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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
| Date | Book | Author |
|---|---|---|
| January 6 | North to the Orient | Anne Morrow Lindbergh |
| January 13 | ||
| January 20 | ||
| January 27 | ||
| February 3 | ||
| February 10 | ||
| February 17 | ||
| February 24 | ||
| March 2 | ||
| March 9 | The Way of a Transgressor | Negley Farson |
| March 16 | ||
| March 23 | ||
| March 30 | ||
| April 6 | ||
| April 13 | ||
| April 20 | ||
| April 27 | ||
| May 4 | Wake Up and Live! | Dorothea Brande |
| May 11 | ||
| May 18 | ||
| May 25 | ||
| June 1 | ||
| June 8 | ||
| June 15 | ||
| June 22 | ||
| June 29 | ||
| July 6 | ||
| July 13 | ||
| July 20 | ||
| July 27 | ||
| August 3 | ||
| August 10 | ||
| August 17 | ||
| August 24 | Around the World in Eleven Years | Patience, Richard and John Abbe |
| August 31 | ||
| September 7 | Live Alone and Like It | Marjorie Hillis |
| September 14 | ||
| September 21 | ||
| September 28 | ||
| October 5 | ||
| October 12 | ||
| October 19 | ||
| October 26 | An American Doctor's Odyssey | Victor Heiser |
| November 2 | ||
| November 9 | ||
| November 16 | Live Alone and Like It | Marjorie Hillis |
| November 23 | An American Doctor's Odyssey | Victor Heiser |
| November 30 | ||
| December 7 | ||
| December 14 | ||
| December 21 | ||
| December 28 |