This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1933. When the list began in 1931 through 1941 it only reflected sales in the New York City area. [1]
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books.
The two most popular books that year were Anthony Adverse , by Hervey Allen, which held on top of the list for 26 weeks, and Ann Vickers by Sinclair Lewis, which was on top of the list for 11 weeks. [2]
| Date | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| January 2 | Flowering Wilderness | John Galsworthy |
| January 9 | ||
| January 16 | The Last Adam | James Gould Cozzens |
| January 23 | ||
| January 30 | Ann Vickers | Sinclair Lewis |
| February 6 | ||
| February 13 | ||
| February 20 | ||
| February 27 | ||
| March 6 | ||
| March 13 | ||
| March 20 | ||
| March 27 | ||
| April 3 | ||
| April 10 | ||
| April 17 | The Werewolf of Paris | Guy Endore |
| April 24 | Rain in the Doorway | Thorne Smith |
| May 1 | The Werewolf of Paris | Guy Endore |
| May 8 | As the Earth Turns | Gladys Hasty Carroll |
| May 15 | ||
| May 22 | The Store | T. S. Stribling |
| May 29 | As the Earth Turns | Gladys Hasty Carroll |
| June 5 | ||
| June 12 | Little Man, What Now? | Hans Fallada |
| June 19 | ||
| June 26 | ||
| July 3 | Anthony Adverse | Hervey Allen |
| July 10 | ||
| July 16 | ||
| July 24 | ||
| July 31 | ||
| August 7 | ||
| August 14 | ||
| August 21 | ||
| August 28 | ||
| September 4 | ||
| September 11 | ||
| September 18 | ||
| September 25 | ||
| October 2 | ||
| October 9 | ||
| October 16 | ||
| October 23 | ||
| October 30 | ||
| November 6 | ||
| November 13 | ||
| November 20 | ||
| November 27 | ||
| December 4 | ||
| December 11 | ||
| December 18 | ||
| December 25 |
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.
| Date | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| January 2 | Van Loon's Geography | Hendrik Willem van Loon |
| January 9 | ||
| January 16 | The ABC of Technocracy | Frank Awkwright |
| January 23 | ||
| January 30 | ||
| February 6 | Contract Bridge Blue Book, 1933 | Ely Culbertson |
| February 13 | ||
| February 20 | British Agent | R. H. Bruce Lockhart |
| February 27 | ||
| March 6 | ||
| March 13 | Contract Bridge Blue Book, 1933 | Ely Culbertson |
| March 20 | Culbertson's 1933 Summary | |
| March 27 | Looking Forward | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| April 3 | ||
| April 10 | British Agent | R. H. Bruce Lockhart |
| April 17 | ||
| April 24 | Marie Antoinette | Stefan Zweig |
| May 1 | ||
| May 8 | ||
| May 15 | British Agent | R. H. Bruce Lockhart |
| May 22 | Marie Antoinette | Stefan Zweig |
| May 29 | The House of Exile | Nora Waln |
| June 5 | Marie Antoinette | Stefan Zweig |
| June 12 | Always a Grand Duke | Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia |
| June 19 | Marie Antoinette | Stefan Zweig |
| June 26 | The House of Exile | Nora Waln |
| July 3 | Marie Antoinette | Stefan Zweig |
| July 10 | Julia Newberry's Diary | Julia Rosa Newberry |
| July 16 | The Arches of the Years | Halliday Sutherland |
| July 24 | The House of Exile | Nora Waln |
| July 31 | Marie Antoinette | Stefan Zweig |
| August 7 | ||
| August 14 | ||
| August 21 | ||
| August 28 | The First World War | Laurence Stallings, editor |
| September 4 | Marie Antoinette | Stefan Zweig |
| September 11 | ||
| September 18 | The Crime of Cuba | Carleton Beals |
| September 25 | Marie Antoinette | Stefan Zweig |
| October 2 | ||
| October 9 | Life Begins at Forty | Walter B. Pitkin |
| October 16 | More Power to You! | |
| October 23 | ||
| October 30 | ||
| November 6 | ||
| November 13 | Crowded Hours | Alice Roosevelt Longworth |
| November 20 | ||
| November 27 | ||
| December 4 | ||
| December 11 | ||
| December 18 | The Man of the Renaissance | Ralph Roeder |
| December 25 | Crowded Hours | Alice Roosevelt Longworth |