This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1937. 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 Northwest Passage, by Kenneth Roberts, which held on top of the list for 14 weeks, and The Citadel by A. J. Cronin, which was on top of the list for 9 weeks.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1937 Retrieved March 14, 2018
DateBookAuthor January 4 Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell January 11 January 18 January 25 February 1 February 8 February 15 February 22 Drums Along the Mohawk Walter D. Edmonds March 1 March 8 Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell March 15 Drums Along the Mohawk Walter D. Edmonds March 22 Theatre Somerset Maugham March 29 April 5 Drums Along the Mohawk Walter D. Edmonds April 12 Theatre Somerset Maugham April 19 April 26 May 3 The Years Virginia Woolf May 10 May 17 The Outward RoomMillen Brand May 24 May 31 The Years Virginia Woolf June 7 The Outward Room Millen Brand June 14 June 21 June 28 July 5 July 12 The Years Virginia Woolf July 19 Northwest Passage Kenneth Roberts July 26 August 2 August 9 August 16 August 23 August 30 September 6 September 13 September 20 September 27 October 4 The Citadel A. J. Cronin October 11 Northwest Passage Kenneth Roberts October 18 October 25 November 1 The Citadel A. J. Cronin November 8 November 15 November 22 Northwest Passage Kenneth Roberts November 29 The Citadel A. J. Cronin December 6 December 13 December 20 December 27
Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1937 DateBookAuthor January 4 An American Doctor's Odyssey Victor Heiser January 11 January 18 January 25 How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie February 1 February 8 February 15 The Hundred Days Philip Guedalla February 22 How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie March 1 March 8 March 15 March 22 March 29 April 5 April 12 April 19 April 26 May 3 Present Indicative Noël Coward May 10 May 17 Coronation Commentary Geoffrey Dennis May 24 How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie May 31 June 7 June 14 June 21 June 28 July 5 Orchids on Your Budget Marjorie Hillis July 12 How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie July 19 Orchids on Your Budget Marjorie Hillis July 26 How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie August 2 Conversation at Midnight Edna St. Vincent Millay August 9 How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie August 16 Conversation at Midnight Edna St. Vincent Millay August 23 How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie August 30 September 6 Life with Mother Clarence Day September 13 How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie September 20 September 27 October 4 October 11 October 18 The Arts Hendrik Willem van Loon October 25 November 1 How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie November 8 The Arts Hendrik Willem van Loon November 15 How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie November 22 November 29 The Arts Hendrik Willem van Loon December 6 December 13 December 20 Madame Curie Ève Curie December 27 The Importance of Living Lin Yutang
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1930s
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