This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1936. 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 Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell, which held on top of the list for 25 weeks, and The Last Puritan by George Santayana, which was on top of the list for 11 weeks.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1936 Retrieved March 14, 2018

DateBookAuthor January 6 It Can't Happen Here Sinclair Lewis January 13 January 20 If I Have Four Apples Josephine Lawrence January 27 February 3 February 10 The Last Puritan George Santayana February 17 February 24 March 2 March 9 March 16 March 23 March 30 April 6 April 13 April 20 April 27 Sparkenbroke Charles Langbridge Morgan May 4 May 11 May 18 May 25 June 1 The Weather in the Streets Rosamond Lehmann June 8 The Doctor Mary Roberts Rinehart June 15 June 22 June 29 July 6 Sanfelice Vincent Sheean July 13 Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell July 20 July 27 August 3 August 10 August 17 August 24 August 31 September 7 September 14 September 21 September 28 October 5 October 12 October 19 October 26 November 2 November 9 November 16 November 23 November 30 December 7 December 14 December 21 December 28

Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1936 DateBookAuthor January 6 North to the Orient Anne Morrow Lindbergh January 13 January 20 January 27 February 3 February 10 February 17 February 24 March 2 March 9 The Way of a Transgressor Negley Farson March 16 March 23 March 30 April 6 April 13 April 20 April 27 May 4 Wake Up and Live! Dorothea Brande May 11 May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 July 27 August 3 August 10 August 17 August 24 Around the World in Eleven Years Patience, Richard and John Abbe August 31 September 7 Live Alone and Like It Marjorie Hillis September 14 September 21 September 28 October 5 October 12 October 19 October 26 An American Doctor's Odyssey Victor Heiser November 2 November 9 November 16 Live Alone and Like It Marjorie Hillis November 23 An American Doctor's Odyssey Victor Heiser November 30 December 7 December 14 December 21 December 28

See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1930s

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