We started at 1918, bringing you the bestselling books of the last one hundred years. We’re moving along now, covering each year at a time and we’re well into the 1930s now. Today we’re documenting the ten bestselling books of 1937, and what you were reading instead.
1937 was the year the Hindenburg crashed down over New Jersey, the year Amelia Earhart vanished on her attempt to be the first woman to fly around the world, and the year that the Marihuana Tax Act started the move towards the criminalisation of the drug in the US.
So here they are, the ten top selling books of 1937 as the world, unbeknown sat on the brink of World War II. We’re also featuring some well known books that didn’t make the cut!
1937 also saw the release of J. R. R. Tolkien’s, The Hobbit, but the top book for 1937, Gone with the Wind has more than stood the test of time and was spending its second year in the top spot.
We’ll continue this series right through to 2018, keep an eye out for 1938, coming soon!
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