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Top Ten Best Sellers for the Years 1940 - 1949

1940
1. How Green Was My Valley Richard Llewellyn
2. Kitty Foyle Christopher Morley
3. Mrs. Miniver Jan Struther
4. For Whom the Bell Tolls Ernest Hemingway
5. The Nazarene Sholem Asch
6. Stars on the Sea F. van Wyck
7. Oliver Wiswell Kenneth Roberts
8. The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
9. Night in Bombay Louis Bromfield
10. The Family Nina Fedorova

1941
1. The Keys of the Kingdom A. J. Cronin
2. Random Harvest James Hilton
3. This Above All Eric Knight
4. The Sun Is My Undoing Marguerite Steen
5. For Whom the Bell Tolls Ernest Hemingway
6. Oliver Wiswell Kenneth Roberts
7. H.M. Pulham, Esquire John P. Marquand
8. Mr. and Mrs. Cugat Isabel Scott Rorick
9. Saratoga Trunk Edna Ferber
10. Windswept Mary Ellen Chase

1942

1. The Song of Bernadette Franz Werfel
2. The Moon Is Down John Steinbeck
3. Dragon Seed Pearl S. Buck
4. And Now Tomorrow Rachel Field
5. Drivin' Woman Elizabeth Pickett
6. Windswept Mary Ellen Chase
7. The Robe Lloyd C. Douglas
8. The Sun Is My Undoing Marguerite Sheen
9. King's Row Henry Bellamann
10. The Keys of the Kingdom A. J. Cronin

1943

1. The Robe Lloyd C. Douglas
2. The Valley of Decision Marcia Davenport
3. So Little Time John P. Marquand
4. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith
5. The Human Comedy William Saroyan
6. Mrs. Parkington Louis Bromfield
7. The Apostle Sholem Asch
8. Hungry Hill Daphne du Maurier
9. The Forest and the Fort Hervey Allen
10. The Song of Bernadette Franz Werfel

1944

1. Strange Fruit Lillian Smith
2. The Robe Lloyd C. Douglas
3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith
4. Forever Amber Kathleen Winsor
5. The Razor's Edge W. Somerset Maugham
6. The Green Years A. J. Cronin
7. Leave Her to Heaven Ben Ames Williams
8. Green Dolphin Street Elizabeth George
9. A Bell for Adano John Hersey
10. The Apostle Sholem Asch

1945

1. Forever Amber Kathleen Winsor
2. The Robe Lloyd C. Douglas
3. The Black Rose Thomas B. Costain
4. The White Tower James Ramsey Ullman
5. Cass Timberlane Sinclair Lewis
6. A Lion Is in the Streets Adria Locke Langley
7. So Well Remembered James Hilton
8. Captain from Castile Samuel Shellabarger
9. Earth and High Heaven Gwethalyn Graham
10. Immortal Wife Irving Stone

1946

1. The King's General Daphne du Maurier
2. This Side of Innocence Taylor Caldwell
3. The River Road Frances Parkinson Keyes
4. The Miracle of the Bells Russell Janney
5. The Hucksters Frederic Wakeman, Sr.
6. The Foxes of Harrow Frank Yerby
7. Arch of Triumph Erich Maria Remarque
8. The Black Rose Thomas B. Costain
9. B.F.'s Daughter John P. Marquand
10. The Snake Pit Mary Jane Ward

1947

1. The Miracle of the Bells Russell Janney
2. The Moneyman Thomas B. Costain
3. Gentleman's Agreement Laura Z. Hobson
4. Lydia Bailey Kenneth Roberts
5. The Vixens Frank Yerby
6. The Wayward Bus John Steinbeck
7. House Divided Ben Ames Williams
8. Kingsblood Royal Sinclair Lewis
9. East Side, West Side Marcia Davenport
10. Prince of Foxes Samuel Shellabarger

1948

1. The Big Fisherman Lloyd C. Douglas
2. The Naked and the Dead Norman Mailer
3. Dinner at Antoine's Frances Parkinson Keyes
4. The Bishop's Mantle Agnes Sligh Turnbull
5. Tomorrow Will Be Better Betty Smith
6. The Golden Hawk Frank Yerby
7. Raintree County Ross Lockridge, Jr.
8. Shannon's Way A.J. Cronin
9. Pilgrim's Inn Elizabeth Goudge
10. The Young Lions Irwin Shaw

1949
1. The Egyptian Mika Waltari
2. The Big Fisherman Lloyd C. Douglas
3. Mary Sholem Asch
4. A Rage to Live John O'Hara
5. Point of No Return John P. Marquand
6. Dinner at Antoine's Frances Parkinson Keyes
7. High Towers Thomas B. Costain
8. Cutlass Empire Van Wyck Mason
9. Pride's Castle Frank Yerby
10. Father of the Bride Edward Streeter

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