The following list is taken from Publishers Weekly list of best selling books for the 1910s. Ranks are based on sales data.
Best Selling Books in 1910:
- The Rosary by Florence L. Barclay
- A Modern Chronicle by Winston Churchill
- The Wild Olive by Anonymous (Basil King)
- Max by Katherine Cecil Thurston
- The Kingdom of Slender Swords by Hallie Erminie Rives
- Simon the Jester by William J. Locke
- Lord Loveland Discovers America by C.N. Williamson and A.M. Williamson
- The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Molly Make-Believe by Eleanor Abbott
- When a Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Best Selling Books in 1911:
- The Broad Highway by Jeffrey Farnol
- The Prodigal Judge by Vaughan Kester
- The Winning of Barbara Worth by Harold Bell Wright
- Queed by Henry Sydnor Harrison
- The Harvester by Gene Stratton Porter
- The Iron Woman by Margaret Deland
- The Long Roll by Mary Johnston
- Molly Make-Believe by Eleanor Abbott
- The Rosary by Florence L. Barclay
- The Common Law by Robert W. Chambers
Best Selling Books in 1912:
- The Harvester by Gene Stratton Porter
- The Street Called Straight by Basil King
- Their Yesterdays by Harold Bell Wright
- The Melting of Molly by Maria Thompson Davies
- A Hoosier Chronicle by Meredith Nicholson
- The Winning of Barbara Worth by Harold Bell Wright
- The Just and the Unjust by Vaughan Kester
- The Net by Rex Beach
- Tante by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
- Fran by J. Breckenridge Ellis
Best Selling Books in 1913:
- The Inside of the Cup by Winston Churchill
- V.V.’s Eyes by Henry Sydnor Harrison
- Laddie by Gene Stratton Porter
- The Judgment House by Gilbert Parker
- Heart of the Hills by John Fox, Jr.
- The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffrey Farnol
- The Woman Thou Gavest Me by Hall Caine
- Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
- The Valiants of Virginia by Hallie Erminie Rives
- T. Tembarom by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Best Selling Books in 1914:
- The Eyes of the World by Harold Bell Wright
- Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
- The Inside of the Cup by Winston Churchill
- The Salamander by Owen Johnson
- The Fortunate Youth by William J. Locke
- T. Tembarom by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Penrod by Booth Tarkington
- Diane of the Green Van by Leona Dalrymple
- The Devil’s Garden by W. B. Maxwell
- The Prince of Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon
Best Selling Books in 1915:
- The Turmoil by Booth Tarkington
- A Far Country by Winston Churchill
- Michael O’Halloran by Gene Stratton Porter
- Pollyanna Grows Up by Eleanor H. Porter
- K. by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Jaffery by William J. Locke
- Felix O’Day by F. Hopkinson Smith
- The Harbor by Ernest Poole
- The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey
- Angela’s Business by Henry Sydnor Harrison
Best Selling Books in 1916:
- Seventeen by Booth Tarkington
- When a Man’s a Man by Harold Bell Wright
- Just David by Eleanor H. Porter
- Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. Wells
- Life and Gabriella by Ellen Glasgow
- The Real Adventure by Henry Kitchell Webster
- Bars of Iron by Ethel M. Dell
- Nan of Music Mountain by Frank H. Spearman
- Dear Enemy by Jean Webster
- The Heart of Rachael by Kathleen Norris
Best Selling Books in 1917:
- Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. Wells
- The Light in the Clearing by Irving Bacheller
- The Red Planet by William J. Locke
- The Road to Understanding by Eleanor H. Porter
- Wildfire by Zane Grey
- Christine by Alice Cholmondeley
- In the Wilderness by Robert S. Hichens
- His Family by Ernest Poole
- The Definite Object by Jeffrey Farnol
- The Hundredth Chance by Ethel M. Dell
Best Selling Books in 1918:
- The U.P. Trail by Zane Grey
- The Tree of Heaven by May Sinclair
- The Amazing Interlude by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie by Edward Streeter
- Oh, Money! Money! by Eleanor H. Porter
- Greatheart by Ethel M. Dell
- The Major by Ralph Connor
- The Pawns Count by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- A Daughter of the Land by Gene Stratton Porter
- Sonia by Stephen McKenna
Best Selling Books in 1919:
- The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
- The Arrow of Gold by Joseph Conrad
- The Desert of Wheat by Zane Grey
- Dangerous Days by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The Sky Pilot in No Man’s Land by Ralph Connor
- The Re-Creation of Brian Kent by Harold Bell Wright
- Dawn by Gene Stratton Porter
- The Tin Soldier by Temple Bailey
- Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth von Arnim
- In Secret by Robert W. Chambers