The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1942

This is a list of adult fiction books that topped The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list in 1942.

Though the list began in 1931, it only became a national survey on August 9, 1942.

The most popular books that year were The Song of Bernadette, by Franz Werfel, which made the list for fifteen weeks; and The Robe, by Lloyd Douglas, which would dominate the list for the final six weeks of 1942 and most of 1943.