The Books of the Century: 1900-1909

1900





Fiction Bestsellers 1. Mary Johnston, To Have and To Hold 2. Mary Cholmondeley, Red Pottage 3. Robert Grant, Unleavened Bread 4. James Lane Allen, The Reign of Law 5. Irving Bacheller, Eben Holden 6. Paul Leicester Ford, Janice Meredith 7. Charles Frederic Goss, The Redemption of David Corson 8. Winston Churchill, Richard Carvel 9. Charles Majo, When Knighthood Was in Flower 10. Maurice Thompson, Alice of Old Vincennes Critically Acclaimed and Historically Significant

Josiah Royce, The World and the Individual Clarence Stedman, An American Anthology Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim John Dewey, The School and Society

1901



Fiction Bestsellers

1. Winston Churchill, The Crisis 2. Maurice Thompson, Alice of Old Vincennes 3. Bertha Runkle, The Helmet of Navarre 4. Gilbert Parker, The Right of Way 5. Irving Bacheller, Eben Holden 6. Elinor Glyn, The Visits of Elizabeth 7. Harold MacGrath, The Puppet Crown 8. Maurice Hewlett, Richard Yea-and-Nay 9. George Barr McCutcheon, Graustark 10. Irving Bacheller, D'ri and I Critically Acclaimed and Historically Significant

Frank Norris, The Octopus E. A. Ross, Social Control Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman George A. Gordon, New Epoch for Faith Rudyard Kipling, Kim

1902



Fiction Bestsellers 1. Owen Wister, The Virginian 2. Alice Caldwell Hegan, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch 3. Charles Major, Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall 4. Emerson Hough, The Mississippi Bubble 5. Mary Johnston, Audrey 6. Gilbert Parker, The Right of Way 7. A. Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles 8. Booth Tarkington, The Two Vanrevels 9. Henry van Dyke, The Blue Flower 10. Lucas Malet, Sir Richard Calmady Critically Acclaimed and Historically Significant

Jane Addams, Democracy and Social Ethics William James, Varieties of Religious Experience Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness C. H. Cooley, Human Nature and Social Order Owen Wister, The Virginian André Gide, The Immoralist Vladimir Lenin, What is to be Done? Henry James, The Wings of the Dove Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow

1903



Fiction Bestsellers 1. Mary Augusta Ward, Lady Rose's Daughter 2. Thomas Nelson Page, Gordon Keith 3. Frank Norris, The Pit 4. Alice Hegan Rice, Lovey Mary 5. Owen Wister, The Virginian 6. Alice Hegan Rice, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch 7. James Lane Allen, The Mettle of the Pasture 8. George Horace Lorimer, Letters of a Self-Made Merchant to His Son 9. Thomas Dixon Jr., The One Woman 10. John Fox Jr., The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come Critically Acclaimed and Historically Significant

W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk John Dewey, Studies in Logical Theory Jack London, Call of the Wild Helen Thompson Wooley, Mental Traits of Sex Bertrand Russell, Principles of Mathematics G. E. Moore, Principia Ethica Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh Henry James, The Ambassadors

Helen Keller, The Story of My Life



1904

Fiction Bestsellers

1. Winston Churchill, The Crossing 2. Ellen Glasgow, The Deliverance 3. Anonymous (Katherine Cecil Thurston), The Masquerader 4. Miriam Michelson, In the Bishop's Carriage 5. Mary Johnston, Sir Mortimer 6. George Barr McCutcheon, Beverly of Graustark 7. John Fox Jr., The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come 8. Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 9. Henry Harland, My Friend Prospero 10. Stewart Edward White, The Silent Places Critically Acclaimed and Historically Significant Henry James, The Golden Bowl Henry Adams, Mt.-St. Michel and Chartres Thorstein Veblen, Theory of Business Enterprise Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism Joseph Conrad, Nostromo

1905

Fiction Bestsellers 1. Mary Augusta Ward, The Marriage of William Ashe 2. Alice Hegan Rice, Sandy 3. Robert Hichens, The Garden of Allah 4. Thomas Dixon Jr., The Clansman 5. George Barr McCutcheon, Nedra 6. Katherine Cecil Thurston, The Gambler 7. Katherine Cecil Thurston, The Masquerader 8. Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth 9. C. N. and A. M. Williamson, The Princess Passes 10. Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rose o' the River Critically Acclaimed and Historically Significant

Lincoln Steffens, Shame of the Cities Thomas Dixon, Jr., The Clansman Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth Mary Chesnut, Diary from Dixie



1906

Fiction Bestsellers 1. Winston Churchill, Coniston 2. Owen Wister, Lady Baltimore 3. Robert W. Chambers, The Fighting Chance 4. Meredith Nicholson, The House of a Thousand Candles 5. George Barr McCutcheon, Jane Cable 6. Upton Sinclair, The Jungle 7. Margaret Deland, The Awakening of Helena Ritchie 8. Rex Beach, The Spoilers 9. Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth, 10. Ellen Glasgow, The Wheel of Life

Critically Acclaimed and Historically Significant

Upton Sinclair, The Jungle William Graham Sumner, Folkways George Santayana, The Life of Reason Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent

1907



Fiction Bestsellers

1. Frances Little, The Lady of the Decoration 2. Gilbert Parker, The Weavers 3. Meredith Nicholson, The Port of Missing Men 4. Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Shuttle 5. Louis J. Vance, The Brass Bowl 6. Hallie Erminie Rives, Satan Sanderson 7. George Barr McCutcheon, The Daughter of Anderson Crow 8. Robert W. Chambers, The Younger Set 9. Ralph Connor, The Doctor 10. Harold MacGrath, Half a Rogue Critically Acclaimed and Historically Significant

William James, Pragmatism Walter Rauschenbusch, Christianity and the Social Crisis Henry James, The American Scene Simon Patten, New Basis for Civilization The Education of Henry Adams (privately published) Henri Bergson, Creative Evolution

1908



Fiction Bestsellers 1. Winston Churchill, Mr. Crewe's Career 2. Rex Beach, The Barrier 3. John Fox Jr., The Trail of the Lonesome Pine 4. Harold MacGrath, The Lure of the Mask 5. Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Shuttle 6. F. Hopkinson Smith, Peter 7. Mary Johnston, Lewis Rand 8. Louis J. Vance, The Black Bag 9. George Barr McCutcheon, The Man from Brodney's 10. Gilbert Parker, The Weavers Critically Acclaimed and Historically Significant

Arthur Bentley, Process of Government Vladimir Lenin, Materialism and Empirico-Criticism Graham Wallas, Human Nature and Politics E. M. Forster, A Room with a View Arnold Bennett, The Old Wives’ Tale Mohandas Gandhi, Hind Swaraj

Israel Zangwill, The Melting Pot



1909



Fiction Bestsellers

1. Basil King, The Inner Shrine 2. Elinor Macartney Lane, Katrine 3. Rex Beach, The Silver Horde 4. Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Man in Lower Ten 5. John Fox Jr., The Trail of the Lonesome Pine 6. George Barr McCutcheon, Truxton King 7. Emerson Hough, 54-40 or Fight 8. Harold MacGrath, The Goose Girl 9. F. Hopkinson Smith, Peter 10. William J. Locke, Septimus Critically Acclaimed and Historically Significant

Herbert Croly, The Promise of American Life William James, A Pluralistic Universe W. C. Brownell, American Prose Masters