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Best Sellers · 1940s · 1949

April 1949

#1 bestsellers each week.

Week of April 3, 1949

1949
THE BIG FISHERMAN
Lloyd C. Douglas
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Hardcover Fiction

THE BIG FISHERMAN

Lloyd C. Douglas

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1949
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN
Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Hardcover Nonfiction

CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN

Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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Week of April 10, 1949

1949
POINT OF NO RETURN
John P. Marquand
Cover of POINT OF NO RETURN

Hardcover Fiction

POINT OF NO RETURN

John P. Marquand

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1949
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN
Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Hardcover Nonfiction

CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN

Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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Week of April 17, 1949

1949
POINT OF NO RETURN
John P. Marquand
Cover of POINT OF NO RETURN

Hardcover Fiction

POINT OF NO RETURN

John P. Marquand

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1949
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN
Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Hardcover Nonfiction

CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN

Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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Week of April 24, 1949

1949
POINT OF NO RETURN
John P. Marquand
Cover of POINT OF NO RETURN

Hardcover Fiction

POINT OF NO RETURN

John P. Marquand

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1949
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN
Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Hardcover Nonfiction

CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN

Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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