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Best Sellers · 1940s · 1940

August 1940

#1 bestsellers each week.

Week of August 5, 1940

1940
STARS ON THE SEA
F. van Wyck Mason
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Hardcover Fiction

STARS ON THE SEA

F. van Wyck Mason

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1940
COUNTRY SQUIRE IN THE WHITE HOUSE
John Flynn
Cover of COUNTRY SQUIRE IN THE WHITE HOUSE

Hardcover Nonfiction

COUNTRY SQUIRE IN THE WHITE HOUSE

John Flynn

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Week of August 12, 1940

1940
STARS ON THE SEA
F. van Wyck Mason
Cover of STARS ON THE SEA

Hardcover Fiction

STARS ON THE SEA

F. van Wyck Mason

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1940
COUNTRY SQUIRE IN THE WHITE HOUSE
John Flynn
Cover of COUNTRY SQUIRE IN THE WHITE HOUSE

Hardcover Nonfiction

COUNTRY SQUIRE IN THE WHITE HOUSE

John Flynn

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Week of August 19, 1940

1940
MRS. MINIVER
Jan Struther
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Hardcover Fiction

MRS. MINIVER

Jan Struther

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1940
COUNTRY SQUIRE IN THE WHITE HOUSE
John Flynn
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Hardcover Nonfiction

COUNTRY SQUIRE IN THE WHITE HOUSE

John Flynn

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Week of August 26, 1940

1940
MRS. MINIVER
Jan Struther
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Hardcover Fiction

MRS. MINIVER

Jan Struther

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1940
COUNTRY SQUIRE IN THE WHITE HOUSE
John Flynn
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Hardcover Nonfiction

COUNTRY SQUIRE IN THE WHITE HOUSE

John Flynn

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