'Sleeping Murder' by Agatha Christie. Yes, believe it or not, Ms. Christie was still publishing new material in 1976. Interestingly, she'd actually written this book, the last in the Miss Marple series, in the 1940s, but delayed publication until she knew she wouldn't be writing another. Unfortunately, she passed away before this book was published.
'Dolores' by Jacqueline Susann. Everybody knows Ms. Susann from her scandalous 'Valley of the Dolls'...love that crazy, druggie Neely! This was her last novel and was inspired by the life of Jackie Kennedy. Susann was too ill to complete the book, so Rex Reed (yeah, the critic guy) finished it. I don't believe reviews were too great, but obviously a lot of folks read it nonetheless.
'The Deep' by Peter Benchley. Benchley's follow up to 'Jaws' was this sunken treasure/drugs action novel set in Bermuda. The movie, for which he wrote the screenplay, was a pretty big success as well.
'The Thorn Birds' by Colleen McCullough. An epic romance that most women couldn't resist. All about forbidden love and betrayal . . . juicy stuff. Also one of the biggest mini-series of the Disco Years.
'War and Remembrance' by Herman Wouk. Another epic, this was Wouk's follow up to 'The Winds of War'. It's a World War II-era drama focused on a pair of high-drama families.
'The Dead Zone' by Stephen King. Of course I couldn't not include Stephen King in this list! He's one of my favorites. Though this isn't my top pick of all his work, this novel about a psychic was a big success. Did you catch the TV series based on this book with Anthony Michael Hall? It was pretty cool...ended a few years ago.
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