The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1931

This is a list of adult fiction books that topped The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list in 1931.[1]

This was the first year that the list was published, though it was not yet a national list. Throughout the 1930s the list reflected sales in the New York City area.[2]

Date	Book	Author
October 12	The Ten Commandments	Warwick Deeping
October 19	No List Published
October 26
November 2
November 9
November 16	Maid in Waiting	John Galsworthy
November 23	No List Published
November 30	Maid in Waiting	John Galsworthy
December 7
December 14
December 21
December 28

See also

• 1931 in literature
• Lists of The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers
• Lists of The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers
• Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1930s

References

1. Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 1931
2. Miller, Laura J. (2000). "The Best-Seller List as Marketing Tool and Historical Fiction". In Ezra Greenspan (ed.). Book History. Volume Three. Penn State University Press. pp. 286–304.