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Best Selling Novels in America for years 1920 to 1930

 

The following list is taken from Publishers Weekly list of best selling novels for these years based on sales data:

1920
# Title Author
1. The Man of the Forest Zane Grey
2. Kindred of the Dust Peter B. Kyne
3. The Re-Creation of Brian Kent Harold Bell Wright
4. The River's End James Oliver Curwood
5. A Man for the Ages Irving Bachellerx
6. Mary-Marie Eleanor H. Porter
7. The Portygee Joseph C. Lincoln
8. The Great Impersonation E. Phillips Oppenheim
9. The Lamp in the Desert Ethel M. Dell
10. Harriet and the Piper Kathleen Norris

 

1921
# Title Author
1. Main Street Sinclair Lewis
2. The Brimming Cup Dorothy Canfield
3. The Mysterious Rider Zane Grey
4. The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton
5. The Valley of Silent Men James Oliver Curwood
6. The Sheik Edith M. Hull
7. A Poor Wise Man Mary Roberts Rinehart
8. Her Father's Daughter Gene Stratton Porter
9. The Sisters-in-Law Gertrude Atherton
10. The Kingdom Round the Corner Coningsby Dawson

 

1922
# Title Author
1. If Winter Comes A.S.M. Hutchinson
2. The Sheik Edith M. Hull
3. Gentle Julia Booth Tarkington
4. The Head of the House of Coombe Frances Hodgson Burnett
5. Simon Called Peter Robert Keable
6. The Breaking Point Mary Roberts Rinehart
7. This Freedom A.S.M. Hutchinson
8. Maria Chapdelaine Louis Hémon
9. To the Last Man Zane Grey
10. Babbitt Sinclair Lewis
10. Helen of the Old House Harold Bell Wright

 

1923
# Title Author
1. Black Oxen Gertrude Atherton
2. His Children's Children Arthur Train
3. The Enchanted April Elizabeth von Arnim
4. Babbitt Sinclair Lewis
5. The Dim Lantern Temple Bailey
6. This Freedom A.S.M. Hutchinson
7. The Mine With the Iron Door Harold Bell Wright
8. The Wanderer of the Wasteland Zane Grey
9. The Sea Hawk Rafael Sabatini
10. The Breaking Point Mary Roberts Rinehart

 

1924
# Title Author
1. So Big Edna Ferber
2. The Plastic Age Percy Marks
3. The Little French Girl Anne Douglas Sedgwick
4. The Heirs Apparent Philip Gibbs
5. A Gentleman of Courage James Oliver Curwood
6. The Call of the Canyon Zane Grey
7. The Midlander Booth Tarkington
8. The Coast of Folly Coningsby Dawson
9. Mistress Wilding Rafael Sabatini
10. The Homemaker Dorothy Canfield Fisher

 

1925
# Title Author
1. Soundings A. Hamilton Gibbs
2. The Constant Nymph Margaret Kennedy
3. The Keeper of the Bees Gene Stratton Porter
4. Glorious Apollo E. Barrington
5. The Green Hat Michael Arlen
6. The Little French Girl Anne Douglas Sedgwick
7. Arrowsmith Sinclair Lewis
8. The Perennial Bachelor Anne Parrish
9. The Carolinian Rafael Sabatini
10. One Increasing Purpose A.S.M. Hutchinson

 

1926
# Title Author
1. The Private Life of Helen of Troy John Erskine
2. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Anita Loos
3. Sorrell and Son Warwick Deeping
4. The Hounds of Spring Sylvia Thompson
5. Beau Sabreur P.C. Wren
6. The Silver Spoons John Galsworthy
7. Beau Geste P.C. Wren
8. Show Boat Edna Ferber
9. After Noon Susan Ertz
10. The Blue Window Temple Bailey

 

1927
# Title Author
1. Elmer Gantry Sinclair Lewis
2. The Plutocrat Booth Tarkington
3. Doomsday Warwick Deeping
4. Sorrell and Son Warwick Deeping
5. Jalna Mazo de la Roche
6. Lost Ecstasy Mary Roberts Rinehart
7. Twilight Sleep Edith Wharton
8. Tomorrow Morning Anne Parrish
9. The Old Countess Anne Douglas Sedgwick
10. A Good Woman Louis Bromfield

 

1928
# Title Author
1. The Bridge of San Luis Rey Thornton Wilder
2. Wintersmoon Hugh Alpole
3. Swan Song John Galsworthy
4. The Greene Murder Case S. S. Van Dine
5. Bad Girl Viña Delmar
6. Claire Ambler Booth Tarkington
7. Old Pybus Warwick Deeping
8. All Kneeling Anne Parrish
9. Jalna Mazo de la Roche
10. The Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg Louis Bromfield

 

1929
# Title Author
1. All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque
2. Dodsworth Sinclair Lewis
3. Dark Hester Anne Douglas Sedgwick
4. The Bishop Murder Case S. S. Van Dine
5. Roper's Row Warwick Deeping
6. Peder Victorious O.E. Rolvaag
7. Mamba's Daughters DuBose Heyward
8. The Galaxy Susan Ertz
9. Scarlet Sister Mary Julia Peterkin
10. Joseph and His Brethren H.W. Freeman

 

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