What were they reading?: Bestsellers from 1930-2000

Here's a sampling of No. 1 bestsellers from the past eight decades – all worthy additions to this summer's reading list.

7. From 1990: “The Plains of Passage” by Jean Auel

 Auel, in one of a series of fictional narratives, explores the life of early man. Although the backdrop is mythic, Auel’s manages to convey believable characters that, at base, have more in common with modern humans than we initially suspect.

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