1970 Love Story de Erich Segal The French Lieutenant's Woman de John Fowles Islands in the Stream de Ernest Hemingway The Crystal Cave de Mary Stewart Great Lion of God de Taylor Caldwell QB VII de Leon Uris The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight de Jimmy Breslin The Secret Woman de Victoria Holt Travels with My Aunt de Graham Greene Rich Man, Poor Man de Irwin Shaw
1971 Wheels de Arthur Hailey The Exorcist de William P. Blatty The Passions of the Mind de Irving Stone The Day of the Jackal de Frederick Forsyth The Betsy de Harold Robbins Message from Malaga de Helen MacInnes The Winds of War de Herman Wouk The Drifters de James A. Michener The Other de Tom Tryon Rabbit Redux de John Updike
1972 Jonathan Livingston Seagull de Richard Bach August 1914 de Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn The Odessa File de Frederick Forsyth The Day of the Jackal de Frederick Forsyth The Word de Irving Wallace The Winds of War de Herman Wouk Captains and the Kings de Taylor Caldwell Two from Galilee de Marjorie Holmes My Name is Asher Lev de Chaim Potok Semi-Tough de Dan Jenkins
1973 Jonathan Livingston Seagull de Richard Bach Once Is Not Enough de Jacqueline Susann Breakfast of Champions de Kurt Vonnegut The Odessa File de Frederick Forsyth Burr de Gore Vidal The Hollow Hills de Mary Stewart Evening in Byzantium de Irwin Shaw The Matlock Paper de Robert Ludlum The Billion Dollar Sure Thing de Paul E. Erdman The Honorary Consul de Graham Greene
1974 Centennial de James A. Michener Watership Down de Richard Adams Jaws de Peter Benchley Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy de John le Carré Something Happened de Joseph Heller The Dogs of War de Frederick Forsyth The Pirate de Harold Robbins I Heard the Owl Call My Name de Margaret Craven The Seven-Per-Cent Solution de Nicholas Meyer The Fan Club de Irving Wallace
1975 Ragtime de E. L. Doctorow The Moneychangers de Arthur Hailey Curtain de Agatha Christie Looking for Mr. Goodbar de Judith Rossner The Choirboys de Joseph Wambaugh The Eagle Has Landed de Jack Higgins The Great Treasure de Irving Stone The Great Train Robbery de Michael Crichton Shōgun de James Clavell Humboldt's Gift de Saul Bellow
1976 Trinity de Leon Uris Sleeping Murder de Agatha Christie Dolores de Jacqueline Susann Storm Warning de Jack Higgins The Deep de Peter Benchley 1876 de Gore Vidal Slapstick or Lonesome No More! de Kurt Vonnegut The Lonely Lady de Harold Robbins Touch Not the Cat de Mary Stewart A Stranger in the Mirror de Sidney Sheldon
1977 The Silmarillion de J. R. R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien The Thorn Birds de Colleen McCullough Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah de Richard Bach The Honourable Schoolboy de John le Carré Oliver's Story de Erich Segal Dreams Die First de Harold Robbins Beggarman, Thief de Irwin Shaw How to Save Your Own Life de Erica Jong Delta of Venus de Anaïs Nin Daniel Martin de John Fowles
1978 Chesapeake de James A. Michener War and Remembrance de Herman Wouk Fools Die de Mario Puzo Bloodline de Sidney Sheldon Scruples de Judith Krantz Evergreen de Belva Plain Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah de Richard Bach The Holcroft Covenant de Robert Ludlum Second Generation de Howard Fast Eye of the Needle de Ken Follett
1979 The Matarese Circle de Robert Ludlum Sophie's Choice de William Styron Overload de Arthur Hailey Memories of Another Day de Harold Robbins Jailbird de Kurt Vonnegut The Dead Zone de Stephen King The Last Enchantment de Mary Stewart The Establishment de Howard Fast The Third World War: August 1985 de John Hackett Smiley's People de John le Carré