TheBestseller
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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

Week of January 16, 1949

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THE PLAGUE AND I
Betty MacDonald
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THE PLAGUE AND I

by Betty MacDonald · Lippincott

11 wks on list

Tells how the author learned that she had tuberculosis, and must enter a sanatorium for treatment.

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IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE
Emily Kimbrough
Cover of IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE

IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE

by Emily Kimbrough · Dodd, Mead

1 wks on list

A collection of essays written by Emily Kimbrough as she traveled around the country during a lecture tour.

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