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Best Sellers · 1930s

1938

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

February

Hardcover Fiction

THE PRODIGAL PARENTS

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING

March

Hardcover Fiction

ACTION AT AQUILA

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING

April

Hardcover Fiction

ACTION AT AQUILA

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING

May

Hardcover Fiction

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING

THE EVOLUTION OF PHYSICS

Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld

June

Hardcover Fiction

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING

July

Hardcover Fiction

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

MY SON, MY SON!

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING

Margaret Armstrong

August

Hardcover Fiction

MY SON, MY SON!

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING

September

Hardcover Fiction

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

MY SON, MY SON!

Hardcover Nonfiction

WITH MALICE TOWARD SOME

Margaret Halsey

THE HORSE AND BUGGY DOCTOR

Arthur E. Hertzler

October

Hardcover Fiction

MY SON, MY SON!

Daphne Du Maurier

Hardcover Nonfiction

WITH MALICE TOWARD SOME

Margaret Halsey

LISTEN! THE WIND

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

November

Hardcover Fiction

Daphne Du Maurier

ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO

Hardcover Nonfiction

LISTEN! THE WIND

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

December

Hardcover Fiction

Daphne Du Maurier

ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO

Hardcover Nonfiction

LISTEN! THE WIND

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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