Seven Days in May (novel)

For the 1964 film based on the novel, see Seven Days in May.

Seven Days in May
Cover of first edition
AuthorCharles W. Bailey II and Fletcher Knebel
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarper & Row
Publication date
1963
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages342 pp.

Seven Days in May is a political thriller novel by Charles W. Bailey II and Fletcher Knebel, first published in hardcover by Harper & Row in 1962.[1]

The plot concerns an attempted military coup in the United States.

Reception

The book was a great success, and was number one on The New York Times bestseller list for the weeks of November 18, 1962[2], December 2-9, 1962[3], and March 3, 1963[4] (the weeks of December 16-February 24 were not listed due to the 1962–63 New York City newspaper strike). It was made into a successful American movie, also named Seven Days in May, in 1964, as well as into a Soviet four-episode mini-series, named The Last Argument of Kings, in 1983.

Awards

The novel was nominated for the 1989 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award.[1]

References
  1. Seven Days in May title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1962
  3. The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1962
  4. The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1963
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