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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of April 3, 1949

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THE YOUNG LIONS
Irwin Shaw
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THE YOUNG LIONS

by Irwin Shaw · Random House

24 wks on list

Traces three young men, two Americans and one German, from 1938 to 1945 after they meet as soldiers in a Bavarian forest in World War II.

12
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THE FIRES OF SPRING
James A. Michener
Cover of THE FIRES OF SPRING

THE FIRES OF SPRING

by James A. Michener · Random House

6 wks on list

David Harper discovers love and beauty with the help of fine teachers.

15
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HOUND-DOG MAN
Fred Gipson
Cover of HOUND-DOG MAN

HOUND-DOG MAN

by Fred Gipson · Harper

6 wks on list

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