TheBestseller
Observatory

Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of April 20, 1947

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NEW
EAST RIVER
Sholem Asch

EAST RIVER

by Sholem Asch · Putnam

23 wks on list
8
NEW
THE CHEQUER BOARD
Nevil Shute
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13
2
MR. ADAM
Pat Frank
Cover of MR. ADAM

MR. ADAM

by Pat Frank · Lippincott

27 wks on list
15
2
A GARDEN TO THE EASTWARD
Harold Lamb
Cover of A GARDEN TO THE EASTWARD

A GARDEN TO THE EASTWARD

by Harold Lamb · Doubleday

2 wks on list

Primarily known for historical novels in the Crusader and Cossack series, this time Harold Lamb in “A Garden to the Eastward” features a hidden tribe living in a volcano in Kurdistan.

16
NEW
THIS IS THE YEAR
Feike Feikema

THIS IS THE YEAR

by Feike Feikema · Doubleday

Stubborn Frisian farmer in Iowa faces the reality of his eroded and ruined land.

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