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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of June 22, 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 · 62 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 GOWN OF GLORY
Agnes Sligh Turnbull
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THE GOWN OF GLORY

by Agnes Sligh Turnbull · Houghton Mifflin

12 wks on list

Activities of the 25th year of a Presbyterian country preacher and his family.

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THE CRUEL SEA
Nicholas Monsarrat
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THE CRUEL SEA

by Nicholas Monsarrat · Alfred A. Knopf

45 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 GOLDEN HAND
Edith Simon

THE GOLDEN HAND

by Edith Simon · Putnam

6 wks on list

A Cathedral is built in 14th-century England, in honor of a miracle.

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THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
Taylor Caldwell

THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE

by Taylor Caldwell · Crown Publishers. Inc

6 wks on list

Novel of America in 1970 when an enslaved and oppressed people finally rise against their masters, the ruling powers of a totalitarian state, whose origin is traced back to the New Deal of the 1930's.

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S P Q R
Paul Hyde Bonner

S P Q R

by Paul Hyde Bonner · Scribner

11 wks on list

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