Publishers Weekly bestsellerliste fra 1940'erne

1940'ernes Weekly bestsellerliste inkluderer bøger, der opnåede rekordsalg i USA for hvert år fra 1940 til 1949 .

1940

  1. " How Green Was My Valley " - Richard Llewellyn
  2. " Kitty Foyle - Morley
  3. " Mrs. Miniver - Jen
  4. " For hvem klokken ringer " - Ernest Hemingway
  5. " Manden fra Nazareth " ( Eng.  Nazaræeren ) - Sholom Ash
  6. Stjerner på havet - Francis van Wyck  Mason
  7. Oliver Wiswell - Roberts _ _ _ 
  8. " Vredens druer " - John Steinbeck
  9. Nat i Bombay - Louis Bromfield [   ]
  10. " Family " ( eng.  The Family ) - Nina Fedorova

1941

  1. " Keys of the Kingdom " - Archibald Cronin
  2. " Random Harvest - James Hilton
  3. " Dette er frem for alt " - Eric Knight
  4. " The Sun Is My Undoing " - Steen 
  5. " For hvem klokken ringer " - Ernest Hemingway
  6. Oliver Wiswell - Roberts _ _ _ 
  7. H. M. Pulham, Esquire - John Marquand [ ] 
  8. hr. og Cugat - Isabelle Rorik  _
  9. " Travel Chest " - Edna Ferber
  10. " Vindblæst " -  Mary Helen Chase

1942

  1. " Sang om Bernadette " - Franz Werfel
  2. " Månen har sat sig " - John Steinbeck
  3. " Dragon Seed " - Pearl Buck
  4. " Now Tomorrow " - Rachel Field
  5. Drivin ' Woman - Elizabeth Pickett [ ] 
  6. " Vindblæst " -  Mary Helen Chase
  7. " Robe " - Lloyd Douglas
  8. " The Sun Is My Undoing " - Steen 
  9. Kings Row -  Henry Bellamann _ _
  10. " Keys of the Kingdom " - Archibald Cronin

1943

  1. " Robe " - Lloyd Douglas
  2. " Decision Valley - Davenport
  3. " Så tid " -  John Marquand
  4. " A Tree Grows in Brooklyn " - Betty Smith
  5. " The Human Comedy " - William Saroyan
  6. " Mrs. Parkington - Bromfield
  7. " Apostle " ( eng.  The Apostle ) - Sholom Ash
  8. " Hungry Mountain " - Daphne Du Maurier
  9. " Forest and Fort " - Hervey Allen
  10. " Sang om Bernadette " - Franz Werfel

1944

  1. " Strange Fruit " - Lillian Smith
  2. " Robe " - Lloyd Douglas
  3. " A Tree Grows in Brooklyn " - Betty Smith
  4. " Forever Yours Amber " - Kathleen Winsor
  5. " The Razor's Edge " - W. Somerset Maugham
  6. " Unge år " - Archibald Cronin
  7. " Overlad hende til himlen " - Ben Williams 
  8. Green Dolphin Street - Elizabeth Goudge  _
  9. "En klokke for Adano - John Hersey
  10. " Apostle " ( eng.  The Apostle ) - Sholom Ash

1945

  1. " Forever Yours Amber " - Kathleen Winsor
  2. " Robe " - Lloyd Douglas
  3. " Black Rose " - Thomas Bertram Costain
  4. " Hvide Tårn - James Rumsey
  5. Cass Timberlane -  Sinclair Lewis _ _
  6. " Løve i gaderne - Adria Locke
  7. " Så godt husket - James Hilton
  8. " Kaptajnen fra Castilla " - Samuel Schellaberger
  9. " Earth and Heaven " - Gwetalyn Graham
  10. " Immortal Wife, or Jessie and John Fremont " ( eng.  Immortal Wife ) - Irving Stone

1946

  1. " Royal General " - Daphne Du Maurier
  2. " Denne side af  uskyld " - Taylor
  3. " The River Road " - Francis Parkinson Keyes  
  4. " Klokkernes mirakel " - Russell Jenny [ da  
  5. " Annoncører " ( eng.  The Hucksters ) - Frederic Wakeman Sr. ( eng.  Frederic Wakeman, Sr. )
  6. The Foxes of  Harrow - Frank Yerby
  7. Triumfbuen - Erich Maria Remarque
  8. " Black Rose " - Thomas Bertram Costain
  9. BF 's Datter - John _ _ 
  10. " The Snake Pit " - Mary Ward 

1947

  1. " Klokkernes mirakel " - Russell Jenny [ da  
  2. " Royal Treasurer " ( eng.  The Moneyman ) - Thomas Bertram Costain
  3. " Gentlemen's Agreement " - Laura Hobson
  4. " Lydia Bailey - Roberts
  5. " The Vixens " - Frank Yerby 
  6. " Lost Bus - John Steinbeck
  7. " House Divided  " - Ames Williams
  8. " Kingsblood, Descendant of Kings - Sinclair Lewis
  9. " East Side, West Side " ( Eng.  East Side, West Side ) - Marcia Davenport
  10. " Konge af Intrigue " - Samuel Schellaberger

1948

  1. " The Big Fisherman " - Lloyd Douglas  
  2. "De nøgne og de døde " - Norman Mailer
  3. " Middag hos Antoine "  - Francis Parkinson Keyes
  4. " Biskoppens kappe - Agnes Turnbull
  5. I morgen det bedre - Betty  Smith _
  6. The Golden Hawk - Frank Yerby  _
  7. " Raintree County - Ross Jr.
  8. Shannon 's Way - Cronin
  9. Pilgrim 's Inn - Elizabeth Goudge  _
  10. " Unge løver " - Irvin Shaw

1949

  1. Sinuhe den egyptiske - Mika Waltari
  2. " The Big Fisherman " - Lloyd Douglas  
  3. " Mary " ( engelsk  Mary ) - Sholom Ash
  4. " A Rage to Live " - ​​John O'Hara 
  5. " Point of  No Return " - John Marquand
  6. " Middag hos Antoine "  - Francis Parkinson Keyes
  7. " Høje tårne " ( eng.  High Towers ) - Thomas Bertram Costain
  8. " Sabre Empire " ( eng.  Cutlass Empire ) - Francis van Wyck Mason
  9. Pride 's Castle - Frank Yerby _ 
  10. " Brudens far - Edward