This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1945.
Fiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books. Eight books topped the list that year, the longest on top being The Green Years, which dominated the winter months (18 weeks including 1 week in 1944). Other particularly popular titles included A Lion is in the Streets (10 weeks on top) and The Black Rose (17 weeks including 4 in 1946).Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1945John Bear, The #1 New York Times Best Seller: intriguing facts about the 484 books that have been #1 New York Times bestsellers since the first list, 50 years ago, Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 1992. pp. 17-21
DateBookAuthor January 7 The Green Years A.J. Cronin January 14 January 21 January 28 February 4 February 11 February 18 February 25 March 4 March 11 March 18 March 25 April 1 April 8 April 15 April 22 Earth and High Heaven Gwethalyn Graham April 29 The Ballad and the Source Rosamond Lehmann May 6 May 13 May 20 The Green Years A.J. Cronin May 27 June 3 Forever Amber Kathleen Winsor June 10 Captain from Castile Samuel Shellabarger June 17 The Ballad and the Source Rosamond Lehmann June 24 Captain from Castile Samuel Shellabarger July 1 July 8 A Lion is in the Streets Adria Locke Langley July 15 July 22 Captain from Castile Samuel Shellabarger July 29 A Lion is in the Streets Adria Locke Langley August 5 August 12 August 19 August 26 September 2 September 9 September 16 September 23 So Well Remembered James Hilton September 30 October 7 The Black Rose Thomas B. Costain October 14 October 21 October 28 November 4 November 11 November 18 November 25 December 2 December 9 December 16 December 23 December 30
Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1945 DateBookAuthor January 7 Brave Men Ernie Pyle January 14 January 21 January 28 The Time for Decision Sumner Welles February 4 February 11 Brave Men Ernie Pyle February 18 February 25 March 4 March 11 Anything Can Happen George and Helen Papashvily March 18 March 25 April 1 The Thurber Carnival James Thurber April 8 Black Boy Richard Wright April 15 Anything Can Happen George and Helen Papashvily April 22 Black Boy Richard Wright April 29 May 6 May 13 Brave Men Ernie Pyle May 20 May 27 June 3 June 10 Black Boy Richard Wright June 17 Brave Men Ernie Pyle June 24 July 1 Black Boy Richard Wright July 8 Up Front Bill Mauldin July 15 July 22 July 29 August 5 August 12 August 19 August 26 September 2 September 9 September 16 September 23 September 30 October 7 October 14 October 21 October 28 November 4 November 11 November 18 November 25 December 2 December 9 December 16 December 23 December 30 The Egg and I Betty MacDonald
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1940s
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