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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of March 16, 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 · 7 on list

5

wks at #1

7 on list

2

NEW

THE MOON IS DOWN

John Steinbeck

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THE MOON IS DOWN

by John Steinbeck · Viking Press

1 wks on list

1

wks on list

3

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WINDSWEPT

Mary Ellen Chase

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WINDSWEPT

by Mary Ellen Chase · Macmillan

17 wks on list

17

wks on list

4

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FRENCHMAN'S CREEK

Daphne du Maurier

Cover of FRENCHMAN'S CREEK

FRENCHMAN'S CREEK

by Daphne du Maurier · Doubleday, Doran

6 wks on list

6

wks on list

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PIED PIPER

Nevil Shute

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PIED PIPER

by Nevil Shute · Morrow

7 wks on list

7

wks on list

6

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MARION ALIVE

Vicki Baum

Cover of MARION ALIVE

MARION ALIVE

by Vicki Baum · Doubleday, Doran

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