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Best Sellers · 1940s

1945

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

THE GREEN YEARS

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE TIME FOR DECISION

February

Hardcover Fiction

THE GREEN YEARS

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE TIME FOR DECISION

March

Hardcover Fiction

THE GREEN YEARS

Hardcover Nonfiction

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN

George and Helen Papashvily

April

Hardcover Fiction

THE GREEN YEARS

EARTH AND HIGH HEAVEN

Gwenthalyn Graham

THE BALLAD AND THE SOURCE

Rosamond Lehmann

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE THURBER CARNIVAL

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN

George and Helen Papashvily

May

Hardcover Fiction

THE BALLAD AND THE SOURCE

Rosamond Lehmann

THE GREEN YEARS

Hardcover Nonfiction

June

Hardcover Fiction

Kathleen Winsor

CAPTAIN FROM CASTILLE

Samuel Shellaburger

THE BALLAD AND THE SOURCE

Rosamond Lehmann

Hardcover Nonfiction

July

Hardcover Fiction

CAPTAIN FROM CASTILLE

Samuel Shellaburger

A LION IS IN THE STREETS

Adria Locke Langley

Hardcover Nonfiction

August

Hardcover Fiction

A LION IS IN THE STREETS

Adria Locke Langley

Hardcover Nonfiction

September

Hardcover Fiction

A LION IS IN THE STREETS

Adria Locke Langley

SO WELL REMEMBERED

Hardcover Nonfiction

October

Hardcover Fiction

Thomas B. Costain

Hardcover Nonfiction

November

Hardcover Fiction

Thomas B. Costain

Hardcover Nonfiction

December

Hardcover Fiction

Thomas B. Costain

Hardcover Nonfiction

Betty MacDonald

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