List of The New York Times number-one books of 1944
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This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1944.
Fiction
editThe following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books.
The most popular books of the year were A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith and Strange Fruit, by Lillian Smith with respectively 22 and 15 weeks at the top. A "sleeper" success, A Tree Grows had been published fully 6 months before it eventually made it to the No. 1 spot. Somerset Maugham's mystical The Razor's Edge spent several weeks at No. 2, four times displacing Strange Fruit at No. 1.[1]
Date | Book | Author |
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January 2 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Betty Smith |
January 9 | ||
January 16 | ||
January 23 | ||
January 30 | ||
February 6 | ||
February 13 | ||
February 20 | ||
February 27 | ||
March 5 | ||
March 12 | ||
March 19 | ||
March 26 | ||
April 2 | ||
April 9 | ||
April 16 | ||
April 23 | ||
April 30 | ||
May 7 | ||
May 14 | Strange Fruit | Lillian Smith |
May 21 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Betty Smith |
May 28 | ||
June 4 | Strange Fruit | Lillian Smith |
June 11 | ||
June 18 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Betty Smith |
June 25 | Strange Fruit | Lillian Smith |
July 2 | The Razor's Edge | Somerset Maugham |
July 9 | Strange Fruit | Lillian Smith |
July 16 | ||
July 23 | ||
July 30 | The Razor's Edge | Somerset Maugham |
August 6 | Strange Fruit | Lillian Smith |
August 13 | ||
August 20 | The Razor's Edge | Somerset Maugham |
August 27 | Strange Fruit | Lillian Smith |
September 3 | ||
September 10 | ||
September 17 | ||
September 24 | The Razor's Edge | Somerset Maugham |
October 1 | Strange Fruit | Lillian Smith |
October 8 | ||
October 15 | Green Dolphin Street | Elizabeth Goudge |
October 22 | ||
October 29 | ||
November 5 | ||
November 12 | Forever Amber | Kathleen Winsor |
November 19 | ||
November 26 | ||
December 3 | Green Dolphin Street | Elizabeth Goudge |
December 10 | Forever Amber | Kathleen Winsor |
December 17 | The Green Years | A. J. Cronin |
December 25 | Forever Amber | Kathleen Winsor |
Nonfiction
editThe following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.
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