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Best Sellers · 1930s · 1934

May 1934

#1 bestsellers each week.

Week of May 7, 1934

1934
TENDER IS THE NIGHT
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Hardcover Fiction

TENDER IS THE NIGHT

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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1934
WHILE ROME BURNS
Alexander Woollcott
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Hardcover Nonfiction

WHILE ROME BURNS

Alexander Woollcott

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Week of May 14, 1934

1934
ANTHONY ADVERSE
Hervey Allen
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Hardcover Fiction

ANTHONY ADVERSE

Hervey Allen

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1934
NIJINSKY
Romola Nijinsky
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Hardcover Nonfiction

NIJINSKY

Romola Nijinsky

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Week of May 21, 1934

1934
LAMB IN HIS BOSOM
Caroline Miller
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Hardcover Fiction

LAMB IN HIS BOSOM

Caroline Miller

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1934
WHILE ROME BURNS
Alexander Woollcott
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WHILE ROME BURNS

Alexander Woollcott

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Week of May 28, 1934

1934
FIVE SILVER DAUGHTERS
Louis Golding
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Hardcover Fiction

FIVE SILVER DAUGHTERS

Louis Golding

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1934
WHILE ROME BURNS
Alexander Woollcott
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Hardcover Nonfiction

WHILE ROME BURNS

Alexander Woollcott

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