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Best Sellers

Hardcover Nonfiction

May 1944

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Week of May 7, 1944

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GOOD NIGHT, SWEET PRINCE
Gene Fowler
1

GOOD NIGHT, SWEET PRINCE

THE CURTAIN RISES
Quentin Reynolds
Cover of THE CURTAIN RISES
2

THE CURTAIN RISES

UNDER COVER
John Roy Carlton
3

UNDER COVER

"THAT MAN" IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Frank Kingdon
4

"THAT MAN" IN THE WHITE HOUSE

YOU'RE ONLY HUMAN ONCE
Grace Moore
5

YOU'RE ONLY HUMAN ONCE

Week of May 14, 1944

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GOOD NIGHT, SWEET PRINCE
Gene Fowler
1

GOOD NIGHT, SWEET PRINCE

THE CURTAIN RISES
Quentin Reynolds
Cover of THE CURTAIN RISES
2

THE CURTAIN RISES

UNDER COVER
John Roy Carlton
3

UNDER COVER

YANKEE FROM OLYMPUS
Catherine Drinker Bowen
Cover of YANKEE FROM OLYMPUS
4

YANKEE FROM OLYMPUS

"THAT MAN" IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Frank Kingdon
5

"THAT MAN" IN THE WHITE HOUSE

Week of May 21, 1944

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GOOD NIGHT, SWEET PRINCE
Gene Fowler
1

GOOD NIGHT, SWEET PRINCE

AMERICA UNLIMITED
Eric Johnson
2

AMERICA UNLIMITED

UNDER COVER
John Roy Carlton
3

UNDER COVER

YANKEE FROM OLYMPUS
Catherine Drinker Bowen
Cover of YANKEE FROM OLYMPUS
4

YANKEE FROM OLYMPUS

"THAT MAN" IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Frank Kingdon
5

"THAT MAN" IN THE WHITE HOUSE

Week of May 28, 1944

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GOOD NIGHT, SWEET PRINCE
Gene Fowler
1

GOOD NIGHT, SWEET PRINCE

YANKEE FROM OLYMPUS
Catherine Drinker Bowen
Cover of YANKEE FROM OLYMPUS
2

YANKEE FROM OLYMPUS

THE CURTAIN RISES
Quentin Reynolds
Cover of THE CURTAIN RISES
3

THE CURTAIN RISES

A GUIDE FOR THE BEDEVILED
Ben Hecht
4

A GUIDE FOR THE BEDEVILED

THE GHOST TALKS
Charles Michelson
5

THE GHOST TALKS

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