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Week of November 6, 1939
Full list →ESCAPE
Ethel Vance
1
ESCAPE
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
W. Somerset Maugham
2
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
John Steinbeck
3
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
THE NAZARENE
Sholem Asch
4
THE NAZARENE
SEA TOWER
Hugh Walpole
5
SEA TOWER
CHRIST IN CONCRETE
Pietro di Donato
6
CHRIST IN CONCRETE
IT TAKES ALL KINDS
Louis Bromfield
7
IT TAKES ALL KINDS
Week of November 13, 1939
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Full list →KITTY FOYLE
Christopher Morley
1
KITTY FOYLE
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
W. Somerset Maugham
2
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
ESCAPE
Ethel Vance
3
ESCAPE
THE NAZARENE
Sholem Asch
4
THE NAZARENE
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
John Steinbeck
5
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
TIFFANY THAYER'S THREE MUSKETEERS
Tiffany Thayer
6
TIFFANY THAYER'S THREE MUSKETEERS
CHILDREN OF GOD
Vardis Fisher
7
CHILDREN OF GOD
Week of November 27, 1939
Full list →Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.