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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of March 18, 1940

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NATIVE SON

Richard Wright

Cover of NATIVE SON

NATIVE SON

by Richard Wright · Harper

1 wks at #1 · 2 on list

1

wks at #1

2 on list

2

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HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

Richard Llewellyn

Cover of HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

by Richard Llewellyn · Macmillan

5 wks on list

5

wks on list

3

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THE NAZARENE

Sholem Asch

Cover of THE NAZARENE

THE NAZARENE

by Sholem Asch · Putnam

21 wks on list

21

wks on list

4

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KITTY FOYLE

Christopher Morley

KITTY FOYLE

by Christopher Morley · Lippincott

19 wks on list

19

wks on list

5

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MOMENT IN PEKING

Lin Yutang

Cover of MOMENT IN PEKING

MOMENT IN PEKING

by Lin Yutang · John Day

16 wks on list

16

wks on list

6

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PORTRAIT OF JENNIE

Robert Nathan

PORTRAIT OF JENNIE

by Robert Nathan · Knopf

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