This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1932. 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 Fountain, by Charles Langbridge Morgan, which held on top of the list for 10 weeks, and Mary's Neck by Booth Tarkington, which was on top of the list for 7 weeks.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1932 Retrieved March 14, 2018
DateBookAuthor January 4 Maid in Waiting John Galsworthy January 11 The Harbourmaster William McFee January 18 January 25 Mr. and Mrs. Pennington Francis Brett Young February 1 February 8 The End of Desire Robert Herrick February 15 Mary's Neck Booth Tarkington February 22 February 29 March 7 March 14 March 21 March 28 April 4 Magnolia Street Louis Golding April 11 April 18 April 25 May 2 Bright Skin Julia Peterkin May 9 A Modern Hero Louis Bromfield May 16 The Good Earth Pearl S. Buck May 23 May 30 June 6 District Nurse Faith Baldwin June 13 The Fountain Charles Langbridge Morgan June 20 June 27 July 4 July 11 July 18 July 25 August 1 August 8 August 15 Faraway J. B. Priestley August 22 Lark Ascending Mazo De La Roche August 29 The Fountain Charles Langbridge Morgan September 5 A New York Tempest Manuel Komroff September 12 The Sheltered Life Ellen Glasgow September 19 September 26 October 3 Sons Pearl S. Buck October 10 October 17 October 24 October 31 November 7 November 14 Invitation to the Waltz Rosamond Lehmann November 21 Flowering Wilderness John Galsworthy November 28 December 5 December 12 December 19 December 26
Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1932
DateBookAuthor January 4 The Epic of America James Truslow Adams January 11 January 18 January 25 February 1 Only Yesterday Frederick Lewis Allen February 8 February 15 A Fortune to Share Vash Young February 22 Only Yesterday Frederick Lewis Allen February 29 The Story of My Life Clarence Darrow March 7 March 14 Once A Grand Duke Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia March 21 Only Yesterday Frederick Lewis Allen March 28 April 4 The Epic of America James Truslow Adams April 11 Only Yesterday Frederick Lewis Allen April 18 Recovery Arthur Salter, 1st Baron Salter April 25 Only Yesterday Frederick Lewis Allen May 2 Recovery Arthur Salter, 1st Baron Salter May 9 May 16 Only Yesterday Frederick Lewis Allen May 23 May 30 20,000 Years in Sing Sing Lewis E. Lawes June 6 June 13 June 20 June 27 July 4 Only Yesterday Frederick Lewis Allen July 11 A New Way to Better Golf Alex J. Morrison July 18 20,000 Years in Sing Sing Lewis E. Lawes July 25 August 1 August 8 What We Live By Ernest Dimnet August 15 August 22 20,000 Years in Sing Sing Lewis E. Lawes August 29 What We Live By Ernest Dimnet September 5 A Princess in Exile Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia September 12 More Merry-Go-Round Anonymous (Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen) September 19 September 26 October 3 October 10 Death in the Afternoon Ernest Hemingway October 17 October 24 October 31 Van Loon's Geography Hendrik Willem van Loon November 7 The March of Democracy James Truslow Adams November 14 November 21 November 28 Van Loon's Geography Hendrik Willem van Loon December 5 December 12 December 19 December 26
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1930s
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