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.

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.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1934 Retrieved March 14, 2018

DateBookAuthor 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.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1934 DateBookAuthor January 1 Crowded Hours Alice Roosevelt Longworth January 8 January 15 Brazilian Adventure Peter Fleming January 22 Life Begins at Forty Walter B. Pitkin January 29 February 5 February 12 The Native's Return Louis Adamic February 19 February 26 March 5 March 12 The Robber Barons Matthew Josephson March 19 March 26 While Rome Burns Alexander Woollcott April 2 April 9 April 16 April 23 April 30 On Our Way Franklin D. Roosevelt May 7 While Rome Burns Alexander Woollcott May 14 Nijinsky Romola Nijinsky May 21 While Rome Burns Alexander Woollcott May 28 June 4 Nijinsky Romola Nijinsky June 11 June 18 June 25 While Rome Burns Alexander Woollcott July 2 July 9 July 16 Stars Fell on Alabama Carl Carmer July 23 Nijinsky Romola Nijinsky July 30 While Rome Burns Alexander Woollcott August 6 August 13 Stars Fell on Alabama Carl Carmer August 20 While Rome Burns Alexander Woollcott August 27 The Coming American Boom L. L. B. Angas September 3 English Journey J. B. Priestley September 10 While Rome Burns Alexander Woollcott September 17 September 24 October 1 October 8 October 15 The Challenge to Liberty Herbert Hoover October 22 Forty-Two Years in the White House Irwin H. Hoover October 29 November 5 November 12 While Rome Burns Alexander Woollcott November 19 November 26 December 3 Wine from These Grapes Edna St. Vincent Millay December 10 While Rome Burns Alexander Woollcott December 17 December 23 December 30

See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1930s

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