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Best Sellers · 1940s · 1940

October 1940

#1 bestsellers each week.

Week of October 7, 1940

1940
YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN
Thomas Wolfe
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Hardcover Fiction

YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN

Thomas Wolfe

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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 October 14, 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 October 21, 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 October 28, 1940

1940
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
Ernest Hemingway
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Hardcover Fiction

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

Ernest Hemingway

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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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