List of The New York Times number-one books of 1946
These are the books that reached No. 1 on The New York Times best-seller list in 1946. The list covers both fiction and nonfiction best sellers. The top fiction title was The Hucksters, which led for much of the second half of the year—19 weeks at No. 1 and 35 weeks in the top 15 overall. It faced competition from two classics, George Orwell's Animal Farm and Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men, but neither ever reached No. 1. The page also lists the No. 1 best-selling nonfiction books of 1946.
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