TheBestseller
Observatory

Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

August 1945

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Week of August 5, 1945

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A LION IS IN THE STREETS
Adria Locke Langley
1

A LION IS IN THE STREETS

CAPTAIN FROM CASTILLE
Samuel Shellaburger
2

CAPTAIN FROM CASTILLE

COMMODORE HORNBLOWER
C. S. Forester
3

COMMODORE HORNBLOWER

DRAGON HARVEST
Upton Sinclair
4

DRAGON HARVEST

THE WIDE HOUSE
Taylor Caldwell
5

THE WIDE HOUSE

Week of August 12, 1945

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A LION IS IN THE STREETS
Adria Locke Langley
1

A LION IS IN THE STREETS

CAPTAIN FROM CASTILLE
Samuel Shellaburger
2

CAPTAIN FROM CASTILLE

DRAGON HARVEST
Upton Sinclair
3

DRAGON HARVEST

COMMODORE HORNBLOWER
C. S. Forester
4

COMMODORE HORNBLOWER

THE WIDE HOUSE
Taylor Caldwell
5

THE WIDE HOUSE

Week of August 19, 1945

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A LION IS IN THE STREETS
Adria Locke Langley
1

A LION IS IN THE STREETS

DRAGON HARVEST
Upton Sinclair
2

DRAGON HARVEST

CAPTAIN FROM CASTILLE
Samuel Shellaburger
3

CAPTAIN FROM CASTILLE

COMMODORE HORNBLOWER
C. S. Forester
4

COMMODORE HORNBLOWER

FOREVER AMBER
Kathleen Winsor
Cover of FOREVER AMBER
5

FOREVER AMBER

Week of August 26, 1945

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A LION IS IN THE STREETS
Adria Locke Langley
1

A LION IS IN THE STREETS

SO WELL REMEMBERED
James Hilton
2

SO WELL REMEMBERED

CAPTAIN FROM CASTILLE
Samuel Shellaburger
3

CAPTAIN FROM CASTILLE

DRAGON HARVEST
Upton Sinclair
4

DRAGON HARVEST

RICKSHAW BOY
Lau Shaw
5

RICKSHAW BOY

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