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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of April 27, 1936

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SPARKENBROKE
Charles Morgan
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SPARKENBROKE

by Charles Morgan · Macmillan

5 wks at #1 · 2 on list

The story of Piers Tenniel, Lord Sparkenbroke, poet and man of letters, and his short, extraordinarily intense life and great love.

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THE THINKING REED
Rebecca West

THE THINKING REED

by Rebecca West · Viking Press

7 wks on list

"Isabelle, a wealthy American widow, arrives in France to restart her life and discovers she has her choice of eligible suitors. Torn between a placid liaison with a southerner and a tortuous affair with a Frenchman, Isabelle's plans suddenly take an unexpected turn that will ultimately lead her to a love that will force her to reconsider the implications of her affluent existence.

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IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
Sinclair Lewis
Cover of IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE

IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE

by Sinclair Lewis · Doubleday, Doran

27 wks on list

A dark satire about the rise of a fascist American dictator.

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