List of The New York Times number-one books of 1945

This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1945.

Fiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books. Eight books topped the list that year, the longest on top being The Green Years, which dominated the winter months (18 weeks including 1 week in 1944). Other particularly popular titles included A Lion is in the Streets (10 weeks on top) and The Black Rose (17 weeks including 4 in 1946).^[1][2]

Date	Book	Author
January 7	The Green Years	A.J. Cronin
January 14
January 21
January 28
February 4
February 11
February 18
February 25
March 4
March 11
March 18
March 25
April 1
April 8
April 15
April 22	Earth and High Heaven	Gwethalyn Graham
April 29	The Ballad and the Source	Rosamond Lehmann
May 6
May 13
May 20	The Green Years	A.J. Cronin
May 27
June 3	Forever Amber	Kathleen Winsor
June 10	Captain from Castile	Samuel Shellabarger
June 17	The Ballad and the Source	Rosamond Lehmann
June 24	Captain from Castile	Samuel Shellabarger
July 1
July 8	A Lion is in the Streets	Adria Locke Langley
July 15
July 22	Captain from Castile	Samuel Shellabarger
July 29	A Lion is in the Streets	Adria Locke Langley
August 5
August 12
August 19
August 26
September 2
September 9
September 16
September 23	So Well Remembered	James Hilton
September 30
October 7	The Black Rose	Thomas B. Costain
October 14
October 21
October 28
November 4
November 11
November 18
November 25
December 2
December 9
December 16
December 23
December 30

Nonfiction

The following list ranks the number-one best-selling nonfiction books.^[3]

Date	Book	Author
January 7	Brave Men	Ernie Pyle
January 14
January 21
January 28	The Time for Decision	Sumner Welles
February 4
February 11	Brave Men	Ernie Pyle
February 18
February 25
March 4
March 11	Anything Can Happen	George and Helen Papashvily
March 18
March 25
April 1	The Thurber Carnival	James Thurber
April 8	Black Boy	Richard Wright
April 15	Anything Can Happen	George and Helen Papashvily
April 22	Black Boy	Richard Wright
April 29
May 6
May 13	Brave Men	Ernie Pyle
May 20
May 27
June 3
June 10	Black Boy	Richard Wright
June 17	Brave Men	Ernie Pyle
June 24
July 1	Black Boy	Richard Wright
July 8	Up Front	Bill Mauldin
July 15
July 22
July 29
August 5
August 12
August 19
August 26
September 2
September 9
September 16
September 23
September 30
October 7
October 14
October 21
October 28
November 4
November 11
November 18
November 25
December 2
December 9
December 16
December 23
December 30	The Egg and I	Betty MacDonald

See also

• Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1940s