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Week of August 5, 1940
Full list →STARS ON THE SEA
F. van Wyck Mason
1
STARS ON THE SEA
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Richard Llewellyn
2
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
THE MIXTURE AS BEFORE
W. Somerset Maugham
3
THE MIXTURE AS BEFORE
TO THE INDIES
C. S. Forester
4
TO THE INDIES
MRS. MINIVER
Jan Struther
5
MRS. MINIVER
NIGHT IN BOMBAY
Louis Bromfield
6
NIGHT IN BOMBAY
Week of August 12, 1940
Full list →STARS ON THE SEA
F. van Wyck Mason
1
STARS ON THE SEA
MRS. MINIVER
Jan Struther
2
MRS. MINIVER
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Richard Llewellyn
3
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
TO THE INDIES
C. S. Forester
4
TO THE INDIES
THE MIXTURE AS BEFORE
W. Somerset Maugham
5
THE MIXTURE AS BEFORE
NIGHT IN BOMBAY
Louis Bromfield
6
NIGHT IN BOMBAY
Week of August 19, 1940
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Week of August 26, 1940
Full list →Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.