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Week of September 2, 1940
Full list →MRS. MINIVER
Jan Struther
1
MRS. MINIVER
STARS ON THE SEA
F. van Wyck Mason
2
STARS ON THE SEA
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Richard Llewellyn
3
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
THE BELOVED RETURNS
Thomas Mann
4
THE BELOVED RETURNS
THE MIXTURE AS BEFORE
W. Somerset Maugham
5
THE MIXTURE AS BEFORE
TO THE INDIES
C. S. Forester
6
TO THE INDIES
Week of September 9, 1940
Full list →THE BELOVED RETURNS
Thomas Mann
1
THE BELOVED RETURNS
MRS. MINIVER
Jan Struther
2
MRS. MINIVER
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Richard Llewellyn
3
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
THE MIXTURE AS BEFORE
W. Somerset Maugham
4
THE MIXTURE AS BEFORE
STARS ON THE SEA
F. van Wyck Mason
5
STARS ON THE SEA
THE FIRE AND THE WOOD
R. C. Hutchinson
6
THE FIRE AND THE WOOD
Week of September 16, 1940
Full list →THE BELOVED RETURNS
Thomas Mann
1
THE BELOVED RETURNS
MRS. MINIVER
Jan Struther
2
MRS. MINIVER
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Richard Llewellyn
3
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
STARS ON THE SEA
F. van Wyck Mason
4
STARS ON THE SEA
THE FIRE AND THE WOOD
R. C. Hutchinson
5
THE FIRE AND THE WOOD
QUIETLY MY CAPTAIN WAITS
Evelyn Eaton
6
QUIETLY MY CAPTAIN WAITS
Week of September 23, 1940
Full list →MRS. MINIVER
Jan Struther
1
MRS. MINIVER
THE BELOVED RETURNS
Thomas Mann
2
THE BELOVED RETURNS
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Richard Llewellyn
3
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
THE FIRE AND THE WOOD
R. C. Hutchinson
4
THE FIRE AND THE WOOD
STARS ON THE SEA
F. van Wyck Mason
5
STARS ON THE SEA
FOUNDATION STONE
Lella Warren
6
FOUNDATION STONE
Week of September 30, 1940
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