Taken |
Rank |
Title |
Author |
1940: Fiction |
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1 |
How Green Was My Valley |
Llewellyn, Richard |
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2 |
Kitty Foyle |
Morley, Christopher |
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3 |
Mrs. Miniver |
Struther, Jan |
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4 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls |
Hemingway, Ernest |
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5 |
The Nazarene |
Asch, Sholem |
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6 |
Stars on the Sea |
Mason, F. van Wyck |
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7 |
Oliver Wiswell |
Roberts, Kenneth |
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8 |
The Grapes of Wrath |
Steinbeck, John |
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9 |
Night in Bombay |
Bromfield, Louis |
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10 |
The Family |
Fedorova, Nina |
1941: Fiction |
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1 |
The Keys of the Kingdom |
Cronin, A. J. |
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2 |
Random Harvest |
Hilton, James |
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3 |
This Above All |
Knight, Eric |
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4 |
The Sun Is My Undoing |
Steen, Marguerite |
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5 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls |
Hemingway, Ernest |
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6 |
Oliver Wiswell |
Roberts, Kenneth |
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7 |
H. M. Pulham, Esquire |
Marquand, John P. |
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8 |
Mr. and Mrs. Cugat |
Rorick, Isabel Scott |
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9 |
Saratoga Trunk |
Ferber, Edna |
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10 |
Windswept |
Chase, Mary Ellen |
1942: Fiction |
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1 |
The Song of Bernadette |
Werfel, Franz |
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2 |
The Moon Is Down |
Steinbeck, John |
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3 |
Dragon Seed |
Buck, Pearl S. |
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4 |
And Now Tomorrow |
Field, Rachel |
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5 |
Drivin' Woman |
Pickett, Elizabeth |
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6 |
Windswept |
Chase, Mary Ellen |
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7 |
The Robe |
Douglas, Lloyd C. |
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8 |
The Sun Is My Undoing |
Steen, Marguerite |
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9 |
Kings Row |
Bellamann, Henry |
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10 |
The Keys of the Kingdom |
Cronin, A. J. |
1943: Fiction |
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1 |
The Robe |
Douglas, Lloyd C. |
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2 |
The Valley of Decision |
Davenport, Marcia |
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3 |
So Little Time |
Marquand, John P. |
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4 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
Smith, Betty |
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5 |
The Human Comedy |
Saroyan, William |
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6 |
Mrs. Parkington |
Bromfield, Louis |
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7 |
The Apostle |
Asch, Sholem |
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8 |
Hungry Hill |
du Maurier, Daphne |
|
9 |
The Forest and the Fort |
Allen, Hervey |
|
10 |
The Song of Bernadette |
Werfel, Franz |
1944: Fiction |
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1 |
Strange Fruit |
Smith, Lillian |
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2 |
The Robe |
Douglas, Lloyd C. |
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3 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
Smith, Betty |
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4 |
Forever Amber |
Winsor, Kathleen |
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5 |
The Razor's Edge |
Maugham, W. Somerset |
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6 |
The Green Years |
Cronin, A. J. |
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7 |
Leave Her to Heaven |
Williams, Ben Ames |
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8 |
Green Dolphin Street |
Goudge, Elizabeth |
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9 |
A Bell for Adano |
Hersey, John |
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10 |
The Apostle |
Asch, Sholem |
1945: Fiction |
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1 |
Forever Amber |
Winsor, Kathleen |
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2 |
The Robe |
Douglas, Lloyd C. |
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3 |
The Black Rose |
Costain, Thomas B. |
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4 |
The White Tower |
Ullman, James Ramsey |
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5 |
Cass Timberlane |
Lewis, Sinclair |
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6 |
A Lion Is in the Streets |
Langley, Adria Locke |
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7 |
So Well Remembered |
Hilton, James |
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8 |
Captain from Castile |
Shellabarger, Samuel |
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9 |
Earth and High Heaven |
Graham, Gwethalyn |
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10 |
Immortal Wife |
Stone, Irving |
1946: Fiction |
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1 |
The King's General |
du Maurier, Daphne |
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2 |
This Side of Innocence |
Caldwell, Taylor |
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3 |
The River Road |
Keyes, Frances Parkinson |
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4 |
The Miracle of the Bells |
Janney, Russell |
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5 |
The Hucksters |
Wakeman, Frederic |
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6 |
The Foxes of Harrow |
Yerby, Frank |
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7 |
Arch of Triumph |
Remarque, Erich Maria |
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8 |
The Black Rose |
Costain, Thomas B. |
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9 |
B. F.'s Daughter |
Marquand, John P. |
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10 |
The Snake Pit |
Ward, Mary Jane |
1947: Fiction |
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1 |
The Miracle of the Bells |
Janney, Russell |
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2 |
The Moneyman |
Costain, Thomas B. |
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3 |
Gentleman's Agreement |
Hobson, Laura Z. |
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4 |
Lydia Bailey |
Roberts, Kenneth |
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5 |
The Vixens |
Yerby, Frank |
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6 |
The Wayward Bus |
Steinbeck, John |
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7 |
House Divided |
Williams, Ben Ames |
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8 |
Kingsblood Royal |
Lewis, Sinclair |
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9 |
East Side, West Side |
Davenport, Marcia |
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10 |
Prince of Foxes |
Shellabarger, Samuel |
1948: Fiction |
|
1 |
The Big Fisherman |
Douglas, Lloyd C. |
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2 |
The Naked and the Dead |
Mailer, Norman |
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3 |
Dinner at Antoine's |
Keyes, Frances Parkinson |
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4 |
The Bishop's Mantle |
Turnbull, Agnes Sligh |
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5 |
Tomorrow Will Be Better |
Smith, Betty |
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6 |
The Golden Hawk |
Yerby, Frank |
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7 |
Raintree County |
Lockridge, Ross Jr. |
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8 |
Shannon's Way |
Cronin, A. J. |
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9 |
Pilgrim's Inn |
Goudge, Elizabeth |
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10 |
The Young Lions |
Shaw,Irwin |
1949: Fiction |
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1 |
The Egyptian |
Waltari, Mika |
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2 |
The Big Fisherman |
Douglas, Lloyd C. |
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3 |
Mary |
Asch, Sholem |
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4 |
A Rage to Live |
O'Hara, John |
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5 |
Point of No Return |
Marquand, John P. |
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6 |
Dinner at Antoine's |
Keyes, Frances Parkinson |
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7 |
High Towers |
Costain, Thomas B. |
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8 |
Cutlass Empire |
Mason, Van Wyck |
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9 |
Pride's Castle |
Yerby, Frank |
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10 |
Father of the Bride |
Streeter, Edward |