Top Ten Tuesday: Popular Books from 1965

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Today's list prompt over at The Broke and the Bookish is... FREEBIE! So, I wanted to do something very self-centered since my birthday is coming up this next week. I vetoed everything I thought of until I thought of listing popular books the year I was born. I liked that idea! (But just promise me don't do the math, you already know I'm old, let's leave it at that!)

Top Ten Most Popular Books in 1965
(according to Wikepedia, complete with their links intact)

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

Or perhaps you'd rather this list:

The New York Times FICTION Best Seller List.... Week of November 14, 1965
(not my birthday date, but the week of)
1 THE SOURCE, by James Michener.
2 UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE, by Bel Kaufman.
3 AIRS ABOVE THE GROUND, by Mary Stewart.
4 THOSE WHO LOVE, by Irving Stone.
5 THE GREEN BERETS, by Robin Moore.
6 HOTEL, by Arthur Hailey.
7 THE HONEY BADGER, by Robert Ruark.
8 THOMAS, by Shelley Mydans.
9 THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, by Ian Fleming.
10 THE RABBI, by Noah Gordon. 
I haven't read a one... NOT A ONE!! I'd like to read The Source, Up the Down Staircase, The Looking Glass War, Hotel, Those Who Love... for starters.
Have you read any? Do you recommend any them? Which one do you suggest I for sure add to the TBR pile? What books were popular the year you were born? Go on, look it up and then come tell me!