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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of March 23, 1952

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THE CAINE MUTINY
Herman Wouk
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THE CAINE MUTINY

by Herman Wouk · Doubleday

48 wks at #1 · 49 on list

Each decade new readers discover the characters and curious activities aboard the U.S.S. "Caine in this classic tale of pathos, humor, and scope.

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THE CRUEL SEA
Nicholas Monsarrat
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THE CRUEL SEA

by Nicholas Monsarrat · Alfred A. Knopf

32 wks on list

Based on the author's own experiences, this book presents the story of the crew of HMS Compass Rose, a corvette assigned to protect convoys in World War Two. It offers descriptions of agonizing U-boat hunts. It tells of ordinary, heroic men who had to face a brutal menace which would strike without warning from the deep.

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THE END OF THE AFFAIR
Graham Greene
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THE END OF THE AFFAIR

by Graham Greene · Viking Press

20 wks on list

Account of a hate bred of a passion that ultimately lost out to God.

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GRAND RIGHT AND LEFT
Louis Kronenberger

GRAND RIGHT AND LEFT

by Louis Kronenberger · Viking Press

1 wks on list

Satirical extravaganza, in which the wife of the richest man in the world helps to cure him of boredom.

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