TheBestseller
Observatory

Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of February 5, 1940

FictionNonfiction
WeekMonth
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KITTY FOYLE
Christopher Morley

KITTY FOYLE

by Christopher Morley · Lippincott

7 wks at #1 · 13 on list
2
1
THE NAZARENE
Sholem Asch
Cover of THE NAZARENE

THE NAZARENE

by Sholem Asch · Putnam

15 wks on list
3
2
PORTRAIT OF JENNIE
Robert Nathan
5
1
MOMENT IN PEKING
Lin Yutang
Cover of MOMENT IN PEKING

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