Publisher
Doubleday Doran
Titles on list
141
Total weeks
1,019
Best rank
#1
Weeks at #1
160
On the Bestseller Lists
141 titles
NORTHWEST PASSAGE
Kenneth Roberts#1 · 53 wks
MADAME CURIE
Eve Curie#1 · 40 wks
PERSONAL HISTORY
Vincent Sheean#1 · 36 wks
REBECCA
Daphne Du Maurier#1 · 32 wks
THE RAZOR'S EDGE
Somerset Maugham#1 · 31 wks
IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE
Sinclair Lewis#1 · 31 wks
PRESENT INDICATIVE
Noel Coward#1 · 30 wks
OLIVER WISWELL
Kenneth Roberts#1 · 23 wks
IMMORTAL WIFE
Irving Stone#3 · 22 wks
JOURNEY AMONG WARRIORS
Eve Curie#1 · 22 wks
FRANCIS THE FIRST
Francis Hackett#1 · 21 wks
A SMATTERING OF IGNORANCE
Oscar Levant#1 · 20 wks
THEATRE
Somerset Maugham#1 · 19 wks
SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM
T. E. Lawrence#1 · 19 wks
THE GAUNTLET
James H. Street#5 · 17 wks
COUNTRY SQUIRE IN THE WHITE HOUSE
John Flynn#1 · 17 wks
HUNGRY HILL
Daphne du Maurier#2 · 15 wks
A PECULIAR TREASURE
Edna Ferber#1 · 15 wks
A STAR DANCED
Gertrude Lawrence#2 · 14 wks
SARATOGA TRUNK
Edna Ferber#1 · 14 wks
THE DU MAURIERS
Daphne du Maurier#4 · 14 wks
COME AND GET IT
Edna Ferber#1 · 14 wks
LOW MAN ON A TOTEM POLE
H. Allen Smith#4 · 13 wks
THE NINE OLD MEN
Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen#2 · 13 wks
WORK OF ART
Sinclair Lewis#1 · 13 wks
IN BED WE CRY
Ilka Chase#3 · 12 wks
PAST IMPERFECT
Ilka Chase#1 · 12 wks
MRS. SKEFFINGTON
Elizabeth von Arnim#2 · 12 wks
NOT PEACE BUT A SWORD
Vincent Sheean#1 · 12 wks
ANN VICKERS
Sinclair Lewis#1 · 12 wks
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
W. Somerset Maugham#2 · 11 wks
SANFELICE
Vincent Sheean#1 · 11 wks
FRENCHMAN'S CREEK
Daphne du Maurier#1 · 10 wks
THE HUNDRED YEARS
Philip Guedalla#1 · 10 wks
JAMAICA INN
Daphne Du Maurier#3 · 10 wks
MARY'S NECK
Booth Tarkington#1 · 9 wks
GREAT SON
Edna Ferber#2 · 8 wks
THE UNINVITED
Dorothy Macardle#4 · 8 wks
THE PROBLEMS OF LASTING PEACE
Herbert Hoover and Hugh Gibson#3 · 8 wks
FROM THE LAND OF THE SILENT PEOPLE
Robert St. John#2 · 8 wks
THE PRODIGAL PARENTS
Sinclair Lewis#1 · 8 wks
CITIES OF REFUGE
Phillip Gibbs#4 · 8 wks
A PRAYER FOR MY SON
Hugh Walpole#3 · 8 wks
DON FERNANDO
Somerset Maugham#1 · 8 wks
THE NARROW CORNER
W. Someset Maugham#2 · 8 wks
THE SOONG SISTERS
Emily Hahn#4 · 7 wks
THE MIXTURE AS BEFORE
W. Somerset Maugham#3 · 7 wks
THE AMERICAN FLAGGS
Kathleen Norris#4 · 7 wks
THE SHELTERED LIFE
Ellen Glasgow#1 · 7 wks
TRENDING INTO MAINE
Kenneth Roberts#3 · 6 wks
THE SUMMING UP
W. Somerset Maugham#3 · 6 wks
SOMETHING OF MYSELF FOR MY FRIENDS, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN
Rudyard Kipling#4 · 6 wks
CAPTAIN CAUTION
Kenneth Roberts#5 · 6 wks
UP AT THE VILLA
W. Somerset Maugham#5 · 5 wks
COME WIND, COME WEATHER
Daphne du Maurier#5 · 5 wks
BETHEL MERRIDAY
Sinclair Lewis#3 · 5 wks
ORDEAL IN ENGLAND
Philip Gibbs#3 · 5 wks
THE AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC GAME
Drew Pearson and Constantine Brown#2 · 5 wks
UNFINISHED CATHEDRAL
T. S. Stribling#2 · 5 wks
THE BISHOP'S JAEGERS
Thorne Smith#2 · 5 wks
BURNING GOLD
Robert Hardy Andrews#10 · 4 wks
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
Rackham Holt#5 · 4 wks
THE HOUR BEFORE THE DAWN
W. Somerset Maugham#3 · 4 wks
COUNTRY EDITOR
Henry Beetle Hough#3 · 4 wks
A DAY OF BATTLE
Vincent Sheean#4 · 4 wks
THE CRIME WAVE AT BLANDINGS
P. G. Wodehouse#4 · 4 wks
LAUGHING GAS
P. G. Wodehouse#3 · 4 wks
HELL BENT FOR ELECTION
James P. Warburg#3 · 4 wks
THE LORENZO BUNCH
Booth Tarkington#6 · 4 wks
GERALD
Daphne du Maurier#5 · 4 wks
THE JASMINE FARM
"Elizabeth"#5 · 4 wks
CAPTAIN NICHOLAS
Hugh Walpole#2 · 4 wks
HOLY DEADLOCK
A. P. Herbert#4 · 4 wks
ALL MEN ARE ENEMIES
Richard Aldington#2 · 4 wks
RAIN IN THE DOORWAY
Thorne Smith#1 · 4 wks
THE STORE
T. S. Stribling#1 · 4 wks
THE HARBOURMASTER
William McFee#1 · 4 wks
THAT GIRL FROM MEMPHIS
Wilbur Daniel Steele#5 · 3 wks
I AM GAZING INTO MY 8-BALL
Earl Wilson#3 · 3 wks
YOU'RE ONLY HUMAN ONCE
Grace Moore#4 · 3 wks
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Stephen J. Bonsal#3 · 3 wks
THE WALSH GIRLS
Elizabeth Janeway#5 · 3 wks
SEVEN CAME THROUGH
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker#2 · 3 wks
I SAW THE FALL OF THE PHILIPPINES
Carlos P. Romulo#4 · 3 wks
BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW
Charles G. Norris#5 · 3 wks
YOUNG MEN IN SPATS
P. G. Wodehouse#8 · 3 wks
THE SOUND WAGON
T. S. Stribling#3 · 3 wks
THE INQUISITOR
Hugh Walpole#5 · 3 wks
THE BEACHCOMBER
William McFee#3 · 3 wks
JAMES SHORE'S DAUGHTER
Stephen Vincent Benet#6 · 3 wks
CHARLES DICKENS
Stephen Leacock#6 · 3 wks
CHRISTINA OF SWEDEN
Margaret Goldsmith#5 · 3 wks
VANESSA
Hugh Walpole#2 · 3 wks
BROOME STAGES
Clemance Dane#2 · 3 wks
A BASIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Charles and Mary Beard#5 · 2 wks
STRICTLY PERSONAL
W. Somerset Maugham#4 · 2 wks
THE VENABLES
Kathleen Norris#5 · 2 wks
THE BLIND MAN'S HOUSE
Hugh Walpole#5 · 2 wks
TO SING WITH THE ANGELS
Maurice Hindus#6 · 2 wks
QUEEN ANNE BOLEYN
Francis Hackett#3 · 2 wks
SHANGHAI '37
Vicki Baum#5 · 2 wks
JOHN CORNELIIUS
Hugh Walpole#5 · 2 wks
THE FARM AT PARANAO
Laurence Kirk#8 · 2 wks
THE GLORIOUS POOL
Thorne Smith#5 · 2 wks
HARRIET
Elizabeth Jenkins#8 · 2 wks
SKIN AND BONES
Thorne Smith#6 · 2 wks
ZEST
Charles G. Norris#3 · 2 wks
BRAVE NEW WORLD
Aldous Huxley#3 · 2 wks
AMERICAN BEAUTY
Edna Ferber#2 · 2 wks
THE BECKONING DOOR
Mabel Seeley#16 · 1 wk
CHINA TO ME
Emily Hahn#5 · 1 wk
THE GRAVEDIGGERS OF FRANCE
Pertinax#5 · 1 wk
AMERICA UNLIMITED
Eric Johnson#2 · 1 wk
THE DRUMS OF MORNING
Philip Van Doren Stern#5 · 1 wk
MARION ALIVE
Vicki Baum#6 · 1 wk
SEA TOWER
Hugh Walpole#5 · 1 wk
HISTORY OF WHITE BEN
Clemence Dane#6 · 1 wk
WE SHALL LIVE AGAIN
Maurice Hindus#6 · 1 wk
THE JOYFUL DELANEYS
Hugh Walpole#6 · 1 wk
ACROSS THE FRONTIERS
Philip Gibbs#7 · 1 wk
TALE OF BALI
Vicki Baum#5 · 1 wk
YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING
Kathleen Norris#5 · 1 wk
COSMOPOLITANS
Somerset Maugham#7 · 1 wk
LAFAYETTE
Andreas Latzko#5 · 1 wk
SHINING WINDOWS
Kathleen Norris#4 · 1 wk
BLOOD RELATIONS
Phillip Gibbs#9 · 1 wk
LITTLE ORVIE
Booth Tarkington#7 · 1 wk
EAST AND WEST
Somerset Maugham#5 · 1 wk
AMERICAN SONG
Paul Engle#5 · 1 wk
THREE MEN AND DIANA
Kathleen Norris#8 · 1 wk
MEMORIES OF MY CHILDHOOD
Selma Lagerlof#7 · 1 wk
THE PARADINE CASE
Robert Hichens#3 · 1 wk
THEY BROUGHT THEIR WOMEN
Edna Ferber#2 · 1 wk
WALLS OF GOLD
Kathleen Norris#2 · 1 wk
ORIENT EXPRESS
Graham Greene#2 · 1 wk
DESIGN FOR LIVING
Noel Coward#3 · 1 wk
THE FORTRESS
Hugh Walpole#3 · 1 wk
YOUNGER SISTER
Kathleen Norris#3 · 1 wk
SECOND-HAND WIFE
Kathleen Norris#3 · 1 wk
AND LIFE GOES ON
Vicki Baum#3 · 1 wk
BROOME STAGES
Clemence Dane#3 · 1 wk
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