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Best Sellers · 1940s · 1940

December 1940

#1 bestsellers each week.

Week of December 2, 1940

1940
OLIVER WISWELL
Kenneth Roberts
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Hardcover Fiction

OLIVER WISWELL

Kenneth Roberts

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1940
A TREASURY OF THE WORLD'S GREAT LETTERS
M. Lincoln Schuster
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Hardcover Nonfiction

A TREASURY OF THE WORLD'S GREAT LETTERS

M. Lincoln Schuster

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Week of December 9, 1940

1940
OLIVER WISWELL
Kenneth Roberts
Cover of OLIVER WISWELL

Hardcover Fiction

OLIVER WISWELL

Kenneth Roberts

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1940
A TREASURY OF THE WORLD'S GREAT LETTERS
M. Lincoln Schuster
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Hardcover Nonfiction

A TREASURY OF THE WORLD'S GREAT LETTERS

M. Lincoln Schuster

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Week of December 16, 1940

1940
OLIVER WISWELL
Kenneth Roberts
Cover of OLIVER WISWELL

Hardcover Fiction

OLIVER WISWELL

Kenneth Roberts

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1940
A TREASURY OF THE WORLD'S GREAT LETTERS
M. Lincoln Schuster
Cover of A TREASURY OF THE WORLD'S GREAT LETTERS

Hardcover Nonfiction

A TREASURY OF THE WORLD'S GREAT LETTERS

M. Lincoln Schuster

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Week of December 23, 1940

1940
OLIVER WISWELL
Kenneth Roberts
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Hardcover Fiction

OLIVER WISWELL

Kenneth Roberts

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1940
THE WHITE CLIFFS
Alice Duer Miller
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Hardcover Nonfiction

THE WHITE CLIFFS

Alice Duer Miller

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Week of December 30, 1940

1940
OLIVER WISWELL
Kenneth Roberts
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Hardcover Fiction

OLIVER WISWELL

Kenneth Roberts

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1940
A TREASURY OF THE WORLD'S GREAT LETTERS
M. Lincoln Schuster
Cover of A TREASURY OF THE WORLD'S GREAT LETTERS

Hardcover Nonfiction

A TREASURY OF THE WORLD'S GREAT LETTERS

M. Lincoln Schuster

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