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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of June 27, 1938

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THE YEARLING
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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THE YEARLING

by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings · Scribner

12 wks at #1 · 12 on list

A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet.

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PARTS UNKNOWN
Frances Parkinson Keyes
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PARTS UNKNOWN

by Frances Parkinson Keyes · Messner

2 wks on list

Novel about the American diplomatic service, with descriptions of life in picturesque spots abroad.

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TOWERS IN THE MIST
Elizabeth Goudge
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TOWERS IN THE MIST

by Elizabeth Goudge · Coward-McCann

An enchanting story of hope and fulfilment, set amid the Oxford colleges. Set in Elizabethan times, Faithful, a poor Londoner, heads for Oxford. He's bright, cheeky and good-looking, has a tremendous love of learning and hopes to be an Oxford scholar. When he is taken in by Canon Leigh and his family, Faithful begins to fulfil his dreams. In this coming-of-age tale, the excitement, squalor and beauty of the English Renaissance unfolds through the lives of two girls growing up, Oxford students approaching the threshold of distinguished careers, and their elders navigating the complicated waters of sixteenth-century England. What readers are saying about TOWERS IN THE MIST 'A delight' - 5 STARS 'One of the best' - 5 STARS 'Brimming with life and charm; - 5 STARS 'Absolutely magical' - 5 STARS 'A novel which deserves to be read more than once' - 5 STARS

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