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Bestsellers From 1920 to 2016

This is a list of the best selling books of each year from 1920 to 2016. Did you read the best seller from the year you were born?
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The Man of the Forest (Zane Grey)
The Man of the Forest
1
Zane Grey
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
2
Sinclair Lewis
If Winter Comes (A.S.M. Hutchison)
If Winter Comes
3
A.S.M. Hutchison
Black Oxen (Gertrude Atherton)
Black Oxen
4
Gertrude Atherton
So Big by Edna Ferber
So Big by Edna Ferber
5
Soundings (A Hamilton Gibbs)
Soundings
6
A Hamilton Gibbs
The Private Life of Helen of Troy (John Erskine)
The Private Life of Helen of Troy
7
John Erskine
Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis)
Elmer Gantry
8
Sinclair Lewis
The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town
The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town
9
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
10
Erich Maria Remarque
Cimarron (Edna Ferber)
Cimarron
11
Edna Ferber
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
12
Anthony Adverse (Hervey Allen)
Anthony Adverse
13
Hervey Allen
Green Light (Lloyd C. Douglas)
Green Light
14
Lloyd C. Douglas
Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
15
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
16
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
17
John Steinbeck
How Green Was My Valley (Richard Llewellyn)
How Green Was My Valley
18
Richard Llewellyn
The Keys of the Kingdom (A.J. Cronin)
The Keys of the Kingdom
19
A.J. Cronin
The Song of Bernadette (Franz Werfel)
The Song of Bernadette
20
Franz Werfel
The Robe (Lloyd Douglas)
The Robe
21
Lloyd Douglas
Strange Fruit (Lillian Smith)
Strange Fruit
22
Lillian Smith
Forever Amber (Kathleen Winsor)
Forever Amber
23
Kathleen Winsor
The King's General (Daphne Du Maurier)
The King's General
24
Daphne Du Maurier
The Miracle of the Bells (Russell Janney)
The Miracle of the Bells
25
Russell Janney
The Big Fisherman (Lloyd C. Douglas)
The Big Fisherman
26
Lloyd C. Douglas
The Egyptian
The Egyptian
27
The Cardinal (Henry Morton Robinson)
The Cardinal
28
Henry Morton Robinson
From Here to Eternity (James Jones)
From Here to Eternity
29
James Jones
The Silver Chalice (Thomas B. Costain)
The Silver Chalice
30
Thomas B. Costain
Not as a Stranger (Morton Thompson)
Not as a Stranger
31
Morton Thompson
Marjorie Morningstar (Herman Wouk)
Marjorie Morningstar
32
Herman Wouk
Don't Go Near the Water (William Brinkley)
Don't Go Near the Water
33
William Brinkley
By Love Possessed (James Gould Cozzens)
By Love Possessed
34
James Gould Cozzens
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
35
Boris Pasternak
Anything by Leon Uris
Anything by Leon Uris
36
Advise and Consent (Allen Drury)
Advise and Consent
37
Allen Drury
The Agony and the Ecstasy (Irving Stone)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
38
Irving Stone
Ship of Fools (Katherine Anne Porter)
Ship of Fools
39
Katherine Anne Porter
Shoes of the Fisherman
Shoes of the Fisherman
40
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