Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels in the United States

  • 1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
  • 2. Playing for Pizza by John Grisham
  • 3. Double Cross by James Patterson
  • 4. The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
  • 5. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
  • 6. Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich
  • 7. Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell
  • 8. The Quickie by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
  • 9. The 6th Target by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
  • 10. The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz
  • 2006
  • 1. For One More Day by Mitch Albom
  • 2. Cross by James Patterson
  • 3. Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
  • 4. Next by Michael Crichton
  • 5. Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris
  • 6. Lisey's Story by Stephen King
  • 7. Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
  • 8. Cell by Stephen King
  • 9. Beach Road by James Patterson and Peter De Jonge
  • 10. The 5th Horseman by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
  • 2005
  • 1. The Broker by John Grisham
  • 2. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
  • 3. Mary, Mary by James Patterson
  • 4. At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
  • 5. Predator by Patricia Cornwell
  • 6. True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
  • 7. Light from Heaven by Jan Karon
  • 8. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
  • 9. The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
  • 10. Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich
  • 2004
  • 1. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
  • 2. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
  • 3. The Last Juror by John Grisham
  • 4. Glorious Appearing by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
  • 5. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
  • 6. State of Fear by Michael Crichton
  • 7. London Bridges by James Patterson
  • 8. Trace by Patricia Cornwell
  • 9. The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason
  • 10. The Da Vinci Code: Special Illustrated Collector's Edition by Dan Brown
  • 2003
  • 1. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
  • 2. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
  • 3. The King of Torts by John Grisham
  • 4. Bleachers by John Grisham
  • 5. Armageddon by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
  • 6. The Teeth of the Tiger by Tom Clancy
  • 7. The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson
  • 8. Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell
  • 9. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
  • 10. The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks
  • 2002
  • 1. The Summons by John Grisham
  • 2. Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy
  • 3. The Remnant by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
  • 4. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
  • 5. Prey by Michael Crichton
  • 6. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
  • 7. The Shelters of Stone by Jean M. Auel
  • 8. Four Blind Mice by James Patterson
  • 9. Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King
  • 10. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
  • 2001
  • 1. Desecration by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
  • 2. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
  • 3. A Painted House by John Grisham
  • 4. Dreamcatcher by Stephen King
  • 5. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
  • 6. Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub
  • 7. The Kiss by Danielle Steel
  • 8. Valhalla Rising by Clive Cussler
  • 9. A Day Late and a Dollar Short by Terry McMillan
  • 10. Violets Are Blue by James Patterson
  • 11. Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
  • 2000
  • 1. The Brethren by John Grisham
  • 2. The Mark: The Beast Rules the World by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
  • 3. The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy
  • 4. The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
  • 5. The Last Precinct (novel) by Patricia Cornwell
  • 6. Journey by Danielle Steel
  • 7. The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks
  • 8. Roses Are Red by James Patterson
  • 9. Cradle and All by James Patterson
  • 10. The House on Hope Street by Danielle Steel
  • 1999
  • 1. The Testament by John Grisham
  • 2. Hannibal by Thomas Harris
  • 3. Assassins by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
  • 4. Star Wars: Episode 1, The Phantom Menace by Terry Brooks
  • 5. Timeline by Michael Crichton
  • 6. Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King
  • 7. Apollyon by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
  • 8. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
  • 9. Irresistible Forces by Danielle Steel
  • 10. Tara Road by Maeve Binchy
  • 1998
  • 1. The Street Lawyer by John Grisham
  • 2. Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy
  • 3. Bag of Bones by Stephen King
  • 4. A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe
  • 5. Mirror Image by Danielle Steel
  • 6. The Long Road Home by Danielle Steel
  • 7. The Klone and I by Danielle Steel
  • 8. Point of Origin by Patricia Cornwell
  • 9. Paradise by Toni Morrison
  • 10. All Through the Night by Mary Higgins Clark
  • 1997
  • 1. The Runaway Jury by John Grisham
  • 2. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
  • 3. The Ghost by Danielle Steel
  • 4. The Ranch by Danielle Steel
  • 5. Special Delivery by Danielle Steel
  • 6. Unnatural Exposure by Patricia Cornwell
  • 7. The Best Laid Plans by Sidney Sheldon
  • 8. Pretend You Don't See Her by Mary Higgins Clark
  • 9. Cat and Mouse by James Patterson
  • 10. Hornet's Nest by Patricia Cornwell
  • 1996
  • 1. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
  • 2. Executive Orders by Tom Clancy
  • 3. Desperation by Stephen King
  • 4. Airframe by Michael Crichton
  • 5. The Regulators by Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
  • 6. Malice by Danielle Steel
  • 7. Silent Honor by Danielle Steel
  • 8. Primary Colors by Anonymous
  • 9. Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell
  • 10. The Tenth Insight by James Redfield
  • 1995
  • 1. The Rainmaker by John Grisham
  • 2. The Lost World by Michael Crichton
  • 3. Five Days in Paris by Danielle Steel
  • 4. The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
  • 5. Lightning by Danielle Steel
  • 6. The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
  • 7. Rose Madder by Stephen King
  • 8. Silent Night by Mary Higgins Clark
  • 9. Politically Correct Holiday Stories by James Finn Garner
  • 10. The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
  • 1994
  • 1. The Chamber by John Grisham
  • 2. Debt of Honor by Tom Clancy
  • 3. The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
  • 4. The Gift by Danielle Steel
  • 5. Insomnia by Stephen King
  • 6. Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Finn Garner
  • 7. Wings by Danielle Steel
  • 8. Accident by Danielle Steel
  • 9. The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
  • 10. Disclosure by Michael Crichton
  • 1993
  • 1. The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
  • 2. The Client by John Grisham
  • 3. Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend by Robert James Waller
  • 4. Without Remorse by Tom Clancy
  • 5. Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King
  • 6. Vanished by Danielle Steel
  • 7. Lasher by Anne Rice
  • 8. Pleading Guilty by Scott Turow
  • 9. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
  • 10. The Scorpio Illusion by Robert Ludlum
  • 1992
  • 1. Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
  • 2. The Pelican Brief by John Grisham
  • 3. Gerald's Game by Stephen King
  • 4. Mixed Blessings by Danielle Steel
  • 5. Jewels by Danielle Steel
  • 6. The Stars Shine Down by Sidney Sheldon
  • 7. The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice
  • 8. Mexico by James A. Michener
  • 9. Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan
  • 10. All Around the Town by Mary Higgins Clark
  • 1991
  • 1. Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley
  • 2. The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy
  • 3. Needful Things by Stephen King
  • 4. No Greater Love by Danielle Steel
  • 5. Heartbeat by Danielle Steel
  • 6. The Doomsday Conspiracy by Sidney Sheldon
  • 7. The Firm by John Grisham
  • 8. Night Over Water by Ken Follett
  • 9. Remember by Barbara Taylor Bradford
  • 10. Loves Music, Loves to Dance by Mary Higgins Clark
  • 1990
  • 1. The Plains of Passage by Jean M. Auel
  • 2. Four Past Midnight by Stephen King
  • 3. The Burden of Proof by Scott Turow
  • 4. Memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon
  • 5. Message from Nam by Danielle Steel
  • 6. The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum
  • 7. The Stand by Stephen King
  • 8. Lady Boss by Jackie Collins
  • 9. The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
  • 10. September by Rosamunde Pilcher
  • 1989
  • 1. Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy
  • 2. The Dark Half by Stephen King
  • 3. Daddy by Danielle Steel
  • 4. Star by Danielle Steel
  • 5. Caribbean by James A. Michener
  • 6. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
  • 7. The Russia House by John le Carré
  • 8. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet
  • 9. California Gold by John Jakes
  • 10. While My Pretty One Sleeps by Mary Higgins Clark
  • 1988
  • 1. The Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy
  • 2. The Sands of Time by Sidney Sheldon
  • 3. Zoya by Danielle Steel
  • 4. The Icarus Agenda by Robert Ludlum
  • 5. Alaska by James A. Michener
  • 6. Till We Meet Again by Judith Krantz
  • 7. The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
  • 8. To Be the Best by Barbara Taylor Bradford
  • 9. One by Richard Bach
  • 10. Mitla Pass by Leon Uris
  • 1987
  • 1. The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
  • 2. Patriot Games by Tom Clancy
  • 3. Kaleidoscope by Danielle Steel
  • 4. Misery by Stephen King
  • 5. Leaving Home by Garrison Keillor
  • 6. Windmills of the Gods by Sidney Sheldon
  • 7. Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
  • 8. Fine Things by Danielle Steel
  • 9. Heaven and Hell by John Jakes
  • 10. The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
  • 1986
  • 1. It by Stephen King
  • 2. Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy and Larry Bond
  • 3. Whirlwind by James Clavell
  • 4. The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum
  • 5. Hollywood Husbands by Jackie Collins
  • 6. Wanderlust by Danielle Steel
  • 7. I'll Take Manhattan by Judith Krantz
  • 8. Last of the Breed by Louis L'Amour
  • 9. The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
  • 10. A Perfect Spy by John le Carré
  • 1985
  • 1. The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M. Auel
  • 2. Texas by James A. Michener
  • 3. Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor
  • 4. If Tomorrow Comes by Sidney Sheldon
  • 5. Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
  • 6. Secrets by Danielle Steel
  • 7. Contact by Carl Sagan
  • 8. Lucky by Jackie Collins
  • 9. Family Album by Danielle Steel
  • 10. The Class by Erich Segal
  • 1984
  • 1. The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub
  • 2. The Aquitaine Progression by Robert Ludlum
  • 3. The Sicilian by Mario Puzo
  • 4. Love and War by John Jakes
  • 5. The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss
  • 6. ...And the Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer
  • 7. The Fourth Protocol by Frederick Forsyth
  • 8. Full Circle by Danielle Steel
  • 9. The Life and Hard Times of Heidi Abromowitz by Joan Rivers
  • 10. Lincoln by Gore Vidal
  • 1983
  • 1. Return of the Jedi by James Kahn
  • 2. Poland by James A. Michener
  • 3. Pet Sematary by Stephen King
  • 4. The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carré
  • 5. Christine by Stephen King
  • 6. Changes by Danielle Steel
  • 7. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
  • 8. White Gold Wielder by Stephen R. Donaldson
  • 9. Hollywood Wives by Jackie Collins
  • 10. The Lonesome Gods by Louis L'Amour
  • 1982
  • 1. E.T., The Extra-terrestrial by William Kotzwinkle
  • 2. Space by James A. Michener
  • 3. The Parsifal Mosaic by Robert Ludlum
  • 4. Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon
  • 5. Mistral's Daughter by Judith Krantz
  • 6. The Valley of Horses by Jean M. Auel
  • 7. Different Seasons by Stephen King
  • 8. North and South by John Jakes
  • 9. 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke
  • 10. The Man from St. Petersburg by Ken Follett
  • 1981
  • 1. Noble House by James Clavell
  • 2. The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
  • 3. Cujo by Stephen King
  • 4. An Indecent Obsession by Colleen McCullough
  • 5. Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
  • 6. Masquerade by Kit Williams
  • 7. Goodbye, Janette by Harold Robbins
  • 8. The Third Deadly Sin by Lawrence Sanders
  • 9. The Glitter Dome by Joseph Wambaugh
  • 10. No Time for Tears by Cynthia Freeman
  • 1980
  • 1. The Covenant by James A. Michener
  • 2. The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
  • 3. Rage of Angels by Sidney Sheldon
  • 4. Princess Daisy by Judith Krantz
  • 5. Firestarter by Stephen King
  • 6. The Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett
  • 7. Random Winds by Belva Plain
  • 8. The Devil's Alternative by Frederick Forsyth
  • 9. The Fifth Horseman by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
  • 10. The Spike by Arnaud de Borchgrave and Robert Moss
  • 1979
  • 1. The Matarese Circle by Robert Ludlum
  • 2. Sophie's Choice by William Styron
  • 3. Overload by Arthur Hailey
  • 4. Memories of Another Day by Harold Robbins
  • 5. Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut
  • 6. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
  • 7. The Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart
  • 8. The Establishment by Howard Fast
  • 9. The Third World War: August 1985 by John Hackett
  • 10. Smiley's People by John le Carré
  • 1978
  • 1. Chesapeake by James A. Michener
  • 2. War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk
  • 3. Fools Die by Mario Puzo
  • 4. Bloodline by Sidney Sheldon
  • 5. Scruples by Judith Krantz
  • 6. Evergreen by Belva Plain
  • 7. Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
  • 8. The Holcroft Covenant by Robert Ludlum
  • 9. Second Generation by Howard Fast
  • 10. Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
  • 1977
  • 1. The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien
  • 2. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
  • 3. Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
  • 4. The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré
  • 5. Oliver's Story by Erich Segal
  • 6. Dreams Die First by Harold Robbins
  • 7. Beggarman, Thief by Irwin Shaw
  • 8. How to Save Your Own Life by Erica Jong
  • 9. Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin
  • 10. Daniel Martin by John Fowles
  • 1976
  • 1. Trinity by Leon Uris
  • 2. Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
  • 3. Dolores by Jacqueline Susann
  • 4. Storm Warning by Jack Higgins
  • 5. The Deep by Peter Benchley
  • 6. 1876 by Gore Vidal
  • 7. Slapstick or Lonesome No More! by Kurt Vonnegut
  • 8. The Lonely Lady by Harold Robbins
  • 9. Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart
  • 10. A Stranger in the Mirror by Sidney Sheldon
  • 1975
  • 1. Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
  • 2. The Moneychangers by Arthur Hailey
  • 3. Curtain by Agatha Christie
  • 4. Looking for Mr. Goodbar by Judith Rossner
  • 5. The Choirboys by Joseph Wambaugh
  • 6. The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins
  • 7. The Great Treasure by Irving Stone
  • 8. The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton
  • 9. Shōgun by James Clavell
  • 10. Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow
  • 1974
  • 1. Centennial by James A. Michener
  • 2. Watership Down by Richard Adams
  • 3. Jaws by Peter Benchley
  • 4. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
  • 5. Something Happened by Joseph Heller
  • 6. The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth
  • 7. The Pirate by Harold Robbins
  • 8. I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven
  • 9. The Seven-Per-Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer
  • 10. The Fan Club by Irving Wallace
  • 1973
  • 1. Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
  • 2. Once Is Not Enough by Jacqueline Susann
  • 3. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
  • 4. The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth
  • 5. Burr by Gore Vidal
  • 6. The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart
  • 7. Evening in Byzantium by Irwin Shaw
  • 8. The Matlock Paper by Robert Ludlum
  • 9. The Billion Dollar Sure Thing by Paul E. Erdman
  • 10. The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene
  • 1972
  • 1. Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
  • 2. August 1914 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  • 3. The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth
  • 4. The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
  • 5. The Word by Irving Wallace
  • 6. The Winds of War by Herman Wouk
  • 7. Captains and the Kings by Taylor Caldwell
  • 8. Two from Galilee by Marjorie Holmes
  • 9. My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
  • 10. Semi-Tough by Dan Jenkins
  • 1971
  • 1. Wheels by Arthur Hailey
  • 2. The Exorcist by William P. Blatty
  • 3. The Passions of the Mind by Irving Stone
  • 4. The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
  • 5. The Betsy by Harold Robbins
  • 6. Message from Malaga by Helen MacInnes
  • 7. The Winds of War by Herman Wouk
  • 8. The Drifters by James A. Michener
  • 9. The Other by Tom Tryon
  • 10. Rabbit Redux by John Updike
  • 1970
  • 1. Love Story by Erich Segal
  • 2. The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
  • 3. Islands in the Stream by Ernest Hemingway
  • 4. The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
  • 5. Great Lion of God by Taylor Caldwell
  • 6. QB VII by Leon Uris
  • 7. The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight by Jimmy Breslin
  • 8. The Secret Woman by Victoria Holt
  • 9. Travels with My Aunt by Graham Greene
  • 10. Rich Man, Poor Man by Irwin Shaw
  • 1969
  • 1. Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
  • 2. The Godfather by Mario Puzo
  • 3. The Love Machine by Jacqueline Susann
  • 4. The Inheritors by Harold Robbins
  • 5. The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
  • 6. The Seven Minutes by Irving Wallace
  • 7. Naked Came the Stranger by Penelope Ashe
  • 8. The Promise by Chaim Potok
  • 9. The Pretenders by Gwen Davis
  • 10. The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier
  • 1968
  • 1. Airport by Arthur Hailey
  • 2. Couples by John Updike
  • 3. The Salzburg Connection by Helen MacInnes
  • 4. A Small Town in Germany by John le Carré
  • 5. Testimony of Two Men by Taylor Caldwell
  • 6. Preserve and Protect by Allen Drury
  • 7. Myra Breckinridge by Gore Vidal
  • 8. Vanished by Fletcher Knebel
  • 9. Christy by Catherine Marshall
  • 10. The Tower of Babel by Morris L. West
  • 1967
  • 1. The Arrangement by Elia Kazan
  • 2. The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron
  • 3. The Chosen by Chaim Potok
  • 4. Topaz by Leon Uris
  • 5. Christy by Catherine Marshall
  • 6. The Eighth Day by Thornton Wilder
  • 7. Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
  • 8. The Plot by Irving Wallace
  • 9. The Gabriel Hounds by Mary Stewart
  • 10. The Exhibitionist by Henry Sutton
  • 1966
  • 1. Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
  • 2. The Adventurers by Harold Robbins
  • 3. The Secret of Santa Vittoria by Robert Crichton
  • 4. Capable of Honor by Allen Drury
  • 5. The Double Image by Helen MacInnes
  • 6. The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
  • 7. Tell No Man by Adela Rogers St. Johns
  • 8. Tai-Pan by James Clavell
  • 9. The Embezzler by Louis Auchincloss
  • 10. All in the Family by Edwin O'Connor
  • 1965
  • 1. The Source by James A. Michener
  • 2. Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman
  • 3. Herzog by Saul Bellow
  • 4. The Looking Glass War by John le Carré
  • 5. The Green Berets by Robin Moore
  • 6. Those Who Love by Irving Stone
  • 7. The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming
  • 8. Hotel by Arthur Hailey
  • 9. The Ambassador by Morris West
  • 10. Don't Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk
  • 1964
  • 1. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré
  • 2. Candy by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg
  • 3. Herzog by Saul Bellow
  • 4. Armageddon by Leon Uris
  • 5. The Man by Irving Wallace
  • 6. The Rector of Justin by Louis Auchincloss
  • 7. The Martyred by Richard E. Kim
  • 8. You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming
  • 9. This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart
  • 10. Convention by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II
  • 1963
  • 1. The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris L. West
  • 2. The Group by Mary McCarthy
  • 3. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, and Seymour-An Introduction by J.D. Salinger
  • 4. Caravans by James A. Michener
  • 5. Elizabeth Appleton by John O'Hara
  • 6. Grandmother and the Priests by Taylor Caldwell
  • 7. City of Night by John Rechy
  • 8. The Glass-Blowers by Daphne du Maurier
  • 9. The Sand Pebbles by Richard McKenna
  • 10. The Battle of the Villa Fiority by Rumer Godden
  • 1962
  • 1. Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter
  • 2. Dearly Beloved by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
  • 3. A Shade of Difference by Allen Drury
  • 4. Youngblood Hawke by Herman Wouk
  • 5. Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
  • 6. Fail-Safe by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler
  • 7. Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II
  • 8. The Prize by Irving Wallace
  • 9. The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone
  • 10. The Reivers by William Faulkner
  • 1961
  • 1. The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone
  • 2. Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
  • 3. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • 4. Mila 18 by Leon Uris
  • 5. The Carpetbaggers by Harold Robbins
  • 6. Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
  • 7. Winnie Ille Pu by Alexander Lenard (translation of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne)
  • 8. Daughter of Silence by Morris West
  • 9. The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor
  • 10. The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
  • 1960
  • 1. Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
  • 2. Hawaii by James A. Michener
  • 3. The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa
  • 4. The Chapman Report by Irving Wallace
  • 5. Ourselves to Know by John O'Hara
  • 6. The Constant Image by Marcia Davenport
  • 7. The Lovely Ambition by Mary Ellen Chase
  • 8. The Listener by Taylor Caldwell
  • 9. Trustee from the Toolroom by Nevil Shute
  • 10. Sermons and Soda-Water by John O'Hara
  • 1959
  • 1. Exodus by Leon Uris
  • 2. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
  • 3. Hawaii by James A. Michener
  • 4. Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
  • 5. Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
  • 6. The Ugly American by Eugene L. Burdick
  • 7. Dear and Glorious Physician by Taylor Caldwell
  • 8. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
  • 9. Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico
  • 10. Poor No More by Robert Ruark
  • 1958
  • 1. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
  • 2. Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver
  • 3. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
  • 4. Around the World with Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
  • 5. From the Terrace by John O'Hara
  • 6. Eloise at Christmastime by Kay Thompson
  • 7. Ice Palace by Edna Ferber
  • 8. The Winthrop Woman by Anya Seton
  • 9. The Enemy Camp by Jerome Weidman
  • 10. Victorine by Frances Parkinson Keyes
  • 1957
  • 1. By Love Possessed by James Gould Cozzens
  • 2. Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
  • 3. Compulsion by Meyer Levin
  • 4. Rally Round the Flag, Boys! by Max Shulman
  • 5. Blue Camellia by Frances Parkinson Keyes
  • 6. Eloise in Paris by Kay Thompson
  • 7. The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier
  • 8. On the Beach by Nevil Shute
  • 9. Below the Salt by Thomas B. Costain
  • 10. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
  • 1956
  • 1. Don't Go Near the Water by William Brinkley
  • 2. The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor
  • 3. Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
  • 4. Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
  • 5. Eloise by Kay Thompson
  • 6. Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor
  • 7. A Certain Smile by Francoise Sagan
  • 8. The Tribe That Lost Its Head by Nicholas Monsarrat
  • 9. The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir
  • 10. Boon Island by Kenneth Roberts
  • 1955
  • 1. Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
  • 2. Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
  • 3. Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor
  • 4. Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
  • 5. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson
  • 6. Something of Value by Robert Ruark
  • 7. Not as a Stranger by Morton Thompson
  • 8. No Time for Sergeants by Mac Hyman
  • 9. The Tontine by Thomas B. Costain
  • 10. Ten North Frederick by John O'Hara
  • 1954
  • 1. Not as a Stranger by Morton Thompson
  • 2. Mary Anne by Daphne du Maurier
  • 3. Love Is Eternal by Irving Stone
  • 4. The Royal Box by Frances Parkinson Keyes
  • 5. The Egyptian by Mika Waltari
  • 6. No Time for Sergeants by Mac Hyman
  • 7. Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck
  • 8. The View from Pompey's Head by Hamilton Basso
  • 9. Never Victorious, Never Defeated by Taylor Caldwell
  • 10. Benton's Row by Frank Yerby
  • 1953
  • 1. The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
  • 2. The Silver Chalice by Thomas B. Costain
  • 3. Desirée by Annemarie Selinko
  • 4. Battle Cry by Leon M. Uris
  • 5. From Here to Eternity by James Jones
  • 6. The High and the Mighty by Ernest K. Gann
  • 7. Beyond This Place by A. J. Cronin
  • 8. Time and Time Again by James Hilton
  • 9. Lord Vanity by Samuel Shellabarger
  • 10. The Unconquered by Ben Ames Williams
  • 1952
  • 1. The Silver Chalice by Thomas B. Costain
  • 2. The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
  • 3. East of Eden by John Steinbeck
  • 4. My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
  • 5. Steamboat Gothic by Frances Parkinson Keyes
  • 6. Giant by Edna Ferber
  • 7. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
  • 8. The Gown of Glory by Agnes Sligh Turnbull
  • 9. The Saracen Blade by Frank Yerby
  • 10. The Houses in Between by Howard Spring
  • 11. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
  • 1951
  • 1. From Here to Eternity by James Jones
  • 2. The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
  • 3. Moses by Sholem Asch
  • 4. The Cardinal by Henry Morton Robinson
  • 5. A Woman Called Fancy by Frank Yerby
  • 6. The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
  • 7. Melville Goodwin, U.S.A. by John P. Marquand
  • 8. Return to Paradise by James A. Michener
  • 9. The Foundling by Cardinal Spellman
  • 10. The Wanderer by Mika Waltari
  • 1950
  • 1. The Cardinal by Henry Morton Robinson
  • 2. Joy Street by Frances Parkinson Keyes
  • 3. Across the River and into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway
  • 4. The Wall by John Hersey
  • 5. Star Money by Kathleen Winsor
  • 6. The Parasites by Daphne du Maurier
  • 7. Floodtide by Frank Yerby
  • 8. Jubilee Trail by Gwen Bristow
  • 9. The Adventurer by Mika Waltari
  • 10. The Disenchanted by Budd Schulberg
  • 1949
  • 1. The Egyptian by Mika Waltari
  • 2. The Big Fisherman by Lloyd C. Douglas
  • 3. Mary by Sholem Asch
  • 4. A Rage to Live by John O'Hara
  • 5. Point of No Return by John P. Marquand
  • 6. Dinner at Antoine's by Frances Parkinson Keyes
  • 7. High Towers by Thomas B. Costain
  • 8. Cutlass Empire by Van Wyck Mason
  • 9. Pride's Castle by Frank Yerby
  • 10. Father of the Bride by Edward Streeter
  • 1948
  • 1. The Big Fisherman by Lloyd C. Douglas
  • 2. The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
  • 3. Dinner at Antoine's by Frances Parkinson Keyes
  • 4. The Bishop's Mantle by Agnes Sligh Turnbull
  • 5. Tomorrow Will Be Better by Betty Smith
  • 6. The Golden Hawk by Frank Yerby
  • 7. Raintree County by Ross Lockridge, Jr.
  • 8. Shannon's Way by A. J. Cronin
  • 9. Pilgrim's Inn by Elizabeth Goudge
  • 10. The Young Lions by Irwin Shaw
  • 1947
  • 1. The Miracle of the Bells by Russell Janney
  • 2. The Moneyman by Thomas B. Costain
  • 3. Gentleman's Agreement by Laura Z. Hobson
  • 4. Lydia Bailey by Kenneth Roberts
  • 5. The Vixens by Frank Yerby
  • 6. The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck
  • 7. House Divided by Ben Ames Williams
  • 8. Kingsblood Royal by Sinclair Lewis
  • 9. East Side, West Side by Marcia Davenport
  • 10. Prince of Foxes by Samuel Shellabarger
  • 1946
  • 1. The King's General by Daphne du Maurier
  • 2. This Side of Innocence by Taylor Caldwell
  • 3. The River Road by Frances Parkinson Keyes
  • 4. The Miracle of the Bells by Russell Janney
  • 5. The Hucksters by Frederic Wakeman, Sr.
  • 6. The Foxes of Harrow by Frank Yerby
  • 7. Arch of Triumph by Erich Maria Remarque
  • 8. The Black Rose by Thomas B. Costain
  • 9. B.F.'s Daughter by John P. Marquand
  • 10. The Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward
  • 1945
  • 1. Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
  • 2. The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
  • 3. The Black Rose by Thomas B. Costain
  • 4. The White Tower by James Ramsey Ullman
  • 5. Cass Timberlane by Sinclair Lewis
  • 6. A Lion Is in the Streets by Adria Locke Langley
  • 7. So Well Remembered by James Hilton
  • 8. Captain from Castile by Samuel Shellabarger
  • 9. Earth and High Heaven by Gwethalyn Graham
  • 10. Immortal Wife by Irving Stone
  • 1944
  • 1. Strange Fruit by Lillian Smith
  • 2. The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
  • 3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
  • 4. Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
  • 5. The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
  • 6. The Green Years by A. J. Cronin
  • 7. Leave Her to Heaven by Ben Ames Williams
  • 8. Green Dolphin Street by Elizabeth Goudge
  • 9. A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
  • 10. The Apostle by Sholem Asch
  • 1943
  • 1. The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
  • 2. The Valley of Decision by Marcia Davenport
  • 3. So Little Time by John P. Marquand
  • 4. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
  • 5. The Human Comedy by William Saroyan
  • 6. Mrs. Parkington by Louis Bromfield
  • 7. The Apostle by Sholem Asch
  • 8. Hungry Hill by Daphne du Maurier
  • 9. The Forest and the Fort by Hervey Allen
  • 10. The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel
  • 1942
  • 1. The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel
  • 2. The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck
  • 3. Dragon Seed by Pearl S. Buck
  • 4. And Now Tomorrow by Rachel Field
  • 5. Drivin' Woman by Elizabeth Pickett
  • 6. Windswept by Mary Ellen Chase
  • 7. The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
  • 8. The Sun Is My Undoing by Marguerite Sheen
  • 9. King's Row by Henry Bellamann
  • 10. The Keys of the Kingdom by A. J. Cronin
  • 1941
  • 1. The Keys of the Kingdom by A. J. Cronin
  • 2. Random Harvest by James Hilton
  • 3. This Above All by Eric Knight
  • 4. The Sun Is My Undoing by Marguerite Steen
  • 5. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
  • 6. Oliver Wiswell by Kenneth Roberts
  • 7. H.M. Pulham, Esquire by John P. Marquand
  • 8. Mr. and Mrs. Cugat by Isabel Scott Rorick
  • 9. Saratoga Trunk by Edna Ferber
  • 10. Windswept by Mary Ellen Chase
  • 1940
  • 1. How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
  • 2. Kitty Foyle by Christopher Morley
  • 3. Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther
  • 4. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
  • 5. The Nazarene by Sholem Asch
  • 6. Stars on the Sea by F. van Wyck
  • 7. Oliver Wiswell by Kenneth Roberts
  • 8. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
  • 9. Night in Bombay by Louis Bromfield
  • 10. The Family by Nina Fedorova
  • 1939
  • 1. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
  • 2. All This, and Heaven Too by Rachel Field
  • 3. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
  • 4. Wickford Point by John P. Marquand
  • 5. Escape by Ethel Vance
  • 6. Disputed Passage by Lloyd C. Douglas
  • 7. The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
  • 8. The Tree of Liberty by Elizabeth Page
  • 9. The Nazarene by Sholem Asch
  • 10. Kitty Foyle by Christopher Morley
  • 1938
  • 1. The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
  • 2. The Citadel by A. J. Cronin
  • 3. My Son, My Son! by Howard Spring
  • 4. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
  • 5. Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts
  • 6. All This, and Heaven Too by Rachel Field
  • 7. The Rains Came by Louis Bromfield
  • 8. And Tell of Time by Laura Krey
  • 9. The Mortal Storm by Phyllis Bottome
  • 10. Action at Aquila by Hervey Allen
  • 1937
  • 1. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
  • 2. Northwest Passage (novel) by Kenneth Roberts
  • 3. The Citadel by A. J. Cronin
  • 4. And So—Victoria by Vaughan Wilkins
  • 5. Drums Along the Mohawk by Walter D. Edmonds
  • 6. The Years by Virginia Woolf
  • 7. Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham
  • 8. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
  • 9. The Rains Came by Louis Bromfield
  • 10. We Are Not Alone by James Hilton
  • 1936
  • 1. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
  • 2. The Last Puritan by George Santayana
  • 3. Sparkenbroke by Charles Morgan
  • 4. Drums Along the Mohawk by Walter D. Edmonds
  • 5. It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
  • 6. White Banners by Lloyd C. Douglas
  • 7. The Hurricane by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
  • 8. The Thinking Reed by Rebecca West
  • 9. The Doctor by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • 10. Eyeless in Gaza by Aldous Huxley
  • 1935
  • 1. Green Light by Lloyd C. Douglas
  • 2. Vein of Iron by Ellen Glasgow
  • 3. Of Time and the River by Thomas Wolfe
  • 4. Time Out of Mind by Rachel Field
  • 5. Good-bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton
  • 6. The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel
  • 7. Heaven's My Destination by Thornton Wilder
  • 8. Lost Horizon by James Hilton
  • 9. Come and Get It by Edna Ferber
  • 10. Europa by Robert Briffault
  • 1934
  • 1. Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen
  • 2. Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller
  • 3. So Red the Rose by Stark Young
  • 4. Good-bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton
  • 5. Within This Present by Margaret Ayer Barnes
  • 6. Work of Art by Sinclair Lewis
  • 7. Private Worlds by Phyllis Bottome
  • 8. Mary Peters by Mary Ellen Chase
  • 9. Oil for the Lamps of China by Alice Tisdale Hobart
  • 10. Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen
  • 1933
  • 1. Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen
  • 2. As the Earth Turns by Gladys Hasty Carroll
  • 3. Ann Vickers by Sinclair Lewis
  • 4. Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas
  • 5. One More River by John Galsworthy
  • 6. Forgive Us Our Trespassers by Lloyd C. Douglas
  • 7. The Master of Jalna by Mazo de la Roche
  • 8. Miss Bishop by Bess Streeter Aldrich
  • 9. The Farm by Louis Bromfield
  • 10. Little Man, What Now? by Hans Fallada
  • 1932
  • 1. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
  • 2. The Fountain by Charles Morgan
  • 3. Sons by Pearl S. Buck
  • 4. Magnolia Street by Louis Golding
  • 5. The Sheltered Life by Ellen Glasgow
  • 6. Old Wine and New by Warwick Deeping
  • 7. Mary's Neck by Booth Tarkington
  • 8. Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas
  • 9. Inheritance by Phyllis Bentley
  • 10. Three Loves by A. J. Cronin
  • 1931
  • 1. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
  • 2. Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather
  • 3. A White Bird Flying by Bess Streeter Aldrich
  • 4. Grand Hotel by Vicki Baum
  • 5. Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes
  • 6. The Road Back by Erich Maria Remarque
  • 7. The Bridge of Desire by Warwick Deeping
  • 8. Back Street by Fannie Hurst
  • 9. Finch's Fortune by Mazo de la Roche
  • 10. Maid in Waiting by John Galsworthy
  • 1930
  • 1. Cimarron by Edna Ferber
  • 2. Exile by Warwick Deeping
  • 3. The Woman of Andros by Thornton Wilder
  • 4. Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes
  • 5. Angel Pavement by J. B. Priestley
  • 6. The Door by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • 7. Rogue Herries by Hugh Walpole
  • 8. Chances by A. Hamilton Gibbs
  • 9. Young Woman of Manhattan by Katherine Brush
  • 10. Twenty-Four Hours by Louis Bromfield
  • 1929
  • 1. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
  • 2. Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis
  • 3. Dark Hester by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • 4. The Bishop Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine
  • 5. Roper's Row by Warwick Deeping
  • 6. Peder Victorious by O.E. Rolvaag
  • 7. Mamba's Daughters by DuBose Heyward
  • 8. The Galaxy by Susan Ertz
  • 9. Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin
  • 10. Joseph and His Brethren by H.W. Freeman
  • 1928
  • 1. The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
  • 2. Wintersmoon by Hugh Alpole
  • 3. Swan Song by John Galsworthy
  • 4. The Greene Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine
  • 5. Bad Girl by Viña Delmar
  • 6. Claire Ambler by Booth Tarkington
  • 7. Old Pybus by Warwick Deeping
  • 8. All Kneeling by Anne Parrish
  • 9. Jalna by Mazo de la Roche
  • 10. The Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg by Louis Bromfield
  • 1927
  • 1. Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis
  • 2. The Plutocrat by Booth Tarkington
  • 3. Doomsday by Warwick Deeping
  • 4. Sorrell and Son by Warwick Deeping
  • 5. Jalna by Mazo de la Roche
  • 6. Lost Ecstasy by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • 7. Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
  • 8. Tomorrow Morning by Anne Parrish
  • 9. The Old Countess by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • 10. A Good Woman by Louis Bromfield
  • 1926
  • 1. The Private Life of Helen of Troy by John Erskine
  • 2. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos
  • 3. Sorrell and Son by Warwick Deeping
  • 4. The Hounds of Spring by Sylvia Thompson
  • 5. Beau Sabreur by P.C. Wren
  • 6. The Silver Spoons by John Galsworthy
  • 7. Beau Geste by P.C. Wren
  • 8. Show Boat by Edna Ferber
  • 9. After Noon by Susan Ertz
  • 10. The Blue Window by Temple Bailey
  • 1925
  • 1. Soundings by A. Hamilton Gibbs
  • 2. The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy
  • 3. The Keeper of the Bees by Gene Stratton Porter
  • 4. Glorious Apollo by E. Barrington
  • 5. The Green Hat by Michael Arlen
  • 6. The Little French Girl by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • 7. Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
  • 8. The Perennial Bachelor by Anne Parrish
  • 9. The Carolinian by Rafael Sabatini
  • 10. One Increasing Purpose by A.S.M. Hutchinson
  • 1924
  • 1. So Big by Edna Ferber
  • 2. The Plastic Age by Percy Marks
  • 3. The Little French Girl by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • 4. The Heirs Apparent by Philip Gibbs
  • 5. A Gentleman of Courage by James Oliver Curwood
  • 6. The Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey
  • 7. The Midlander by Booth Tarkington
  • 8. The Coast of Folly by Coningsby Dawson
  • 9. Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini
  • 10. The Homemaker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
  • 1923
  • 1. Black Oxen by Gertrude Atherton
  • 2. His Children's Children by Arthur Train
  • 3. The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
  • 4. Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
  • 5. The Dim Lantern by Temple Bailey
  • 6. This Freedom by A.S.M. Hutchinson
  • 7. The Mine With the Iron Door by Harold Bell Wright
  • 8. The Wanderer of the Wasteland by Zane Grey
  • 9. The Sea Hawk by Rafael Sabatini
  • 10. The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • 1922
  • 1. If Winter Comes by A.S.M. Hutchinson
  • 2. The Sheik by Edith M. Hull
  • 3. Gentle Julia by Booth Tarkington
  • 4. The Head of the House of Coombe by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • 5. Simon Called Peter by Robert Keable
  • 6. The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • 7. This Freedom by A.S.M. Hutchinson
  • 8. Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hémon
  • 9. To the Last Man by Zane Grey
  • 10. Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
  • 10. Helen of the Old House by Harold Bell Wright
  • 1921
  • 1. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
  • 2. The Brimming Cup by Dorothy Canfield
  • 3. The Mysterious Rider by Zane Grey
  • 4. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
  • 5. The Valley of Silent Men by James Oliver Curwood
  • 6. The Sheik by Edith M. Hull
  • 7. A Poor Wise Man by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • 8. Her Father's Daughter by Gene Stratton Porter
  • 9. The Sisters-in-Law by Gertrude Atherton
  • 10. The Kingdom Round the Corner by Coningsby Dawson
  • 1920
  • 1. The Man of the Forest by Zane Grey
  • 2. Kindred of the Dust by Peter B. Kyne
  • 3. The Re-Creation of Brian Kent by Harold Bell Wright
  • 4. The River's End by James Oliver Curwood
  • 5. A Man for the Ages by Irving Bacheller
  • 6. Mary-Marie by Eleanor H. Porter
  • 7. The Portygee by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • 8. The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • 9. The Lamp in the Desert by Ethel M. Dell
  • 10. Harriet and the Piper by Kathleen Norris
  • 1919
  • 1. The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
  • 2. The Arrow of Gold by Joseph Conrad
  • 3. The Desert of Wheat by Zane Grey
  • 4. Dangerous Days by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • 5. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land by Ralph Connor
  • 6. The Re-Creation of Brian Kent by Harold Bell Wright
  • 7. Dawn by Gene Stratton Porter
  • 8. The Tin Soldier by Temple Bailey
  • 9. Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth von Arnim
  • 10. In Secret by Robert W. Chambers
  • 1918
  • 1. The U.P. Trail by Zane Grey
  • 2. The Tree of Heaven by May Sinclair
  • 3. The Amazing Interlude by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • 4. Dere Mable by Edward Streeter
  • 5. Oh, Money! Money! by Eleanor H. Porter
  • 6. Greatheart by Ethel M. Dell
  • 7. The Major by Ralph Connor
  • 8. The Pawns Count by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • 9. A Daughter of the Land by Gene Stratton Porter
  • 10. Sonia by Stephen McKenna
  • 1917
  • 1. Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. Wells
  • 2. The Light in the Clearing by Irving Bacheller
  • 3. The Red Planet by William J. Locke
  • 4. The Road to Understanding by Eleanor H. Porter
  • 5. Wildfire by Zane Grey
  • 6. Christine by Alice Cholmondeley
  • 7. In the Wilderness by Robert S. Hichens
  • 8. His Family by Ernest Poole
  • 9. The Definite Object by Jeffrey Farnol
  • 10. The Hundredth Chance by Ethel M. Dell
  • 1916
  • 1. Seventeen by Booth Tarkington
  • 2. When a Man's a Man by Harold Bell Wright
  • 3. Just David by Eleanor H. Porter
  • 4. Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. Wells
  • 5. Life and Gabriella by Ellen Glasgow
  • 6. The Real Adventure by Henry Kitchell Webster
  • 7. Bars of Iron by Ethel M. Dell
  • 8. Nan of Music Mountain by Frank H. Spearman
  • 9. Dear Enemy by Jean Webster
  • 10. The Heart of Rachael by Kathleen Norris
  • 1915
  • 1. The Turmoil by Booth Tarkington
  • 2. A Far Country by Winston Churchill
  • 3. Michael O'Halloran by Gene Stratton Porter
  • 4. Pollyanna Grows Up by Eleanor H. Porter
  • 5. K by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • 6. Jaffery by William J. Locke
  • 7. Felix O'Day by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • 8. The Harbor by Ernest Poole
  • 9. The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey
  • 10. Angela's Business by Henry Sydnor Harrison
  • 1914
  • 1. The Eyes of the World by Harold Bell Wright
  • 2. Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
  • 3. The Inside of the Cup by Winston Churchill
  • 4. The Salamander by Owen Johnson
  • 5. The Fortunate Youth by William J. Locke
  • 6. T. Tembarom by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • 7. Penrod by Booth Tarkington
  • 8. Diane of the Green Van by Leona Dalrymple
  • 9. The Devil's Garden by W. B. Maxwell
  • 10. The Prince of Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon
  • 1913
  • 1. The Inside of the Cup by Winston Churchill
  • 2. V.V.'s Eyes by Henry Sydnor Harrison
  • 3. Laddie (novel) by Gene Stratton Porter
  • 4. The Judgment House by Gilbert Parker
  • 5. Heart of the Hills by John Fox, Jr.
  • 6. The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffrey Farnol
  • 7. The Woman Thou Gavest Me by Hall Caine
  • 8. Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
  • 9. The Valiants of Virginia by Hallie Erminie Rives
  • 10. T. Tembarom by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • 1912
  • 1. The Harvester by Gene Stratton Porter
  • 2. The Street Called Straight by Basil King
  • 3. Their Yesterdays by Harold Bell Wright
  • 4. The Melting of Molly by Maria Thompson Davies
  • 5. A Hoosier Chronicle by Meredith Nicholson
  • 6. The Winning of Barbara Worth by Harold Bell Wright
  • 7. The Just and the Unjust by Vaughan Kester
  • 8. The Net by Rex Beach
  • 9. Tante by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • 10. Fran by J. Breckenridge Ellis
  • 1911
  • 1. The Broad Highway by Jeffrey Farnol
  • 2. The Prodigal Judge by Vaughan Kester
  • 3. The Winning of Barbara Worth by Harold Bell Wright
  • 4. Queed by Henry Sydnor Harrison
  • 5. The Harvester by Gene Stratton Porter
  • 6. The Iron Woman by Margaret Deland
  • 7. The Long Roll by Mary Johnston
  • 8. Molly Make-Believe by Eleanor Abbott
  • 9. The Rosary by Florence L. Barclay
  • 10. The Common Law by Robert W. Chambers
  • 1910
  • 1. The Rosary by Florence L. Barclay
  • 2. A Modern Chronicle by Winston Churchill
  • 3. The Wild Olive by Anonymous (Basil King)
  • 4. Max Katherine by Cecil Thurston
  • 5. The Kingdom of Slender Swords by Hallie Erminie Rives
  • 6. Simon the Jester by William J. Locke
  • 7. Lord Loveland Discovers America by C.N. Williamson and A.M. Williamson
  • 8. The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • 9. Molly Make-Believe by Eleanor Abbott
  • 10. When a Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • 1909
  • 1. The Inner Shrine by Anonymous (Basil King)
  • 2. Katrine by Elinor Macartney Lane
  • 3. The Silver Horde by Rex Beach
  • 4. The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • 5. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by John Fox, Jr.
  • 6. Truxton King George by Barr McCutcheon
  • 7. 54-40 or Fight by Emerson Hough
  • 8. The Goose Girl by Harold MacGrath
  • 9. Peter by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • 10. Septimus by William J. Locke
  • 1908
  • 1. Mr. Crewe's Career by Winston Churchill
  • 2. The Barrier by Rex Beach
  • 3. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by John Fox, Jr.
  • 4. The Lure of the Mask by Harold MacGrath
  • 5. The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • 6. Peter by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • 7. Lewis Rand by Mary Johnston
  • 8. The Black Bag by Louis J. Vance
  • 9. The Man from Brodney's by George Barr McCutcheon
  • 10. The Weavers by Gilbert Parker
  • 1907
  • 1. The Lady of the Decoration by Frances Little
  • 2. The Weavers by Gilbert Parker
  • 3. The Port of Missing Men by Meredith Nicholson
  • 4. The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • 5. The Brass Bowl by Louis J. Vance
  • 6. Satan Sanderson by Hallie Erminie Rives
  • 7. The Daughter of Andreson Crow by George Barr McCutcheon
  • 8. The Younger Set by Robert W. Chambers
  • 9. The Doctor by Ralph Connor
  • 10. Half a Rogue byHarold MacGrath
  • 1906
  • 1. Coniston by Winston Churchill
  • 2. Lady Baltimore by Owen Wister
  • 3. The Fighting Chance by Robert W. Chambers
  • 4. The House of a Thousand Candles by Meredith Nicholson
  • 5. Jane Cable by George Barr McCutcheon
  • 6. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
  • 7. The Awakening of Helena Ritchie by Margaret Deland
  • 8. The Spoilers by Rex Beach
  • 9. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
  • 10. The Wheel of Life by Ellen Glasgow
  • 1905
  • 1. The Marriage of William Ashe by Mary Augusta Ward
  • 2. Sandy by Alice Hegan Rice
  • 3. The Garden of Allah by Robert Hichens
  • 4. The Clansman by Thomas Dixon, Jr.
  • 5. Nedra by George Barr McCutcheon
  • 6. The Gambler by Katherine Cecil Thurston
  • 7. The Maquerader by Katherine Cecil Thurston
  • 8. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
  • 9. The Princess Passes by C.N. Williamson and A.M. Williamson
  • 10. Rose o' the River by Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • 1904
  • 1. The Crossing by Winston Churchill
  • 2. The Deliverance by Ellen Glasgow
  • 3. The Maquerader by Katherine Cecil Thurston
  • 4. In the Bishop's Carriage by Miriam Michelson
  • 5. Sir Mortimer by Mary Johnston
  • 6. Beverly of Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon
  • 7. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by John Fox, Jr.
  • 8. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • 9. My Friend Prospero by Henry Harland
  • 10. The Silent Places by Stewart Edward White
  • 1903
  • 1. Lady Rose's Daughter by Mary Augusta Ward
  • 2. Gordon Keith by Thomas Nelson Page
  • 3. The Pit by Frank Norris
  • 4. Lovey Mary by Alice Hegan Rice
  • 5. The Virginian by Owen Wister
  • 6. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch by Alice Hegan Rice
  • 7. The Mettle of the Pasture by James Lane Allen
  • 8. Letters of a Self-Made Merchant to His Son by George Horace Lorimer
  • 9. The One Woman by Thomas Dixon, Jr.
  • 10. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by John Fox, Jr.
  • 1902
  • 1. The Virginian by Owen Wister
  • 2. Mrs. Wiggs of Cabbage Patch by Alice Caldwell Hegan (Alice Hegan Rice)
  • 3. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Charles Major
  • 4. The Mississippi Bubble by Emerson Hough
  • 5. Audrey by Mary Johnston
  • 6. The Right of Way by Gilbert Parker
  • 7. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • 8. The Two Vanrevels by Booth Tarkington
  • 9. The Blue Forever by Henry van Dyke
  • 10. Sir Richard Calmady by Lucas Malet
  • 1901
  • 1. The Crisis by Winston Churchill
  • 2. Alice of Old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson
  • 3. The Helmet of Navarre by Bertha Runkle
  • 4. The Right of Way by Gilbert Parker
  • 5. Eben Holden by Irving Bacheller
  • 6. The Visits of Elizabeth by Elinor Glyn
  • 7. The Puppet Crown by Harold MacGrath
  • 8. Richard Yea-and-Nay by Maurice Hewlett
  • 9. Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon
  • 10. D'ri and I by Irving Bacheller
  • 1900
  • 1. To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston
  • 2. Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondeley
  • 3. Unleavened Bread byRobert Grant
  • 4. The Reign of Law by James Lane Allen
  • 5. Eben Holden by Irving Bacheller
  • 6. Janice Meredith by Paul Leicester Ford
  • 7. The Redemption of David Corson by Charles Frederic Goss
  • 8. Richard Carvel by Winston Churchill
  • 9. When Knighthood Was in Flower by Charles Major
  • 10. Alice of Old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson