This weeks list contained some of the biggest names in novels and some of their most famous works.
5 - The Legacy by Howard Fast
The Lavette family of ''The Immigrants'' and ''The Establishment'' reaches the turbulent 60's.
4 - Noble House by James Clavell
A British-Chinese struggle for control of one of Hong Kong's oldest trading houses.
The first of Clavell's 2 #1 novels and spent 15 weeks at #1 from May until August 1981.
3 - Cujo by Stephen King
Monsters haunt a New York family seeking peace in rural Maine.
This was the 3rd #1 for Stephen King, spending 5 weeks at #1.
2 - The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
Life with an eccentric family
John Irving's first #1 novel, spending 9 weeks at the top of the list.
1 - An Indecent Obsession by Colleen McCullough
A nurse and her charges in a special-care ward of a WWII hospital
This is the second and last novel to reach the top of the Times bestseller list. The 'Thorn Birds' spend 15 weeks at #1 in the summer of 1977.
This was the 2nd of 13 weeks at #1 for "Obsession".
