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Best Sellers · 1940s

1946

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

Thomas B. Costain

Hardcover Nonfiction

Betty MacDonald

February

Hardcover Fiction

THE KING'S GENERAL

Daphne du Maurier

Hardcover Nonfiction

Betty MacDonald

March

Hardcover Fiction

THE KING'S GENERAL

Daphne du Maurier

ARCH OF TRIUMPH

Erich Maria Remarque

Hardcover Nonfiction

Betty MacDonald

April

Hardcover Fiction

ARCH OF TRIUMPH

Erich Maria Remarque

Hardcover Nonfiction

Betty MacDonald

May

Hardcover Fiction

ARCH OF TRIUMPH

Erich Maria Remarque

THIS SIDE OF INNOCENCE

Taylor Caldwell

Hardcover Nonfiction

Betty MacDonald

June

Hardcover Fiction

THIS SIDE OF INNOCENCE

Taylor Caldwell

Hardcover Nonfiction

Betty MacDonald

July

Hardcover Fiction

THIS SIDE OF INNOCENCE

Taylor Caldwell

Frederic Wakeman

Hardcover Nonfiction

Betty MacDonald

August

Hardcover Fiction

Frederic Wakeman

Hardcover Nonfiction

Betty MacDonald

September

Hardcover Fiction

Frederic Wakeman

Hardcover Nonfiction

Betty MacDonald

October

Hardcover Fiction

Frederic Wakeman

Hardcover Nonfiction

Betty MacDonald

Joshua Loth Liebman

November

Hardcover Fiction

Frederic Wakeman

Hardcover Nonfiction

Joshua Loth Liebman

December

Hardcover Fiction

B.F.'s DAUGHTER

John P. Marquand

Hardcover Nonfiction

Joshua Loth Liebman

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