The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1935
This is a list of adult fiction books that topped The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list in 1935. When the list began in 1931 through 1941 it only reflected sales in the New York City area.[1]
The two most popular books that year were Europa, by Robert Briffault, which held on top of the list for 9 weeks, and Of Time and the River by Thomas Wolfe, which was on top of the list for 7 weeks.[2]
| Date | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| January 7 | The Forty Days of Musa Dagh | Franz Werfel |
| January 14 | ||
| January 21 | Thornton Wilder | |
| January 28 | ||
| February 4 | ||
| February 11 | ||
| February 18 | ||
| February 25 | ||
| March 4 | Come and Get It | Edna Ferber |
| March 11 | ||
| March 18 | Of Time and the River | Thomas Wolfe |
| March 25 | ||
| April 1 | Come and Get It | Edna Ferber |
| April 8 | Of Time and the River | Thomas Wolfe |
| April 15 | ||
| April 22 | ||
| April 29 | Green Light | Lloyd C. Douglas |
| May 6 | Of Time and the River | Thomas Wolfe |
| May 13 | ||
| May 20 | Now in November | Josephine Johnson |
| May 27 | ||
| June 3 | ||
| June 10 | Mazo De La Roche | |
| June 17 | Paths of Glory | Humphrey Cobb |
| June 24 | ||
| July 1 | ||
| July 8 | ||
| July 15 | ||
| July 22 | ||
| July 29 | Green Light | Lloyd C. Douglas |
| August 5 | ||
| August 12 | Lucy Gayheart | Willa Cather |
| August 19 | ||
| August 26 | ||
| September 2 | ||
| September 9 | Ellen Glasgow | |
| September 16 | ||
| September 23 | Europa | Robert Briffault |
| September 30 | ||
| October 7 | ||
| October 14 | ||
| October 21 | ||
| October 28 | ||
| November 4 | It Can't Happen Here | Sinclair Lewis |
| November 11 | Europa | Robert Briffault |
| November 18 | ||
| November 25 | ||
| December 2 | It Can't Happen Here | Sinclair Lewis |
| December 9 | ||
| December 16 | ||
| December 23 | ||
| December 30 |
See also[]
- 1935 in literature
- Lists of The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers
- Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1930s
References[]
- ^ Miller, Laura J. (2000). "The Best-Seller List as Marketing Tool and Historical Fiction". In Ezra Greenspan (ed.). Book History. Volume Three. Penn State University Press. pp. 286–304.
|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1935 Retrieved March 14, 2018
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