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Week of May 1, 1939
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Full list →THE GRAPES OF WRATH
John Steinbeck
1
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
WICKFORD POINT
John P. Marquand
2
WICKFORD POINT
ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO
Rachel Field
3
ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO
HERE LIES
Dorothy Parker
4
HERE LIES
CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER
C. S. Forester
5
CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER
THE PATRIOT
Pearl S. Buck
6
THE PATRIOT
REBECCA
Daphne Du Maurier
7
REBECCA
Week of May 22, 1939
Full list →THE GRAPES OF WRATH
John Steinbeck
1
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO
Rachel Field
2
ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO
WICKFORD POINT
John P. Marquand
3
WICKFORD POINT
HERE LIES
Dorothy Parker
4
HERE LIES
THE PATRIOT
Pearl S. Buck
5
THE PATRIOT
THE YEARLING
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
6
THE YEARLING
THE TREE OF LIBERTY
Elizabeth Page
7
THE TREE OF LIBERTY
Week of May 29, 1939
Full list →THE GRAPES OF WRATH
John Steinbeck
1
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO
Rachel Field
2
ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO
WICKFORD POINT
John P. Marquand
3
WICKFORD POINT
CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER
C. S. Forester
4
CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER
HERE LIES
Dorothy Parker
5
HERE LIES
THE TREE OF LIBERTY
Elizabeth Page
6
THE TREE OF LIBERTY
THE YEARLING
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
7
THE YEARLING
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