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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of March 9, 1942

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DRAGON SEED

Pearl S. Buck

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DRAGON SEED

by Pearl S. Buck · Day

5 wks at #1 · 6 on list

5

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6 on list

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WINDSWEPT

Mary Ellen Chase

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WINDSWEPT

by Mary Ellen Chase · Macmillan

16 wks on list

16

wks on list

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FRENCHMAN'S CREEK

Daphne du Maurier

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FRENCHMAN'S CREEK

by Daphne du Maurier · Doubleday, Doran

5 wks on list

5

wks on list

4

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THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM

A. J. Cronin

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THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM

by A. J. Cronin · Little, Brown

31 wks on list

31

wks on list

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PIED PIPER

Nevil Shute

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PIED PIPER

by Nevil Shute · Morrow

6 wks on list

6

wks on list

6

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THE SUN IS MY UNDOING

Marguerite Steen

Cover of THE SUN IS MY UNDOING

THE SUN IS MY UNDOING

by Marguerite Steen · Viking Press

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