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Week of May 6, 1940
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Full list →HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Richard Llewellyn
1
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
NIGHT IN BOMBAY
Louis Bromfield
2
NIGHT IN BOMBAY
KING'S ROW
Henry Bellamann
3
KING'S ROW
MRS. SKEFFINGTON
Elizabeth von Arnim
4
MRS. SKEFFINGTON
CHAD HANNA
Walter D. Edmonds
5
CHAD HANNA
WHEN THE WHIPPOORWILL
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
6
WHEN THE WHIPPOORWILL
Week of May 27, 1940
Full list →HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Richard Llewellyn
1
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
NIGHT IN BOMBAY
Louis Bromfield
2
NIGHT IN BOMBAY
KING'S ROW
Henry Bellamann
3
KING'S ROW
MRS. SKEFFINGTON
Elizabeth von Arnim
4
MRS. SKEFFINGTON
THE BIRD IN THE TREE
Elizabeth Goudge
5
THE BIRD IN THE TREE
CHAD HANNA
Walter D. Edmonds
6
CHAD HANNA
NATIVE SON
Richard Wright
7
NATIVE SON
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