This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1935. 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 Europa, by Robert Briffault, which held on top of the list for 9 weeks, and Of Time and the River by Thomas Wolfe, which was on top of the list for 7 weeks.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1935 Retrieved March 14, 2018
DateBookAuthor January 7 The Forty Days of Musa Dagh Franz Werfel January 14 January 21 Heaven's My Destination Thornton Wilder January 28 February 4 February 11 February 18 The Forty Days of Musa Dagh Franz Werfel February 25 Heaven's My Destination Thornton Wilder March 4 Come and Get It Edna Ferber March 11 March 18 Of Time and the River Thomas Wolfe March 25 April 1 Come and Get It Edna Ferber April 8 Of Time and the River Thomas Wolfe April 15 April 22 April 29 Green Light Lloyd C. Douglas May 6 Of Time and the River Thomas Wolfe May 13 May 20 Now in November Josephine Johnson May 27 June 3 June 10 Young Renny Mazo De La Roche June 17 Paths of Glory Humphrey Cobb June 24 July 1 July 8 July 15 July 22 July 29 Green Light Lloyd C. Douglas August 5 August 12 Lucy Gayheart Willa Cather August 19 August 26 September 2 September 9 Vein of Iron Ellen Glasgow September 16 September 23 Europa Robert Briffault September 30 October 7 October 14 October 21 October 28 November 4 It Can't Happen Here Sinclair Lewis November 11 Europa Robert Briffault November 18 November 25 December 2 It Can't Happen Here Sinclair Lewis December 9 December 16 December 23 December 30
Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1935 DateBookAuthor January 7 Experiment in Autobiography H. G. Wells January 14 While Rome Burns Alexander Woollcott January 21 January 28 Skin Deep Mary Catherine Phillips February 4 February 11 While Rome Burns Alexander Woollcott February 18 February 25 March 4 Inflation Ahead! Willard Kiplinger and Frederick Shelton March 11 Francis the First Francis Hackett March 18 March 25 April 1 April 8 April 15 April 22 Personal History Vincent Sheean April 29 Culbertson's New Summary of Contract Bridge Ely Culbertson May 6 May 13 Road to War Walter Millis May 20 Handout George Michael May 27 Road to War Walter Millis June 3 June 10 Personal History Vincent Sheean June 17 June 24 Catherine Gina Kaus July 1 Personal History Vincent Sheean July 8 July 15 July 22 Catherine Gina Kaus July 29 Personal History Vincent Sheean August 5 Catherine Gina Kaus August 12 Don Fernando Somerset Maugham August 19 Life with Father Clarence Day August 26 North to the Orient Anne Morrow Lindbergh September 2 September 9 September 16 September 23 September 30 October 7 October 14 Seven Pillars of Wisdom T. E. Lawrence October 21 North to the Orient Anne Morrow Lindbergh October 28 Seven Pillars of Wisdom T. E. Lawrence November 4 North to the Orient Anne Morrow Lindbergh November 11 November 18 November 25 December 2 December 9 December 16 December 23 The Woollcott Reader Alexander Woollcott, editor December 30
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1930s
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