Annual Bestsellers, 1910-1919

Rankings from Bowker's Annual/Publisher's Weekly
Non-fiction lists were not kept from 1900-1911, or for 1914-1916


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1910: Fiction
1The RosaryBarclay, Florence
 2A Modern ChronicleChurchill, Winston
 3The Wild OliveKing, Basil
 4MaxThurston, Katherine Cecil
 5The Kingdom of Slender SwordsRives, Hallie Erminie
 6Simon the JesterLocke, William J.
 7Lord Loveland Discovers AmericaWilliamson, C. N. and A. M.
 8The Window at the White CatRinehart, Mary Roberts
 9Molly Make-BelieveAbbott, Eleanor
 10When a Man MarriesRinehart, Mary Roberts
1911: Fiction
 1The Broad HighwayFarnol, Jeffrey
 2The Prodigal JudgeKester, Vaughan
3The Winning of Barbara WorthWright, Harold Bell
 4QueedHarrison, Henry Sydnor
 5The HarvesterPorter, Gene Stratton
 6The Iron WomanMargaret Deland
 7The Long RollJohnston, Mary
 8Molly Make-BelieveAbbott, Eleanor
9The RosaryBarclay, Florence
 10The Common LawChambers, Robert W.
1912: Fiction
 1The HarvesterPorter, Gene Stratton
 2The Street Called StraightKing, Basil
 3Their YesterdaysWright, Harold Bell
 4The Melting of MollyDaviess, Maria Thompson
 5A Hoosier ChronicleNicholson, Meredith
6The Winning of Barbara WorthWright, Harold Bell
 7The Just and the UnjustKester, Vaughan
 8The NetBeach, Rex
 9TanteSedgwick, Anne Douglas
 10FranEllis, J. Breckenridge
1912: Non-Fiction
 1The Promised LandAntin, Mary
 2The Montessori MethodMontessori, Maria
 3South AmericaBryce, James
 4A New Conscience and an Ancient EvilAddams, Jane
 5Three PlaysBrieux, Eugene
 6Your United StatesBennett, Arnold
 7Creative EvolutionBergson, Henri
 8How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a DayBennett, Arnold
 9Woman and LaborSchreiner, Olive
 10Mark TwainPaine, Albert Bigelow
1913: Fiction
 1The Inside of the CupChurchill, Winston
 2V. V.'s EyesHarrison, Henry Sydnor
 3LaddiePorter, Gene Stratton
 4The Judgment HouseParker, Sir Gilbert
 5Heart of the HillsFox, John Jr.
 6The Amateur GentlemanFarnol, Jeffrey
 7The Woman Thou Gavest MeCaine, Hall
8PollyannaPorter, Eleanor H.
 9The Valiants of VirginiaRives, Hallie Erminie
 10T. TembaromBurnett, Frances Hodgson
1913: Non-Fiction
 1CrowdsLee, Gerald Stanley
 2Germany and the GermansCollier, Price
 3Zone Policeman 88Franck, Harry A.
 4The New FreedomWilson, Woodrow
 5South AmericaBryce, James
 6Your United StatesBennett, Arnold
 7The Promised LandAntin, Mary
 8Auction Bridge To-DayWork, Milton C.
 9Three PlaysBrieux, Eugene
 10Psychology and Industrial EfficiencyMunsterberg, Hugo
1914: Fiction
 1The Eyes of the WorldWright, Harold Bell
2PollyannaPorter, Eleanor H.
 3The Inside of the CupChurchill, Winston
 4The SalamanderJohnson, Owen
5The Fortunate YouthLocke, William J.
 6T. TembaromBurnett, Frances Hodgson
 7PenrodTarkington, Booth
 8Diane of the Green VanDalrymple, Leona
 9The Devil's GardenMaxwell, W. B.
 10The Prince of GraustarkMcCutcheon, George Barr
1915: Fiction
1The TurmoilTarkington, Booth
 2A Far CountryChurchill, Winston
3Michael O'HalloranPorter, Gene Stratton
4Pollyanna Grows UpPorter, Eleanor H.
5KRinehart, Mary Roberts
 6JafferyLocke, William J.
 7Felix O'DaySmith, F. Hopkinson
 8The HarborPoole, Ernest
 9The Lone Star RangerGrey, Zane
 10Angela's BusinessHarrison, Henry Sydnor
1916: Fiction
1SeventeenTarkington, Booth
 2When a Man's a ManWright, Harold Bell
 3Just DavidPorter, Eleanor H.
 4Mr. Britling Sees It ThroughWells, H. G.
 5Life and GabriellaGlasgow, Ellen
 6The Real AdventureWebster, Henry Kitchell
 7Bars of IronDell, Ethel M.
 8Nan of Music MountainSpearman, Frank H.
 9Dear EnemyWebster, Jean
 10The Heart of RachaelNorris, Kathleen
1917: Fiction
 1Mr. Britling Sees It ThroughWells, H. G.
 2The Light in the ClearingBacheller, Irving
 3The Red PlanetLocke, William J.
 4The Road to UnderstandingPorter, Eleanor H.
5WildfireGrey, Zane
 6ChristineCholmondeley, Alice
 7In the WildernessHichens, Robert S.
 8His FamilyPoole, Ernest
 9The Definite ObjectFarnol, Jeffrey
 10The Hundredth ChanceDell, Ethel M.
1917: Non-Fiction
 1Rhymes of a Red Cross ManService, Robert W.
 2The Plattsburg ManualEllis, O. O. and E. B. Garey
 3RaymondLodge, Sir Oliver
 4Poems of Seeger, AlanSeeger, Alan
 5God the Invisible KingWells, H. G.
 6Laugh and LiveFairbanks, Douglas
 7Better Meals for Less MoneyGreen, Mary
1918: Fiction
1The U. P. TrailGrey, Zane
 2The Tree of HeavenSinclair, May
 3The Amazing InterludeRinehart, Mary Roberts
 4Dere MableStreeter, Edward
 5Oh, Money! Money!Porter, Eleanor H.
 6GreatheartDell, Ethel M.
 7The MajorConnor, Ralph
 8The Pawns CountOppenheim, E. Phillips
9A Daughter of the LandPorter, Gene Stratton
 10SoniaMcKenna, Stephen
1918: Non-Fiction
 1Rhymes of a Red Cross ManService, Robert W.
 2Treasury of War PoetryClark, G. H.
 3With the ColorsAppleton, Everard J.
 4RecollectionsMorley, Viscount
 5Laugh and LiveFairbanks, Douglas
 6Mark Twain's LettersPaine, Albert Bigelow, editor
 7Adventures and Letters of Davis, Richard HardingDavis, Richard Harding
 8Over HereGuest, Edgar
 9Diplomatic DaysO'Shaughnessy, Edith
 10Poems of Seeger, AlanSeeger, Alan
1919: Fiction
1The Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseIbanez, V. Blasco
2The Arrow of GoldConrad, Joseph
 3The Desert of WheatGrey, Zane
 4Dangerous DaysRinehart, Mary Roberts
 5The Sky Pilot in No Man's LandConnor, Ralph
6The Re-Creation of Brian KentWright, Harold Bell
 7DawnPorter, Gene Stratton
 8The Tin SoldierBailey, Temple
 9Christopher and Columbus"Elizabeth"
 10In SecretChambers, Robert W.
1919: Non-Fiction
 1The Education of Henry AdamsAdams, Henry
 2The Years BetweenKipling, Rudyard
 3BelgiumWhitlock, Brand
 4The Seven PurposesCameron, Margaret
 5In Flanders FieldsMcCrae, John
 6BolshevismSpargo, John

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