Books of 1970

By Patrick Mondout

The new decade saw the publication of Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex but Were Afraid To Ask by David Reuben, M.D. It was the best selling non-fiction book of the year and became such a part of the popular culture that Woody Allen released a movie two years later with the same name. Other popular non-fiction titles of 1970 included The Sensuous Woman by J, Up the Organization by Robert Townsend, Jim Bouton's Ball Four, and Body Language by Julius Fast.

The runaway bestseller in the world of fiction was Love Story by Erich Segal. Here's a list of the top ten fiction bestsellers of 1970:

1970 Fiction Bestsellers
1	Love Story	Erich Segal
2	The French Lieutenant's Woman	John Fowles
3	Islands in the Stream	Ernest Hemingway
4	The Crystal Cave	Mary Stewart
5	Great Lion of God	Taylor Caldwell
6	QB VII	Leon Uris
7	The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight	Jimmy Breslin
8	The Secret Woman	Victoria Holt
9	Travels with My Aunt	Graham Greene
10	Rich Man, Poor Man	Irwin Shaw
	Source: Publisher's Weekly

1970 Fiction Bestsellers
1	Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex but Were Afraid To Ask	David Reuben, M.D.
2	The New English Bible
3	The Sensuous Woman	J
4	Better Homes and Gardens Fondue and Tabletop Cooking
5	Up the Organization	Robert Townsend
6	Ball Four	Jim Bouton
7	American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language	William Morris
8	Body Language	Julius Fast
9	In Someone's Shadow	Rod McKuen
10	Caught in the Quest	Rod McKuen
	Source: Publisher's Weekly