Top Ten Best Selling Novels in the United States from 1895 to 1932

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TOP TEN BESTSELLING NOVELS IN THE UNITED STATES
1895 to 1932

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*
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	Authors
1. Main Street	*Sinclair Lewis*
2. The Brimming Cup	*Dorothy Canfield*
3. The Mysterious Rider	*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	Authors
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	Authors
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*
1924	IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN 2020
1. So Big	*Edna Ferber*
2. The Plastic Age	*Percy Marks*
3. The Little French Girl	*Anne Douglas Sedgwick*
4. Heirs Apparent	*Philip Gibbs*
5. A Gentleman of Courage	*James Oliver Curwood*
6. The Call of the Canyon	*Zane Grey*
7. The Midlander	*Booth Tarkington*
8. The Coast of Folly	*Coningsby Dawson*
9. Mistress Wilding	*Rafael Sabatini*
10. The Homemaker	*Dorothy Canfield Fisher*
1925	IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN 2021
1. Soundings	*A. Hamilton Gibbs*
2. The Constant Nymph	*Margaret Kennedy*
3. The Keeper of the Bees	*Gene Stratton-Porter*
4. Glorious Apollo	*E. Barrington*
5. A Green Hat	*Michael Arlen*
6. The Little French Girl	*Anne Douglas Sedgwick*
7. Arrowsmith	*Sinclair Lewis*
8. The Perennial Bachelor	*Anne Parrish*
9. The Carolinian	*Rafael Sabatini*
10. One Increasing Purpose	*A. S. M. Hutchinson*
1926	IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN 2022
1. The Private Life of Helen of Troy	*John Erskine*
2. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	*Anita Loos*
3. Sorrell and Son	*Warwick Deeping*
4. The Hounds of Spring	*Sylvia Thompson*
5. Beau Sabreur	*P. C. Wren*
6. The Silver Spoons	*John Galsworthy*
7. Beau Geste	*P. C. Wren*
8. Show Boat	*Edna Ferber*
9. After Noon	*Susan Ertz*
10. The Blue Window	*Temple Bailey*
1927	IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN 2023
1. Elmer Gantry	*Sinclair Lewis*
2. The Plutocrat	*Booth Tarkington*
3. Doomsday	*Warwick Deeping*
4. Sorrell and Son	*Warwick Deeping*
5. Jalna	*Mazo de la Roche*
6. Lost Ecstasy	*Mary Roberts Rinehart*
7. Twilight Sleep	*Edith Wharton*
8. Tomorrow Morning	*Anne Parrish*
9. The Old Countess	*Anne Douglas Sedgwick*
10. A Good Woman	*Louis Bromfield*
1928	IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN 2024
1. The Bridge of San Luis Rey	*Thornton Wilder*
2. Wintersmoon	*Hugh Walpole*
3. Swan Song	*John Galsworthy*
4. The Greene Murder Case	*S. S. Van Dine*
5. Bad Girl	*Vina Delmar*
6. Claire Ambler	*Booth Tarkington*
7. Old Pybus	*Warwick Deeping*
8. All Kneeling	*Anne Parrish*
9. Jalna	*Mazo de la Roche*
10. The Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg	*Louis Bromfield*
1929	IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN 2025
1. All Quiet on the Western Front	*Erich Maria Remarque*
2. Dodsworth	*Sinclair Lewis*
3. Dark Hester	*Anne Douglas Sedgwick*
4. The Bishop Murder Case	*S. S. Van Dine*
5. Roper's Row	*Warwick Deeping*
6. Peder Victorious	*O. E. Rolvaag*
7. Mamba's Daughter's	*DuBose Heyward*
8. The Galaxy	*Susan Ertz*
9. Scarlet Sister Mary	*Julia Peterkin*
10. Joseph and His Brethen	*H. W. Freeman*
1930	IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN 2026
1. Cimarron	*Edna Ferber*
2. Exile	*Warwick Deeping*
3. The Woman of Andros	*Thornton Wilder*
4. Years of Grace	*Margaret Ayer Barnes*
5. Angel Pavement	*J. B. Priestley*
6. The Door	*Mary Roberts Rinehart*
7. Rogue Herries	*Hugh Walpole*
8. Chances	*A. Hamilton Gibbs*
9. Young Man of Manhattan	*Katharine Brush*
10. Twenty-Four Hours	*Louis Bromfield*
1931	IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN 2027
1. The Good Earth	*Pearl S. Buck*
2. Shadows on the Rock	*Willa Cather*
3. A White Bird Flying	*Bess Streeter Aldrich*
4. Grand Hotel	*Vicki Baum*
5. Years of Grace	*Margaret Ayer Barnes*
6. The Road Back	*Erich Maria Remarque*
7. The Bridge of Desire	*Warwick Deeping*
8. Back Street	*Fannie Hurst*
9. Finch's Fortune	*Mazo de la Roche*
10. Maid in Waiting	*John Galsworthy*
1932	IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN 2028
1. The Good Earth	*Pearl S. Buck*
2. The Fountain	*Charles Langbridge Morgan*
3. Sons	*Pearl S. Buck*
4. Magnolia Street	*Louis Golding*
5. The Sheltered Life	*Ellen Glasgow*
6. Old Wine and New	*Warwick Deeping*
7. Mary's Neck	*Booth Tarkington*
8. Magnificent Obsession	*Lloyd C. Douglas*
9. Inheritance	*Phyllis Bentley*
10. Three Loves	*A. J. Cronin*