1941/12 – Front cover: Elyse Knox photographed by Angelo Patri

Contents include:

REDBOOK’S NOVEL OF THE MONTH:

“All Those Lovely Years” by Peter Paul O’Mara

REDBOOK’S NOVELETTE OF THE MONTH:

“Violet Does a Little Lend-Leasing” by Whitfield Cook and illustrated by William Reusswig

REDBOOK’S ENCORE OF THE MONTH:

Passages from “Pattern of Conquest” by Joseph C. Harsch

TWO SERIALS:

“The Hour Before Dawn” — Part 1 by W. Somerset Maugham and illustrated by Tom Webb

“Somewhere East of Sunrise” — Part 2 by Ursula Parrott and illustrated by John Polgreen

SEVEN SHORT STORIES:

“A Gentleman of Fortune” by Stephen Vincent Benet and illustrated by Elmore Brown

“We Were Both Children” by Franz Hoellering and illustrated by Andrew Loomis

“Finders Keepers” by Hugh Bradley and illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst

“U.S. Today” — Part 8 by Henrietta Ripperger

“The Bachelor” by Mignon McLaughlin and illustrated by Marshall Frantz

“A Chance to Meet the Girls” by MacKinlay Kantor and illustrated by Andrew Loomis

“Strictly Sentimental” by Duane Decker and Alan Foster

WHERE ARE WE GOING? AND WHY?

“What Will Happen to Me and My Girl?” by Morris Markey

Legions of Revenge by Vincent Sheean

How to Beat Anxiety by Smiley Blanton, M.D.

EIGHT SPECIAL FEATURES:

News about Redbook

Our Readers Speak

It Was Their Lucky Year with photos of Warren Wright, Dorothy McGuire, Rita Hayworth, Lorin Maazel

Redbook’s Picture of the Month: “Appointment for Love” as Selected by Douglas W. Churchill

What’s On Your Mind?

Redbook’s Records of the Month by Deems Taylor

Book Suggestions for December by Harry Hansen

Redbook’s Film Selections for All the Family

DEPARTMENTS:

Full Moon by Angelo Patri

Redbook’s Camp and School Directory

1941/11 – Front cover: Suzanne Sommers photographed by Ruzzie Green

Contents include:

REDBOOK’S NOVEL OF THE MONTH:

“Bright Scalpal” by Elizabeth Seifert

REDBOOK’S NOVELETTE OF THE MONTH:

“Gods of Darkness” by F. Scott Fitzgerald and illustrated by Jules Gotlieb

REDBOOK’S ENCORE OF THE MONTH:

Great Moments from “War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy

TWO SERIALS:

“Somewhere East of Sunrise” — Part 1 by Ursula Parrott and illustrated by John Polgreen

“The Empty Room” — Conclusion by Charles Morgan

EIGHT SHORT STORIES:

“Something Human” by Hugh Walpole and illustrated by Malvin Singer

“Violet Observes the Proprieties” by Whitfield Cook and illustrated by William Reusswig

“The Water’s Fine” by Parke Cummings

“Long Engagement” by Kathryn Forbes and illustrated by Elmore Brown

“Young Again” by Stuart Cloete and illustrated by Jules Gotlieb

“Do You Want to hold Your Husband?” by Edward Streeter and illustrated by Gluyas Williams

U.S. Today by Henrietta Ripperger

“Sergeant’s Never Miss” by William E. Barrett and illustrated by Frank Bensing

WHERE ARE WE GOING? AND WHY?

What We May Expect in the Third Year of the War? by Max Werner

What 130,000,000 Americans Really Want by George Gallup

Full Speed Ahead–2000 Finest Minds at Work

NINE SPECIAL FEATURES:

News about Redbook

Our Readers Speak

Let’s Face It

Redbook’s Picture of the Month: “Nothing But the Truth” as Selected by Douglas W. Churchill

George Abbott Discovers the Fountain of Youth

What’s On Your Mind?

Redbook’s Records of the Month by Deems Taylor

Book Suggestions for November by Harry Hansen

Redbook’s Film Selections for All the Family

DEPARTMENTS:

Not Too Close by Angelo Patri

Redbook’s School Directory

1941/10 – Front cover: Jinx Falkenburg photographed by Paul Hesse

Contents include:

REDBOOK’S NOVEL OF THE MONTH:

“Spenlove in Arcady” by William McFee

REDBOOK’S NOVELETTE OF THE MONTH:

A Chapter from “Broad and Alien is the World” by Ciro Alegria and illustrated by Tom Webb

REDBOOK’S ENCORE OF THE MONTH:

Have You a Religion? by Henry James Forman

TWO SERIALS:

“The Empty Room” — Part 2 by Charles Morgan and illustrated by William Reusswig

“Wakefield’s Course’ — Conclusion by Mazo de la Roche and illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

EIGHT SHORT STORIES:

“Claudia Blames It On the Stars” by Rose Franken and illustrated by Arthur William Brown

“Much Better Dead” by Margery Sharp and illustrated by Malvin Singer

“Nature Should be Ashamed of Herself” by Parke Cummings and illustrated by Albert Dorne

“The Last Night of the Queen” by Andrew Geer and illustrated by Maurice Bower

“Salute” by William E. Barrett and illustrated by R.G. Harris

“U.S.–Today” by Henrietta Ripperger

“His Mistake” by Duane Decker and illustrated by Frederic Anderson

“Pretty Soft” by Rube Goldberg and illustrated by the author

WHERE ARE WE GOING? AND WHY?

How Long Will the War Last? by Pierre van Paassen

Wanted–a Million More Supervisors

Your Three New Bosses by William Hard

ELEVEN SPECIAL FEATURES:

News about Redbook

Our Readers Speak

Boyer Holds Back the Dawn – Photo of Charles Boyer and Olivia de Havilland

Redbook’s Picture of the Month: “Little Foxes” as Selected by Douglas W. Churchill

Redbook’s Picture of the Month: “Sergeant York” as Selected by The Editors

Still Another Claudia

What’s On Your Mind?

Redbook’s Records of the Month by Deems Taylor

Anything Can Happen in Tennis by Helen Hull Jacobs

Book Suggestions for October by Harry Hansen

Redbook’s Film Selections for All the Family

DEPARTMENTS:

The American Way by Angelo Patri

Redbook’s School Directory

1941/09 – Front cover: Katherryn Hernan photographed by Ruzzie Green

Contents include:

REDBOOK’S NOVEL OF THE MONTH:

“In Less Than Three Days” by Harlow Estes

REDBOOK’S NOVELETTE OF THE MONTH:

“A Man Who Didn’t Belong” by Joseph Harrington and illustrated by John Polgreen

REDBOOK’S ENCORE OF THE MONTH:

A Few Passages from “The Fighting Angel” by Pearl S. Buck and illustrated by Martha Sawyers

TWO SERIALS:

“The Empty Room” — Part 1 by Charles Morgan and illustrated by William Reusswig

“Wakefield’s Curse” — Part 5 by Mazo de la Roche and illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

EIGHT SHORT STORIES:

“Her New Happiness” by Mildred Cram and illustrated by Maurice Bower

“Ordeal” by Q. Patrick and illustrated by O.F. Schmidt

“They Are Not Afraid’ by Franz Hoellering and illustrated by Tom Webb

“The Cheater” by Thomas W. Duncan and illustrated by Maurice Bower

“Nice Things Still Happen in Life” by Peter Paul O’Mara and illustrated by R.G. Harris

“U.S.–Today” by Henrietta Ripperger

“There’s Only This Moment” by Natalie Shipman and illustrated by Arthur William Brown

“The Case of the Fragile Flower” by Rufus King and illustrated by Elmore Brown

WHERE ARE WE GOING? AND WHY?

Nothing Today Should Discourage You

“Nobody Says No” by Milton MacKaye

Four Out of Ten Unfit to Fight by Morris Markey

EIGHT SPECIAL FEATURES:

Our Readers Speak

You Pays Your Money and You Takes Your Choice

Redbook’s Picture of the Month: “Dumbo” as Selected by Douglas W. Churchill

Our Two Grand Prize Winners

What’s On Your Mind?

Redbook’s Records of the Month by Deems Taylor

Book Suggestions for September by Harry Hansen

Redbook’s Film Selections for All the Family

DEPARTMENTS:

Were You There? by Angelo Patri

Redbook’s School Directory

1941/08 – Front cover: Photographed by Ruzzie Green

Contents include:

REDBOOK’S NOVEL OF THE MONTH:

“My Friend Flicka” by Mary O’Hara

REDBOOK’S NOVELETTE OF THE MONTH:

“Plague Ship” by Andrew Geer and illustrated by Jules Gotlieb

REDBOOK’S ENCORE OF THE MONTH:

“Mother and Child” — A Short Story by Richard Sherman and illustrated by Bradshaw Crandall (reprinted from Vanity Fair, 1935)

TWO SERIALS:

“Wakefield’s Course” — Part 4 by Mazo de la Roche and illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

“Miss Gray Eyes” — Conclusion by Bristol S.D. Grosvenor and illustrated by William Reusswig

SIX SHORT STORIES:

“One Night in Spring” by Mary Robert Rinehart and illustrated by Elmore Brown

“The Most Wonderful Thing in the World” by Gladys Hasty Carroll and illustrated by Frank Bensing

“Violet Lays Down the Law” by Whitfield Cook and illustrated by William Reusswig

“Until the Sudden Ending” by Franz Hoellering and illustrated by Tom Webb

“Speaking of Honeymoons” by Peter Paul O’Mara and illustrated by Andrew Loomis

“Bus Ride” by Rebecca Klang and illustrated by Mortimer Wilson, Jr.

WHERE ARE WE GOING? AND WHY?

The Culture That Is To Come by W. Somerset Maugham

What Is Happening to You? by Henry F. Pringle

New Faces in Washington by Charles Hurd

Robert Hart, Tankmaker by Morris Markey

TEN SPECIAL FEATURES:

News about Redbook

Our Readers Speak

Dr. Jekyll the Third – Single page with photo of Spencer Tracy and Tracy with Lana Turner and Ingrid Bergman

Redbook’s Picture of the Month: “Kiss the Boy’s Goodbye” as Selected by Douglas W. Churchill

“Father Takes a Wife” with photos of Gloria Swanson and Swanson with Adolphe Menjou

What’s On Your Mind?

Redbook’s Records of the Month by Deems Taylor

U.S.O.–or No Place to Go

Book Suggestions for August by Harry Hansen

Redbook’s Film Selections for All the Family

DEPARTMENTS:

Preparation by Angelo Patri

Redbook’s Camp and School Directory

1941/07 – Front cover: Photographed by Ruzzie Green

Contents include:

REDBOOK’S NOVEL OF THE MONTH:

“No Beauty Without Danger” by William E. Barrett

REDBOOK’S NOVELETTE OF THE MONTH:

“Remember Me” by Harlow Estes and illustrated by Tom Webb

REDBOOK’S ENCORE OF THE MONTH:

Faith Is the Answer by Smiley Blanton and Norman Vincent Peale

TWO SERIALS:

“Wakefield’s Course” — Part 3 by Mazo de la Roche and illustrated by Walter Baumhofer

“Miss Gray Eyes” — Part 4 by Bristol S.D. Grosvenor and illustrated by William Reusswig

EIGHT SHORT STORIES:

“Nice and Silly” by Rose Franken and illustrated by Arthur William Brown

“Quiet Wedding” by Whitfield Cook and illustrated by William Reusswig

“No More Forgiveness” by George Frazier and illustrated by O.F. Schmidt

“At Nineteen You’re Nothing” by Philip Wylie and illustrated by R.G. Harris

“U.S.–Today” by Henrietta Ripperger

“Tense Moment” by Parke Cummings and illustrated by Albert Dorne

“Blank Check” by Susan Ertz and illustrated by John Polgreen

“Big Fellows” by Hans Ruesch and illustrated by A.D. Jousset

THREE ARTICLES

Look at Tomorrow by The Editors

Against the Nature of Things by Hermann Rauschning

Love Them–and Let Them Alone by Helena Huntington Smith

ELEVEN SPECIAL FEATURES:

News about Redbook

Our Readers Speak

South America Comes to New York

Redbook’s Picture of the Month: “Billy the Kid” as Selected by Douglas W. Churchill

Watch on the Rhine

What’s On Your Mind?

Redbook’s Records of the Month by Deems Taylor

England on the Eve of Invasion — A Poem by Alfred Noyes

Our Prize-Winning Snapshots of the Month

Book Suggestions for July by Harry Hansen

Redbook’s Film Selections for All the Family

DEPARTMENTS:

The Firm Heart by Angelo Patri

Redbook’s Camp and School Directory