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Best Sellers · 1930s · 1939

August 1939

#1 bestsellers each week.

Week of August 7, 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
INSIDE ASIA
John Gunther
Cover of INSIDE ASIA

Hardcover Nonfiction

INSIDE ASIA

John Gunther

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Week of August 14, 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
NOT PEACE BUT A SWORD
Vincent Sheean

Hardcover Nonfiction

NOT PEACE BUT A SWORD

Vincent Sheean

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Week of August 21, 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
NOT PEACE BUT A SWORD
Vincent Sheean

Hardcover Nonfiction

NOT PEACE BUT A SWORD

Vincent Sheean

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Week of August 28, 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
NOT PEACE BUT A SWORD
Vincent Sheean

Hardcover Nonfiction

NOT PEACE BUT A SWORD

Vincent Sheean

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