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Seven Days in May (novel)

Seven Days in May
Seven Days in May.jpg
Cover of first edition
Author Charles W. Bailey II and Fletcher Knebel
Country United States
Language English
Publisher Harper & Row
Publication date
1963
Media type Print (hardcover)
Pages 342 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.

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

The book was a great success, and was number one on The New York Times bestseller list for the weeks of November 18, 1962, December 2-9, 1962, and March 3, 1963 (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 movie, also named Seven Days in May, in 1964.

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


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