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Best Sellers · 1930s · 1939

May 1939

#1 bestsellers each week.

Week of May 1, 1939

1939
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
John Steinbeck
Cover of THE GRAPES OF WRATH

Hardcover Fiction

THE GRAPES OF WRATH

John Steinbeck

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1939
DAYS OF OUR YEARS
Pierre van Paassen
Cover of DAYS OF OUR YEARS

Hardcover Nonfiction

DAYS OF OUR YEARS

Pierre van Paassen

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Week of May 8, 1939

1939
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
John Steinbeck
Cover of THE GRAPES OF WRATH

Hardcover Fiction

THE GRAPES OF WRATH

John Steinbeck

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1939
REACHING FOR THE STARS
Nora Wain

Hardcover Nonfiction

REACHING FOR THE STARS

Nora Wain

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Week of May 15, 1939

1939
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
John Steinbeck
Cover of THE GRAPES OF WRATH

Hardcover Fiction

THE GRAPES OF WRATH

John Steinbeck

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1939
REACHING FOR THE STARS
Nora Wain

Hardcover Nonfiction

REACHING FOR THE STARS

Nora Wain

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Week of May 22, 1939

1939
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
John Steinbeck
Cover of THE GRAPES OF WRATH

Hardcover Fiction

THE GRAPES OF WRATH

John Steinbeck

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1939
REACHING FOR THE STARS
Nora Wain

Hardcover Nonfiction

REACHING FOR THE STARS

Nora Wain

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Week of May 29, 1939

1939
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
John Steinbeck
Cover of THE GRAPES OF WRATH

Hardcover Fiction

THE GRAPES OF WRATH

John Steinbeck

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1939
REACHING FOR THE STARS
Nora Wain

Hardcover Nonfiction

REACHING FOR THE STARS

Nora Wain

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