This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1936. 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 Gone with the Wind , by Margaret Mitchell, which held on top of the list for 25 weeks, and The Last Puritan by George Santayana, which was on top of the list for 11 weeks. [2]
Date | Book | Author |
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January 6 | It Can't Happen Here | Sinclair Lewis |
January 13 | ||
January 20 | If I Have Four Apples | Josephine Lawrence |
January 27 | ||
February 3 | ||
February 10 | The Last Puritan | George Santayana |
February 17 | ||
February 24 | ||
March 2 | ||
March 9 | ||
March 16 | ||
March 23 | ||
March 30 | ||
April 6 | ||
April 13 | ||
April 20 | ||
April 27 | Sparkenbroke | Charles Langbridge Morgan |
May 4 | ||
May 11 | ||
May 18 | ||
May 25 | ||
June 1 | The Weather in the Streets | Rosamond Lehmann |
June 8 | The Doctor | Mary Roberts Rinehart |
June 15 | ||
June 22 | ||
June 29 | ||
July 6 | Sanfelice | Vincent Sheean |
July 13 | Gone with the Wind | Margaret Mitchell |
July 20 | ||
July 27 | ||
August 3 | ||
August 10 | ||
August 17 | ||
August 24 | ||
August 31 | ||
September 7 | ||
September 14 | ||
September 21 | ||
September 28 | ||
October 5 | ||
October 12 | ||
October 19 | ||
October 26 | ||
November 2 | ||
November 9 | ||
November 16 | ||
November 23 | ||
November 30 | ||
December 7 | ||
December 14 | ||
December 21 | ||
December 28 |
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.
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