This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1933. 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 Anthony Adverse, by Hervey Allen, which held on top of the list for 26 weeks, and Ann Vickers by Sinclair Lewis, which was on top of the list for 11 weeks.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1933 Retrieved March 14, 2018

DateBookAuthor January 2 Flowering Wilderness John Galsworthy January 9 January 16 The Last Adam James Gould Cozzens January 23 January 30 Ann Vickers Sinclair Lewis February 6 February 13 February 20 February 27 March 6 March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 April 10 April 17 The Werewolf of Paris Guy Endore April 24 Rain in the Doorway Thorne Smith May 1 The Werewolf of Paris Guy Endore May 8 As the Earth Turns Gladys Hasty Carroll May 15 May 22 The Store T. S. Stribling May 29 As the Earth Turns Gladys Hasty Carroll June 5 June 12 Little Man, What Now? Hans Fallada June 19 June 26 July 3 Anthony Adverse Hervey Allen July 10 July 16 July 24 July 31 August 7 August 14 August 21 August 28 September 4 September 11 September 18 September 25 October 2 October 9 October 16 October 23 October 30 November 6 November 13 November 20 November 27 December 4 December 11 December 18 December 25

Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1933 DateBookAuthor January 2 Van Loon's Geography Hendrik Willem van Loon January 9 January 16 The ABC of Technocracy Frank Awkwright January 23 January 30 February 6 Contract Bridge Blue Book, 1933 Ely Culbertson February 13 February 20 British Agent R. H. Bruce Lockhart February 27 March 6 March 13 Contract Bridge Blue Book, 1933 Ely Culbertson March 20 Culbertson's 1933 Summary March 27 Looking Forward Franklin D. Roosevelt April 3 April 10 British Agent R. H. Bruce Lockhart April 17 April 24 Marie Antoinette Stefan Zweig May 1 May 8 May 15 British Agent R. H. Bruce Lockhart May 22 Marie Antoinette Stefan Zweig May 29 The House of Exile Nora Waln June 5 Marie Antoinette Stefan Zweig June 12 Always a Grand Duke Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia June 19 Marie Antoinette Stefan Zweig June 26 The House of Exile Nora Waln July 3 Marie Antoinette Stefan Zweig July 10 Julia Newberry's Diary Julia Rosa Newberry July 16 The Arches of the Years Halliday Sutherland July 24 The House of Exile Nora Waln July 31 Marie Antoinette Stefan Zweig August 7 August 14 August 21 August 28 The First World War Laurence Stallings, editor September 4 Marie Antoinette Stefan Zweig September 11 September 18 The Crime of Cuba Carleton Beals September 25 Marie Antoinette Stefan Zweig October 2 October 9 Life Begins at Forty Walter B. Pitkin October 16 More Power to You! October 23 October 30 November 6 November 13 Crowded Hours Alice Roosevelt Longworth November 20 November 27 December 4 December 11 December 18 The Man of the Renaissance Ralph Roeder December 25 Crowded Hours Alice Roosevelt Longworth

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

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