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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

April 1942

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Week of April 6, 1942

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FLIGHT TO ARRAS
Antonine de St. Exupery
1

FLIGHT TO ARRAS

CROSS CREEK
Marjorie Rawlings
Cover of CROSS CREEK
2

CROSS CREEK

MISSION TO MOSCOW
Joseph E. Davies
3

MISSION TO MOSCOW

THE JAPANESE ENEMY
Hugh Byas
4

THE JAPANESE ENEMY

PAST IMPERFECT
Ilka Chase
Cover of PAST IMPERFECT
5

PAST IMPERFECT

Week of April 13, 1942

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PAST IMPERFECT
Ilka Chase
Cover of PAST IMPERFECT
1

PAST IMPERFECT

FLIGHT TO ARRAS
Antonine de St. Exupery
2

FLIGHT TO ARRAS

CROSS CREEK
Marjorie Rawlings
Cover of CROSS CREEK
3

CROSS CREEK

MISSION TO MOSCOW
Joseph E. Davies
4

MISSION TO MOSCOW

THE JAPANESE ENEMY
Hugh Byas
5

THE JAPANESE ENEMY

Week of April 20, 1942

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FLIGHT TO ARRAS
Antonine de St. Exupery
1

FLIGHT TO ARRAS

PAST IMPERFECT
Ilka Chase
Cover of PAST IMPERFECT
2

PAST IMPERFECT

MISSION TO MOSCOW
Joseph E. Davies
3

MISSION TO MOSCOW

CROSS CREEK
Marjorie Rawlings
Cover of CROSS CREEK
4

CROSS CREEK

THE JAPANESE ENEMY
Hugh Byas
5

THE JAPANESE ENEMY

Week of April 27, 1942

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FLIGHT TO ARRAS
Antonine de St. Exupery
1

FLIGHT TO ARRAS

MISSION TO MOSCOW
Joseph E. Davies
2

MISSION TO MOSCOW

PAST IMPERFECT
Ilka Chase
Cover of PAST IMPERFECT
3

PAST IMPERFECT

CROSS CREEK
Marjorie Rawlings
Cover of CROSS CREEK
4

CROSS CREEK

VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER
A. P. de Seversky
5

VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER

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