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Week of September 4, 1939
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Week of September 11, 1939
Full list →THE GRAPES OF WRATH
John Steinbeck
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THE GRAPES OF WRATH
CHRIST IN CONCRETE
Pietro di Donato
2
CHRIST IN CONCRETE
CHILDREN OF GOD
Vardis Fisher
3
CHILDREN OF GOD
BLACK NARCISSUS
Rumer Godden
4
BLACK NARCISSUS
THE WEB AND THE ROCK
Thomas Wolfe
5
THE WEB AND THE ROCK
HISTORY OF WHITE BEN
Clemence Dane
6
HISTORY OF WHITE BEN
Week of September 18, 1939
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Full list →THE GRAPES OF WRATH
John Steinbeck
1
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
CHILDREN OF GOD
Vardis Fisher
2
CHILDREN OF GOD
CHRIST IN CONCRETE
Pietro di Donato
3
CHRIST IN CONCRETE
WATCH FOR THE DAWN
Stuart Cloethe
4
WATCH FOR THE DAWN
CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER
C. S. Forester
5
CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER
BLACK NARCISSUS
Rumer Godden
6
BLACK NARCISSUS
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