This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1941. When the list began in 1931 through 1941 it only reflected sales in the New York City area.

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

The two most popular books that year were The Keys of the Kingdom, by A. J. Cronin, which held on top of the list for 17 weeks, and This Above All by Eric Knight, which was on top of the list for 14 weeks.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1941 Retrieved March 14, 2018

DateBookAuthor January 6 Oliver Wiswell Kenneth Roberts January 13 January 20 For Whom the Bell Tolls Ernest Hemingway January 27 Oliver Wiswell Kenneth Roberts February 3 For Whom the Bell Tolls Ernest Hemingway February 10 Oliver Wiswell Kenneth Roberts February 17 Random Harvest James Hilton February 24 March 3 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 April 7 April 14 April 21 April 28 This Above All Eric Knight May 5 May 12 May 19 May 26 June 2 June 9 June 16 June 23 June 30 July 7 July 14 July 21 July 28 August 4 The Keys of the Kingdom A. J. Cronin August 11 August 18 August 25 September 1 September 8 September 15 September 22 September 29 October 6 October 13 October 20 October 27 November 3 November 10 November 17 Saratoga Trunk Edna Ferber November 24 December 1 The Keys of the Kingdom A. J. Cronin December 8 December 15 Windswept Mary Ellen Chase December 22 December 29 Saratoga Trunk Edna Ferber

Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1941 DateBookAuthor January 6 The White Cliffs Alice Duer Miller January 13 January 20 January 27 February 3 Out of the Night Jan Valtin February 10 February 17 February 24 March 3 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 April 7 April 14 April 21 The White Cliffs Alice Duer Miller April 28 Blood, Sweat and Tears Winston Churchill May 5 May 12 May 19 May 26 June 2 The Time is Now! Pierre van Paassen June 9 June 16 Blood, Sweat and Tears Winston Churchill June 23 June 30 Berlin Diary William L. Shirer July 7 July 14 July 21 July 28 August 4 August 11 August 18 August 25 September 1 September 8 September 15 September 22 September 29 October 6 October 13 October 20 October 27 November 3 November 10 November 17 November 24 December 1 December 8 December 15 December 22 December 29

See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1940s

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