List of The New York Times number-one books of 1936

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]

Fiction

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
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

Nonfiction

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

See also

• Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1930s

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 1936 Retrieved March 14, 2018