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Best Sellers · 1950s

1952

#1 bestsellers month by month.

January

Hardcover Fiction

THE CAINE MUTINY

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE SEA AROUND US

February

Hardcover Fiction

THE CAINE MUTINY

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE SEA AROUND US

March

Hardcover Fiction

THE CAINE MUTINY

MY COUSIN RACHEL

Daphne du Maurier

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE SEA AROUND US

April

Hardcover Fiction

MY COUSIN RACHEL

Daphne du Maurier

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE SEA AROUND US

William Hillman

U.S.A. CONFIDENTIAL

Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer

May

Hardcover Fiction

MY COUSIN RACHEL

Daphne du Maurier

THE CAINE MUTINY

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE SEA AROUND US

June

Hardcover Fiction

THE CAINE MUTINY

Hardcover Nonfiction

THE SEA AROUND US

Whittaker Chambers

July

Hardcover Fiction

THE CAINE MUTINY

Hardcover Nonfiction

Whittaker Chambers

August

Hardcover Fiction

THE CAINE MUTINY

Hardcover Nonfiction

Whittaker Chambers

September

Hardcover Fiction

THE SILVER CHALICE

Thomas B. Costain

Hardcover Nonfiction

Whittaker Chambers

A MAN CALLED PETER

Catherine Marshall

October

Hardcover Fiction

THE SILVER CHALICE

Thomas B. Costain

Hardcover Nonfiction

A MAN CALLED PETER

Catherine Marshall

Tallulah Bankhead

November

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

Tallulah Bankhead

December

Hardcover Fiction

Hardcover Nonfiction

Tallulah Bankhead

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