TheBestseller
Observatory

Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

October 1940

FictionNonfiction
← September 1940
WeekMonth
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Week of October 7, 1940

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YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN
Thomas Wolfe
Cover of YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN
1

YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN

MRS. MINIVER
Jan Struther
Cover of MRS. MINIVER
2

MRS. MINIVER

THE BELOVED RETURNS
Thomas Mann
3

THE BELOVED RETURNS

FOUNDATION STONE
Lella Warren
Cover of FOUNDATION STONE
4

FOUNDATION STONE

THE FAMILY
Nina Fedorova
Cover of THE FAMILY
5

THE FAMILY

HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Richard Llewellyn
Cover of HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
6

HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

Week of October 14, 1940

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MRS. MINIVER
Jan Struther
Cover of MRS. MINIVER
1

MRS. MINIVER

YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN
Thomas Wolfe
Cover of YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN
2

YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN

THE FAMILY
Nina Fedorova
Cover of THE FAMILY
3

THE FAMILY

FOUNDATION STONE
Lella Warren
Cover of FOUNDATION STONE
4

FOUNDATION STONE

HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Richard Llewellyn
Cover of HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
5

HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

THE BELOVED RETURNS
Thomas Mann
6

THE BELOVED RETURNS

Week of October 21, 1940

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MRS. MINIVER
Jan Struther
Cover of MRS. MINIVER
1

MRS. MINIVER

YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN
Thomas Wolfe
Cover of YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN
2

YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN

THE FAMILY
Nina Fedorova
Cover of THE FAMILY
3

THE FAMILY

FOUNDATION STONE
Lella Warren
Cover of FOUNDATION STONE
4

FOUNDATION STONE

THE STONE OF CHASTITY
Margery Sharp
Cover of THE STONE OF CHASTITY
5

THE STONE OF CHASTITY

THE FIRE AND THE WOOD
R. C. Hutchinson
Cover of THE FIRE AND THE WOOD
6

THE FIRE AND THE WOOD

Week of October 28, 1940

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FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
Ernest Hemingway
Cover of FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
1

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

FOUNDATION STONE
Lella Warren
Cover of FOUNDATION STONE
2

FOUNDATION STONE

MRS. MINIVER
Jan Struther
Cover of MRS. MINIVER
3

MRS. MINIVER

YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN
Thomas Wolfe
Cover of YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN
4

YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN

THE FAMILY
Nina Fedorova
Cover of THE FAMILY
5

THE FAMILY

THE STONE OF CHASTITY
Margery Sharp
Cover of THE STONE OF CHASTITY
6

THE STONE OF CHASTITY

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.