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1947 Books & Bestsellers |
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1947 Fiction Top Ten Books |
| (according to Publisher’s Weekly) 1. The Miracle of the Bells by Russell Janney 2. The Moneyman by Thomas B. Costain 3. Gentleman’s Agreement by Laura Z. Hobson 4. Lydia Bailey by Kenneth Roberts 5. The Vixens by Frank Yerby 6. The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck 7. House Divided by Ben Ames Williams 8. Kingsblood Royal by Sinclair Lewis 9. East Side, West Side by Marcia Davenport 10. Prince of Foxes by Samuel Shellabarger |
1947 Non-Fiction Books |
| 1. Peace of Mind by Joshua L. Liebman 2. Information Please Almanac, 1947, edited by John Kieran 3. Inside U.S.A. by John Gunther 4. A Study of History by Arnold J. Toynbee 5. Speaking Frankly by James F. Byrnes 6. Human Destiny by Pierre Lecomte du Nouy 7. The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald 8. The American Past by Roger Butterfield 9. The Fireside Book of Folk Songs, edited by Margaret B. Boni 10. Together by Katharine T. Marshall |
1947 Notable Literature |
| Dialectic of Enlightenment (written 1944) by Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer Middle of the Journey by Lionel Trilling Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Foundations of Economic Analysis by Paul Samuelson Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank |
1947 Book of the Month Club Selections |
| The Angelic Avengers by Pierre Andézel Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House by Eric Hodgins The Lincoln Reader, edited by Paul M. Angle The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck, Three Came Home by Agnes Newton Keith Aurora Dawn by Herman Wouk Why They Behave Like Russians by John Fischer Inside U.S.A. by John Gunther The Story of Mrs. Murphy by Natalie Anderson Scott The Moneyman by Thomas B. Costain The Last Days of Hitler by H.R. Trevor-Roper Vespers in Vienna by Bruce Marshall Gus the Great by Thomas W. Duncan When the Mountain Fell by Charles F. Ramuz Zotz! by Walter Karig Back Home by Bill Mauldin Miracle on 34th Street by Valentine Davies Red Plush by Guy McCrone |
| 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature Most Popular Books of 1947, according to GoodReads |