| Title | Author | Publication Date | Activity | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Case of the Cheating Bride | Milton M. Propper | 1938 | Borrow | Oct 30, 1939 | Nov 3, 1939 |
| A Drink for Mr. Cherry | Dorothy Gardiner | 1934 | Borrow | Nov 3, 1939 | Nov 7, 1939 |
| The Meriwether Mystery | Kay Cleaver Strahan | 1932 | Borrow | Nov 7, 1939 | Nov 11, 1939 |
| Stormy Night | Frances Moyer Ross Stevens / Christopher Hale (pseudonym) | 1937 | Borrow | Nov 11, 1939 | Nov 14, 1939 |
| Silent Witnesses | Dorothy Stockbridge Tillett / John Stephen Strange (pseudonym) | 1938 | Borrow | Nov 14, 1939 | Nov 17, 1939 |
| Figure Away: An Asey Mayo Mystery | Phoebe Atwood Taylor | 1937 | Borrow | Nov 17, 1939 | Nov 20, 1939 |
| Christina | Claude Houghton Oldfield / Claude Houghton (pseudonym) | 1936 | Borrow | Nov 20, 1939 | Nov 22, 1939 |
| Christmas Holiday | W. Somerset Maugham | 1939 | Borrow | Nov 22, 1939 | Nov 24, 1939 |
| The Wall | Mary Roberts Rinehart | 1938 | Borrow | Nov 24, 1939 | Nov 28, 1939 |
| The Dead Don't Care | Jonathan Latimer | 1938 | Borrow | Nov 28, 1939 | Nov 30, 1939 |
| A Murder of Convenience | Robert George Dean | 1938 | Borrow | Nov 30, 1939 | Dec 4, 1939 |
| The Christmas Tree Murders | Joseph Francis Delany / Joel Y. Dane (pseudonym) | 1938 | Borrow | Dec 4, 1939 | Dec 8, 1939 |
| In Memory of Murder | Benjamin Hawkins Dean / Dean Hawkins (pseudonym) | 1936 | Borrow | Dec 8, 1939 | Dec 11, 1939 |
| The D. A. Calls It Murder | Erle Stanley Gardner / Carleton Kendrake (pseudonym) | 1937 | Borrow | Dec 11, 1939 | Dec 14, 1939 |
| The Doorstep Murders: A Kenneth Carlisle Detective Story | Carolyn Wells | 1930 | Borrow | Dec 14, 1939 | Dec 18, 1939 |
| Death and the Maiden | Richard Wilson Webb / Q. Patrick (pseudonym); Hugh Callingham Wheeler / Q. Patrick (pseudonym) | 1939 | Borrow | Dec 18, 1939 | Dec 21, 1939 |
| Danger in the Dark | Mignon Good Eberhart | 1936 | Borrow | Dec 21, 1939 | Dec 26, 1939 |
| The Bigger They Come | Erle Stanley Gardner / Carleton Kendrake (pseudonym) | 1939 | Borrow | Dec 26, 1939 | Dec 29, 1939 |
| Death for Dear Clara | Richard Wilson Webb / Q. Patrick (pseudonym); Hugh Callingham Wheeler / Q. Patrick (pseudonym) | 1937 | Borrow | Dec 29, 1939 | Jan 2, 1940 |
| Death Wears a White Gardenia | Zelda Popkin | 1938 | Borrow | Jan 2, 1940 | Jan 6, 1940 |
| The Wedding Night Murder | Charlie Christmas Bush / Christopher Bush (pseudonym) | 1937 | Borrow | Jan 6, 1940 | Jan 9, 1940 |
| Point Counter Point | Aldous Huxley | 1928 | Borrow | Jan 9, 1940 | Jan 17, 1940 |
| Doctor Work data is uncertain or incomplete. | - | - | Borrow | Jan 17, 1940 | Jan 23, 1940 |
| Mr. Zero | Dora Amy Turnbull / Patricia Wentworth (pseudonym) | 1938 | Borrow | Jan 23, 1940 | Jan 25, 1940 |
| This Is Mr. Fortune | H. C. Bailey | 1938 | Borrow | Jan 25, 1940 | Jan 29, 1940 |
| After Many a Summer | Aldous Huxley | 1939 | Borrow | Jan 29, 1940 | - |
| Two O'Clock Courage | Gelett Burgess | 1934 | Borrow | Feb 1, 1940 | Feb 6, 1940 |
| The Glass Slipper | Mignon Good Eberhart | 1938 | Borrow | Feb 13, 1940 | Feb 15, 1940 |
| Not to Be Taken | Anthony Berkeley | 1938 | Borrow | Feb 15, 1940 | Feb 19, 1940 |
| The Good Earth | Pearl S. Buck / Pearl Sydenstricker | 1931 | Borrow | Feb 19, 1940 | Feb 23, 1940 |
| Imitation of Life: A Novel | Fannie Hurst | 1933 | Borrow | Feb 23, 1940 | Feb 29, 1940 |
| Kit Brandon: A Portrait | Sherwood Anderson | 1936 | Borrow | Feb 29, 1940 | Mar 6, 1940 |
| The May-Week Murders | Douglas G. Browne | 1937 | Borrow | Mar 6, 1940 | Mar 11, 1940 |
| The Sullen Sky Mystery | H. C. Bailey | 1935 | Borrow | Mar 11, 1940 | Mar 15, 1940 |
| The State versus Elinor Norton | Mary Roberts Rinehart | 1934 | Borrow | Mar 15, 1940 | Mar 19, 1940 |
| Murder in the Bud | Phyllis Bottome | 1939 | Borrow | Mar 19, 1940 | Mar 22, 1940 |
| Death at the Bar | Ngaio Marsh | 1940 | Borrow | Mar 22, 1940 | Mar 26, 1940 |
| The Judas Window | John Dickson Carr / Carter Dickson (pseudonym) | 1938 | Borrow | Mar 26, 1940 | Apr 4, 1940 |
| Breakfast in Bed | Sylvia Thompson | 1934 | Borrow | Apr 4, 1940 | Apr 5, 1940 |
| The Rains Came | Louis Bromfield / Lewis Bromfield | 1937 | Borrow | Apr 5, 1940 | Apr 13, 1940 |
| A Modern Hero | Louis Bromfield / Lewis Bromfield | 1932 | Borrow | Apr 13, 1940 | Apr 19, 1940 |
| Rebecca | Daphne du Maurier | 1938 | Borrow | Apr 19, 1940 | Apr 24, 1940 |
| Burmese Days | Eric Arthur Blair / George Orwell (pseudonym) | 1934 | Borrow | Apr 24, 1940 | Apr 29, 1940 |
| Ann Vickers | Sinclair Lewis | 1933 | Borrow | Apr 29, 1940 | May 6, 1940 |
| The Ticking Terror Murders | Darwin Teilhet | 1935 | Borrow | May 6, 1940 | May 9, 1940 |
| The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck | Alexander Laing | 1934 | Borrow | May 9, 1940 | May 14, 1940 |
| The Washington Legation Murders | F. Van Wyck Mason | 1935 | Borrow | May 14, 1940 | May 14, 1940 |
| The Patriot | Pearl S. Buck / Pearl Sydenstricker | 1939 | Borrow | May 14, 1940 | May 25, 1940 |
| The Weather in the Streets | Rosamond Lehmann | 1936 | Borrow | May 25, 1940 | Jun 1, 1940 |
| My Next Bride | Kay Boyle | 1934 | Borrow | Jun 1, 1940 | Jun 7, 1940 |
| The Mother | Pearl S. Buck / Pearl Sydenstricker | 1934 | Borrow | Jun 7, 1940 | - |