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1900

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

1901

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

1902

FictionNon-FictionWar
1. The Virginian, Owen Wister
2. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, Alice Caldwell Hegan
3. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall, Charles Major
4. The Mississippi Bubble, Emerson Hough
5. Audrey, Mary Johnston
6. The Right of Way, Gilbert Parker
7. The Hound of the Baskervilles, A. Conan Doyle
8. The Two Vanrevels, Booth Tarkington
9. The Blue Flower, Henry van Dyke
10. Sir Richard Calmady, Lucas Malet [Copyright cleared 17 Aug 2005]

1903

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

1904

FictionNon-FictionWar
1. The Crossing, Winston Churchill
2. The Deliverance, Ellen Glasgow
3. The Masquerader, Katherine Cecil Thurston
4. In the Bishop's Carriage, Miriam Michelson
5. Sir Mortimer, Mary Johnston
6. Beverly of Graustark, George Barr McCutcheon
7. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, John Jr. Fox
8. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Kate Douglas Wiggin
9. My Friend Prospero, Henry Harland Harland
10. The Silent Places, Stewart Edward White

1905

FictionNon-FictionWar
1. The Marriage of William Ashe, Mary Augusta Ward
2. Sandy, Alice Hegan Rice
3. The Garden of Allah, Robert Hichens
4. The Clansman, Thomas Jr. Dixon [owned, Copyright cleared 26 Feb 2006]
5. Nedra, George Barr McCutcheon
6. The Gambler, Katherine Cecil Thurston [Copyright cleared 13 Feb 2004]
7. The Masquerader, Katherine Cecil Thurston
8. The House of Mirth, Edith Wharton
9. The Princess Passes, C. N. and A. M. Williamson
10. Rose o' the River, Kate Douglas Wiggin

1906

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

1907

FictionNon-FictionWar
1. The Lady of the Decoration, Frances Little
2. The Weavers, Gilbert Parker
3. The Port of Missing Men, Meredith Nicholson
4. The Shuttle, Frances Hodgson Burnett
5. The Brass Bowl, Louis J. Vance
6. Satan Sanderson, Hallie Erminie Rives [owned, Copyright cleared 06 Apr 2004]
7. The Daughter of Anderson Crow, George Barr McCutcheon
8. The Younger Set, Robert W. Chambers
9. The Doctor, Ralph Connor
10. Half a Rogue, Harold MacGrath

1908

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

1909

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

1910

FictionNon-FictionWar
1. The Rosary, Florence Barclay
2. A Modern Chronicle, Winston Churchill
3. The Wild Olive, Basil King
4. Max, Katherine Cecil Thurston
5. The Kingdom of Slender Swords, Hallie Erminie Rives [owned, Copyright cleared 28 Dec 2005]
6. Simon the Jester, William J. Locke
7. Lord Loveland Discovers America, C. N. and A. M. Williamson [Copyright cleared 18 Apr 2003]
8. The Window at the White Cat, Mary Roberts Rinehart [owned, Copyright cleared 31 Mar 2003]
9. Molly Make-Believe, Eleanor Abbott
10. When a Man Marries, Mary Roberts Rinehart

1911

FictionNon-FictionWar
1. The Broad Highway, Jeffrey Farnol
2. The Prodigal Judge, Vaughan Kester
3. The Winning of Barbara Worth, Harold Bell Wright
4. Queed, Henry Sydnor Harrison
5. The Harvester, Gene Stratton Porter
6. The Iron Woman, Margaret Deland
7. The Long Roll, Mary Johnston
8. Molly Make-Believe, Eleanor Abbott
9. The Rosary, Florence Barclay
10. The Common Law, Robert W. Chambers

1912

FictionNon-FictionWar
1. The Harvester, Gene Stratton Porter The Promised Land, Mary Antin
2. The Street Called Straight, Basil King The Montessori Method, Maria Montessori []
3. Their Yesterdays, Harold Bell Wright South America, James Bryce [owned, Copyright cleared 25 Jan 2004]
4. The Melting of Molly, Maria Thompson Daviess A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil, Jane Addams
5. A Hoosier Chronicle, Meredith Nicholson Three Plays, Eugene Brieux [owned, Copyright cleared 02 Mar 2003]
6. The Winning of Barbara Worth, Harold Bell Wright Your United States, Arnold Bennett
7. The Just and the Unjust, Vaughan Kester Creative Evolution, Henri Bergson [In Progress: PR2]
8. The Net, Rex Beach How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day, Arnold Bennett
9. Tante, Anne Douglas Sedgwick [owned, Copyright cleared 18 Oct 2004] Woman and Labor, Olive Schreiner
10. Fran, J. Breckenridge Ellis Ellis Mark Twain, Albert Bigelow Paine Paine

1913

FictionNon-FictionWar
1. The Inside of the Cup, Winston Churchill Crowds, Gerald Stanley Lee
2. V. V.'s Eyes, Henry Sydnor Harrison Germany and the Germans, Price Collier
3. Laddie, Gene Stratton Porter Zone Policeman 88, Harry A. Franck
4. The Judgment House,, Sir Gilbert Parker The New Freedom, Woodrow Wilson
5. Heart of the Hills, John Jr. Fox South America, James Bryce [owned, Copyright cleared 25 Jan 2004]
6. The Amateur Gentleman, Jeffrey Farnol Your United States, Arnold Bennett
7. The Woman Thou Gavest Me, Hall Caine The Promised Land, Mary Antin
8. Pollyanna, Eleanor H. Porter Auction Of To-Day, Milton C. Work
9. The Valiants of Virginia, Hallie Erminie Rives [owned] Three Plays, Eugene Brieux [owned, Copyright cleared 02 Mar 2003]
10. T. Tembarom, Frances Hodgson Burnett Psychology and Industrial Efficiency, Hugo Munsterberg

1914

FictionNon-FictionWar
1. The Eyes of the World, Harold Bell Wright
2. Pollyanna, Eleanor H. Porter
3. The Inside of the Cup, Winston Churchill
4. The Salamander, Owen Johnson [owned, In Progress: Scanning]
5. The Fortunate Youth, William J. Locke
6. T. Tembarom, Frances Hodgson Burnett
7. Penrod, Booth Tarkington
8. Diane of the Green Van, Leona Dalrymple
9. The Devil's Garden, W. B. Maxwell
10. The Prince of Graustark, George Barr McCutcheon

1915

FictionNon-FictionWar
1. The Turmoil, Booth Tarkington
2. A Far Country, Winston Churchill
3. Michael O'Halloran, Gene Stratton Porter
4. Pollyanna Grows Up, Eleanor H. Porter
5. K, Mary Roberts Rinehart
6. Jaffery, William J. Locke
7. Felix O'Day, F. Hopkinson Smith
8. The Harbor, Ernest Poole [owned, Copyright cleared 16 Apr 2005]
9. The Lone Star Ranger, Zane Grey
10. Angela's Business, Henry Sydnor Harrison [Copyright cleared 13 Feb 2004]

1916

FictionNon-FictionWar
1. Seventeen, Booth Tarkington
2. When a Man's a Man, Harold Bell Wright
3. Just David, Eleanor H. Porter
4. Mr. Britling Sees It Through, H. G. Wells
5. Life and Gabriella, Ellen Glasgow
6. The Real Adventure, Henry Kitchell Webster
7. Bars of Iron, Ethel M. Dell
8. Nan of Music Mountain, Frank H. Spearman [owned, Copyright cleared 09 Jul 2005]
9. Dear Enemy, Jean Webster
10. The Heart of Rachael, Kathleen Norris

1917

FictionNon-FictionWar
1. Mr. Britling Sees It Through, H. G. Wells Rhymes of a Red Cross Man, Robert W. Service The First Hundred Thousand, Ian Hay
2. The Light in the Clearing, Irving Bacheller The Plattsburg Manual, O. O. Ellis and E. B. Garey My Home in the Field of Honor, Frances W. Huard
3. The Red Planet, William J. Locke Raymond, Sir Oliver Lodge [owned, Copyright cleared 17 Jul 2005] A Student in Arms, Donald Hankey
4. The Road to Understanding, Eleanor H. Porter [owned] Poems of Alan Seeger, Alan Seeger Over the Top, Arthur Guy Empey
5. Wildfire, Zane Grey God the Invisible King, H. G. Wells Carry On, Coningsby Dawson
6. Christine, Alice Cholmondeley Laugh and Live, Douglas Fairbanks Getting Together, Ian Hay
7. In the Wilderness, Robert S. Hichens Better Meals for Less Money, Mary Green [] My Second Year of the War, Frederick Palmer
8. His Family, Ernest Poole The Land of Deepening Shadow, D. Thomas Curtin
9. The Definite Object, Jeffrey Farnol Italy, France and Britain at War, H. G. Wells
10. The Hundredth Chance, Ethel M. Dell [Copyright cleared 18 Mar 2006] The Worn Doorstep, Margaret Sherwood [Copyright cleared 03 Mar 2004]

1918

FictionNon-FictionWar
1. The U. P. Trail, Zane Grey Rhymes of a Red Cross Man, Robert W. Service My Four Years in Germany, James W. Gerard
2. The Tree of Heaven, May Sinclair Treasury of War Poetry, G. H. Clark The Glory of the Trenches, Coningsby Dawson
3. The Amazing Interlude, Mary Roberts Rinehart With the Colors, Everard J. Appleton Over the Top, Arthur Guy Empey
4. Dere Mable, Edward Streeter Recollections, Viscount Morley Copyright cleared 08 Jun 2002 A Minstrel in France, Harry Lauder
5. Oh, Money! Money!, Eleanor H. Porter Laugh and Live, Douglas Fairbanks Private Peat, Harold R. Peat
6. Greatheart, Ethel M. Dell Mark Twain's Letters, Albert Bigelow Paine Outwitting the Hun, Patrick O'Brien []
7. The Major, Ralph Connor Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis, Richard Harding Davis Face to Face with Kaiserism, James W. Gerard
8. The Pawns Count, E. Phillips Oppenheim Over Here, Edgar Guest Carry On, Coningsby Dawson
9. A Daughter of the Land, Gene Stratton Porter Diplomatic Days, Edith O'Shaughnessy [] Out to Win, Coningsby Dawson
10. Sonia, Stephen McKenna [owned] Poems of Alan Seeger, Alan Seeger Under Fire, Henri Barbusse

1919

FictionNon-FictionWar
1. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, V. Blasco Ibanez The Education of Henry Adams, Henry Adams
2. The Arrow of Gold, Joseph Conrad The Years Between, Rudyard Kipling
3. The Desert of Wheat, Zane Grey Belgium, Brand Whitlock [owned, In Progress: Missing 2nd Vol.]
4. Dangerous Days, Mary Roberts Rinehart The Seven Purposes, Margaret Cameron []
5. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land, Ralph Connor In Flanders Fields, John McCrae
6. The Re-Creation of Brian Kent, Harold Bell Wright Bolshevism, John Spargo
7. Dawn, Gene Stratton Porter
8. The Tin Soldier, Temple Bailey
9. Christopher and Columbus, Elizabeth Von Arnim
10. In Secret, Robert W. Chambers

1920

FictionNon-FictionWar
1. The Man of the Forest, Zane Grey Now It Can Be Told, Philip Gibbs
2. Kindred of the Dust, Peter B. Kyne The Economic Consequences of the Peace, John M. Keynes
3. The Re-Creation of Brian Kent, Harold Bell Wright Roosevelt's Letters to His Children, Joseph B. Bishop, editor
4. The River's End, James Oliver Curwood Theodore Roosevelt, William Roscoe Thayer
5. A Man for the Ages, Irving Bacheller Copyright cleared 18 Apr 2003 White Shadows in the South Seas, Frederick O'Brien
6. Mary-Marie, Eleanor H. Porter An American Idyll, Cornelia Stratton Parker
7. The Portygee, Joseph C. Lincoln
8. The Great Impersonation, E. Phillips Oppenheim
9. The Lamp in the Desert, Ethel M. Dell
10. Harriet and the Piper, Kathleen Norris

1921

FictionNon-FictionWar
1. Main Street, Sinclair Lewis The Outline of History, H. G. Wells [Copyright cleared 22 Feb 2002]
2. The Brimming Cup, Dorothy Canfield White Shadows in the South Seas, Frederick O'Brien
3. The Mysterious Rider, Zane Grey The Mirrors of Downing Street, Harold Begbie
4. The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton The Autobiography of Margot Asquith, Margot Asquith
5. The Valley of Silent Men, James Oliver Curwood
6. The Sheik, Edith M. Hull Peace Negotiations, Robert Lansing
7. A Poor Wise Man, Mary Roberts Rinehart
8. Her Father's Daughter, Gene Stratton Porter
9. The Sisters-in-Law, Gertrude Atherton
10. The Kingdom Round the Corner, Coningsby Dawson [owned]

1922

FictionNon-FictionWar
1. If Winter Comes, A.S.M. Hutchinson The Outline of History, H. G. Wells [Copyright cleared 22 Feb 2002]
2. The Sheik, Edith M. Hull The Story of Mankind, Hendrik Willem Van Loon
3. Gentle Julia, Booth Tarkington [Copyright cleared 18 Aug 2005] The Americanization of Edward Bok, Edward Bok
4. The Head of the House of Coombe, Frances Hodgson Burnett Diet and Health, Lulu Hunt Peters
5. Simon Called Peter, Robert Keable Copyright cleared 02 Jun 2003 The Mind in the Making, James Harvey Robinson
6. The Breaking Point, Mary Roberts Rinehart The Outline of Science, J. Arthur Thomson [Copyright cleared 10 Jul 2005]
7. This Freedom, A.S.M. Hutchinson Outwitting Our Nerves, Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury
8. Maria Chapdelaine, Louis Hemon Queen Victoria, Lytton Strachey
9. To the Last Man, Zane Grey Mirrors of Washington, anonymous (Clinton W. Gilbert)
10. Babbitt, Sinclair Lewis Helen of the Old House, Harold Bell Wright Painted Windows, Harold Begbie

1923

FictionNon-FictionWar
1. Etiquette, Emily Post
3. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Burton J. Hendrick
4. Babbitt, Sinclair Lewis The Mind in the Making, James Harvey Robinson
5. The Outline of History, H. G. Wells [Copyright cleared 22 Feb 2002]
6. This Freedom, A.S.M. Hutchinson Diet and Health, Lulu Hunt Peters
7. Self-Mastery Through Conscious Auto-Suggestion, Emile Coue []
8. The Americanization of Edward Bok, Edward Bok
9. The Sea-Hawk, Rafael Sabatini The Story of Mankind, Hendrik Willem Van Loon
10. The Breaking Point, Mary Roberts Rinehart

1924

FictionNon-FictionWar
1. Diet and Health, Lulu Hunt Peters
3. The Boston Cooking School Cookbook, Fannie Farmer [Copyright cleared 20 Aug 2002]
4. Etiquette, Emily Post
6. The Call of the Canyon , Zane Grey
8. Saint Joan , Bernard Shaw []
9. Mistress Wilding, Rafael Sabatini
10. The Americanization of Edward Bok, Edward Bok