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Bestselling Nonfiction Authors in the U.S.
Authors of the #1-selling nonfiction book in the U.S. in each year since 1960.
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Herman Taller
- Author of the 1962 nonfiction best-seller Calories Don''t Count
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Charles M. Schulz (born 1922)
American cartoonist.
- Author of the 1963 nonfiction best-seller Happiness is a Warm Puppy
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Dan Greenburg (born 1936)
American writer.
- Author of the 1965 nonfiction best-seller How To Be a Jewish Mother
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Norman F. Dacey
- Author of the 1966 nonfiction best-seller How to Avoid Probate
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William Manchester
- Author of the 1967 nonfiction best-seller Death of a President
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David Reuben (born 1933)
American physician.
- Author of the 1970 nonfiction best-seller Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask
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Kenneth Taylor
- Author of the 1972 and 1973 nonfiction best-seller The Living Bible
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William Franklin Graham Jr., (born 1918)
American evangelist.
- Author of the 1975 nonfiction best-seller Angels: God''s Secret Agents
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Bob Woodward (born 1943)
American journalist.
- Co-author of the 1976 nonfiction best-seller The Final Days
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Carl Bernstein (born 1944)
American journalist.
- Co-author of the 1976 nonfiction best-seller The Final Days
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Alex Haley (born 1921, died 1992)
American journalist and author. Best known for Roots, a historical novel recounting an ancestor's sale into slavery and following the family fortunes up to modern times.
- Author of the 1977 nonfiction best-seller Roots
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Douglas R. Casey
- Author of the 1980 nonfiction best-seller Crisis Investing
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Thomas J. Peters
- Co-author of the 1983 nonfiction best-seller In Search of Excellence
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Robert H. Waterman, Jr.
- Co-author of the 1983 nonfiction best-seller In Search of Excellence
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Bill Cosby (born 1937)
American actor and comedian.
- Author of the 1986 and 1987 nonfiction best-sellers Fatherhood and Time Flies
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Robert Kowalski
- Author of the 1988 nonfiction best-seller The Eight-Week Cholesterol Diet
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Robert Fulghum (born 1937)
American essayist and clergyman.
- Author of the 1989 nonfiction best-seller All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
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Charles Kuralt (born 1934, died 1997)
American broadcast journalist.
- Author of the 1990 nonfiction best-seller A Life on the Road
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Rush Limbaugh (born 1950)
American political commentator and radio host.
- Author of the 1992 and 1993 nonfiction best-sellers The Way Things Ought to Be and See, I Told You So
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Lee Iacocca (born 1924)
American business executive and author, former Chrysler chairman.
- Author of the 1984 and 1985 nonfiction best-seller Iaccocca: An Autobiography
Bestselling Nonfiction Authors in the U.S.
Authors of the #1-selling nonfiction book in the U.S. in each year since 1960.
