Kemelman The Gift of the Deer – Helen Hoover Brothers of the Sea – D.R. Sherman

1967

Volume 68 – Winter The Town and Dr. Moore – Agatha Young The Captain – Jan de Hartog Flight from a Firing Wall – Baynard Kendrick The Headmaster – John McPhee I Start Counting – Audrey Erskine Lindop Volume 69 – Spring My Boy John That Went to Sea – James Vance Marshall One Summer in Between – Melissa Mather The Broken Seal – Ladislas Farago Dibs in Search of Self – Virginia Axline The Road – John Ehle Sally – E. V. Cunningham

Volume 70 – Summer The Princess – Gunnar Mattsson At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends – Dwight D. Eisenhower The Least One – Borden Deal Currahee! – Donald R. Burgett The Walking Stick – Winston Graham Volume 71 – Autumn Christy – Catherine Marshall Life with Father – Clarence Day The Fox and the Hound – Daniel P. Mannix Nicholas and Alexandra – Robert K. Massie The Gabriel Hounds – Mary Stewart

1968

Volume 72 – Winter Edge of Glass – Catherine Gaskin Great Elephant – Alan Scholefield Color from a Light Within – Donald Braider The Kitchen Madonna – Rumer Godden Vanished – Fletcher Knebel Volume 73 – Spring The New Year – Pearl S. Buck The Tower of Babel – Morris L. West Airport – Arthur Hailey To the Top of the World – Charles Kuralt The Bait – Dorothy Uhnak

Volume 74 – Summer Once Upon an Island – David Conover Bush Baby – Martin Woodhouse The Queen's Confession – Victoria Holt Leafy Rivers – Jessamyn West The Crossbreed – Allan W. Eckert Volume 75 – Autumn The Johnstown Flood – David G. McCullough Once an Eagle – Anton Myrer Ammie, Come Home – Barbara Michaels Gone: A Trio of Short Stories – Rumer Godden Sarang – Roger A. Caras

1969

Volume 76 – Winter Miss One Thousand Spring Blossoms – John Ball The Hurricane Years – Cameron Hawley The Wine and the Music – William E. Barrett On Reflection – Helen Hayes with Sandford Dody The Black Ship – Paul & Sheila Mandel Volume 77 – Spring The Two of Us – Claude Berri Bichu the Jaguar – Alan Caillou The Minister – Charles Mercer Mayo: The Story of My Family and My Career – Dr. Charles W. Mayo Torregreca – Ann Cornelisen April Morning – Howard Fast

Volume 78 – Summer A Place in the Woods – Helen Hoover The Death Committee – Noah Gordon The Man from Monticello: An Intimate Life of Thomas Jefferson – Thomas Fleming The Three Daughters of Madame Liang – Pearl S. Buck Snatch – Rennie Airth Volume 79 – Autumn The King's Pleasure – Norah Lofts The Day the World Ended – Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan-Witts My Life with Martin Luther King Jr. – Coretta Scott King In This House of Brede – Rumer Godden The Black Camels – Ronald Johnston

1970s

1970

Volume 80 – Winter Waiting for Willa – Dorothy Eden A Walk to the Hills of the Dreamtime – James Vance Marshall T.R. – Noel B. Gerson Heartsblood – Paul Marttin The Witness – Dorothy Uhnak Volume 81 – Spring Kim: A Gift from Vietnam – Frank W. Chinnock Bless the Beasts & Children – Glendon Swarthout Great Lion of God – Taylor Caldwell I Chose Prison – James V. Bennett Fiona – Catherine Gaskin

Volume 82 – Summer Operation Sippacik – Rumer Godden The Secret Woman – Victoria Holt Christiaan Barnard – One Life – Christiaan Barnard & Curtis Bill Pepper The Song of Bernadette – Franz Werfel The Shattered Dream – Gene Smith Volume 83 – Autumn Lone Woman – Dorothy Clarke Wilson The Homecoming – Earl Hamner Jr. Papillon – Henri Charrière Whitewater – Paul Horgan The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax – Dorothy Gilman

1971

Volume 84 – Winter The Crossing – Howard Fast Kinds of Love – May Sarton The Antagonists – Ernest K. Gann Love Story – Erich Segal Another Part of the House – Winston M. Estes Volume 85 – Spring Halic: The Story of a Gray Seal – Ewan Clarkson Time and Again – Jack Finney Six-Horse Hitch – Janice Holt Giles Bomber – Len Deighton A Woman in the House – Wm. E. Barrett

Volume 86 – Summer The White Dawn – James Houston Risk – Rachel MacKenzie Lifeboat Number Two – Margaret Culkin Banning Because I Loved Him: The Life and Loves of Lillie Langtry – Noel B. Gerson The Sea of Grass – Conrad Richter The Possession of Joel Delaney – Ramona Stewart Volume 87 – Autumn A Timeless Place – Ellen Bromfield Geld The San Francisco Earthquake – Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan-Witts Wheels – Arthur Hailey People I Have Loved, Known or Admired – Leo Rosten Summer of the Red Wolf – Morris West

1972

Volume 88 – Winter The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax – Dorothy Gilman The Winds of War – Herman Wouk The Runaways – Victor Canning Volume 89 – Spring Wild Goose, Brother Goose – Mel Ellis Event 1000 – David Lavallee Bring Me a Unicorn – Anne Morrow Lindbergh Hearts – Thomas Thompson The Day of the Jackal – Frederick Forsyth

Volume 90 – Summer A Falcon for a Queen – Catherine Gaskin Meeting With a Great Beast – Leonard Wibberley Blockbuster – Gerald Green The Shape of Illusion – Wm. E.Barrett Duel in the Snow – Hans Meissner Volume 91 – Autumn The Waltz Kings: Johann Strauss, Father & Son, and Their Romantic Age – Hans Fantel The Terminal Man – Michael Crichton The Dwelling Place – Catherine Cookson A World to Care For – Howard A. Rusk, MD The Hessian – Howard Fast

1973

Volume 92 – #1 The Stepford Wives – Ira Levin The Odessa File – Frederick Forsyth A Day No Pigs Would Die – Robert Newton Peck Stanfield Harvest – Richard Martin Stern P.S. Your Not Listening – Eleanor Craig Volume 93 – #2 A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax – Dorothy Gilman The Camerons – Robert Crichton The Japanese – Jack Seward Green Darkness – Anya Seton Volume 94 – #3 Sadie Shapiro's Knitting Book – Robert Kimmel Smith The Years of the Forest – Helen Hoover The Taking of Pelham One Two Three – John Godey The Curse of the Kings – Victoria Holt Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian – Richard Hough

Volume 95 – #4 La Balsa: The Longest Raft Voyage in History – Vital Alsar with Enrique Hank Lopez The Sunbird – Wilbur Smith State Trooper – Noel B. Gerson The Search for Anna Fisher – Florence Fisher Mrs. Starr Lives Alone – Jon Godden Volume 96 – #5 All Creatures Great and Small – James Herriot The Salamander – Morris West A Thousand Summers – Garson Kanin Shipwreck: The Strange Fate of the Morro Castle – Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts

1974

Volume 97 – #1 The Tower – Richard Martin Stern Incident at Hawk's Hill – Allan W. Eckert Stay of Execution: A Sort of Memoir – Stewart Alsop The Mountain Farm – Ernest Raymond The Thirteenth Trick – Russell Braddon Volume 98 – #2 A Member of the Family – Mary Carter The Kappillan of Malta – Nicholas Monsarrat In Darkness – Roger Bourgeon Jaws – Peter Benchley Volume 99 – #3 The Will of Magda Townsend – Margaret Culkin Banning Forever Island – Patrick D. Smith Thirty-Four East – Alfred Coppel The Diddakoi – Rumer Godden Lion in the Evening – Alan Scholefield

Volume 100 – #4 The Boy Who Invented the Bubble Gun – Paul Gallico The Good Shepherd – Thomas Fleming The Property of a Gentleman – Catherine Gaskin His Majesty's U-Boat – Douglas Reeman Volume 101 – #5 The Other Room – Borden Deal The Dogs of War – Frederick Forsyth All Things Bright and Beautiful – James Herriot Malevil – Robert Merle A Daughter of Zion – Rodello Hunter

1975

Volume 102 – #1 Our John Willie – Catherine Cookson Centennial – James A. Michener Harlequin – Morris West Eric – Doris Lund Volume 103 – #2 Lost! – Thomas Thompson Baker's Hawk – Jack Bickham The Physicians – Henry Denker God and Mr. Gomez – Jack Smith Eagle in the Sky – Wilbur Smith Volume 104 – #3 Mrs. 'arris Goes to Moscow – Paul Gallico The Moneychangers – Arthur Hailey The Massacre at Fall Creek – Jessamyn West Collision – Spencer Dunmore

Volume 105 – #4 Where are the Children? – Mary Higgins Clark Earthsound – Arthur Herzog The Eagle Has Landed – Jack Higgins Daylight Must Come – Alan Burgess The Wind at Morning – James Vance Marshall Volume 106 – #5 Lord of the Far Island – Victoria Holt Alexander Dolgun's Story: An American in the Gulag – Alexander Dolgun with Patrick Watson Minnie Santangelo's Mortal Sin – Anthony Mancini A Sporting Proposition – James Aldridge Power – Richard Martin Stern

1976

Volume 107 – #1 The Great Train Robbery – Michael Crichton I Take Thee, Serenity – Daisy Newman Bill W. – Robert Thomsen A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute Volume 108 – #2 The Hostage Heart – Gerald Green They Came to Stay – Marjorie Margolies & Ruth Gruber The Tide of Life – Catherine Cookson Swan Watch – Budd Schulberg Drummer in the Dark – Francis Clifford Volume 109 – #3 Liberty Tavern – Thomas Fleming The Pilot – Robert Davis Touch Not the Cat – Mary Stewart The Boys from Brazil – Ira Levin

Volume 110 – #4 The Distant Summer – Sarah Patterson The Olmec Head – David Westheimer The Matthew Tree – H. T. Wright The Splendid Torments – Margaret Culkin Banning Harry's Game – Gerald Seymour Volume 111 – #5 The Pride of the Peacock – Victoria Holt "Bobbitt" – Thomas Tryon The Experiment – Henry Denker Ordinary People – Judith Guest Storm Warning – Jack Higgins

1977

Volume 112 – #1 Mrs. Pollifax on Safari – Dorothy Gilman The R Document – Irving Wallace Home Before Dark – Sue Ellen Bridgers The Glory Boys – Gerald Seymour The Spuddy – Lillian Beckwith Volume 113 – #2 The Slow Awakening – Catherine Marchant 19 Steps Up the Mountain – Joseph P. Blank Ghost Fox – James Houston In the Frame – Dick Francis Volume 114 – #3 Tisha – Robert Specht The Dragon – Alfred Coppel Oliver's Story – Erich Segal Majesty – Robert Lacey Overboard – Hank Searls

Volume 115 – #4 The Stone Bull – Phyllis Whitney Enola Gay – Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan Witts Sadie Shapiro in Miami – Robert Kimmel Smith The Scofield Diagnosis – Henry Denker Volume 116 – #5 The Melodeon – Glendon Swarthout Full Disclosure – William Safire Bel Ria – Sheila Burnford Chase the Wind – E. V. Thompson The Fan – Bob Randall

1978

Volume 117 – #1 Snowbound Six – Richard Martin Stern The Summer of the Spanish Woman – Catherine Gaskin Elephants in the Living Room, Bears in the Canoe – Earl & Liz Hammond with Elizabeth Levy Arrest Sitting Bull – Douglas C. Jones I Can Jump Puddles – Alan Marshall Volume 118 – #2 Jaws 2 – Hank Searls The Education of Little Tree – Forrest Carter The Practice – Dr. Alan E. Nourse Excellency – David Beaty Volume 119 – #3 A Stranger is Watching – Mary Higgins Clark The Miracle of Dommatina – Ira Avery The Last Convertible – Anton Myrer Such a Life – Edith LaZebnik

Volume 120 – #4 My Enemy the Queen – Victoria Holt The Good Old Boys – Elmer Kelton By the Rivers of Babylon – Nelson DeMille Breakpoint – William Brinkley Volume 121 – #5 Summer Lightning – Judith Richards Tara Kane – George Markstein Flight into Danger – Arthur Hailey & John Castle Raquela; A Woman Of Israel – Ruth Gruber The Snake – John Godey

1979

Volume 122 – #1 Eye of the Needle – Ken Follett Orphan Train – James Magnuson & Dorothea Petrie Overload – Arthur Hailey A Dangerous Magic – Frances Lynch Volume 123 – #2 Dinah, Blow Your Horn – Jack Bickham War and Remembrance – Herman Wouk How I Got to be Perfect – Jean Kerr Volume 124 – #3 Sunflower – Marilyn Sharp Running Proud – Nicholas Monsarrat Error of Judgment – Henry Denker A Walk Across America – Peter Jenkins

Volume 125 – #4 Sphinx – Robin Cook Cold is the Sea – Capt. Edward L. Beach Jr. Words by Heart – Ouida Sebestyen The North Runner – R. D. Lawrence Intruder – Louis Charbonneau Volume 126 – #5 Hungry as the Sea – Wilbur Smith The Tightrope Walker – Dorothy Gilman The Passing Bells – Phillip Rock Flesh and Spirit – Elizabeth Christman

1980s

1980

Volume 127 – #1 Domino – Phyllis Whitney Passage West – Dallas Miller Horowitz and Mrs. Washington – Henry Denker To Catch a King – Harry Patterson Volume 128 – #2 Emma and I – Sheila Hocken The Devil's Alternative – Frederick Forsyth The Capricorn Stone – Madeleine Brent Flood – Richard Martin Stern Volume 129 – M Amanda/Miranda – Richard Peck Ice Brothers – Sloan Wilson The Small Outsider – Joan Martin Hundley The Silver Falcon – Evelyn Anthony

Volume 130 – #3 Thursday's Child – Victoria Poole Random Winds – Belva Plain A Very Private War – Jon Cleary Control Tower – Robert P. Davis Volume 131 – #4 Sadie Shapiro, Matchmaker – Robert Kimmel Smith The Cradle Will Fall – Mary Higgins Clark Man, Woman and Child – Erich Segal Bess and Harry: An American Love Story – Jhan Robbins The Wolf and the Buffalo – Elmer Kelton Volume 132 – #5 No Job for a Lady – Phyllis Lose, V.M.D. The Key to Rebecca – Ken Follett The Old Neighborhood – Avery Corman A Piano for Mrs. Cimino – Robert Oliphant The Gold of Troy – Robert L. Fish

1981

Volume 133 – #1 The Aviator – Ernest K. Gann The Covenant – James A. Michener Hope – Richard Meryman Bullet Train – Joseph Rance & Arei Kato Volume 134 – #2 One Child – Torey Hayden Banners of Silk – Rosalind Laker The Gentle Jungle – Toni Ringo Helfer Reflex – Dick Francis Volume 135 – M Lincoln's Mothers: A Story of Nancy and Sally Lincoln – Dorothy Clarke Wilson The Last Step – Rick Ridgeway All the Days were Summer – Jack M. Bickham Flight to Landfall – G.M. Glaskin

Volume 136 – #3 Still Missing – Beth Gutcheon A Princess in Berlin – Arthur Solmssen The Warfield Syndrome – Henry Denker The Dam – Robert Byrne Volume 137 – #4 The Lord God Made Them All – James Herriot An Exceptional Marriage – Jack Shepherd Texas Dawn – Phillip Finch Crossing in Berlin – Fletcher Knebel Volume 138 – #5 Vermilion – Phyllis Whitney Totaled – Frances Rickett & Steven McGraw Ike and Mamie: The Story of the General and His Lady – Lester David & Irene David The Dark Horse – Rumer Godden Fortress – Gabrielle Lord

1982

Volume 139 – #1 Through the Narrow Gate – Karen Armstrong Noble House – James Clavell The Judas Kiss – Victoria Holt Volume 140 – #2 Alone Against the Atlantic – Gerry Spiess (with Marlin Bree) A Green Desire – Anton Myrer Going Wild: Adventures of a Zoo Vet – David Taylor The Man Who Lived at the Ritz – A. E. Hotchner Volume 141 – M Fever – Robin Cook The Walk West: A Walk Across America 2 – Peter Jenkins Gilded Splendour – Rosalind Laker Twice Shy – Dick Francis

Volume 142 – #3 The Man from St. Petersburg – Ken Follett Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier – Joanna Stratton No Escape – Joseph Hayes The Citadel – A.J. Cronin Volume 143 – #4 Flanagan's Run – Tom McNab A Parting Gift – Frances Sharkey, M.D. The Big Bridge – Richard Martin Stern Last Quadrant – Meira Chand Volume 144 – #5 Jane's House – Robert Kimmel Smith China: Alive In The Bitter Sea – Fox Butterfield Promises – Catherine Gaskin Outrage – Henry Denker

1983

Volume 145 – #1 A Cry in the Night – Mary Higgins Clark Indian Summer of the Heart – Daisy Newman Touch the Devil – Jack Higgins The Winter of the White Seal – Marie Herbert Volume 146 – #2 Pacific Interlude – Sloan Wilson The Whip – Catherine Cookson Open Heart – Mary Bringle Banker – Dick Francis Volume 147 – M The Girl of the Sea of Cortez – Peter Benchley Jedder's Land – Maureen O'Donoghue Run Before the Wind – Stuart Woods Impressionist: A Novel of Mary Cassatt – Joan King

Volume 148 – #3 Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station – Dorothy Gilman The Brea File – Louis Charbonneau Growing Up – Russell Baker Octavia's Hill – Margaret Dickson Volume 149 – #4 The Secret Annie Oakley – Marcy Heidish Talk Down – Brian Lecomber Jewelled Path – Rosalind Laker A Solitary Dance – Robert Lane Volume 150 – #5 Godplayer – Robin Cook The Suitcases – Anne Hall Whitt The Time of the Hunter's Moon – Victoria Holt Stalking Point – Duncan Kyle

1984

Volume 151 – #1 The Children's Game – David Wise Beyond All Frontiers – Emma Drummond The Incredible Journey – Sheila Burnford From This Day Forward – Nancy Rossi Volume 152 – #2 Arnie, The Darling Starling – Margarete Sigl Corbo & Diane Marie Barras Night Sky – Clare Francis The Canyon – Jack Schaefer If We Could Hear the Grass Grow – Eleanor Craig Volume 153 – M The Cop and The Kid – William Fox with Noel Hynd Tiger, Tiger – Philip Caveney Kincaid – Henry Denker The Whale of the Victoria Cross – Pierre Boulle

Volume 154 – #3 Skyscraper – Robert Byrne A Shine of Rainbows – Lillian Beckwith The Reckoning – Phillip Finch Lady Washington – Dorothy Clarke Wilson Volume 155 – #4 Nop's Trials – Donald McCaig Lee and Grant – Gene Smith Murder and the First Lady – Elliott Roosevelt Jennie About To Be – Elisabeth Ogilvie Volume 156 – #5 Hanna and Walter – Hanna & Walter Kohner Stormswift – Madeleine Brent The Sound of Wings – Spencer Dunmore Surprise Party – William Katz

1985

Volume 157 – #1 Lovestrong – Dorothy Greenbaum, MD & Deidre Laiken Stillwatch – Mary Higgins Clark Crescent City – Belva Plain The Wild Children – Felice Holman Volume 158 – #2 Julie – Catherine Marshall Strong Medicine – Arthur Hailey Polsinney Harbour – Mary E. Pearce Proof – Dick Francis Volume 159 – M The State of Stony Lonesome – Jessamyn West At The Going Down of the Sun – Elizabeth Darrell Callanish – William Horwood Find a Safe Place – Alexander Lazzarino & E. Kent Hayes

Volume 160 – #3 In Love and War – Jim & Sybil Stockdale Ringo, the Robber Raccoon – Robert Franklin Leslie This Giving Heart – Hugh Miller Twilight Child – Warren Adler Volume 161 – #4 Robert, My Son – Henry Denker The Bannaman Legacy – Catherine Cookson The Cheetahs – Alan Caillou This Shining Land – Rosalind Laker Volume 162 – #5 Voices on the Wind – Evelyn Anthony Trauma – John Fried & John G. West, MD The Donkey's Gift – Thomas M. Coffey The Double Man – William Cohen & Gary Hart

1986

Volume 163 – #1 Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha – Dorothy Gilman Wildfire – Richard Martin Stern Arnie & a House Full of Company – Margarete Corbo & Diane Marie Barras Take Away One – Thomas Froncek The Two Farms – Mary Pearce Volume 164 – #2 An Ark on the Flood – Anne Knowles The Seventh Secret – Irving Wallace Come Spring – Charlotte Hinger Break In – Dick Francis Volume 165 – M Deep Lie – Stuart Woods Bess W. Truman: An American Courtship – Margaret Truman In A Place Dark and Secret – Phillip Finch The Summer of the Barshinskeys – Diane Pearson

Volume 166 – #3 Lie Down with Lions – Ken Follett Tree of Gold – Rosalind Laker The Deep End – Joy Fielding Cry Wild – R. D. Lawrence Volume 167 – #4 Silversword – Phyllis Whitney Texas – James Michener Bracken – Elizabeth Webster Volume 168 – #5 The Judgment – Howard Goldfluss Kaffir Boy – Mark Mathabane Unnatural Causes – Mark Olshaker Queen Dolley – Dorothy Clarke Wilson

1987

Volume 169 – #1 A Matter of Honor – Jeffrey Archer The Golden Cup – Belva Plain Stepping Down from the Star – Alexandra Costa A Deadly Presence – Hjalmer Thesen Volume 170 – #2 A Place To Hide – Evelyn Anthony A Time For Heroes – Will Bryant East and West – Gerald Green Nightshade – Gloria Murphy Volume 171 – M Carter's Castle – Wilbur Wright New Orleans Legacy – Alexandra Ripley To Kill the Potemkin – Mark Joseph Anne Frank Remembered – Miep Gies & Alison Leslie Gold

Volume 172 – #3 Bolt – Dick Francis The Night Lives On – Walter Lord The Choice – Henry Denker The Ladies of Missalonghi – Colleen McCullough Night of the Fox – Jack Higgins Volume 173 – #4 Windmills of the Gods – Sidney Sheldon Unholy Matrimony – John Dillmann The Silver Touch – Rosalind Laker Outbreak – Robin Cook Volume 174 – #5 Patriot Games – Tom Clancy Snow on the Wind – Hugh Miller Memoirs of an Invisible Man – H. F. Saint The Man Who Rode Midnight – Elmer Kelton

1988

Volume 175 – #1 Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle – Dorothy Gilman Not Without My Daughter – Betty Mahmoody with William Hoffer The Seizing of Yankee Green Mall – Ridley Pearson O Come Ye Back to Ireland – Niall Williams & Christine Breen Volume 176 – #2 Hot Money – Dick Francis Jenny's Mountain – Elaine Long Trespass – Phillip Finch Sara Dane – Catherine Gaskin Volume 177 – M Wolf Winter – Clare Francis Johnnie Alone – Elizabeth Webster Man With a Gun – Robert Daley Winner – Maureen O'Donoghue

Volume 178 – #3 Mortal Fear – Robin Cook Just Another Kid – Torey Hayden Rockets' Red Glare – Greg Dinallo Brownstone Facade – Catherine M. Rae Volume 179 – #4 Tsunami – Richard Martin Stern The Harrogate Secret – Catherine Cookson The Charm School – Nelson DeMille A Walk in the Dark – Joyce Stranger Volume 180 – #5 The India Fan – Victoria Holt Mannequin – Robert Byrne Lady of No Man's Land – Jeanne Williams Wildtrack – Bernard Cornwell

1989

Volume 181 – #1 A Gift of Life – Henry Denker Daddy – Loup Durand Norman Rockwell's Greatest Painting – Hollis Hodges Murder in the Oval Office – Elliott Roosevelt Volume 182 – #2 The Edge – Dick Francis Alaska – James Michener Thornyhold – Mary Stewart Volume 183 – M Doctors – Erich Segal Gracie – George Burns The Giant's Shadow – Thomas Bontly The Toothache Tree – Jack Galloway

Volume 184 – #3 Morning Glory – LaVyrle Spencer Toy Soldiers – William P. Kennedy Trail – Louis Charbonneau Prospect – Bill Littlefield Volume 185 – #4 While My Pretty One Sleeps – Mary Higgins Clark The Bailey Chronicles – Catherine Cookson The Negotiator – Frederick Forsyth Hallapoosa – Robert Newton Peck Volume 186 – #5 Killer's Wake – Bernard Cornwell Blessings – Belva Plain Grass Roots – Stuart Woods Alice and Edith – Dorothy Clarke Wilson

1990s

1990

Volume 187 – #1 Tiebreaker – Jack Bickham What was Good About Today – Carol Kruckeberg California Gold – John Jakes Monkeys on the Interstate – Jack Hanna w/ John Stravinsky Volume 188 – #2 Straight – Dick Francis No Roof But Heaven – Jeanne Williams The Evening News – Arthur Hailey The Courtship of Peggy McCoy – Ray Sipherd Volume 189 – M The Lady of the Labyrinth – Caroline Llewellyn The Himmler Equation – William P. Kennedy Flying Free – Dan True A Time to Love – Beryl Kingston

Volume 190 – #3 Harmful Intent – Robin Cook The Flight of the Swan – Elizabeth Webster The Estuary Pilgrim – Douglas Skeggs Manifest Destiny – Brian Garfield Volume 191 – #4 Cold Harbour – Jack Higgins Circle of Pearls – Rosalind Laker The Bear – James Oliver Curwood Finders Keepers – Barbara Nickolae Volume 192 – #5 Harvest – Belva Plain Purpose of Evasion – Greg Dinallo Snare of Serpents – Victoria Holt Coyote Waits – Tony Hillerman

1991

Volume 193 – #1 Trial – Clifford Irving September – Rosamunde Pilcher The White Puma – R. D. Lawrence Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish – Dorothy Gilman Volume 194 – #2 Longshot – Dick Francis The Women in His Life – Barbara Taylor Bradford Crackdown – Bernard Cornwell Something to Hide – Patricia Robinson Volume 195 – #3 The Firm – John Grisham Payment in Full – Henry Denker Final Approach – John J. Nance Home Ground – Hugh Miller

Volume 196 – #4 As the Crow Flies – Jeffrey Archer Home Mountain – Jeanne Williams MacKinnon's Machine – S. K. Wolf Seal Morning – Rowena Farre Volume 197 – #5 The Eagle Has Flown – Jack Higgins Aspen Gold – Janet Dailey The Ice – Louis Charbonneau Lightning in July – Ann L. McLaughlin Volume 198 – #6 Loves Music, Loves to Dance – Mary Higgins Clark Lost and Found – Marilyn Harris Condition Black – Gerald Seymour Escape Into Light – Elizabeth Webster

1992

Volume 199 – #1 Night Over Water – Ken Follett Doctor on Trial – Henry Denker Beast – Peter Benchley Dear Family – Camilla Bittle Volume 200 – #2 Comeback – Dick Francis Scarlett – Alexandra Ripley The Deceiver – Frederick Forsyth Volume 201 – #3 Acts of Faith – Erich Segal Hard Fall – Ridley Pearson Bygones – LaVyrle Spencer The Stormy Petrel – Mary Stewart

Volume 202 – #4 Such Devoted Sisters – Eileen Goudge Rules of Encounter – William P. Kennedy The Love Child – Catherine Cookson American Gothic – Gene Smith Volume 203 – #5 The Pelican Brief – John Grisham Treasures – Belva Plain Eye of the Storm – Jack Higgins The Island Harp – Jeanne Williams Volume 204 – #6 Tangled Vines – Janet Dailey Stalk – Louis Charbonneau Anna – Cynthia Harrod-Eagles The Leading Lady – Betty White & Tom Sullivan

1993

Volume 205 – #1 Every Living Thing – James Herriot All Around the Town – Mary Higgins Clark Colony – Anne Rivers Siddons Death Penalty – William J. Coughlin Volume 206 – #2 Driving Force – Dick Francis Sotah – Naomi Ragen The Doll's House – Evelyn Anthony The Bears and I – Robert Franklin Leslie Volume 207 – #3 Mrs. Washington and Horowitz, Too – Henry Denker Point of Impact – Stephen Hunter November of the Heart – LaVyrle Spencer Shooting Script – Gordon Cotler

Volume 208 – #4 The Client – John Grisham Sweet Water – Christina Baker Kline Slow Through Eden – Gordon Glasco The Longest Road – Jeanne Williams Volume 209 – #5 Thunder Point – Jack Higgins The Venetian Mask – Rosalind Laker Final Argument – Clifford Irving Whispers – Belva Plain Volume 210 – #6 The Cat Who Went Into the Closet – Lillian Jackson Braun Homeland – John Jakes Tell Me No Secrets – Joy Fielding

1994

Volume 211 – #1 I'll Be Seeing You – Mary Higgins Clark Honour Among Thieves – Jeffrey Archer Alex Haley's Queen – Alex Haley with David Stevens Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief – Dorothy Gilman Volume 212 – #2 Without Remorse – Tom Clancy The Old House at Railes – Mary Pearce Decider – Dick Francis King of the Hill – A. E. Hotchner Volume 213 – #3 A Dangerous Fortune – Ken Follett The Select – F. Paul Wilson Rivers of Gold – Janet Edmonds Hardscape – Justin Scott

Volume 214 – #4 Fatal Cure – Robin Cook The Wrong House – Carol McD. Wallace Red Ink – Greg Dinallo Having Our Say – Sadie and Bessie Delany Volume 215 – #5 Daybreak – Belva Plain Disclosure – Michael Crichton St. Agnes' Stand – Tom Eidson The Fist of God – Frederick Forsyth Volume 216 – #6 Hidden Riches – Nora Roberts Phoenix Rising – John Nance Roommates – Max Apple White Harvest – Louis Charbonneau

1995

Volume 217 – #1 The Chamber – John Grisham Remember Me – Mary Higgins Clark The Intruders – Stephen Coonts The Acorn Winter – Elizabeth Webster Volume 218 – #2 Tiger's Child – Torey Hayden Heat – Stuart Woods This Child is Mine – Henry Denker Wall of Brass – Robert Daley Volume 219 – #3 Prizes – Erich Segal Secret Missions – Michael Gannon Eyes of a Child – Richard North Patterson More Than Meets the Eye – Joan Brock & Derek Gill

Volume 220 – #4 Acceptable Risk – Robin Cook Local Rules – Jay Brandon Salem Street – Anna Jacobs Fast Forward – Judy Mercer Volume 221 – #5 The Rainmaker – John Grisham The Carousel – Belva Plain Wedding Night – Gary Devon Cloud Shadows – Elizabeth Webster Volume 222 – #6 Let Me Call You Sweetheart – Mary Higgins Clark Children of the Dust – Clancy Carlile Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion-Killer – Dorothy Gilman The Magic Bullet – Harry Stein

1996

Volume 223 – #1 A Place Called Freedom – Ken Follett The Horse Whisperer – Nicholas Evans The Apocalypse Watch – Robert Ludlum Volume 224 – #2 Come To Grief – Dick Francis Coming Home – Rosamunde Pilcher Blaze – Robert Somerlott That Camden Summer – LaVyrle Spencer Volume 225 – #3 The Final Judgment – Richard North Patterson Nathan's Run – John Gilstrap Dance of the Scarecrows – Ray Sipherd Implant – F. Paul Wilson

Volume 226 – #4 Notorious – Janet Dailey Snow Wolf – Glenn Meade The Cat Who Said Cheese – Lilian Jackson Braun Mirage – Soheir Khashoggi Volume 227 – #5 The Zero Hour – Joseph Finder Rose – Martin Cruz Smith A Place For Kathy – Henry Denker The Judge – Steve Martini Volume 228 – #6 Moonlight Becomes You – Mary Higgins Clark The Outsider – Penelope Williamson Harvest – Tess Gerritsen The Falconer – Elaine Clark McCarthy

1997

Volume 229 – #1 The Runaway Jury – John Grisham Critical Judgment – Michael Palmer Icon – Frederick Forsyth Capitol Offense – Senator Barbara Mikulski & Mary Louise Oates Volume 230 – #2 The Third Twin – Ken Follett Small Town Girl – LaVyrle Spencer To the Hilt – Dick Francis The Burning Man – Phillip Margolin Volume 231 – #3 A Woman's Place – Barbara Delinsky The Unlikely Spy – Daniel Silva The Cat Who Tailed a Thief – Lilian Jackson Braun Beyond Recognition – Ridley Pearson

Volume 232 – #4 The Escape Artist – Diane Chamberlain Airframe – Michael Crichton Weeding Out the Tears – Jeanne White with Susan Dworkin Infinity's Child – Harry Stein

These 1997 volumes were also published as Reader's Digest Select Editions, and all succeeding volumes were published as Reader's Digest Select Editions.

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