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 already up to the 1940s where today we take a look at the bestselling books of 1942.
In 1942 the war continued to rage on, Nazis decided on the ‘final solution’ and the worst of the Holocaust atrocities began with more than a million people exterminated in 1942 alone, while the rest of the year was dominated with battles, the US organising its military, and Japanese involvement in the war.
So here they are, the ten top selling books of 1942 as war gripped the world. We’ve also included some well known books that didn’t make the list.
1941 also saw the release of William Faulkner’s, Go Down, Moses.
We’ll continue this series right through to 2018, keep an eye out for 1943, coming soon!
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