The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books.
1 bestseller in 18 months, the anthologized novellas, "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" and "Seymour: An Introduction".
Salinger's book led the list for 14 weeks through the spring of 1963.
On October 6, Shoes gave way to Mary McCarthy's semi-autobiographical novel The Group, which would spend the next 20 weeks at the top, closing out the year.
[1] The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.