List of The New York Times number-one books of 1932

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This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1932. When the list began in 1931 through 1941 it only reflected sales in the New York City area. [1]

Contents

Fiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books.

The two most popular books that year were The Fountain, by Charles Langbridge Morgan, which held on top of the list for 10 weeks, and Mary's Neck by Booth Tarkington, which was on top of the list for 7 weeks. [2]

DateBookAuthor
January 4Maid in Waiting John Galsworthy
January 11The Harbourmaster William McFee
January 18
January 25 Mr. and Mrs. Pennington Francis Brett Young
February 1
February 8The End of Desire Robert Herrick
February 15Mary's Neck Booth Tarkington
February 22
February 29
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
April 4Magnolia Street Louis Golding
April 11
April 18
April 25
May 2Bright Skin Julia Peterkin
May 9A Modern Hero Louis Bromfield
May 16 The Good Earth Pearl S. Buck
May 23
May 30
June 6District Nurse Faith Baldwin
June 13The Fountain Charles Langbridge Morgan
June 20
June 27
July 4
July 11
July 18
July 25
August 1
August 8
August 15Faraway J. B. Priestley
August 22Lark Ascending Mazo De La Roche
August 29The FountainCharles Langbridge Morgan
September 5A New York Tempest Manuel Komroff
September 12The Sheltered Life Ellen Glasgow
September 19
September 26
October 3 Sons Pearl S. Buck
October 10
October 17
October 24
October 31
November 7
November 14 Invitation to the Waltz Rosamond Lehmann
November 21Flowering WildernessJohn Galsworthy
November 28
December 5
December 12
December 19
December 26

Nonfiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books. [3]

DateBookAuthor
January 4The Epic of America James Truslow Adams
January 11
January 18
January 25
February 1Only Yesterday Frederick Lewis Allen
February 8
February 15A Fortune to Share Vash Young
February 22Only Yesterday Frederick Lewis Allen
February 29The Story of My Life Clarence Darrow
March 7
March 14Once A Grand Duke Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia
March 21Only Yesterday Frederick Lewis Allen
March 28
April 4The Epic of America James Truslow Adams
April 11Only Yesterday Frederick Lewis Allen
April 18Recovery Arthur Salter, 1st Baron Salter
April 25Only Yesterday Frederick Lewis Allen
May 2Recovery Arthur Salter, 1st Baron Salter
May 9
May 16Only Yesterday Frederick Lewis Allen
May 23
May 3020,000 Years in Sing Sing Lewis E. Lawes
June 6
June 13
June 20
June 27
July 4Only Yesterday Frederick Lewis Allen
July 11A New Way to Better Golf Alex J. Morrison
July 1820,000 Years in Sing Sing Lewis E. Lawes
July 25
August 1
August 8What We Live By Ernest Dimnet
August 15
August 2220,000 Years in Sing Sing Lewis E. Lawes
August 29What We Live By Ernest Dimnet
September 5A Princess in Exile Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890–1958)
September 12More Merry-Go-RoundAnonymous (Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen)
September 19
September 26
October 3
October 10 Death in the Afternoon Ernest Hemingway
October 17
October 24
October 31Van Loon's Geography Hendrik Willem van Loon
November 7 The March of Democracy James Truslow Adams
November 14
November 21
November 28Van Loon's Geography Hendrik Willem van Loon
December 5
December 12
December 19
December 26

See also

References

  1. Miller, Laura J. (2000). "The Best-Seller List as Marketing Tool and Historical Fiction". In Ezra Greenspan (ed.). Book History . Vol. Three. Penn State University Press. pp. 286–304. ISBN   0271020504.
  2. Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1932 Retrieved March 14, 2018
  3. Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1932