This is a list of books that topped The New York Times 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 following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books.
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 | Heaven's My Destination | 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 | Young Renny | 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 | Vein of Iron | 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 |
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.
| Dat | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| January 7 | Experiment in Autobiography | H. G. Wells |
| January 14 | While Rome Burns | Alexander Woollcott |
| January 21 | ||
| January 28 | Skin Deep | Mary Catherine Phillips |
| February 4 | ||
| February 11 | While Rome Burns | Alexander Woollcott |
| February 18 | ||
| February 25 | ||
| March 4 | Inflation Ahead! | Willard Kiplinger and Frederick Shelton |
| March 11 | Francis the First | Francis Hackett |
| March 18 | ||
| March 25 | ||
| April 1 | ||
| April 8 | ||
| April 15 | ||
| April 22 | Personal History | Vincent Sheean |
| April 29 | Culbertson's New Summary of Contract Bridge | Ely Culbertson |
| May 6 | ||
| May 13 | Road to War | Walter Millis |
| May 20 | Handout | George Michael |
| May 27 | Road to War | Walter Millis |
| June 3 | ||
| June 10 | Personal History | Vincent Sheean |
| June 17 | ||
| June 24 | Catherine | Gina Kaus |
| July 1 | Personal History | Vincent Sheean |
| July 8 | ||
| July 15 | ||
| July 22 | Catherine | Gina Kaus |
| July 29 | Personal History | Vincent Sheean |
| August 5 | Catherine | Gina Kaus |
| August 12 | Don Fernando | Somerset Maugham |
| August 19 | Life with Father | Clarence Day |
| August 26 | North to the Orient | Anne Morrow Lindbergh |
| September 2 | ||
| September 9 | ||
| September 16 | ||
| September 23 | ||
| September 30 | ||
| October 7 | ||
| October 14 | Seven Pillars of Wisdom | T. E. Lawrence |
| October 21 | North to the Orient | Anne Morrow Lindbergh |
| October 28 | Seven Pillars of Wisdom | T. E. Lawrence |
| November 4 | North to the Orient | Anne Morrow Lindbergh |
| November 11 | ||
| November 18 | ||
| November 25 | ||
| December 2 | ||
| December 9 | ||
| December 16 | ||
| December 23 | The Woollcott Reader | Alexander Woollcott, editor |
| December 30 |