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Week of January 2, 1939
Full list →Week of January 9, 1939
Full list →LISTEN! THE WIND
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
1
LISTEN! THE WIND
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Carl Van Doren
2
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
WITH MALICE TOWARD SOME
Margaret Halsey
3
WITH MALICE TOWARD SOME
THE HORSE AND BUGGY DOCTOR
Arthur E. Hertzler
4
THE HORSE AND BUGGY DOCTOR
WE SAW IT HAPPEN
Thirteen Correspondents of the New York Times
5
WE SAW IT HAPPEN
Week of January 16, 1939
Full list →LISTEN! THE WIND
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
1
LISTEN! THE WIND
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Carl Van Doren
2
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
WE SAW IT HAPPEN
Thirteen Correspondents of the New York Times
3
WE SAW IT HAPPEN
WITH MALICE TOWARD SOME
Margaret Halsey
4
WITH MALICE TOWARD SOME
THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING
Lin Yutang
5
THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING
Week of January 23, 1939
Full list →WITH MALICE TOWARD SOME
Margaret Halsey
1
WITH MALICE TOWARD SOME
LISTEN! THE WIND
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
2
LISTEN! THE WIND
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Carl Van Doren
3
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
OUR BATTLE
Hendrik Willem van Loon
4
OUR BATTLE
PHILOSOPHER'S HOLIDAY
Irwin Edman
5
PHILOSOPHER'S HOLIDAY
WE SAW IT HAPPEN
Thirteen Correspondents of the New York Times
6
WE SAW IT HAPPEN
ALONE
Richard E. Byrd
7
ALONE
I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF
Ogden Nash
8
I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF
Week of January 30, 1939
Full list →LISTEN! THE WIND
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
1
LISTEN! THE WIND
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Carl Van Doren
2
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
WITH MALICE TOWARD SOME
Margaret Halsey
3
WITH MALICE TOWARD SOME
WE SAW IT HAPPEN
Thirteen Correspondents of the New York Times
4
WE SAW IT HAPPEN
ALONE
Richard E. Byrd
5
ALONE
PHILOSOPHER'S HOLIDAY
Irwin Edman
6
PHILOSOPHER'S HOLIDAY
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