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The Most Popular Books Published in 1947

These are the most frequently added books to Goodreads members' shelves that were published in 1947. Books are ordered from most shelved to least shelved.
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The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
1
Anne Frank
Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown)
Goodnight Moon
2
Margaret Wise Brown
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
3
Tennessee Williams
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
4
Albert Camus
Concerning the Spiritual in Art (Wassily Kandinsky)
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
5
Wassily Kandinsky
Survival in Auschwitz (Primo Levi)
Survival in Auschwitz
6
Primo Levi
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle (Betty MacDonald)
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
7
Betty MacDonald
No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
No Exit
8
Jean-Paul Sartre
Misty of Chincoteague (Marguerite Henry)
Misty of Chincoteague
9
Marguerite Henry
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
10
Malcolm Lowry
Stone Soup (Marcia Brown)
Stone Soup
11
Marcia Brown
Miracles (C. S. Lewis)
Miracles
12
C. S. Lewis
All My Sons (Arthur Miller)
All My Sons
13
Arthur Miller
The Twenty One Balloons (William Du Bois)
The Twenty One Balloons
14
William Du Bois
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
15
Thomas Mann
The Setting Sun (Osamu Dazai)
The Setting Sun
16
Osamu Dazai
The Labours of Hercules (Agatha Christie)
The Labours of Hercules
17
Agatha Christie
The Ethics of Ambiguity (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Ethics of Ambiguity
18
Simone De Beauvoir
Mrs. Mike (Benedict Freedman)
Mrs. Mike
19
Benedict Freedman
Every Man Dies Alone (Hans Fallada)
Every Man Dies Alone
20
Hans Fallada
Tales of the South Pacific (James A. Michener)
Tales of the South Pacific
21
James A. Michener
The Saggy Baggy Elephant (Kathryn Jackson)
The Saggy Baggy Elephant
22
Kathryn Jackson
Prison Notebooks (Antonio Gramsci)
Prison Notebooks
23
Antonio Gramsci
The Wayward Bus (John Steinbeck)
The Wayward Bus
24
John Steinbeck
Five Chimneys (Olga Lengyel)
Five Chimneys
25
Olga Lengyel
Curious George Takes a Job (H.A.Rey)
Curious George Takes a Job
26
H.A.Rey
Exercises in Style (Raymond Queneau)
Exercises in Style
27
Raymond Queneau
It Looked Like Spilt Milk (Charles G. Shaw)
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
28
Charles G. Shaw
Psychology of Intelligence Analysis (Richards J. Heuer, Jr.)
Psychology of Intelligence Analysis
29
Richards J. Heuer, Jr.
The Big Sky (A. B. Guthrie)
The Big Sky
30
A. B. Guthrie
Son of the Black Stallion (Farley, Walter)
Son of the Black Stallion
31
Farley, Walter
In a Lonely Place (Dorothy B. Hughes)
In a Lonely Place
32
Dorothy B. Hughes
Midaq Alley (Naguib Mahfouz)
Midaq Alley
33
Naguib Mahfouz
Rocket Ship Galileo (Heinlein)
Rocket Ship Galileo
34
Heinlein
Joy in the Morning (P.G. Wodehouse)
Joy in the Morning
35
P.G. Wodehouse
The Clue in the Old Album (Carolyn Keene)
The Clue in the Old Album
36
Carolyn Keene
One Two Three…Infinity (George Gamow)
One Two Three…Infinity
37
George Gamow
Gravity and Grace (Simone Weil)
Gravity and Grace
38
Simone Weil
McElligot's Pool (Dr. Seuss)
McElligot's Pool
39
Dr. Seuss
Bend Sinister (Vladimir Nabokov)
Bend Sinister
40
Vladimir Nabokov
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