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
- " How Green Was My Valley " - Richard Llewellyn
- " Kitty Foyle - Morley
- " Mrs. Miniver - Jen
- " For hvem klokken ringer " - Ernest Hemingway
- " Manden fra Nazareth " ( Eng. Nazaræeren ) - Sholom Ash
- Stjerner på havet - Francis van Wyck Mason
- Oliver Wiswell - Roberts _ _ _
- " Vredens druer " - John Steinbeck
- Nat i Bombay - Louis Bromfield [ ]
- " Family " ( eng. The Family ) - Nina Fedorova
1941
- " Keys of the Kingdom " - Archibald Cronin
- " Random Harvest - James Hilton
- " Dette er frem for alt " - Eric Knight
- " The Sun Is My Undoing " - Steen
- " For hvem klokken ringer " - Ernest Hemingway
- Oliver Wiswell - Roberts _ _ _
- H. M. Pulham, Esquire - John Marquand [ ]
- hr. og Cugat - Isabelle Rorik _
- " Travel Chest " - Edna Ferber
- " Vindblæst " - Mary Helen Chase
1942
- " Sang om Bernadette " - Franz Werfel
- " Månen har sat sig " - John Steinbeck
- " Dragon Seed " - Pearl Buck
- " Now Tomorrow " - Rachel Field
- Drivin ' Woman - Elizabeth Pickett [ ]
- " Vindblæst " - Mary Helen Chase
- " Robe " - Lloyd Douglas
- " The Sun Is My Undoing " - Steen
- Kings Row - Henry Bellamann _ _
- " Keys of the Kingdom " - Archibald Cronin
1943
- " Robe " - Lloyd Douglas
- " Decision Valley - Davenport
- " Så tid " - John Marquand
- " A Tree Grows in Brooklyn " - Betty Smith
- " The Human Comedy " - William Saroyan
- " Mrs. Parkington - Bromfield
- " Apostle " ( eng. The Apostle ) - Sholom Ash
- " Hungry Mountain " - Daphne Du Maurier
- " Forest and Fort " - Hervey Allen
- " Sang om Bernadette " - Franz Werfel
1944
- " Strange Fruit " - Lillian Smith
- " Robe " - Lloyd Douglas
- " A Tree Grows in Brooklyn " - Betty Smith
- " Forever Yours Amber " - Kathleen Winsor
- " The Razor's Edge " - W. Somerset Maugham
- " Unge år " - Archibald Cronin
- " Overlad hende til himlen " - Ben Williams
- Green Dolphin Street - Elizabeth Goudge _
- "En klokke for Adano - John Hersey
- " Apostle " ( eng. The Apostle ) - Sholom Ash
1945
- " Forever Yours Amber " - Kathleen Winsor
- " Robe " - Lloyd Douglas
- " Black Rose " - Thomas Bertram Costain
- " Hvide Tårn - James Rumsey
- Cass Timberlane - Sinclair Lewis _ _
- " Løve i gaderne - Adria Locke
- " Så godt husket - James Hilton
- " Kaptajnen fra Castilla " - Samuel Schellaberger
- " Earth and Heaven " - Gwetalyn Graham
- " Immortal Wife, or Jessie and John Fremont " ( eng. Immortal Wife ) - Irving Stone
1946
- " Royal General " - Daphne Du Maurier
- " Denne side af uskyld " - Taylor
- " The River Road " - Francis Parkinson Keyes
- " Klokkernes mirakel " - Russell Jenny [ da
- " Annoncører " ( eng. The Hucksters ) - Frederic Wakeman Sr. ( eng. Frederic Wakeman, Sr. )
- The Foxes of Harrow - Frank Yerby
- Triumfbuen - Erich Maria Remarque
- " Black Rose " - Thomas Bertram Costain
- BF 's Datter - John _ _
- " The Snake Pit " - Mary Ward
1947
- " Klokkernes mirakel " - Russell Jenny [ da
- " Royal Treasurer " ( eng. The Moneyman ) - Thomas Bertram Costain
- " Gentlemen's Agreement " - Laura Hobson
- " Lydia Bailey - Roberts
- " The Vixens " - Frank Yerby
- " Lost Bus - John Steinbeck
- " House Divided " - Ames Williams
- " Kingsblood, Descendant of Kings - Sinclair Lewis
- " East Side, West Side " ( Eng. East Side, West Side ) - Marcia Davenport
- " Konge af Intrigue " - Samuel Schellaberger
1948
- " The Big Fisherman " - Lloyd Douglas
- "De nøgne og de døde " - Norman Mailer
- " Middag hos Antoine " - Francis Parkinson Keyes
- " Biskoppens kappe - Agnes Turnbull
- I morgen det bedre - Betty Smith _
- The Golden Hawk - Frank Yerby _
- " Raintree County - Ross Jr.
- Shannon 's Way - Cronin
- Pilgrim 's Inn - Elizabeth Goudge _
- " Unge løver " - Irvin Shaw
1949
- Sinuhe den egyptiske - Mika Waltari
- " The Big Fisherman " - Lloyd Douglas
- " Mary " ( engelsk Mary ) - Sholom Ash
- " A Rage to Live " - John O'Hara
- " Point of No Return " - John Marquand
- " Middag hos Antoine " - Francis Parkinson Keyes
- " Høje tårne " ( eng. High Towers ) - Thomas Bertram Costain
- " Sabre Empire " ( eng. Cutlass Empire ) - Francis van Wyck Mason
- Pride 's Castle - Frank Yerby _
- " Brudens far - Edward