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Week of February 5, 1934
Full list →WORK OF ART
Sinclair Lewis

1
WORK OF ART
THE THIN MAN
Dashiell Hammett

2
THE THIN MAN
THE STATE VERSUS ELINOR NORTON
Mary Roberts Rinehart
3
THE STATE VERSUS ELINOR NORTON
ANTHONY ADVERSE
Hervey Allen

4
ANTHONY ADVERSE
MEN AGAINST THE SEA
Charles Nordhoff and James N. Hall
5
MEN AGAINST THE SEA
ULYSSES
James Joyce

6
ULYSSES
THE MOTHER
Pearl S. Buck

7
THE MOTHER
Week of February 12, 1934
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Sinclair Lewis

1
WORK OF ART
ULYSSES
James Joyce

2
ULYSSES
THE STATE VERSUS ELINOR NORTON
Mary Roberts Rinehart
3
THE STATE VERSUS ELINOR NORTON
ANTHONY ADVERSE
Hervey Allen

4
ANTHONY ADVERSE
THE THIN MAN
Dashiell Hammett

5
THE THIN MAN
A MODERN TRAGEDY
Phyllis Bentley
6
A MODERN TRAGEDY
THE MOTHER
Pearl S. Buck

7
THE MOTHER
WITHIN THIS PRESENT
Margaret Ayer Barnes
8
WITHIN THIS PRESENT
Week of February 19, 1934
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Sinclair Lewis

1
WORK OF ART
ANTHONY ADVERSE
Hervey Allen

2
ANTHONY ADVERSE
THE STATE VERSUS ELINOR NORTON
Mary Roberts Rinehart
3
THE STATE VERSUS ELINOR NORTON
A MODERN TRAGEDY
Phyllis Bentley
4
A MODERN TRAGEDY
WITHIN THIS PRESENT
Margaret Ayer Barnes
5
WITHIN THIS PRESENT
ULYSSES
James Joyce

6
ULYSSES
THE THIN MAN
Dashiell Hammett

7
THE THIN MAN
THE GALLOWS OF CHANCE
E. Phillips Oppenheim

8
THE GALLOWS OF CHANCE
Week of February 26, 1934
Full list →WORK OF ART
Sinclair Lewis

1
WORK OF ART
ANTHONY ADVERSE
Hervey Allen

2
ANTHONY ADVERSE
ULYSSES
James Joyce

3
ULYSSES
THE STATE VERSUS ELINOR NORTON
Mary Roberts Rinehart
4
THE STATE VERSUS ELINOR NORTON
A MODERN TRAGEDY
Phyllis Bentley
5
A MODERN TRAGEDY
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE
James M. Cain

6
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE
THE THIN MAN
Dashiell Hammett

7
THE THIN MAN
WE RIDE THE GALE
Emilie Loring

8
WE RIDE THE GALE
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