TheBestseller
Observatory

Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of October 18, 1953

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DESIREE
Annemarie Selinko

DESIREE

by Annemarie Selinko · William Morrow and Company

38 wks on list

Eugénie Désirée Clary records two love affairs in her diary, one with Napoleon, who jilted her for Josephine, and a second with General Bernadotte, who married her.

11
NEW
THE LADY OF ARLINGTON
Harnett T. Kane

THE LADY OF ARLINGTON

by Harnett T. Kane · Doubleday

1 wks on list

A biography of the wife of General Robert E. Lee who lived near Washington, D.C., and was considered one of the best hostesses of her day.

12
NEW
THE FEMALE
Paul Wellman
Cover of THE FEMALE

THE FEMALE

by Paul Wellman · Doubleday

1 wks on list

Novel of 6th-century Constantinople, with the Empress Theodora as the scheming heroine.

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.