Bestsellers, American, 1900-1922 (Bookshelf)

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Introduction

The following lists of best-selling books from 1900 – 1922 was taken from this site.

1900

Fiction

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 Frederic Goss
8. Richard Carvel  Winston Churchill
9. When Knighthood Was in Flower  Charles Major
10. Alice of Old Vincennes  Maurice Thompson

1901

Fiction

1. The Crisis  Winston Churchill.

   Also available with each volume as a separate etext: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8

2. Alice of Old Vincennes  Maurice Thompson
3. The Helmet of Navarre  Bertha Runkle
4. The Right of Way  Gilbert Parker.

   Also available with each volume as a separate etext: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6

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 Barr McCutcheon
10. D'ri and I  Irving Bacheller

1902

Fiction

1. The Virginian  Owen Wister
2. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch  Alice Caldwell Hegan
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. Project Gutenberg has 2 etexts for this:
   • The Hound of the Baskervilles  A. Conan Doyle
   • The Hound of the Baskervilles  A. Conan Doyle
8. The Two Vanrevels  Booth Tarkington
9. The Blue Flower  Henry van Dyke
10. Sir Richard Calmady  Lucas Malet

1903

Fiction

1. Lady Rose's Daughter  Mrs. Humphrey Ward (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 from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son  George Horace Lorimer
9. The One Woman  Thomas Dixon Jr.
10. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come  John Fox Jr.

1904

Fiction

1. The Crossing  Winston Churchill
2. The Deliverance  Ellen Glasgow
3. The Masquerader  Katherine Cecil Thurston
4. In The Bishop's Carriage  Miriam Michelson
5. Sir Mortimer  Mary Johnston
6. Beverly of Graustark  George Barr 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

Fiction

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 Jr.
5. Nedra  George Barr McCutcheon
6. The Gambler (not available) Katherine Cecil Thurston
7. The Masquerader  anonymous (Katherine Cecil Thurston)
8. The House of Mirth  Edith Wharton
9. The Princess Passes  C. N. and A. M. Williamson
10. Rose o' the River  Kate Douglas Wiggin

1906

Fiction

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 Barr McCutcheon
6. The Jungle  Upton Sinclair
7. The Awakening of Helena Richie  Margaret Deland
8. The Spoilers  Rex Beach
9. The House of Mirth  Edith Wharton
10. The Wheel of Life  Ellen Glasgow

1907

Fiction

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 Hodgson Burnett
5. The Brass Bowl  Louis J. Vance
6. Satan Sanderson (not available) Hallie Erminie Rives
7. The Daughter of Anderson Crow  George Barr McCutcheon
8. The Younger Set  Robert W. Chambers
9. The Doctor  Ralph Connor
10. Half a Rogue  Harold MacGrath

1908

Fiction

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 Hodgson 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 Barr McCutcheon
10. The Weavers  Gilbert Parker

1909

Fiction

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 Barr 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

Fiction

1. The Rosary  Florence Barclay
2. A Modern Chronicle  Winston Churchill
3. The Wild Olive  Basil King
4. Max  Katherine Cecil Thurston
5. The Kingdom of Slender Swords (not available) Hallie Erminie Rives
6. Simon the Jester  William J. Locke
7. Lord Loveland Discovers America (not available) C. N. and A. M. Williamson
8. The Window at the White Cat (not available) Mary Roberts Rinehart
9. Molly Make-Believe  Eleanor Abbott
10. When a Man Marries  Mary Roberts Rinehart

1911

Fiction

1. The Broad Highway  Jeffrey 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

Fiction

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 and another edition 
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 (not available) Anne Douglas Sedgwick
10. Fran  J. Breckenridge Ellis

Non-Fiction

1. The Promised Land  Mary Antin
2. The Montessori Method (not available) Maria Montessori
3. South America (not available) James Bryce
4. A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil  Jane Addams
5. Three Plays (not available) Eugène Brieux
6. Your United States  Arnold Bennett
7. Creative Evolution  Henri Bergson
8. How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day  Arnold Bennett
9. Woman and Labor  Olive Schreiner
10. Mark Twain  Albert Bigelow Paine

1913

Fiction

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  Sir 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 (not available) Hallie Erminie Rives
10. T. Tembarom  Frances Hodgson Burnett

Non-Fiction

1. Crowds  Gerald Stanley Lee
2. Germany and the Germans  Price Collier
3. Zone Policeman 88  Harry A. Franck
4. The New Freedom  Woodrow Wilson
5. South America (not available) James Bryce
6. Your United States  Arnold Bennett
7. The Promised Land  Mary Antin
8. Auction Bridge To-Day  Milton C. Work
9. Three Plays (not available) Eugène Brieux
10. Psychology and Industrial Efficiency  Hugo Munsterberg

1914

Fiction

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 (not available) Owen Johnson
5. The Fortunate Youth  William J. Locke
6. T. Tembarom  Frances Hodgson 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 Barr McCutcheon

1915

Fiction

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 (not available) Ernest Poole
9. The Lone Star Ranger  Zane Grey
10. {{Ebook|Angela's Business (not available) Henry Sydnor Harrison

1916

Fiction

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. The Bars of Iron  Ethel M. Dell
8. Nan of Music Mountain (not available) Frank H. Spearman
9. Dear Enemy  Jean Webster
10. The Heart of Rachael  Kathleen Norris

1917

Fiction

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 (not available) 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 (not available) Ethel M. Dell

General Non-Fiction

1. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man  Robert W. Service
2. The Plattsburg Manual  O. O. Ellis and E. B. Garey
3. Raymond (not available) Sir Oliver Lodge
4. Poems of Alan Seeger  Alan Seeger
5. God the Invisible King  H. G. Wells
6. Laugh and Live  Douglas Fairbanks
7. Better Meals for Less Money (not available) Mary Green

War Books

1. The First Hundred Thousand  Ian Hay
2. My Home in the Field of Honor  Frances W. Huard
3. A Student in Arms  Donald Hankey
4. Over the Top  Arthur Guy Empey
5. Carry On  Coningsby Dawson
6. Getting Together  Ian Hay
7. My Second Year of the War  Frederick Palmer
8. The Land of Deepening Shadow  D. Thomas Curtin
9. Italy, France and Britain at War  H. G. Wells
10. The Worn Doorstep (not available) Margaret Sherwood