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Week of January 6, 1936
Full list →IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
Sinclair Lewis
1
IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
EUROPA
Robert Briffault
2
EUROPA
EDNA, HIS WIFE
Mary Ayer Barnes
3
EDNA, HIS WIFE
SILAS CROCKETT
Mary Ellen Chase
4
SILAS CROCKETT
VALIANT IS THE WORD FOR CARRIE
Barry Benefield
5
VALIANT IS THE WORD FOR CARRIE
VEIN OF IRON
Ellen Glasgow
6
VEIN OF IRON
IF I HAVE FOUR APPLES
Josephine Lawrence
7
IF I HAVE FOUR APPLES
THE SOUND WAGON
T. S. Stribling
8
THE SOUND WAGON
Week of January 13, 1936
Full list →IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
Sinclair Lewis
1
IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
IF I HAVE FOUR APPLES
Josephine Lawrence
2
IF I HAVE FOUR APPLES
THE SOUND WAGON
T. S. Stribling
3
THE SOUND WAGON
EUROPA
Robert Briffault
4
EUROPA
FLOATING PERIL
E. Phillips Oppenheim
5
FLOATING PERIL
MEN AND BRETHREN
James Gould Cozzens
6
MEN AND BRETHREN
VALIANT IS THE WORD FOR CARRIE
Barry Benefield
7
VALIANT IS THE WORD FOR CARRIE
Week of January 20, 1936
Full list →IF I HAVE FOUR APPLES
Josephine Lawrence
1
IF I HAVE FOUR APPLES
THE SON OF MARIETTA
Johan Fabricius
2
THE SON OF MARIETTA
IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
Sinclair Lewis
3
IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
THE JEW OF ROME
Lion Feuchwanger
4
THE JEW OF ROME
EDNA, HIS WIFE
Mary Ayer Barnes
5
EDNA, HIS WIFE
EUROPA
Robert Briffault
6
EUROPA
THE SOUND WAGON
T. S. Stribling
7
THE SOUND WAGON
FLOATING PERIL
E. Phillips Oppenheim
8
FLOATING PERIL
Week of January 27, 1936
Full list →IF I HAVE FOUR APPLES
Josephine Lawrence
1
IF I HAVE FOUR APPLES
THE SON OF MARIETTA
Johan Fabricius
2
THE SON OF MARIETTA
IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
Sinclair Lewis
3
IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
FLOATING PERIL
E. Phillips Oppenheim
4
FLOATING PERIL
THE JEW OF ROME
Lion Feuchwanger
5
THE JEW OF ROME
EUROPA
Robert Briffault
6
EUROPA
THE LORENZO BUNCH
Booth Tarkington
7
THE LORENZO BUNCH
CAREER
Phil Stong
8
CAREER
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.