TheBestseller
Observatory

Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of October 31, 1938

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THE YEARLING
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Cover of THE YEARLING

THE YEARLING

by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings · Scribner

30 wks 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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DYNASTY OF DEATH
Taylor Caldwell

DYNASTY OF DEATH

by Taylor Caldwell · Scribner

Story of three families through three generations and their fateful associations by marriage and joint ownership of a vast munitions industry.

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