The following list is taken from Publishers Weekly list of best selling books for the 1920s. Ranks are based on sales data.
Best Selling Books in 1920:
- The Man of the Forest by Zane Grey
- Kindred of the Dust by Peter B. Kyne
- The Re-Creation of Brian Kent by Harold Bell Wright
- The River’s End by James Oliver Curwood
- A Man for the Ages by Irving Bachellerx
- Mary-Marie by Eleanor H. Porter
- The Portygee by Joseph C. Lincoln
- The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- The Lamp in the Desert by Ethel M. Dell
- Harriet and the Piper by Kathleen Norris
Best Selling Books in 1921:
- Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
- The Brimming Cup by Dorothy Canfield
- The Mysterious Rider by Zane Grey
- The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
- The Valley of Silent Men by James Oliver Curwood
- The Sheik by Edith M. Hull
- A Poor Wise Man by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Her Father’s Daughter by Gene Stratton Porter
- The Sisters-in-Law by Gertrude Atherton
- The Kingdom Round the Corner by Coningsby Dawson
Best Selling Books in 1922:
- If Winter Comes by A.S.M. Hutchinson
- The Sheik by Edith M. Hull
- Gentle Julia by Booth Tarkington
- The Head of the House of Coombe by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Simon Called Peter by Robert Keable
- The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- This Freedom by A.S.M. Hutchinson
- Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hémon
- To the Last Man by Zane Grey
- Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
- Helen of the Old House by Harold Bell Wright
Best Selling Books in 1923:
- Black Oxen by Gertrude Atherton
- His Children’s Children by Arthur Train
- The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
- Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
- The Dim Lantern by Temple Bailey
- This Freedom by A.S.M. Hutchinson
- The Mine With the Iron Door by Harold Bell Wright
- The Wanderer of the Wasteland by Zane Grey
- The Sea Hawk by Rafael Sabatini
- The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Best Selling Books in 1924:
- So Big by Edna Ferber
- The Plastic Age by Percy Marks
- The Little French Girl by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
- The Heirs Apparent by Philip Gibbs
- A Gentleman of Courage by James Oliver Curwood
- The Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey
- The Midlander by Booth Tarkington
- The Coast of Folly by Coningsby Dawson
- Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini
- The Homemaker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Best Selling Books in 1925:
- Soundings by A. Hamilton Gibbs
- The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy
- The Keeper of the Bees by Gene Stratton Porter
- Glorious Apollo by E. Barrington
- The Green Hat by Michael Arlen
- The Little French Girl by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
- Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
- The Perennial Bachelor by Anne Parrish
- The Carolinian by Rafael Sabatini
- One Increasing Purpose by A.S.M. Hutchinson
Best Selling Books in 1926:
- The Private Life of Helen of Troy by John Erskine
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos
- Sorrell and Son by Warwick Deeping
- The Hounds of Spring by Sylvia Thompson
- Beau Sabreur by P.C. Wren
- The Silver Spoons by John Galsworthy
- Beau Geste by P.C. Wren
- Show Boat by Edna Ferber
- After Noon by Susan Ertz
- The Blue Window by Temple Bailey
Best Selling Books in 1927:
- Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis
- The Plutocrat by Booth Tarkington
- Doomsday by Warwick Deeping
- Sorrell and Son by Warwick Deeping
- Jalna by Mazo de la Roche
- Lost Ecstasy by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
- Tomorrow Morning by Anne Parrish
- The Old Countess by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
- A Good Woman by Louis Bromfield
Best Selling Books in 1928:
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
- Wintersmoon by Hugh Alpole
- Swan Song by John Galsworthy
- The Greene Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine
- Bad Girl by Viña Delmar
- Claire Ambler by Booth Tarkington
- Old Pybus by Warwick Deeping
- All Kneeling by Anne Parrish
- Jalna by Mazo de la Roche
- The Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg by Louis Bromfield
Best Selling Books in 1929:
- All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
- Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis
- Dark Hester by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
- The Bishop Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine
- Roper’s Row by Warwick Deeping
- Peder Victorious by O.E. Rolvaag
- Mamba’s Daughters by DuBose Heyward
- The Galaxy by Susan Ertz
- Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin
- Joseph and His Brethren by H.W. Freeman