List of The New York Times number-one books of 1934

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This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1934. 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 So Red the Rose, by Stark Young, which held on top of the list for 17 weeks, and Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller, which was on top of the list for 8 weeks.[2]

Date Book Author
January 1 Anthony Adverse Hervey Allen
January 8
January 15 The Thin Man Dashiell Hammett
January 22
January 29
February 5 Work of Art Sinclair Lewis
February 12
February 19
February 26
March 5
March 12
March 19
March 26 Anthony Adverse Hervey Allen
April 2 The Oppermanns Lion Feuchtwanger
April 9
April 16 Anthony Adverse Hervey Allen
April 23
April 30 Seven Gothic Tales
Isak Dinesen
May 7
Tender is the Night
 F. Scott Fitzgerald
May 14 Anthony Adverse Hervey Allen
May 21 Lamb in His Bosom Caroline Miller
May 28 Five Silver Daughters Louis Golding
June 4 Lamb in His Bosom Caroline Miller
June 11
June 18
June 25
July 2
July 9
July 16
July 23 I, Claudius Robert Graves
July 30 Anthony Adverse Hervey Allen
August 6 So Red the Rose Stark Young
August 13
August 20
August 27
September 3
September 10
September 17
September 24
October 1
October 8
October 15
October 22
October 29
November 5
November 12
November 19
November 26
December 3 Lost Horizon James Hilton
December 10 The Forty Days of Musa Dagh Franz Werfel
December 17
December 23
December 30

Nonfiction

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

See also

References

  1. ISBN 0271020504
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  2. ^ Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1934 Retrieved March 14, 2018
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