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Week of May 2, 1938
Full list →THE CITADEL
A. J. Cronin
1
THE CITADEL
THE YEARLING
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
2
THE YEARLING
NORTHWEST PASSAGE
Kenneth Roberts
3
NORTHWEST PASSAGE
THE MORTAL STORM
Phyllis Bottome
4
THE MORTAL STORM
ACTION AT AQUILA
Hervey Allen
5
ACTION AT AQUILA
HOPE OF HEAVEN
John O'Hara
6
HOPE OF HEAVEN
THE RAINS CAME
Louis Bromfield
7
THE RAINS CAME
Week of May 9, 1938
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Week of May 23, 1938
Full list →THE YEARLING
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
1
THE YEARLING
THE CITADEL
A. J. Cronin
2
THE CITADEL
THE MORTAL STORM
Phyllis Bottome
3
THE MORTAL STORM
PROMENADE
G. B. Lancaster
4
PROMENADE
FREE LAND
Rose Wilder Lane
5
FREE LAND
NORTHWEST PASSAGE
Kenneth Roberts
6
NORTHWEST PASSAGE
ACTION AT AQUILA
Hervey Allen
7
ACTION AT AQUILA
THE RAINS CAME
Louis Bromfield
8
THE RAINS CAME
Week of May 30, 1938
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