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Best Sellers · 1930s · 1938

August 1938

#1 bestsellers each week.

Week of August 1, 1938

1938
MY SON, MY SON!
Howard Spring
Cover of MY SON, MY SON!

Hardcover Fiction

MY SON, MY SON!

Howard Spring

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1938
THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING
Lin Yutang

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING

Lin Yutang

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Week of August 8, 1938

1938
MY SON, MY SON!
Howard Spring
Cover of MY SON, MY SON!

Hardcover Fiction

MY SON, MY SON!

Howard Spring

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1938
THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING
Lin Yutang

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING

Lin Yutang

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Week of August 15, 1938

1938
MY SON, MY SON!
Howard Spring
Cover of MY SON, MY SON!

Hardcover Fiction

MY SON, MY SON!

Howard Spring

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1938
THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING
Lin Yutang

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING

Lin Yutang

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Week of August 22, 1938

1938
MY SON, MY SON!
Howard Spring
Cover of MY SON, MY SON!

Hardcover Fiction

MY SON, MY SON!

Howard Spring

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1938
THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING
Lin Yutang

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING

Lin Yutang

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Week of August 29, 1938

1938
THE YEARLING
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Cover of THE YEARLING

Hardcover Fiction

THE YEARLING

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

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1938
THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING
Lin Yutang

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING

Lin Yutang

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