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Best Sellers · 1940s · 1940

April 1940

#1 bestsellers each week.

Week of April 1, 1940

1940
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Richard Llewellyn
Cover of HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

Hardcover Fiction

HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

Richard Llewellyn

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1940
HOW TO READ A BOOK
Mortimer J. Adler
Cover of HOW TO READ A BOOK

Hardcover Nonfiction

HOW TO READ A BOOK

Mortimer J. Adler

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Week of April 8, 1940

1940
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Richard Llewellyn
Cover of HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

Hardcover Fiction

HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

Richard Llewellyn

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1940
HOW TO READ A BOOK
Mortimer J. Adler
Cover of HOW TO READ A BOOK

Hardcover Nonfiction

HOW TO READ A BOOK

Mortimer J. Adler

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Week of April 15, 1940

1940
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Richard Llewellyn
Cover of HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

Hardcover Fiction

HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

Richard Llewellyn

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1940
HOW TO READ A BOOK
Mortimer J. Adler
Cover of HOW TO READ A BOOK

Hardcover Nonfiction

HOW TO READ A BOOK

Mortimer J. Adler

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Week of April 22, 1940

1940
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Richard Llewellyn
Cover of HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

Hardcover Fiction

HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

Richard Llewellyn

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1940
A SMATTERING OF IGNORANCE
Oscar Levant
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Hardcover Nonfiction

A SMATTERING OF IGNORANCE

Oscar Levant

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Week of April 29, 1940

1940
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Richard Llewellyn
Cover of HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

Hardcover Fiction

HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY

Richard Llewellyn

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1940
HOW TO READ A BOOK
Mortimer J. Adler
Cover of HOW TO READ A BOOK

Hardcover Nonfiction

HOW TO READ A BOOK

Mortimer J. Adler

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