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Week of May 7, 1934
Full list →WHILE ROME BURNS
Alexander Woollcott
1
WHILE ROME BURNS
NIJINSKY
Romola Nijinsky
2
NIJINSKY
ON OUR WAY
Franklin D. Roosevelt
3
ON OUR WAY
THE NEW DEALERS
the Unofficial Observer
4
THE NEW DEALERS
MERCHANTS OF DEATH
H. C. Engelbrecht and F. C. Hannighen
5
MERCHANTS OF DEATH
COLONEL LAWRENCE
Liddell Hart
6
COLONEL LAWRENCE
THE NATIVE'S RETURN
Louis Adamic
7
THE NATIVE'S RETURN
Week of May 14, 1934
Full list →NIJINSKY
Romola Nijinsky
1
NIJINSKY
WHILE ROME BURNS
Alexander Woollcott
2
WHILE ROME BURNS
A BACKWARD GLANCE
Edith Wharton
3
A BACKWARD GLANCE
ON OUR WAY
Franklin D. Roosevelt
4
ON OUR WAY
MERCHANTS OF DEATH
H. C. Engelbrecht and F. C. Hannighen
5
MERCHANTS OF DEATH
COLONEL LAWRENCE
Liddell Hart
6
COLONEL LAWRENCE
LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY
Walter B. Pitkin
7
LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY
Week of May 21, 1934
Full list →WHILE ROME BURNS
Alexander Woollcott
1
WHILE ROME BURNS
A BACKWARD GLANCE
Edith Wharton
2
A BACKWARD GLANCE
NIJINSKY
Romola Nijinsky
3
NIJINSKY
THE LIFE OF OUR LORD
Charles Dickens
4
THE LIFE OF OUR LORD
MODERN ART
Thomas Craven
5
MODERN ART
LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY
Walter B. Pitkin
6
LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY
MEMORIES OF MY CHILDHOOD
Selma Lagerlof
7
MEMORIES OF MY CHILDHOOD
Week of May 28, 1934
Full list →WHILE ROME BURNS
Alexander Woollcott
1
WHILE ROME BURNS
THE LIFE OF OUR LORD
Charles Dickens
2
THE LIFE OF OUR LORD
NIJINSKY
Romola Nijinsky
3
NIJINSKY
MERCHANTS OF DEATH
H. C. Engelbrecht and F. C. Hannighen
4
MERCHANTS OF DEATH
ON OUR WAY
Franklin D. Roosevelt
5
ON OUR WAY
THE MONEY MUDDLE
James P. Warburg
6
THE MONEY MUDDLE
LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY
Walter B. Pitkin
7
LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY
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