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This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1940. When the list began in 1931 through 1941 it only reflected sales in the New York City area.
The New York Times Best Seller list was first published without fanfare on October 12, 1931. It consisted of five fiction and four nonfiction for the New York City region only. The following month the list was expanded to eight cities, with a separate list for each city. By the early 1940s, fourteen cities were included.
This is a list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1940s, as determined by Publishers Weekly. The list features the most popular novels of each year from 1940 through 1949.
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books. Seven books topped the list that year, the longest on top being The Green Years, which dominated the winter months (17 weeks).
The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. Since October 12, 1931, The New York Times Book Review has published the list weekly.
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books. The most popular books of the year were A Tree Grows in Brooklyn , by Betty Smith and Strange Fruit , by Lillian Smith with respectively 22 and 15 weeks at the top.
This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1939. When the list began in 1931 through 1941 it only reflected sales in the New York City area.
Pages in category "The New York Times Best Seller list" The following 105 pages are in this category, out of 105 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books. The two most popular books that year were The Song of Bernadette, by Franz Werfel, which made the list for fifteen weeks; and The Robe, by Lloyd Douglas, which would dominate the list for the final six weeks of 1942 and most of 1943. [2]
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books. The most popular title was The Hucksters which spent much of the latter half of the year (19 weeks) at the top of the list and a total of 35 weeks among the top 15.