The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1945

This is a list of adult fiction books that topped The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list in 1945. Seven books topped the list that year, the longest on top being The Green Years, which dominated the winter months. Other particularly popular titles included A Lion in the Streets (12 weeks on top), Captain from Castile (7 weeks) and The Black Rose (18 weeks including 4 in 1946).[1]

The Green Years was one of several novels to top the NYT list in the 1940s by the popular Scots novelist A. J. Cronin
Date Book Author
January 1 The Green Years A.J. Cronin
January 8
January 15
January 22
January 29
February 5
February 12
February 19
February 26
March 4
March 11
March 18
March 25
April 1
April 8
April 15
April 22 Earth and High Heaven Gwethalyn Graham
April 29
May 6 The Green Years A.J. Cronin
May 13 Captain from Castile Samuel Shellabarger
May 20
May 27
June 3
June 10
June 17
June 24
July 1 A Lion is in the Streets Adria Locke Langley
July 8
July 15
July 22
July 29
August 5
August 12
August 19
August 26
September 2
September 9
September 16
September 23 So Well Remembered James Hilton
September 30 The Black Rose Thomas B. Costain
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

See also

References

  1. ↑ John 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
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