This is a list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1960s, as determined by Publishers Weekly. The list features the most popular novels of each year from 1960 through 1969.
The standards set for inclusion in the lists – which, for example, led to the exclusion of the novels in the Harry Potter series from the lists for the 1990s and 2000s – are currently unknown.
1960
Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
Hawaii by James A. Michener
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
The Chapman Report by Irving Wallace
Ourselves to Know by John O'Hara
The Constant Image by Marcia Davenport
The Lovely Ambition by Mary Ellen Chase
The Listener by Taylor Caldwell
Trustee from the Toolroom by Nevil Shute
Sermons and Soda-Water by John O'Hara
1961
The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone
Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Mila 18 by Leon Uris
The Carpetbaggers by Harold Robbins
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
Winnie Ille Pu by Alexander Lenard (Latin translation of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne) Daughter of Silence by Morris West The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
1962
Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter
Dearly Beloved by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
A Shade of Difference by Allen Drury
Youngblood Hawke by Herman Wouk
Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger
Fail-Safe by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler
Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II
The Prize by Irving Wallace
The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone
The Reivers by William Faulkner
1963
The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris West
The Group by Mary McCarthy
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, and Seymour-An Introduction by J. D. Salinger Caravans by James A. Michener Elizabeth Appleton by John O'Hara Grandmother and the Priests by Taylor Caldwell City of Night by John Rechy The Glass-Blowers by Daphne du Maurier The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna The Battle of the Villa Fiorita by Rumer Godden
1964
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré
Candy by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg
Herzog by Saul Bellow
Armageddon by Leon Uris
The Man by Irving Wallace
The Rector of Justin by Louis Auchincloss
The Martyred by Richard E. Kim
You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming
This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart
Convention by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II
1965
The Source by James A. Michener
Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman
Herzog by Saul Bellow
The Looking Glass War by John le Carré
The Green Berets by Robin Moore
Those Who Love by Irving Stone
The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming
Hotel by Arthur Hailey
The Ambassador by Morris West
Don't Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk
1966
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
The Adventurers by Harold Robbins
The Secret of Santa Vittoria by Robert Crichton
Capable of Honor by Allen Drury
The Double Image by Helen MacInnes
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
Tell No Man by Adela Rogers St. Johns
Tai-Pan by James Clavell
The Embezzler by Louis Auchincloss
All in the Family by Edwin O'Connor
1967
The Arrangement by Elia Kazan
The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron
The Chosen by Chaim Potok (N.B. The source shows the Styron and Potok books tied for 2 and 3.) Topaz by Leon Uris Christy by Catherine Marshall The Eighth Day by Thornton Wilder Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin The Plot by Irving Wallace The Gabriel Hounds by Mary Stewart The Exhibitionist by Henry Sutton