This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1943.
The date of publication for the weekly lists changed from Monday to Sunday on November 28, 1943.Adult New York Times Adult Hardcover Best Seller Listings
Fiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1943 DateBookAuthor January 4 The Robe Lloyd Douglas January 11 January 18 January 25 February 1 The Valley of Decision Marcia Davenport February 8 The Robe Lloyd Douglas February 15 The Valley of Decision Marcia Davenport February 22 March 1 March 8 The Robe Lloyd Douglas March 15 March 22 March 29 April 5 April 12 April 19 April 26 May 3 May 10 May 17 May 24 May 31 June 7 June 14 June 21 June 28 July 5 July 12 July 19 July 26 August 2 August 9 August 16 August 23 August 30 September 6 So Little Time John P. Marquand September 13 September 20 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith September 27 October 4 So Little Time John P. Marquand October 11 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith October 18 So Little Time John P. Marquand October 25 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith November 1 November 8 November 15 November 22 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 1943 DateBookAuthor January 4 See Here, Private Hargrove Marion Hargrove January 11 Our Hearts Were Young and Gay Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kimbrough January 18 January 25 February 1 February 8 February 15 February 22 Guadalcanal Diary Richard Tregaskis March 1 March 8 March 15 March 22 March 29 April 5 April 12 Between the Thunder and the Sun Vincent Sheean April 19 One World Wendell Willkie April 26 May 3 May 10 May 17 May 24 May 31 June 7 June 14 June 21 June 28 July 5 July 12 U.S. Foreign Policy Walter Lippmann July 19 July 26 Journey Among Warriors Ève Curie August 2 August 9 Under Cover John Roy Carlson August 16 August 23 August 30 September 6 September 13 September 20 September 27 October 4 October 11 October 18 October 25 November 1 November 8 November 15 November 22 November 28 December 5 December 12 December 19 December 26
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1940s
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