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Publishers Weekly's entire list of the bestselling book for each year from 1900 to 1998.
Impress your friends & family! Read the bestselling book for each year in the Twentieth century.
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1900 - 1909
- 1900
To Have and To Hold, Mary Johnston
- 1901
The Crisis, Winston Churchill
- 1902
The Virginian, Owen Wister
- 1903
Lady Rose's Daughter, Mary Augusta Ward
- 1904
The Crossing, Winston Churchill
- 1905
The Marriage of William Ashe, Mary Augusta Ward
- 1906
Coniston, Winston Churchill
- 1907
The Lady of the Decoration, Frances Little
- 1908
Mr. Crewe's Career, Winston Churchill
- 1909
The Inner Shrine, anonymous (Basil King)
1910 - 1919
- 1910
The Rosary, Florence Barclay
- 1911
The Broad Highway, Jeffrey Farnol
- 1912
The Harvester, Gene Stratton Porter
- 1913
The Inside of the Cup, Winston Churchill
- 1914
The Eyes of the World, Harold Bell Wright
- 1915
The Turmoil, Booth Tarkington
- 1916
Seventeen, Booth Tarkington
- 1917
Mr. Britling Sees It Through, H. G. Wells
- 1918
The U. P. Trail, Zane Grey
- 1919
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, V. Blasco Ibañez
1920 - 1929
- 1920
The Man of the Forest, Zane Grey
- 1921
Main Street, Sinclair Lewis
- 1922
If Winter Comes, A.S.M. Hutchinson
- 1923
Black Oxen, Gertrude Atherton
- 1924
So Big, Edna Ferber
- 1925
Soundings, A. Hamilton Gibbs
- 1926
The Private Life of Helen of Troy, John Erskine
- 1927
Elmer Gantry, Sinclair Lewis
- 1928
The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton Wilder
- 1929
All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque
1930 - 1939
- 1930
Cimarron, Edna Ferber
- 1931
The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck
- 1932
The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck
- 1933
Anthony Adverse, Hervey Allen
- 1934
Anthony Adverse, Hervey Allen
- 1935
Green Light, Lloyd C. Douglas
- 1936
Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
- 1937
Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
- 1938
The Yearling, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- 1939
The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
1940 - 1949
- 1940
How Green Was My Valley, Richard Llewellyn
- 1941
The Keys of the Kingdom, A. J. Cronin
- 1942
The Song of Bernadette, Franz Werfel
- 1943
The Robe, Lloyd C. Douglas
- 1944
Strange Fruit, Lillian Smith
- 1945
Forever Amber, Kathleen Winsor
- 1946
The King's General, Daphne du Maurier
- 1947
The Miracle of the Bells, Russell Janney
- 1948
The Big Fisherman, Lloyd C. Douglas
- 1949
The Egyptian, Mika Waltari
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1950 - 1959
- 1950
The Cardinal, Henry Morton Robinson
- 1951
From Here to Eternity, James Jones
- 1952
The Silver Chalice, Thomas B. Costain
- 1953
The Robe, Lloyd C. Douglas
- 1954
Not as a Stranger, Morton Thompson
- 1955
Marjorie Morningstar, Herman Wouk
- 1956
Don't Go Near the Water, William Brinkley
- 1957
By Love Possessed, James Gould Cozzens
- 1958
Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
- 1959
Exodus, Leon Uris
1960 - 1969
- 1960
Advise and Consent, Allen Drury
- 1961
The Broad Highway, Jeffrey Farnol
- 1962
The Agony and the Ecstasy, Irving Stone
- 1963
Ship of Fools, Katherine Anne Porter
- 1964
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, John Le Carré
- 1965
The Source, James A. Michener
- 1966
Valley of the Dolls, Jacqueline Susann
- 1967
The Arrangement, Elia Kazan
- 1968
Airport, Arthur Hailey
- 1969
Portnoy's Complaint, Philip Roth
1970 - 1979
- 1970
Love Story, Erich Segal
- 1971
Wheels, Arthur Hailey
- 1972
Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach
- 1973
Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach
- 1974
Centennial, James A. Michener
- 1975
Ragtime,, E. L. Doctorow
- 1976
Trinity, Leon Uris
- 1977
The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien; Christopher Tolkien
- 1978
Chesapeake, James A. Michener
- 1979
The Matarese Circle, Robert Ludlum
1980 - 1989
- 1980
The Covenant, James A. Michener
- 1981
Noble House, James Clavell
- 1982
E.T., William Kotzwinkle
- 1983
Return of the Jedi Storybook, Joan D. Vinge
- 1984
The Talisman, Stephen King and Peter Straub
- 1985
The Mammoth Hunters, Jean M. Auel
- 1986
It, Stephen King
- 1987
The Tommyknockers, Stephen King
- 1988
The Cardinal of the Kremlin, Tom Clancy
- 1989
Clear and Present Danger, Tom Clancy
1990 - 1999
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