Top Ten Best Selling Novels in the United States from 1895 to 1923

TOP TEN BESTSELLING NOVELS IN THE UNITED STATES
FROM 1895 TO 1923

1895	Authors
1. Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush	*Ian Maclaren*
2. Trilby	*George du Maurier*
3. The Adventures of Captain Horn	*Frank R. Stockton*
4. The Manxman	*Hall Caine*
5. The Princess Aline	*Richard Harding Davis*
6. The Days of Auld Lang Syne	*Ian Maclaren*
7. The Master	*Israel Zangwill*
8. The Prisoner of Zenda	*Anthony Hope*
9. Degeneration	*Max Nordau*
10. The Lady Nobody	*Maarten Maartens*
1896	Authors
1. Tom Grogan	*Francis Hopkinson Smith*
2. A Lady of Quality	*Frances Hodgson Burnett*
3. The Seats of the Mighty	*Gilbert Parker*
4. A Singular Life	*Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward*
5. The Damnation of Theron Ware	*Harold Frederic*
6. A House-Boat on the Styx	*John Kendrick Bangs*
7. Kate Carnegie	*Ian Maclaren*
8. The Red Badge of Courage	*Stephen Crane*
9. Sentimental Tommy	*J. M. Barrie*
10. Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush	*Ian Maclaren*
1897	Authors
1. Quo Vadis	*Henryk Sienkiewicz*
2. The Choir Invisible	*James Lane Allen*
3. Soldiers of Fortune	*Richard Harding Davis*
4. On the Face of the Waters	*Flora Annie Steel*
5. Phroso	*Anthony Hope*
6. The Christian	*Hall Caine*
7. Margaret Ogilvy	*J. M. Barrie*
8. Sentimental Tommy	*J. M. Barrie*
9. Pursuit of the House-Boat	*John Kendrick Bangs*
10. The Honorable Peter Stirling	*Paul Leicester Ford*
1898	Authors
1. Caleb West	*Francis Hopkinson Smith*
2. Hugh Wynne	*Silas Weir Mitchell*
3. Penelope's Progress	*Kate Douglas Wiggin*
4. Helbeck of Bannisdale	*Mary Augusta Ward*
5. Quo Vadis	*Henryk Sienkiewicz*
6. The Pride of Jennico	*Agnes and Egerton Castle*
7. The Day's Work	*Rudyard Kipling*
8. Shrewsbury	*Stanley J. Weyman*
9. Simon Dale	*Anthony Hope*
10 (tie). The Adventures of Francois	*Silas Weir Mitchell*
10 (tie). The Battle of the Strong	*Gilbert Parker*
1899	Authors
1. David Harum	*Edward Noyes Westcott*
2. When Knighthood Was in Flower	*Charles Major*
3. Richard Carvel	*Winston Churchill*
4. The Day's Work	*Rudyard Kipling*
5. Red Rock	*Thomas Nelson Page*
6. Alywin	*Theodore Watts-Dunton*
7. Janice Meredith	*Paul Leicester Ford*
8. Mr. Dooley in Peace and War	*Finley Peter Dunne*
9. No. 5 John Street	*Richard Whiteing*
10. The Market Place	*Harold Frederic*
1900	Authors
1. To Have and To Hold	*Mary Johnston*
2. Red Pottage	*Mary Cholmondeley*
3. Unleavened Bread	*Robert Grant*
4. The Reign of Law	*James Lane Allen*
5. Eben Holden	*Irving Bacheller*
6. Janice Meredith	*Paul Leicester Ford*
7. The Redemption of David Corson	*Charles F. Goss*
8. Richard Carvel	*Winston Churchill*
9. When Knighthood Was in Flower	*Charles Major*
10. Alice of Old Vincennes	*Maurice Thompson*
1901
1. The Crisis	*Winston Churchill*
2. Alice of Old Vincennes	*Maurice Thompson*
3. The Helmet of Navarre	*Bertha Runkle*
4. The Right of Way	*Gilbert Parker*
5. Eben Holden	*Irving Bacheller*
6. The Visits of Elizabeth	*Elinor Glyn*
7. The Puppet Crown	*Harold MacGrath*
8. Richard Yea-and-Nay	*Maurice Hewlett*
9. Graustark	*George B. McCutcheon*
10. D'ri and I	*Irving Bacheller*
1902
1. The Virginian	*Owen Wister*
2. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch	*Alice Hegan Rice*
3. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall	*Charles Major*
4. The Mississippi Bubble	*Emerson Hough*
5. Audrey	*Mary Johnston*
6. The Right of Way	*Gilbert Parker*
7. The Hound of the Baskervilles	*Arthur Conan Doyle*
8. The Two Vanrevels	*Booth Tarkington*
9. The Blue Flower	*Henry van Dyke*
10. Sir Richard Calmady	*Lucas Malet*
1903
1. Lady Rose's Daughter	*Mary Augusta Ward*
2. Gordon Keith	*Thomas Nelson Page*
3. The Pit	*Frank Norris*
4. Lovey Mary	*Alice Hegan Rice*
5. The Virginian	*Owen Wister*
6. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch	*Alice Hegan Rice*
7. The Mettle of the Pasture	*James Lane Allen*
8. Letters of a Self-Made Merchant,	*George Lorimer*
9. The One Woman	*Thomas Dixon*
10. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come	*John Fox Jr.*
1904
1. The Crossing	*Winston Churchill*
2. The Deliverance	*Ellen Glasgow*
3. The Masquerader	*Katherine C. Thurston*
4. In the Bishop's Carriage	*Miriam Michelson*
5. Sir Mortimer	*Mary Johnston*
6. Beverly of Graustark	*George B. McCutcheon*
7. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come	*John Fox Jr.*
8. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm	*Kate Douglas Wiggin*
9. My Friend Prospero	*Henry Harland*
10. The Silent Places	*Stewart Edward White*
1905
1. The Marriage of William Ashe	*Mary Augusta Ward*
2. Sandy	*Alice Hegan Rice*
3. The Garden of Allah	*Robert Hichens*
4. The Clansman	*Thomas Dixon*
5. Nedra	*George B. McCutcheon*
6. The Gambler	*Katherine C. Thurston*
7. The Masquerader	*Katherine C. Thurston*
8. The House of Mirth	*Edith Wharton*
9. The Princess Passes	*C. and A. Williamson*
10. Rose o' the River	*Kate Douglas Wiggin*
1906
1. Coniston	*Winston Churchill*
2. Lady Baltimore	*Owen Wister*
3. The Fighting Chance	*Robert W. Chambers*
4. The House of a Thousand Candles	*Meredith Nicholson*
5. Jane Cable	*George B. McCutcheon*
6. The Jungle	*Upton Sinclair*
7. The Awakening of Helena Ritchie	*Margaret Deland*
8. The Spoilers	*Rex Beach*
9. The House of Mirth	*Edith Wharton*
10. The Wheel of Life	*Ellen Glasgow*
1907
1. The Lady of the Decoration	*Frances Little*
2. The Weavers	*Gilbert Parker*
3. The Port of Missing Men	*Meredith Nicholson*
4. The Shuttle	*Frances H. Burnett*
5. The Brass Bowl	*Louis J. Vance*
6. Satan Sanderson	*Hallie Erminie Rives*
7. The Daughter of Anderson Crow	*George McCutcheon*
8. The Younger Set	*Robert W. Chambers*
9. The Doctor	*Ralph Connor*
10. Half a Rogue	*Harold MacGrath*
1908
1. Mr. Crewe's Career	*Winston Churchill*
2. The Barrier	*Rex Beach*
3. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine	*John Fox Jr.*
4. The Lure of the Mask	*Harold MacGrath*
5. The Shuttle	*Frances H. Burnett*
6. Peter	*F. Hopkinson Smith*
7. Lewis Rand	*Mary Johnston*
8. The Black Bag	*Louis J. Vance*
9. The Man from Brodney's	*George B. McCutcheon*
10. The Weavers	*Gilbert Parker*
1909
1. The Inner Shrine	*Basil King*
2. Katrine	*Elinor Macartney Lane*
3. The Silver Horde	*Rex Beach*
4. The Man in Lower Ten	*Mary Roberts Rinehart*
5. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine	*John Fox Jr.*
6. Truxton King	*George B. McCutcheon*
7. 54-40 or Fight	*Emerson Hough*
8. The Goose Girl	*Harold MacGrath*
9. Peter	*F. Hopkinson Smith*
10. Septimus	*William J. Locke*
1910	Authors
1. The Rosary	*Florence Barclay*
2. A Modern Chronicle	*Winston Churchill*
3. The Wild Olive	*Basil King*
4. Max	*Katherine C. Thurston*
5. The Kingdom of Slender Swords	*Hallie Erminie Rives*
6. Simon the Jester	*William J. Locke*
7. Lord Loveland Discovers America	*C.and A. Williamson*
8. The Window at the White Cat	*Mary Roberts Rinehart*
9. Molly Make-Believe	*Eleanor Abbott*
10. When a Man Marries	*Mary Roberts Rinehart*
1911
1. The Broad Highway	*Jeffery Farnol*
2. The Prodigal Judge	*Vaughan Kester*
3. The Winning of Barbara Worth	*Harold Bell Wright*
4. Queed	*Henry Sydnor Harrison*
5. The Harvester	*Gene Stratton-Porter*
6. The Iron Woman	*Margaret Deland*
7. The Long Roll	*Mary Johnston*
8. Molly Make-Believe	*Eleanor Abbott*
9. The Rosary	*Florence Barclay*
10. The Common Law	*Robert W. Chambers*
1912
1. The Harvester	*Gene Stratton-Porter*
2. The Street Called Straight	*Basil King*
3. Their Yesterdays	*Harold Bell Wright*
4. The Melting of Molly	*Maria Thompson Daviess*
5. A Hoosier Chronicle	*Meredith Nicholson*
6. The Winning of Barbara Worth	*Harold Bell Wright*
7. The Just and the Unjust	*Vaughan Kester*
8. The Net	*Rex Beach*
9. Tante	*Anne Douglas Sedgwick*
10. Fran	*J. Breckenridge Ellis*
1913
1. The Inside of the Cup	*Winston Churchill*
2. V. V.'s Eyes	*Henry Sydnor Harrison*
3. Laddie	*Gene Stratton-Porter*
4. The Judgment House	*Gilbert Parker*
5. Heart of the Hills	*John Fox Jr.*
6. The Amateur Gentleman	*Jeffrey Farnol*
7. The Woman Thou Gavest Me	*Hall Caine*
8. Pollyanna	*Eleanor H. Porter*
9. The Valiants of Virginia	*Hallie Erminie Rives*
10. T. Tembarom	*Frances H. Burnett*
1914
1. The Eyes of the World	*Harold Bell Wright*
2. Pollyanna	*Eleanor H. Porter*
3. The Inside of the Cup	*Winston Churchill*
4. The Salamander	*Owen Johnson*
5. The Fortunate Youth	*William J. Locke*
6. T. Tembarom	*Frances H. Burnett*
7. Penrod	*Booth Tarkington*
8. Diane of the Green Van	*Leona Dalrymple*
9. The Devil's Garden	*W. B. Maxwell*
10. The Prince of Graustark	*George B. McCutcheon*
1915
1. The Turmoil	*Booth Tarkington*
2. A Far Country	*Winston Churchill*
3. Michael O'Halloran	*Gene Stratton-Porter*
4. Pollyanna Grows Up	*Eleanor H. Porter*
5. K	*Mary Roberts Rinehart*
6. Jaffery	*William J. Locke*
7. Felix O'Day	*F. Hopkinson Smith*
8. The Harbor	*Ernest Poole*
9. The Lone Star Ranger	*Zane Grey*
10. Angela's Business	*Henry Sydnor Harrison*
1916
1. Seventeen	*Booth Tarkington*
2. When a Man's a Man	*Harold Bell Wright*
3. Just David	*Eleanor H. Porter*
4. Mr. Britling Sees It Through	*H. G. Wells*
5. Life and Gabriella	*Ellen Glasgow*
6. The Real Adventure	*Henry Kitchell Webster*
7. Bars of Iron	*Ethel M. Dell*
8. Nan of Music Mountain	*Frank H. Spearman*
9. Dear Enemy	*Jean Webster*
10. The Heart of Rachael	*Kathleen Norris*
1917
1. Mr. Britling Sees It Through	*H. G. Wells*
2. The Light in the Clearing	*Irving Bacheller*
3. The Red Planet	*William J. Locke*
4. The Road to Understanding	*Eleanor H. Porter*
5. Wildfire	*Zane Grey*
6. Christine	*Alice Cholmondeley*
7. In the Wilderness	*Robert S. Hichens*
8. His Family	*Ernest Poole*
9. The Definite Object	*Jeffrey Farnol*
10. The Hundredth Chance	*Ethel M. Dell*
1918
1. The U. P. Trail	*Zane Grey*
2. The Tree of Heaven	*May Sinclair*
3. The Amazing Interlude	*Mary Roberts Rinehart*
4. Dere Mable	*Edward Streeter*
5. Oh, Money! Money!	*Eleanor H. Porter*
6. Greatheart	*Ethel M. Dell*
7. The Major	*Ralph Connor*
8. The Pawns Count	*E. Phillips Oppenheim*
9. A Daughter of the Land	*Gene Stratton-Porter*
10. Sonia	*Stephen McKenna*
1919
1. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	*V. Blasco Ibañez*
2. The Arrow of Gold	*Joseph Conrad*
3. The Desert of Wheat	*Zane Grey*
4. Dangerous Days	*Mary Roberts Rinehart*
5. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land	*Ralph Connor*
6. The Re-Creation of Brian Kent	*Harold Bell Wright*
7. Dawn	*Eleanor H. Porter*
8. The Tin Soldier	*Temple Bailey*
9. Christopher and Columbus	*Elizabeth von Arnim*
10. In Secret	*Robert W. Chambers*
1920
1. The Man of the Forest	*Zane Grey*
2. Kindred of the Dust	*Peter B. Kyne*
3. The Re-Creation of Brian Kent	*Harold Bell Wright*
4. The River's End	*James Oliver Curwood*
5. A Man for the Ages	*Irving Bacheller*
6. Mary Marie	*Eleanor H. Porter*
7. The Portygee	*Joseph C. Lincoln*
8. The Great Impersonation	*E. Phillips Oppenheim*
9. The Lamp in the Desert	*Ethel M. Dell*
10. Harriet and the Piper	*Kathleen Norris*
1921
1. Main Street	*Sinclair Lewis*
2. The Brimming Cup	*Dorothy Canfield*
3. The Mysterious Stranger	*Zane Grey*
4. The Age of Innocence	*Edith Wharton*
5. The Valley of Silent Men	*James Oliver Curwood*
6. The Sheik	*Edith M. Hull*
7. A Poor Wise Man	*Mary Roberts Rinehart*
8. Her Father's Daughter	*Gene Stratton-Porter*
9. The Sisters-in-Law	*Gertrude Atherton*
10. The Kingdom Round the Corner	*Coningsby Dawson*
1922
1. If Winter Comes	*A.S.M. Hutchinson*
2. The Sheik	*Edith M. Hull*
3. Gentle Julia	*Booth Tarkington*
4. The Head of the House of Coombe	*Frances Hodgson Burnett*
5. Simon Called Peter	*Robert Keable*
6. The Breaking Point	*Mary Roberts Rinehart*
7. This Freedom	*A.S.M. Hutchinson*
8. Maria Chapdelaine	*Louis Hemon*
9. To the Last Man	*Zane Grey*
10. Babbitt	*Sinclair Lewis*
10. Helen of the Old House	*Harold Bell Wright*
1923
1. Black Oxen	*Gertrude Atherton*
2. His Children's Children	*Arthur Train*
3. The Enchanted April	*Elizabeth von Arnim*
4. Babbitt	*Sinclair Lewis*
5. The Dim Lantern	*Temple Bailey*
6. This Freedom	*A.S.M. Hutchinson*
7. The Mine with the Iron Door	*Harold Bell Wright*
8. The Wanderer of the Wasteland	*Zane Grey*
9. The Sea-hawk	*Rafael Sabatini*
10. The Breaking Point	*Mary Roberts Rinehart*