175 YEARS OF BEST SELLERS

• 1826 The Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper

• 1827 The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper

• 1828 History of Christopher Columbus Washington Irving

• 1829 Sketches of American Character Sarah Josepha Hale

• 1830 Richelieu G. P. R. Jones

• 1831 The Dutchman’s Paradise James Kirke Paulding

• 1832 Swiss Family Robinson Johann Wyss

• 1833 The Mother at Home John S. C. Abbott

• 1834 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Victor Hugo

• 1835 Rienzi Edward Bulwer-Lytton

• 1836 Awful Disclosures Maria Monk

• 1837 Twice-Told Tales Nathaniel Hawthorne

• 1838 Oliver Twist Charles Dickens

• 1839 Poems Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• 1840 Tales Edgar Allan Poe

• 1841 Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper

• 1842 Poems Alfred Tennyson

• 1843 The Wonders of the World Robert Sears

• 1844 A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens

• 1845 The Raven and Other Poems Edgar Allan Poe

• 1846 Napoleon and His Marshals Joel T. Headley

• 1847 Home Influence Grace Aguilar

• 1848 Fairy Tales Hans Christian Anderson

• 1849 Poems John Greenleaf Whittier

• 1850 The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne

• 1851 Moby Dick Herman Melville

• 1852 Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe

• 1853 Cranford Elizabeth Glaskell

• 1854 Walden Henry David Thoreau

• 1855 Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman

• 1856 John Halifax, Gentleman Dinah Maria Mulock

• 1857 Tom Brown’s School Days Thomas Hughes

• 1858 Autocrat at the Breakfast Table Oliver Wendell Holmes

• 1859 A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens

• 1860 Seth Jones Edward S. Ellis

• 1861 Silas Marner George Eliot

• 1862 Les Miserables Victor Hugo

• 1863 The Fatal Marriage Mrs. Eden Southworth

• 1864 Ishmael Mrs. Eden Southworth

• 1865 Hans Brinker and His Silver Skates Mary Mapes Dodge

• 1866 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll

• 1867 Ragged Dick Horatio Alger

• 1868 Little Women Louisa M. Alcott

• 1869 Innocents Abroad Mark Twain

• 1870 The Luck of Roaring Camp Bret Harte

• and Other Stories

• 1871 Little Men Louisa M. Alcott

• 1872 Barriers Burned Away E. B. Roe

• 1873 Around the World in 80 Days Jules Verne

• 1874 Lorna Doone R. D. Blackmore

• 1875 A Short History of the English John Richard Green

• People

• 1876 Tom Sawyer Mark Twain

• 1877 The American Henry James

• 1878 The Leavenworth Case Anna Katharine Green

• 1879 Progress and Poverty Henry George

• 1880 Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris

• 1881 Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert

• 1882 L’Abbe Constantin Ludouic Halevy

• 1883 The Old Swimmin’ Hole James Whitcomb Riley

• and Leven More Poems

• 1884 Heidi Johanna Spyri

• Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson

• 1885 Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain

• 1886 War and Peace Lyof Tolstoi

• 1887 Thelma Marie Corelli

• 1888 Looking Backward Edward Bellmy

• 1889 Stories Guy de Maupassant

• 1890 Black Beauty Anna Sewell

• 1891 The Light That Failed Rudyard Kipling

• 1892 The Adventures of Sherlock Arthur Conan Doyle

• Holmes

• 1893 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson

• 1894 The Prisoner of Zelda Anthony Hope

• 1895 The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane

• 1896 Quo Vadis Henryk Sienkiewicz

• 1897 In His Steps Charles M. Sheldon

• 1898 Black Rock Ralph Connor

• 1899 Richard Carvel Winston Churchill

• 1900 Eben Holden Irving Bachelor

• 1901 Graustack George Barr McCutcheon

• 1902 The Virginian Owen Wister

• 1903 The Call of the Wild Jack London

• 1904 The Story of the Bible Jesse Lyman Hurlburt

• 1905 House of Mirth Edith Wharton

• 1906 The Spirit of the Border Zane Gray

• 1907 Three Weeks Elinor Glyn

• 1908 Anne of Green Gables Lucy M. Montgomery

• 1909 A Girl of the Limberlost Gene Stratton Porter

• 1910 The Rosary Florence Barclay

• 1911 Mother Kathleen Norris

• 1912 The Riders of the Purple Sage Zane Gray

• 1913 Pollyanna Eleanor H. Porter

• 1914 Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burrows

• 1915 Michael O’Halloran Gene Stratton Porter

• 1916 A Heap o’ Livin Edgar Guest

• 1917 Mr. Britling Sees It Through H. G. Wells

• 1918 The Magnificent Ambersons Booth Tarkington

• 1919 Winesburg, Ohio Sherwood Anderson

• 1920 Outline of History H. G. Wells

• 1921 The Sheik Edith M. Hull

• 1922 The Breaking Point Mary Roberts Rinehart

• 1923 The Lost Lady Willa Cather

• 1924 Jeeves P. G. Wodehouse

• 1925 The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald

• 1926 The Story of Philosophy Will Durant

• 1927 Elmer Gantry Sinclair Lewis

• 1928 The Bridge of San Luis Rey Thornton Wilder

• 1929 Believe It or Not Robert L. Ripley

• 1930 Cimarron Edna Ferber

• 1931 The Good Earth Pearl Buck

• 1932 The Egyptian Cross Mystery Ellery Queen

• 1933 Lost Horizon James Hilton

• 1934 The Chinese Orange Mystery Ellery Queen

• 1935 The Case of the Counterfeit Eye Erle Stanley Gardner

• 1936 Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell

• 1937 The Case of the Dangerous Dowager Erle Stanley Gardner

• 1938 Singing Guns May Brand

• 1939 The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck

• 1940 Mrs. Miniver Jan Struther

• 1941 The Keys of the Kingdom A. J. Cronin

• 1942 The Robe Lloyd C. Douglas

• 1943 Here Is Your War Ernie Pyle

• 1944 Green Dolphin Street Elizabeth Goudge

• The Razor’s Edge Somerset Maugham

• 1945 The Egg and I Betty MacDonald

• 1946 The Hucksters Frederic Wakeman

• 1947 House Divided Ben Ames Williams

• 1948 The Naked and the Dead Norman Mailer

• 1949 Point of No Return John Marquand

• 1950 The Cardinal Henry Morton Robinson

• 1951 The Caine Mutiny Herman Wouk

• 1952 East of Eden John Steinbeck

• 1953 Desiree Annemarie Selinko

• 1954 The View from Pompey’s Head Hamilton Basso

• 1955 Marjorie Morningstar Herman Wouk

• 1956 Peyton Place Grace Metalious

• The Last Hurrah Edwin O’Connor

• 1957 By Love Possessed James Gould Cozzens

• 1958 Anatomy of a Murder Robert Traver

• Dr. Zhivago Boris Pasternak

• 1959 Exodus Leon Uris

• Advise and Consent Allen Drury

• 1960 Hawaii James Michener

• 1961 The Agony and the Ecstasy Irving Stone

• Franny and Zooey J. D. Salinger

• Ship of Fools Katherine Anne Porter

• 1962 Seven Days in May Fletcher Knebel

• 1963 The Shoes of the Fisherman Morris West

• The Group Mary McCarthy

• 1964 The Spy Who Came in from John le Carre

• the Cold

• Herzog Saul Bellow

• 1965 The Salzburg Connection Helen MacInnes

• 1966 The Arrangement Elia Kazan

• 1967 The Confessions of Nat Turner William Styron

• Airport Arthur Hailey

• 1968 The Salzburg Connection Helen MacInnes

• 1969 The Godfather Mario Puzo

• 1970 Love Story Erich Segal

• 1971 Passions of the Mind Irving Stone

• The Exorcist William Peter Blatty

• 1972 Jonathan Livingston Seagull Richard Bach

• The Winds of War Herman Wouk

• 1973 Burr Gore Vidal

• 1974 Centennial James Michener

• 1975 Curtain Agatha Christie

• 1976 Trinity Leon Uris

• 1977 The Silmarillion J.R.R. Tolkien

• 1978 Chesapeake James Michener

• 1979 The Matarese Circle Robert Ludlum

• 1980 The Covenant James Michener

• 1981 Noble House James Clavel

• 1982 Space James Michener

• 1983 The Little Drummer Girl John leCarre

• Pet Sematary Stephan King

• 1984 The Aquitaine Progression Robert Ludlum

• The Talisman Stephen King/Peter Straub

• 1985 If Tomorrow Comes Sidney Sheldon

• Skelton Crew Stephen King

• 1986 It Stephen King

• 1987 Presumed Innocent Scott Turow

• Bonfire of the Vanities Tom Wolfe

• 1988 The Cardinal of the Kremlin Tom Clancy

• 1989 The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie

• The Russia House John le Carre

• Clear and Present Danger Tom Clancy

• 1990 The Burden of Proof Scott Turow

• 1991 The Plains of Passage Jean M. Auel

• Scarlett Alexandra Ripley

• 1992 Dolores Claiborne Stephen King

• 1993 The Bridges of Madison County Robert James Waller

• 1994 The Chamber John Grisham

• 1995 The Rainmaker John Grisham

• 1996 The Celestine Prophecy James Redfield

• 1997 The Partner John Grisham

• Angela’s Ashes Frank McCord

• 1998 The Street Lawyer John Grisham

• Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom

• 1999 The Testament John Grisham

• 2000 The Brethren John Grisham

• 2001 The Corrections John Franzen

• 2002 A Bend in the Road Nicholas Sparks