TheBestseller
Observatory

Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of April 1, 1940

FictionNonfiction
WeekMonth
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NATIVE SON
Richard Wright
Cover of NATIVE SON

NATIVE SON

by Richard Wright · Harper

4 wks on list
4
1
THE NAZARENE
Sholem Asch
Cover of THE NAZARENE

THE NAZARENE

by Sholem Asch · Putnam

23 wks on list
6
NEW
THE MORNING IS NEAR US
Susan Glaspell

THE MORNING IS NEAR US

by Susan Glaspell · Stokes

Woman solves mystery in her past when she returns to small American town after years of wandering in foreign lands.

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