Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography

Kitty Kelley, K. C. Kelley. Pocket Books, $7.99 (688pp) ISBN 978-0-671-64647-9

This infamous look at the former First Lady spent 12 weeks on PW 's hardcover bestseller list and inspired George Carpozi Jr.'s scathing Poison Pen: The Unauthorized Biography of Kitty Kelley. More than 800,000 hardcovers are in print. (Mar.)

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