TheBestseller
Observatory

Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of September 9, 1945

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UP FRONT
Bill Mauldin
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UP FRONT

by Bill Mauldin · Holt

26 wks at #1 · 10 on list
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1
BRAVE MEN
Ernie Pyle
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BRAVE MEN

by Ernie Pyle · Holt

38 wks on list
5
NEW
BLACK BOY
Richard Wright
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BLACK BOY

by Richard Wright · Harper

23 wks on list

Poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering.

11
NEW
PHILADELPHIA
Struthers Burt
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15
NEW
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
George and Helen Papashvily

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN

by George and Helen Papashvily · Harper

20 wks on list

The education of a Russian immigrant of twenty years ago into the wonders and problems of life in the U.S.

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