Reader's Digest Condensed Books


Reader's Digest Condensed Books was a series of hardcover anthology collections, published by the American general interest monthly family magazine Reader's Digest and distributed by direct mail. Most volumes contained five current best-selling novels and nonfiction books which were abridged specifically for Reader's Digest. The series was published from 1950 until 1997, when it was renamed Reader's Digest Select Editions. Frequently featured authors in the original series include Dick Francis, Henry Denker, Victoria Holt and Mary Higgins Clark.
The series was popular; a 1987 New York Times article estimated annual sales of 10 million copies. Despite this popularity, old copies are notoriously difficult to sell, and scholarly attention has been sparse.
For much of their publication schedule, the volumes were issued four times each year. Each year the company produced a Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, and Volume 4. In later years they added a Volumes 5, and then a Volume 6, going to a bi-monthly schedule by the early 1990s. The series was produced for 47 years, until being renamed Reader's Digest Select Editions.
Occasional books such as The Leopard, The Days Were Too Short, and Papillon were not published in English originally but were abridgments of translations. In some cases, advanced copies of the hardcover edition were printed in paperback form. In a few cases, new editions of older works, A Roving Commission: My Early Life, published originally in 1930 or Goodbye Mr. Chips, published originally in 1934 ) were also among the condensed selections.

1950s

1950

Volume 1 – SpringThe Show Must Go On – Elmer RiceThe Cry and the Covenant – Morton ThompsonAutobiography of Will Rogers – Donald Day, editorCry, the Beloved Country – Alan Paton
Volume 2 – SummerThe Wooden Horse – Eric WilliamsHome Town – Cleveland AmoryVisibility Unlimited – Dick GraceThe Way West – A. B. Guthrie Jr.
Volume 3 – AutumnThe Cardinal – Henry Morton RobinsonLong the Imperial Way – Hanama TaskiRoosevelt in Retrospect – John GuntherYoung Man with a Horn – Dorothy Baker

1951

Volume 4 – WinterAnybody Can Do Anything – Betty MacDonaldElephant Bill – Lt. Col. J. H. WilliamsSignal Thirty-Two – MacKinlay KantorGerman Faces – Ann Stringer and Henry RiesMischief – Charlotte Armstrong
Volume 5 – Spring
Volume 6 – Summer
Volume 7 – AutumnFallen Away – Margaret Culkin BanningReturn to Paradise – James A. MichenerA Roving Commission: My Early Life – Winston S. ChurchillThe Southwest Corner – Mildred WalkerThe Arms of Venus – John Appleby

1952

Volume 8 – WinterMelville Goodwin, USA – John P. MarquandThe Cruel Sea – Nicholas MonsarratA Genius in the Family – Hiram Percy Maxim


Volume 9 – SpringAdventures in Two Worlds – A. J. CroninThe Gabriel Horn – Felix HoltDuveen – S. N. Behrman
Volume 10 – SummerThe Hidden Flower – Pearl S. BuckThe Dam Busters – Paul BrickhillThe City Boy – Herman WoukMy Cousin Rachel – Daphne du Maurier


Volume 11 – AutumnMatador – Barnaby ConradWitness – Whittaker Chambers

1953

Volume 12 – WinterHunter – J.A. HunterGiant – Edna FerberThrough Charley's Door – Emily KimbroughThe Best Cartoons from Punch – Marvin Rosenberg & William Cole, editorsIsland Rescue: An Appointment with Venus – Jerrard Tickell


Spring 1953 Selections
Volume 14 – SummerOur Virgin Island – Robb WhiteA Bargain with God – Thomas SavageAnnapurna – Maurice HerzogA Good Man – Jefferson YoungThe Intruder – Helen Fowler


Volume 15 – AutumnThe Bridges at Toko-Ri – James A. MichenerBeyond This Place – A. J. CroninLife Among the Savages – Shirley JacksonMy Crowded Solitude – Jack McLarenDigby – David Walker

1954

Volume 16 – WinterCall Me Lucky: Bing Crosby's Own Story – Bing Crosby with Pete MartinToo Late the Phalarope – Alan PatonTime and Time Again – James HiltonHeather Mary – J. M. Scott


Volume 17 – SpringThe [Night of the Hunter (novel)|The Night of the Hunter] – Davis GrubbGod and My Country – MacKinlay KantorNot as a Stranger – Morton ThompsonThe Best Cartoons from France – Edna Bennett, collectorThe Young Elizabeth – Jennette & Francis Letton
Volume 18 – SummerThe Desperate Hours – Joseph HayesGeneral Dean's Story – William F. Dean with William L. WordenMr. Hobbs' Vacation – Edward StreeterThe Power and the Prize – Howard Swiggett


Volume 19 – AutumnThe Dollmaker – Harriette ArnowThe Anatomy of a Crime – Joseph F. DinneenLove is Eternal – Irving StoneAround a Rusty God – Augusta WalkerThe High and the Mighty – Ernest K. Gann

1955

Volume 20 – WinterThe Reason Why – Cecil Woodham-SmithThe China I Knew – Pearl S. BuckMy Brother's Keeper – Marcia DavenportGood Morning, Miss Dove – Frances Gray PattonThe Darby Trial – Dick Pearce
Volume 22 – SummerMan-Eater – Jim CorbettThe Actor – Niven BuschOnions in the Stew – Betty MacDonaldThe Captive City – John ApplebyThe Missing Macleans – Geoffrey HoareThe Searchers – Alan Le May
Volume 21 – SpringGood-bye, My Lady – James StreetThe Dowry – Margaret Culkin BanningThe Day Lincoln Was Shot – Jim BishopThe Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant – Douglass WallopFlamingo Feather – Laurens van der Post
Volume 23 – AutumnThis is Goggle, or the Education of a Father – Bentz PlagemannRun Silent, Run Deep – Commander Edward L. Beach, USNMarjorie Morningstar – Herman WoukLast of the Curlews – Fred BodsworthFirst Train to Babylon – Max Ehrlich

1956

Volume 24 – Winter


Volume 25 – SpringCaptain of the Queens – Captain Harry Grattidge with Richard CollierBeloved – Viña DelmarIn My Father's House – Grace Nies FletcherThe Last Hurrah – Edwin O'ConnorBoon Island – Kenneth Roberts
Volume 26 – SummerOld Yeller – Fred GipsonHarry Black – David WalkerThe Greer Case – David W. PeckA Thing of Beauty – A. J. CroninA Single Pebble – John Hersey


Volume 27 – AutumnThe Nun's Story – Kathryn HulmeMerry Christmas, Mr. Baxter – Edward StreeterThe Success – Helen HoweThe Diamond Hitch – Frank O'RourkeThe Sleeping Partner – Winston Graham

1957

Volume 28 – WinterBon Voyage – Marrijane & Joseph HayesThe Tribe That Lost Its Head – Nicholas MonsarratThe Philadelphian – Richard PowellA Family Party – John O'HaraStopover: Tokyo – John P. Marquand


Volume 29 – SpringThe Scapegoat – Daphne du MaurierThe Last Angry Man – Gerald GreenThe Muses Are Heard – Truman CapoteThe Fruit Tramp – Vinnie WilliamsThe Enemy Below – Commander D.A. Rayner
Volume 30 – SummerThe Lady – Conrad RichterA Houseful of Love – Marjorie HousepianThe Three Faces of Eve – Dr. Corbett H. Thigpen, MD & Dr. Hervey M. Cleckley, MDLetter from Peking – Pearl S. BuckThe FBI Story – Don Whitehead


Volume 31 – AutumnLobo – MacKinlay KantorThe Century of the Surgeon – Jürgen ThorwaldBy Love Possessed – James Gould Cozzens

1958

Volume 32 – WinterThe Green Helmet – Jon ClearyDunbar's Cove – Borden DealThe Twentieth Maine – John J. PullenLife at Happy Knoll – John P. MarquandThe Horsecatcher – Mari SandozSharks and Little Fish – Wolfgang Ott


Volume 33 – SpringBig Caesar – Charlton Ogburn Jr.The Winthrop Woman – Anya SetonThe Counterfeit Traitor – Alexander KleinThe Man Who Broke Things – John BrooksMurder on My Street – Edwin Lanham
Volume 34 – SummerSeidman and Son – Elick MollThe Northern Light – A. J. CroninRough Road Home – Melissa MatherA Friend in Power – Carlos H. BakerSun in the Hunter's Eyes – Mark Derby
Volume 35 – AutumnPreacher's Kids – Grace Nies FletcherThe Steel Cocoon – Bentz PlagemannWomen and Thomas Harrow – John P. MarquandGreen Mansions – W. H. HudsonTether's End – Margery Allingham

1959

Volume 36 – WinterThe Admen – Shepherd MeadThe Rainbow and the Rose – Nevil ShuteMrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris – Paul GallicoThe Ugly American – William J. Lederer & Eugene BurdickThe White Room – Elizabeth CoatsworthWoman of Straw – Catherine Arley


Volume 37 – SpringThe Secret Project of Sigurd O'Leary – Martin QuigleyDear and Glorious Physician – Taylor CaldwellCollision Course – Alvin MoscowJungle Girl – John MooreEpitaph for an Enemy – George Barr
Volume 38 – SummerThe Lion – Joseph KesselThe Light Infantry Ball – Hamilton BassoA Rockefeller Family Portrait – William Manchester
Volume 39 – Autumn

1960s

1960

Volume 40 – WinterJeremy Todd – Hamilton Maule


Volume 41 – SpringThe Final Diagnosis – Arthur HaileyMrs. 'Arris Goes to New York – Paul GallicoStrangers in the Forest – Carol BrinkThe Haunting of Hill House – Shirley JacksonWolfpack – William M. Hardy
Volume 42 – SummerThe Lovely Ambition – Mary Ellen ChaseTrustee from the Toolroom – Nevil ShuteThe Leopard – Giuseppe di LampedusaVillage of Stars – Paul StantonTo Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Volume 43 – AutumnSurface at the Pole – Commander James F. Calvert, USNThe Devil's Advocate – Morris L. WestUp from Slavery – Booker T. Washington

1961

Volume 44 – WinterThe [Light in the Piazza (novel)|The Light in the Piazza] – Elizabeth SpencerHalf Angel – Barbara JefferisA Sense of Values – Sloan Wilson


Volume 45 – SpringFate Is the Hunter – Ernest K. GannPeaceable Lane – Keith WheelerMadame Curie – Ève CurieEvil Come, Evil Go – Whit MastersonThe 'Mozart' Leaves at Nine – Harris Greene
Volume 46 – SummerThe Winter of Our Discontent – John SteinbeckThe [Agony and the Ecstasy (novel)|The Agony and the Ecstasy] – Irving StoneThe Making of the President, 1960 – Theodore H. White


Volume 47 – AutumnRing of Bright Water – Gavin MaxwellThe Judas Tree – A. J. CroninThe Edge of Sadness – Edwin O'ConnorA Fall of Moondust – Arthur C. ClarkeA Christmas Carol – Charles DickensSummer of Pride – Elizabeth Savage

1962

Volume 48 – WinterSpencer's Mountain – Earl Hamner Jr.A Prologue to Love – Taylor CaldwellA Time to Stand – Walter LordGive It Back to the Lemongrowers! – Willard TempleKirkland Revels – Victoria Holt


Volume 49 – SpringCaptain Newman, MD – Leo RostenDevil Water – Anya SetonThe Story of San Michele – Axel MuntheNine Hours to Rama – Stanley WolpertWatchers at the Pond – Franklin Russell
Volume 50 – SummerThe Tuntsa – Teppo Turen with Elizabeth Maddox McCabeYoungblood Hawke – Herman Wouk


Volume 51 – AutumnDearly Beloved – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

1963

Volume 52 – WinterSecond Growth – Ruth MooreTo Catch an Angel: Adventures in the World I Cannot See – Robert RussellI Take This Land – Richard PowellAmerica, America – Elia Kazan


Volume 53 – SpringA River Ran Out of Eden – James Vance MarshallEscape from Red China – Robert Loh with Humphrey EvansThe Surgeon – W. C. HeinzSmith and Jones – Nicholas MonsarratTo Sir, With Love – E. R. Braithwaite...and presumed dead – Lucille Fletcher
Volume 54 – SummerThe Artist – Jan de HartogThe [Shoes of the Fisherman (novel)|The Shoes of the Fisherman] – Morris L. WestThe Moonflower Vine – Jetta CarletonFlorence Nightingale – Cecil Woodham-SmithThe Wild Grapes – Barbara Jefferis


Volume 55 – AutumnThe Tilsit Inheritance – Catherine GaskinStranger to the Ground – Richard BachOf Good and Evil – Ernest K. GannWhen the Legends Die – Hal BorlandThe Battle of the Villa Fiorita – Rumer Godden

1964

Volume 56 – WinterNaked Came I: A Novel of Rodin – David WeissJoy in the Morning – Betty SmithThe Peregrine Falcon – Robert MurphyCareful, He Might Hear You – Sumner Locke ElliottThe Cincinnati Kid – Richard Jessup


Volume 57 – SpringToo Young to Be a Grandfather – Willard TempleWhen the Cheering Stopped – Gene SmithI Was Dancing – Edwin O'ConnorAlone – Rear Admiral Richard E. ByrdThe Hand of Mary Constable – Paul GallicoNerve – Dick Francis
Volume 58 – SummerFather to the Man – Bentz PlagemannThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold – John le Carré


Volume 59 – AutumnA Song of Sixpence – A.J. CroninStrangers on a Bridge: The Case of Colonel Abel, Soviet Master Spy – James B. DonovanThree Blind Mice – Agatha ChristieEpisode – Eric HodginsThe Island – Robert Merle

1965

Volume 60 – WinterThe Sea Flower – Ruth MooreThe Man – Irving WallaceA Ship Called Hope – William B. Walsh, MDThe Third Day – Joseph HayesThe Land Breakers – John Ehle


Volume 61 – SpringA Journey to Boston – Mary Ellen Chase
Volume 62 – SummerMay You Die in Ireland – Michael KenyonIntern – Dr. XThe Source – James A. MichenerNight of Camp David – Fletcher KnebelA House of Many Rooms – Rodello Hunter


Volume 63 – AutumnAirs Above the Ground – Mary StewartUp the Down Staircase – Bel KaufmanThose Who Love – Irving StoneThe Kon-Tiki Expedition – Thor HeyerdahlHow Far to Bethlehem? – Norah Lofts

1966

Volume 64 – WinterOutpost of Freedom – Captain Roger H. C. Donlon with Warren RogersThe Double Image – Helen MacInnesThe Yearling – Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsThe Century of the Detective – Jürgen Thorwald


Volume 65 – SpringHall of Mirrors – John Rowan WilsonAvalon – Anya SetonChildren of Hope – Elsie E. VignecCongo Kitabu – Jean-Pierre Hallet with Alex PellePower Play – The Gordons
Volume 66 – SummerRafe – Weldon HillChurchill: The Struggle for Survival – Lord MoranHere Come the Brides – Geraldine NapierThe Ninety and Nine – William BrinkleyMenfreya in the Morning – Victoria Holt


Volume 67 – AutumnDon Quixote, U.S.A. – Richard PowellAll in the Family – Edwin O'ConnorSaturday the Rabbi Went Hungry – Harry KemelmanThe Gift of the Deer – Helen HooverBrothers of the Sea – D.R. Sherman

1967

Volume 68 – WinterThe Town and Dr. Moore – Agatha YoungThe Captain – Jan de HartogFlight from a Firing Wall – Baynard KendrickThe Headmaster – John McPheeI Start Counting – Audrey Erskine Lindop


Volume 69 – SpringMy Boy John That Went to Sea – James Vance MarshallOne Summer in Between – Melissa MatherThe Broken Seal – Ladislas FaragoDibs in Search of Self – Virginia AxlineThe Road – John EhleSally – E. V. Cunningham
Volume 70 – SummerThe Princess – Gunnar MattssonAt Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends – Dwight D. EisenhowerThe Least One – Borden DealCurrahee! – Donald R. BurgettThe Walking Stick – Winston Graham


Volume 71 – AutumnChristy – Catherine MarshallLife with Father – Clarence DayThe [Fox and the Hound (novel)|The Fox and the Hound] – Daniel P. MannixNicholas and Alexandra – Robert K. MassieThe Gabriel Hounds – Mary Stewart

1968

Volume 72 – WinterEdge of Glass – Catherine GaskinGreat Elephant – Alan ScholefieldColor from a Light Within – Donald BraiderThe Kitchen Madonna – Rumer GoddenVanished – Fletcher Knebel


Volume 73 – SpringThe New Year – Pearl S. BuckThe Tower of Babel – Morris L. WestAirport – Arthur HaileyTo the Top of the World – Charles KuraltThe Bait – Dorothy Uhnak
Volume 74 – SummerOnce Upon an Island – David ConoverBush Baby – Martin WoodhouseThe Queen's Confession – Victoria HoltLeafy Rivers – Jessamyn WestThe Crossbreed – Allan W. Eckert


Volume 75 – AutumnThe Johnstown Flood – David G. McCulloughOnce an Eagle – Anton MyrerAmmie, Come Home – Barbara MichaelsGone: A Trio of Short Stories – Rumer GoddenSarang – Roger A. Caras

1969

Volume 76 – WinterMiss One Thousand Spring Blossoms – John BallThe Hurricane Years – Cameron HawleyThe Wine and the Music – William E. BarrettOn Reflection – Helen Hayes with Sandford DodyThe Black Ship – Paul & Sheila Mandel
Volume 77 – SpringThe Two of Us – Claude BerriBichu the Jaguar – Alan CaillouThe Minister – Charles MercerMayo: The Story of My Family and My Career – Dr. Charles W. MayoTorregreca – Ann CornelisenApril Morning – Howard Fast
Volume 78 – SummerA Place in the Woods – Helen HooverThe Death Committee – Noah GordonThe Man from Monticello: An Intimate Life of Thomas Jefferson – Thomas FlemingThe Three Daughters of Madame Liang – Pearl S. BuckSnatch – Rennie Airth


Volume 79 – AutumnThe King's Pleasure – Norah LoftsThe Day the World Ended – Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan-WittsMy Life with Martin Luther King Jr. – Coretta Scott KingIn This House of Brede – Rumer GoddenThe Black Camels – Ronald Johnston

1970s

1970

Volume 80 – WinterWaiting for Willa – Dorothy EdenA Walk to the Hills of the Dreamtime – James Vance MarshallT.R. – Noel B. GersonHeartsblood – Paul MartinThe Witness – Dorothy Uhnak
Volume 81 – SpringKim: A Gift from Vietnam – Frank W. ChinnockBless the Beasts & Children – Glendon SwarthoutGreat Lion of God – Taylor CaldwellI Chose Prison – James V. BennettFiona – Catherine Gaskin
Volume 82 – SummerOperation Sippacik – Rumer GoddenThe Secret Woman – Victoria HoltChristiaan Barnard – One Life – Christiaan Barnard & Curtis Bill PepperThe Song of Bernadette – Franz WerfelThe Shattered Dream – Gene Smith


Volume 83 – AutumnLone Woman – Dorothy Clarke WilsonThe Homecoming – Earl Hamner Jr.Papillon – Henri CharrièreWhitewater – Paul HorganThe Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax – Dorothy Gilman

1971

Volume 84 – WinterThe Crossing – Howard FastKinds of Love – May SartonThe Antagonists – Ernest K. GannLove Story – Erich SegalAnother Part of the House – Winston M. Estes


Volume 85 – SpringHalic: The Story of a Gray Seal – Ewan ClarksonTime and Again – Jack FinneySix-Horse Hitch – Janice Holt GilesBomber – Len DeightonA Woman in the House – Wm. E. Barrett
Volume 86 – SummerThe White Dawn – James HoustonRisk – Rachel MacKenzieLifeboat Number Two – Margaret Culkin BanningBecause I Loved Him: The Life and Loves of Lillie Langtry – Noel B. GersonThe Sea of Grass – Conrad RichterThe Possession of Joel Delaney – Ramona Stewart


Volume 87 – AutumnA Timeless Place – Ellen Bromfield GeldThe San Francisco Earthquake – Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan-WittsWheels – Arthur HaileyPeople I Have Loved, Known or Admired – Leo RostenSummer of the Red Wolf – Morris West

1972

Volume 88 – WinterThe Amazing Mrs. Pollifax – Dorothy GilmanThe Winds of War – Herman WoukThe Runaways – Victor Canning


Volume 89 – SpringWild Goose, Brother Goose – Mel EllisEvent 1000 – David LavalleeBring Me a Unicorn – Anne Morrow LindberghHearts – Thomas ThompsonThe Day of the Jackal – Frederick Forsyth
Volume 90 – SummerA Falcon for a Queen – Catherine GaskinMeeting With a Great Beast – Leonard WibberleyBlockbuster – Gerald GreenThe Shape of Illusion – Wm. E.BarrettDuel in the Snow – Hans Meissner


Volume 91 – AutumnThe Waltz Kings: Johann Strauss, Father & Son, and Their Romantic Age – Hans FantelThe Terminal Man – Michael CrichtonThe Dwelling Place – Catherine CooksonA World to Care For – Howard A. Rusk, MDThe Hessian – Howard Fast

1973

Volume 92 – #1The Stepford Wives – Ira LevinThe Odessa File – Frederick ForsythA Day No Pigs Would Die – Robert Newton PeckStanfield Harvest – Richard Martin SternP.S. Your Not Listening – Eleanor Craig
Volume 93 – #2A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax – Dorothy GilmanThe Camerons – Robert CrichtonThe Japanese – Jack SewardGreen Darkness – Anya Seton


Volume 94 – #3Sadie Shapiro's Knitting Book – Robert Kimmel SmithThe Years of the Forest – Helen HooverThe [Taking of Pelham One Two Three (novel)|The Taking of Pelham One Two Three] – John GodeyThe Curse of the Kings – Victoria HoltCaptain Bligh and Mr. Christian – Richard Hough
Volume 95 – #4La Balsa: The Longest Raft Voyage in History – Vital Alsar with Enrique Hank LopezThe Sunbird – Wilbur SmithState Trooper – Noel B. GersonThe Search for Anna Fisher – Florence FisherMrs. Starr Lives Alone – Jon Godden


Volume 96 – #5All Creatures Great and Small – James HerriotThe Salamander – Morris WestA Thousand Summers – Garson KaninShipwreck: The Strange Fate of the Morro Castle – Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts

1974

Volume 97 – #1The Tower – Richard Martin SternIncident at Hawk's Hill – Allan W. EckertStay of Execution: A Sort of Memoir – Stewart AlsopThe Mountain Farm – Ernest RaymondThe Thirteenth Trick – Russell Braddon


Volume 98 – #2A Member of the Family – Mary CarterThe Kappillan of Malta – Nicholas MonsarratIn Darkness – Roger BourgeonJaws – Peter Benchley


Volume 99 – #3The Will of Magda Townsend – Margaret Culkin BanningForever Island – Patrick D. SmithThirty-Four East – Alfred CoppelThe Diddakoi – Rumer GoddenLion in the Evening – Alan Scholefield
Volume 100 – #4The Boy Who Invented the Bubble Gun – Paul GallicoThe Good Shepherd – Thomas FlemingThe Property of a Gentleman – Catherine GaskinHis Majesty's U-Boat – Douglas Reeman
Volume 101 – #5The Other Room – Borden DealThe Dogs of War – Frederick ForsythAll Things Bright and Beautiful – James HerriotMalevil – Robert MerleA Daughter of Zion – Rodello Hunter

1975

Volume 102 – #1Our John Willie – Catherine CooksonCentennial – James A. MichenerHarlequin – Morris WestEric – Doris Lund
Volume 103 – #2Lost! – Thomas ThompsonBaker's Hawk – Jack BickhamThe Physicians – Henry DenkerGod and Mr. Gomez – Jack SmithEagle in the Sky – Wilbur Smith


Volume 104 – #3Mrs. 'arris Goes to Moscow – Paul GallicoThe Moneychangers – Arthur HaileyThe Massacre at Fall Creek – Jessamyn WestCollision – Spencer Dunmore
Volume 105 – #4Where are the Children? – Mary Higgins ClarkEarthsound – Arthur HerzogThe Eagle Has Landed – Jack HigginsDaylight Must Come – Alan BurgessThe Wind at Morning – James Vance Marshall


Volume 106 – #5Lord of the Far Island – Victoria HoltAlexander Dolgun's Story: An American in the Gulag – Alexander Dolgun with Patrick WatsonMinnie Santangelo's Mortal Sin – Anthony ManciniA Sporting Proposition – James AldridgePower – Richard Martin Stern

1976

Volume 107 – #1The Great Train Robbery – Michael CrichtonI Take Thee, Serenity – Daisy NewmanBill W. – Robert ThomsenA Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute
Volume 108 – #2The Hostage Heart – Gerald GreenThey Came to Stay – Marjorie Margolies & Ruth GruberThe Tide of Life – Catherine CooksonSwan Watch – Budd SchulbergDrummer in the Dark – Francis Clifford


Volume 109 – #3Liberty Tavern – Thomas FlemingThe Pilot – Robert DavisTouch Not the Cat – Mary StewartThe Boys from Brazil – Ira Levin
Volume 110 – #4The Distant Summer – Sarah PattersonThe Olmec Head – David WestheimerThe Matthew Tree – H. T. WrightThe Splendid Torments – Margaret Culkin BanningHarry's Game – Gerald Seymour


Volume 111 – #5The Pride of the Peacock – Victoria Holt

1977

Volume 112 – #1Mrs. Pollifax on Safari – Dorothy GilmanThe R Document – Irving WallaceHome Before Dark – Sue Ellen BridgersThe Glory Boys – Gerald SeymourThe Spuddy – Lillian Beckwith


Volume 113 – #2The Slow Awakening – Catherine Marchant19 Steps Up the Mountain – Joseph P. BlankGhost Fox – James HoustonIn the Frame – Dick Francis


Volume 114 – #3Tisha – Robert SpechtThe Dragon – Alfred CoppelOliver's Story – Erich SegalMajesty – Robert LaceyOverboard – Hank Searls
Volume 115 – #4The Stone Bull – Phyllis WhitneyEnola Gay – Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan WittsSadie Shapiro in Miami – Robert Kimmel SmithThe Scofield Diagnosis – Henry Denker
Volume 116 – #5The Melodeon – Glendon SwarthoutFull Disclosure – William SafireBel Ria – Sheila BurnfordChase the Wind – E. V. ThompsonThe Fan – Bob Randall

1978

Volume 117 – #1Snowbound Six – Richard Martin SternThe Summer of the Spanish Woman – Catherine GaskinElephants in the Living Room, Bears in the Canoe – Earl & Liz Hammond with Elizabeth LevyArrest Sitting Bull – Douglas C. JonesI Can Jump Puddles – Alan Marshall


Volume 118 – #2Jaws 2 – Hank SearlsThe Education of Little Tree – Forrest CarterThe Practice – Dr. Alan E. NourseExcellency – David Beaty


Volume 119 – #3A Stranger is Watching – Mary Higgins ClarkThe Miracle of Dommatina – Ira AveryThe Last Convertible – Anton MyrerSuch a Life – Edith LaZebnik
Volume 120 – #4My Enemy the Queen – Victoria HoltThe Good Old Boys – Elmer KeltonBy the Rivers of Babylon – Nelson DeMilleBreakpoint – William Brinkley


Volume 121 – #5Summer Lightning – Judith RichardsTara Kane – George MarksteinFlight into Danger – Arthur Hailey & John CastleRaquela; A Woman Of Israel – Ruth GruberThe Snake – John Godey

1979

Volume 122 – #1Eye of the Needle – Ken FollettOrphan Train – James Magnuson & Dorothea PetrieOverload – Arthur HaileyA Dangerous Magic – Frances Lynch
Volume 123 – #2Dinah, Blow Your Horn – Jack BickhamWar and Remembrance – Herman WoukHow I Got to be Perfect – Jean Kerr


Volume 124 – #3Sunflower – Marilyn SharpRunning Proud – Nicholas MonsarratError of Judgment – Henry DenkerA Walk Across America – Peter Jenkins
Volume 125 – #4Sphinx – Robin CookCold is the Sea – Capt. Edward L. Beach Jr.Words by Heart – Ouida SebestyenThe North Runner – R. D. LawrenceIntruder – Louis Charbonneau


Volume 126 – #5Hungry as the Sea – Wilbur SmithThe Tightrope Walker – Dorothy GilmanThe Passing Bells – Phillip RockFlesh and Spirit – Elizabeth Christman

1980s

1980

Volume 127 – #1Domino – Phyllis WhitneyPassage West – Dallas MillerHorowitz and Mrs. Washington – Henry DenkerTo Catch a King – Harry Patterson


Volume 128 – #2Emma and I – Sheila HockenThe Devil's Alternative – Frederick ForsythThe Capricorn Stone – Madeleine BrentFlood – Richard Martin Stern
Volume 129 – MAmanda/Miranda – Richard PeckIce Brothers – Sloan WilsonThe Small Outsider – Joan Martin HundleyThe Silver Falcon – Evelyn Anthony
Volume 130 – #3Thursday's Child – Victoria PooleRandom Winds – Belva PlainA Very Private War – Jon ClearyControl Tower – Robert P. Davis


Volume 131 – #4Sadie Shapiro, Matchmaker – Robert Kimmel SmithThe Cradle Will Fall – Mary Higgins ClarkMan, Woman and Child – Erich SegalBess and Harry: An American Love Story – Jhan RobbinsThe Wolf and the Buffalo – Elmer Kelton


Volume 132 – #5No Job for a Lady – Phyllis Lose, V.M.D.The Key to Rebecca – Ken FollettThe Old Neighborhood – Avery CormanA Piano for Mrs. Cimino – Robert OliphantThe Gold of Troy – Robert L. Fish

1981

Volume 133 – #1The Aviator – Ernest K. GannThe Covenant – James A. MichenerHope – Richard MerymanBullet Train – Joseph Rance & Arei Kato


Volume 134 – #2One Child – Torey HaydenBanners of Silk – Rosalind LakerThe Gentle Jungle – Toni Ringo HelferReflex – Dick Francis


Volume 135 – MLincoln's Mothers: A Story of Nancy and Sally Lincoln – Dorothy Clarke WilsonThe Last Step – Rick RidgewayAll the Days were Summer – Jack M. BickhamFlight to Landfall – G.M. Glaskin
Volume 136 – #3Still Missing – Beth GutcheonA Princess in Berlin – Arthur SolmssenThe Warfield Syndrome – Henry DenkerThe Dam – Robert Byrne


Volume 137 – #4The Lord God Made Them All – James HerriotAn Exceptional Marriage – Jack ShepherdTexas Dawn – Phillip FinchCrossing in Berlin – Fletcher Knebel


Volume 138 – #5Vermilion – Phyllis WhitneyTotaled – Frances Rickett & Steven McGrawIke and Mamie: The Story of the General and His Lady – Lester David & Irene DavidThe Dark Horse – Rumer GoddenFortress – Gabrielle Lord

1982

Volume 139 – #1Through the Narrow Gate – Karen ArmstrongNoble House – James ClavellThe Judas Kiss – Victoria Holt


Volume 140 – #2Alone Against the Atlantic – Gerry Spiess A Green Desire – Anton MyrerGoing Wild: Adventures of a Zoo Vet – David TaylorThe Man Who Lived at the Ritz – A. E. Hotchner


Volume 141 – MFever – Robin CookThe Walk West: A Walk Across America 2 – Peter JenkinsGilded Splendour – Rosalind LakerTwice Shy – Dick Francis
Volume 142 – #3The Man from St. Petersburg – Ken FollettPioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier – Joanna StrattonNo Escape – Joseph HayesThe Citadel – A.J. Cronin


Volume 143 – #4Flanagan's Run – Tom McNabA Parting Gift – Frances Sharkey, M.D.The Big Bridge – Richard Martin SternLast Quadrant – Meira Chand


Volume 144 – #5Jane's House – Robert Kimmel SmithChina: Alive In The Bitter Sea – Fox ButterfieldPromises – Catherine GaskinOutrage – Henry Denker

1983

Volume 145 – #1A Cry in the Night – Mary Higgins ClarkIndian Summer of the Heart – Daisy NewmanTouch the Devil – Jack HigginsThe Winter of the White Seal – Marie Herbert


Volume 146 – #2Pacific Interlude – Sloan WilsonThe Whip – Catherine CooksonOpen Heart – Mary BringleBanker – Dick Francis


Volume 147 – MThe Girl of the Sea of Cortez – Peter BenchleyJedder's Land – Maureen O'DonoghueRun Before the Wind – Stuart WoodsImpressionist: A Novel of Mary Cassatt – Joan King
Volume 148 – #3Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station – Dorothy GilmanThe Brea File – Louis CharbonneauGrowing Up – Russell BakerOctavia's Hill – Margaret Dickson


Volume 149 – #4The Secret Annie Oakley – Marcy HeidishTalk Down – Brian LecomberJewelled Path – Rosalind LakerA Solitary Dance – Robert Lane


Volume 150 – #5Godplayer – Robin CookThe Suitcases – Anne Hall WhittThe Time of the Hunter's Moon – Victoria HoltStalking Point – Duncan Kyle

1984

Volume 151 – #1The Children's Game – David WiseBeyond All Frontiers – Emma DrummondThe Incredible Journey – Sheila BurnfordFrom This Day Forward – Nancy Rossi


Volume 152 – #2Arnie, The Darling Starling – Margarete Sigl Corbo & Diane Marie BarrasNight Sky – Clare FrancisThe Canyon – Jack SchaeferIf We Could Hear the Grass Grow – Eleanor Craig


Volume 153 – MThe Cop and The Kid – William Fox with Noel HyndTiger, Tiger – Philip CaveneyKincaid – Henry DenkerThe Whale of the Victoria Cross – Pierre Boulle
Volume 154 – #3Skyscraper – Robert ByrneA Shine of Rainbows – Lillian BeckwithThe Reckoning – Phillip FinchLady Washington – Dorothy Clarke Wilson


Volume 155 – #4Nop's Trials – Donald McCaigLee and Grant – Gene SmithMurder and the First Lady – Elliott RooseveltJennie About To Be – Elisabeth Ogilvie
Volume 156 – #5Hanna and Walter – Hanna & Walter KohnerStormswift – Madeleine BrentThe Sound of Wings – Spencer DunmoreSurprise Party – William Katz

1985

Volume 157 – #1Lovestrong – Dorothy Greenbaum, MD & Deidre LaikenStillwatch – Mary Higgins ClarkCrescent City – Belva PlainThe Wild Children – Felice Holman


Volume 158 – #2Julie – Catherine MarshallStrong Medicine – Arthur HaileyPolsinney Harbour – Mary E. PearceProof – Dick Francis


Volume 159 – MThe State of Stony Lonesome – Jessamyn WestAt The Going Down of the Sun – Elizabeth DarrellCallanish – William HorwoodFind a Safe Place – Alexander Lazzarino & E. Kent Hayes
Volume 160 – #3In Love and War – Jim & Sybil StockdaleRingo, the Robber Raccoon – Robert Franklin LeslieThis Giving Heart – Hugh MillerTwilight Child – Warren Adler


Volume 161 – #4Robert, My Son – Henry DenkerThe Bannaman Legacy – Catherine CooksonThe Cheetahs – Alan CaillouThis Shining Land – Rosalind Laker


Volume 162 – #5Voices on the Wind – Evelyn AnthonyTrauma – John Fried & John G. West, MDThe Donkey's Gift – Thomas M. CoffeyThe Double Man – William Cohen & Gary Hart

1986

Volume 163 – #1Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha – Dorothy GilmanWildfire – Richard Martin SternArnie & a House Full of Company – Margarete Corbo & Diane Marie BarrasTake Away One – Thomas FroncekThe Two Farms – Mary Pearce


Volume 164 – #2An Ark on the Flood – Anne KnowlesThe Seventh Secret – Irving WallaceCome Spring – Charlotte HingerBreak In – Dick Francis


Volume 165 – MDeep Lie – Stuart WoodsBess W. Truman: An American Courtship – Margaret TrumanIn A Place Dark and Secret – Phillip FinchThe Summer of the Barshinskeys – Diane Pearson
Volume 166 – #3Lie Down with Lions – Ken FollettTree of Gold – Rosalind LakerThe Deep End – Joy FieldingCry Wild – R. D. Lawrence


Volume 167 – #4Silversword – Phyllis WhitneyTexas – James MichenerBracken – Elizabeth Webster
Volume 168 – #5The Judgment – Howard GoldflussKaffir Boy – Mark MathabaneUnnatural Causes – Mark OlshakerQueen Dolley – Dorothy Clarke Wilson

1987

Volume 169 – #1A Matter of Honor – Jeffrey ArcherThe Golden Cup – Belva PlainStepping Down from the Star – Alexandra CostaA Deadly Presence – Hjalmer Thesen
Volume 170 – #2A Place To Hide – Evelyn AnthonyA Time For Heroes – Will BryantEast and West – Gerald GreenNightshade – Gloria Murphy


Volume 171 – MCarter's Castle – Wilbur WrightNew Orleans Legacy – Alexandra RipleyTo Kill the Potemkin – Mark JosephAnne Frank Remembered – Miep Gies & Alison Leslie Gold
Volume 172 – #3Bolt – Dick FrancisThe Night Lives On – Walter LordThe Choice – Henry DenkerThe Ladies of Missalonghi – Colleen McCulloughNight of the Fox – Jack Higgins


Volume 173 – #4Windmills of the Gods – Sidney SheldonUnholy Matrimony – John DillmannThe Silver Touch – Rosalind LakerOutbreak – Robin Cook


Volume 174 – #5Patriot Games – Tom ClancySnow on the Wind – Hugh MillerMemoirs of an Invisible Man – H. F. SaintThe Man Who Rode Midnight – Elmer Kelton

1988

Volume 175 – #1Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle – Dorothy GilmanNot Without My Daughter – Betty Mahmoody with William HofferThe Seizing of Yankee Green Mall – Ridley PearsonO Come Ye Back to Ireland – Niall Williams & Christine Breen


Volume 176 – #2Hot Money – Dick FrancisJenny's Mountain – Elaine LongTrespass – Phillip FinchSara Dane – Catherine Gaskin


Volume 177 – MWolf Winter – Clare FrancisJohnnie Alone – Elizabeth WebsterMan With a Gun – Robert DaleyWinner – Maureen O'Donoghue
Volume 178 – #3Mortal Fear – Robin CookJust Another Kid – Torey HaydenRockets' Red Glare – Greg DinalloBrownstone Facade – Catherine M. Rae


Volume 179 – #4Tsunami – Richard Martin SternThe Harrogate Secret – Catherine CooksonThe Charm School – Nelson DeMilleA Walk in the Dark – Joyce Stranger


Volume 180 – #5The India Fan – Victoria HoltMannequin – Robert ByrneLady of No Man's Land – Jeanne WilliamsWildtrack – Bernard Cornwell

1989

Volume 181 – #1A Gift of Life – Henry DenkerDaddy – Loup DurandNorman Rockwell's Greatest Painting – Hollis HodgesMurder in the Oval Office – Elliott Roosevelt


Volume 182 – #2The Edge – Dick FrancisAlaska – James MichenerThornyhold – Mary Stewart
Volume 183 – MDoctors – Erich SegalGracie – George BurnsThe Giant's Shadow – Thomas BontlyThe Toothache Tree – Jack Galloway
Volume 184 – #3Morning Glory – LaVyrle SpencerToy Soldiers – William P. KennedyTrail – Louis CharbonneauProspect – Bill Littlefield


Volume 185 – #4While My Pretty One Sleeps – Mary Higgins ClarkThe Bailey Chronicles – Catherine CooksonThe Negotiator – Frederick ForsythHallapoosa – Robert Newton Peck


Volume 186 – #5Killer's Wake – Bernard CornwellBlessings – Belva PlainGrass Roots – Stuart WoodsAlice and Edith – Dorothy Clarke Wilson

1990s

1990

Volume 187 – #1Tiebreaker – Jack BickhamWhat was Good About Today – Carol KruckebergCalifornia Gold – John JakesMonkeys on the Interstate – Jack Hanna w/ John Stravinsky


Volume 188 – #2Straight – Dick FrancisNo Roof But Heaven – Jeanne WilliamsThe Evening News – Arthur HaileyThe Courtship of Peggy McCoy – Ray Sipherd


Volume 189 – MThe Lady of the Labyrinth – Caroline LlewellynThe Himmler Equation – William P. KennedyFlying Free – Dan TrueA Time to Love – Beryl Kingston
Volume 190 – #3Harmful Intent – Robin CookThe Flight of the Swan – Elizabeth WebsterThe Estuary Pilgrim – Douglas SkeggsManifest Destiny – Brian Garfield


Volume 191 – #4Cold Harbour – Jack HigginsCircle of Pearls – Rosalind LakerThe Bear – James Oliver CurwoodFinders Keepers – Barbara Nickolae


Volume 192 – #5Harvest – Belva PlainPurpose of Evasion – Greg DinalloSnare of Serpents – Victoria HoltCoyote Waits – Tony Hillerman

1991

Volume 193 – #1Trial – Clifford IrvingSeptember – Rosamunde PilcherThe White Puma – R. D. LawrenceMrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish – Dorothy Gilman


Volume 194 – #2Longshot – Dick FrancisThe Women in His Life – Barbara Taylor BradfordCrackdown – Bernard CornwellSomething to Hide – Patricia Robinson


Volume 195 – #3The Firm – John GrishamPayment in Full – Henry DenkerFinal Approach – John J. NanceHome Ground – Hugh Miller
Volume 196 – #4As the Crow Flies – Jeffrey ArcherHome Mountain – Jeanne WilliamsMacKinnon's Machine – S. K. WolfSeal Morning – Rowena Farre


Volume 197 – #5The Eagle Has Flown – Jack HigginsAspen Gold – Janet DaileyThe Ice – Louis CharbonneauLightning in July – Ann L. McLaughlin


Volume 198 – #6Loves Music, Loves to Dance – Mary Higgins ClarkLost and Found – Marilyn HarrisCondition Black – Gerald SeymourEscape Into Light – Elizabeth Webster

1992

Volume 199 – #1Night Over Water – Ken FollettDoctor on Trial – Henry DenkerBeast – Peter BenchleyDear Family – Camilla Bittle


Volume 200 – #2Comeback – Dick FrancisScarlett – Alexandra RipleyThe Deceiver – Frederick Forsyth
Volume 201 – #3Acts of Faith – Erich SegalHard Fall – Ridley PearsonBygones – LaVyrle SpencerThe Stormy Petrel – Mary Stewart
Volume 202 – #4Such Devoted Sisters – Eileen GoudgeRules of Encounter – William P. KennedyThe Love Child – Catherine CooksonAmerican Gothic – Gene Smith


Volume 203 – #5The Pelican Brief – John GrishamTreasures – Belva PlainEye of the Storm – Jack HigginsThe Island Harp – Jeanne Williams


Volume 204 – #6Tangled Vines – Janet DaileyStalk – Louis CharbonneauAnna – Cynthia Harrod-EaglesThe Leading Lady – Betty White & Tom Sullivan

1993

Volume 205 – #1Every Living Thing – James HerriotAll Around the Town – Mary Higgins ClarkColony – Anne Rivers SiddonsDeath Penalty – William J. Coughlin


Volume 206 – #2Driving Force – Dick FrancisSotah – Naomi RagenThe Doll's House – Evelyn AnthonyThe Bears and I – Robert Franklin Leslie


Volume 207 – #3Mrs. Washington and Horowitz, Too – Henry DenkerPoint of Impact – Stephen HunterNovember of the Heart – LaVyrle SpencerShooting Script – Gordon Cotler
Volume 208 – #4The Client – John GrishamSweet Water – Christina Baker KlineSlow Through Eden – Gordon GlascoThe Longest Road – Jeanne Williams


Volume 209 – #5Thunder Point – Jack HigginsThe Venetian Mask – Rosalind LakerFinal Argument – Clifford IrvingWhispers – Belva Plain


Volume 210 – #6The Cat Who Went Into the Closet – Lillian Jackson BraunHomeland – John JakesTell Me No Secrets – Joy Fielding

1994

Volume 211 – #1I'll Be Seeing You – Mary Higgins ClarkHonour Among Thieves – Jeffrey ArcherAlex Haley's Queen – Alex Haley with David StevensMrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief – Dorothy Gilman


Volume 212 – #2Without Remorse – Tom ClancyThe Old House at Railes – Mary PearceDecider – Dick FrancisKing of the Hill – A. E. Hotchner


Volume 213 – #3A Dangerous Fortune – Ken FollettThe Select – F. Paul WilsonRivers of Gold – Janet EdmondsHardscape – Justin Scott
Volume 214 – #4Fatal Cure – Robin CookThe Wrong House – Carol McD. WallaceRed Ink – Greg DinalloHaving Our Say – Sadie and Bessie Delany


Volume 215 – #5Daybreak – Belva PlainDisclosure – Michael CrichtonSt. Agnes' Stand – Tom EidsonThe Fist of God – Frederick Forsyth


Volume 216 – #6Hidden Riches – Nora RobertsPhoenix Rising – John NanceRoommates – Max AppleWhite Harvest – Louis Charbonneau

1995

Volume 217 – #1The Chamber – John GrishamRemember Me – Mary Higgins ClarkThe Intruders – Stephen CoontsThe Acorn Winter – Elizabeth Webster


Volume 218 – #2Tiger's Child – Torey HaydenHeat – Stuart WoodsThis Child is Mine – Henry DenkerWall of Brass – Robert Daley


Volume 219 – #3Prizes – Erich SegalSecret Missions – Michael GannonEyes of a Child – Richard North PattersonMore Than Meets the Eye – Joan Brock & Derek Gill
Volume 220 – #4Acceptable Risk – Robin CookLocal Rules – Jay BrandonSalem Street – Anna JacobsFast Forward – Judy Mercer


Volume 221 – #5The Rainmaker – John GrishamThe Carousel – Belva PlainWedding Night – Gary DevonCloud Shadows – Elizabeth Webster


Volume 222 – #6Let Me Call You Sweetheart – Mary Higgins ClarkChildren of the Dust – Clancy CarlileMrs. Pollifax and the Lion-Killer – Dorothy GilmanThe Magic Bullet – Harry Stein

1996

Volume 223 – #1A Place Called Freedom – Ken FollettThe Horse Whisperer – Nicholas EvansThe Apocalypse Watch – Robert Ludlum
Volume 224 – #2Come To Grief – Dick FrancisComing Home – Rosamunde PilcherBlaze – Robert SomerlottThat Camden Summer – LaVyrle Spencer


Volume 225 – #3The Final Judgment – Richard North PattersonNathan's Run – John GilstrapDance of the Scarecrows – Ray SipherdImplant – F. Paul Wilson
Volume 226 – #4Notorious – Janet DaileySnow Wolf – Glenn MeadeThe Cat Who Said Cheese – Lilian Jackson BraunMirage – Soheir Khashoggi


Volume 227 – #5The Zero Hour – Joseph FinderRose – Martin Cruz SmithA Place For Kathy – Henry DenkerThe Judge – Steve Martini


Volume 228 – #6Moonlight Becomes You – Mary Higgins ClarkThe Outsider – Penelope WilliamsonHarvest – Tess GerritsenThe Falconer – Elaine Clark McCarthy

1997

Volume 229 – #1The Runaway Jury – John GrishamCritical Judgment – Michael PalmerIcon – Frederick ForsythCapitol Offense – Senator Barbara Mikulski & Mary Louise Oates


Volume 230 – #2The Third Twin – Ken FollettSmall Town Girl – LaVyrle SpencerTo the Hilt – Dick FrancisThe Burning Man – Phillip Margolin


Volume 231 – #3A Woman's Place – Barbara DelinskyThe Unlikely Spy – Daniel SilvaThe Cat Who Tailed a Thief – Lilian Jackson BraunBeyond Recognition – Ridley Pearson
Volume 232 – #4The Escape Artist – Diane ChamberlainAirframe – Michael CrichtonWeeding Out the Tears – Jeanne White with Susan DworkinInfinity's Child – Harry Stein
These 1997 volumes were also published as Reader's Digest Select Editions, and all succeeding volumes were published as ''Reader's Digest Select Editions.''