The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1954

This is a list of adult fiction books that topped The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list in 1954.[1]

Mary Anne was Daphne du Maurier's novelization of the life of Mary Anne Clarke, an English courtesan. it spent 11 weeks at the top of the list. The most successful novel of the year however, as measured by weeks at top, was the now-obscure novel by Morton Thompson called Not as a Stranger (25 weeks).[2]
Date Book Author
January 3 Lord Vanity Samuel Shellabarger
January 10
January 17
January 24
January 31
February 7
February 14 Not as a Stranger Morton Thompson
February 21
February 28
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
April 4
April 11
April 18
April 25
May 2
May 9
May 16
May 23
May 30
June 6
June 13
June 20
June 27
July 4
July 11
July 18
July 25
August 1 Mary Anne Daphne du Maurier
August 8
August 15
August 22
August 29
September 5
September 12
September 19
September 26
October 3
October 10
October 17 Love is Eternal Irving Stone
October 24
October 31
November 7
November 14
November 21
November 28
December 5
December 12
December 19
December 26

See also

References

  1. ↑ Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1954.
  2. ↑ 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, p. 57
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