TheBestseller
Observatory

Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of February 19, 1934

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ULYSSES
James Joyce
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ULYSSES

by James Joyce · Random

3 wks on list
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2
THE THIN MAN
Dashiell Hammett
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THE THIN MAN

by Dashiell Hammett · Knopf

6 wks on list

Nick and Nora, husband and wife, become involved in a mystery surrounding the disappearance of a wealthy, eccentric inventer who is the prime suspect in a brutal New York City murder case.

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THE GALLOWS OF CHANCE
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Cover of THE GALLOWS OF CHANCE

THE GALLOWS OF CHANCE

by E. Phillips Oppenheim · Little, Brown

Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers. He wrote more than 100 novels between 1887 and 1943. "The Gallows of Chance" was first published in 1933.

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.