Bestselling books from 1900 to present

1900

  1. To Have and to Hold by Mary Johnston
  2. Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondeley
  3. Unleavened Bread by Robert 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

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. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Maurice Hewlett
  9. Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon
  10. D'ri and I by Irving Bacheller

1902

  1. The Virginian by Owen Wister
  2. Mrs. Wiggs of the 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 Flower by Henry van Dyke
  10. Sir Richard Calmady by Lucas Malet

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.

1904

  1. The Crossing by Winston Churchill
  2. The Deliverance by Ellen Glasgow
  3. The Masquerader 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

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 Masquerader 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

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 Richie 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

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 Joseph Vance
  6. Satan Sanderson by Hallie Erminie Rives
  7. The Daughter of Anderson Crow by George Barr McCutcheon
  8. The Younger Set by Robert W. Chambers
  9. The Doctor by Ralph Connor
  10. Half a Rogue by Harold MacGrath

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 Joseph Vance
  9. The Man from Brodney's by George Barr McCutcheon
  10. The Weavers by Gilbert Parker

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 by George 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

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 by Katherine 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 Hallowell Abbott
  10. When a Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart

1911

  1. The Broad Highway by Jeffery 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 Hallowell Abbott
  9. The Rosary by Florence L. Barclay
  10. The Common Law by Robert W. Chambers

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 Daviess
  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

1913

  1. The Inside of the Cup by Winston Churchill
  2. V.V.'s Eyes by Henry Sydnor Harrison
  3. Laddie 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 Jeffery 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

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

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

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

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 Jeffery Farnol
  10. The Hundredth Chance by Ethel M. Dell

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

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 Eleanor H. Porter
  8. The Tin Soldier by Temple Bailey
  9. Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth von Arnim
  10. In Secret by Robert W. Chambers

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

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

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. Tie: Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis and Helen of the Old House by Harold Bell Wright

1923

  1. Black Oxen by Gertrude Atherton
  2. His Children's Children by Arthur Train
  3. The Enchanted April by "Elizabeth"
  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. Wanderer of the Wasteland by Zane Grey
  9. The Sea Hawk by Rafael Sabatini
  10. The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart

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

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

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

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

1928

  1. The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
  2. Wintersmoon by Hugh Walpole
  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

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

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 Man of Manhattan by Katharine Brush
  10. Twenty-Four Hours by Louis Bromfield

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

1932

  1. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
  2. The Fountain by Charles Langbridge 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

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

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

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

1936

  1. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
  2. The Last Puritan by George Santayana
  3. Sparkenbroke by Charles Langbridge 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

1937

  1. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
  2. Northwest Passage 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

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

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

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 Mason
  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

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

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 Steen
  9. Kings Row by Henry Bellamann
  10. The Keys of the Kingdom by A. J. Cronin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1955

  1. Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
  2. Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
  3. Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor
  4. Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise 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

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 Françoise Sagan
  8. The Tribe That Lost Its Head by Nicholas Monsarrat
  9. The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir
  10. Boon Island by Kenneth Roberts

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

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

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

1960

  1. Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
  2. Hawaii by James A. Michener
  3. The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi 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

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 (Latin 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

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

1963

  1. The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris 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 Fiorita by Rumer Godden

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

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

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

1967

  1. The Arrangement by Elia Kazan
  2. The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron
  3. The Chosen by Chaim Potok ( N.B. The source shows the Styron and Potok books tied for 2 and 3.)
  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

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 West

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Greek Treasure by Irving Stone
  8. The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton
  9. Sh?gun by James Clavell
  10. Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow

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

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

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

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

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

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

1982

  1. E.T., The Extraterrestrial 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

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

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 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

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. Jubal Sackett by Louis L'Amour

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

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

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

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 Follett
  9. California Gold by John Jakes
  10. While My Pretty One Sleeps 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

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

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

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 & 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

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

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

1996

  1. The Runaway Jury by John Grisham
  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

1997

  1. The Partner 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

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

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

2000

  1. The Brethren by John Grisham
  2. The Mark: The Beast Rules the Worldby Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
  3. The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy
  4. The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possessionby Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
  5. The Last Precinct 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

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

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

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 Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
  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

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 Editionby Dan Brown

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

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

2007

  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

2008

  1. The Appeal by John Grisham
  2. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
  3. The Host by Stephenie Meyer
  4. Cross Country by James Patterson
  5. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
  6. Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
  7. Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck
  8. Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell
  9. Your Heart Belongs to Me by Dean Koontz
  10. Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich

2009

  1. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
  2. The Associate by John Grisham
  3. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
  4. I, Alex Cross by James Patterson
  5. The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
  6. Ford County by John Grisham
  7. Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
  8. The Host by Stephenie Meyer
  9. Under the Dome by Stephen King
  10. Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton

2010

  1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
  2. The Confession by John Grisham
  3. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
  4. Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
  5. Dead or Alive by Tom Clancy
  6. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
  7. Cross Fire by James Patterson
  8. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
  9. Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell
  10. Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King

2011

  1. The Litigators by John Grisham
  2. 11/22/63 by Stephen King
  3. The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
  4. Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
  5. A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin
  6. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
  7. Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson
  8. Micro by Michael Crichton
  9. Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
  10. Locked On by Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney

2012

  1. Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
  2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  3. Fifty Shades Darker by E. L. James
  4. Fifty Shades Freed by E. L. James
  5. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
  6. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
  7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney
  8. Fifty Shades trilogy box set by E. L. James
  9. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
  10. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

2013

  1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney
  2. Inferno by Dan Brown
  3. The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
  4. Divergent by Veronica Roth
  5. Sycamore Row by John Grisham
  6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney
  7. Allegiant by Veronica Roth
  8. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
  9. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
  10. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

2014

  1. The Fault in Our Stars (trade paperback) by John Green
  2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney
  3. Divergent by Veronica Roth
  4. Insurgent by Veronica Roth
  5. Killing Patton by Bill O'Reilly
  6. Allegiant by Veronica Roth
  7. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
  8. The Fault in Our Stars (movie tie-in) by John Green
  9. The Fault in Our Stars (hardcover) by John Green
  10. Frozen by Victoria Saxon

2015

  1. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
  2. Grey by E. L. James
  3. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
  4. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  5. The Martian (trade paper) by Andy Weir
  6. Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham
  7. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  8. See Me by Nicholas Sparks
  9. Gray Mountain by John Grisham
  10. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

2016

  1. The Girl on the Train (trade paperback) by Paula Hawkins
  2. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
  3. The Whistler by John Grisham
  4. Me Before You (trade paperback) by Jojo Moyes
  5. Me Before You (movie tie-in) by Jojo Moyes
  6. Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks
  7. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (movie tie-in)
  8. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  9. Me Before You (movie tie-in) by Jojo Moyes
  10. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

2017

  1. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
  2. Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
  3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway by Jeff Kinney
  4. Origin by Dan Brown
  5. You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
  6. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
  7. Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss
  8. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
  9. The Rooster Bar by John Grisham
  10. Camino Island by John Grisham

2018

  1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown by Jeff Kinney
  2. The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith
  3. Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dav Pilkey
  4. The President Is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson
  5. Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
  6. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
  7. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
  8. The Reckoning by John Grisham
  9. A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss
  10. Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss

2019

  1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  2. Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls by Dav Pilkey
  3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball by Jeff Kinney
  4. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild by Dav Pilkey
  5. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid by Jeff Kinney
  6. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
  7. Dog Man: Fetch 22 by Dav Pilkey
  8. The Guardians by John Grisham
  9. The Institute by Stephen King
  10. Guts by Raina Telgemeier

2020

  1. Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer
  2. Dog Man: Grime and Punishment by Dav Pilkey
  3. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
  4. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End by Jeff Kinney
  6. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
  7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
  8. Dog Man: Fetch-22 by Dav Pilkey
  9. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
  10. If Animals Kissed Good Night by Ann Whitford Paul

2021

  1. Dog Man: Mothering Heights by Dav Pilkey
  2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot by Jeff Kinney
  3. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
  4. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
  5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
  6. Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss
  7. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
  8. They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
  9. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
  10. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

2022

  1. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
  2. Verity by Colleen Hoover
  3. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover
  4. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  5. Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
  6. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  7. Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
  8. November 9 by Colleen Hoover
  9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde by Jeff Kinney
  10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle