Blogs about: 1939 Bestselling Novels
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My top pics from books reviewed this year
I’ve come to the end of the novels I’ve reviewed here this year from the bestsellers of 1959, 1949, 1939, 1929, 1919, and 1909. It’s time to reflect on what’s the best reading… more →
Great Penformances
My top pics from books reviewed this year
Linda Aragoni wrote 2 weeks ago: I’ve come to the end of the novels I’ve reviewed here this year from the bestsellers of … more →
Doctors Lock Horns in Service of Science
Linda Aragoni wrote 4 months ago: “Tubby” Forrester is a brilliant anatomist and neurosurgeon with a tongue as sharp as his scapel. … more →
Kitty Foyle is smart, sassy realist
Linda Aragoni wrote 4 months ago: Despite the cheap, yellowing WWII paper on which it was printed, Christopher Morley’s 1939 nostalgic … more →
The Nazarene Is Bizarre
Linda Aragoni wrote 5 months ago: As you can tell from the title, Sholem Asch’s The Nazarene is a retelling of the story of Jesus of N … more →
Second year for Yearling
Linda Aragoni wrote 5 months ago: In seventh place on the 1939 bestseller list was The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, which ha … more →
Escape Is Impossible to Put Down
Linda Aragoni wrote 5 months ago: In the opening scene of Escape, a doctor tells actress Emmy Ritter she’ll be able to walk in a week. … more →
Wickford Point Punctures Literary Windbags
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Linda Aragoni wrote 6 months ago: Jim Calder is a writer. He knows his craft and knows he’s only a craftsman. Art is not for him, nor … more →
Vintage novel lays sentiment on thick
Linda Aragoni wrote 6 months ago: The Grapes of Wrath is a novel told from a soapbox. Unable to keep up payments on their miserable Ok … more →
Two '38 top books held over on 1939 list
Linda Aragoni wrote 6 months ago: On the 1939 bestseller list are two titles that were in the top 10 the previous year as well. Rebecc … more →
