The Bestselling Books of the Last One Hundred Years: 1927

We started at 1918, bringing you the bestselling books of the last one hundred years. We’re almost a decade in now and today it’s time for the ten bestselling books of 1927.

Already we can see some hot authors and trends appearing and while you may not be familiar with some of the names, we’re expecting some well known contemporary authors to lead the lists later on.

But today, we have the ten top selling books of 1927, and some well known books that didn’t make the cut!

Elmer Gantry – Sinclair Lewis

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The Plutocrat – Booth Tarkington

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Doomsday – Warwick Deeping

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Sorrell and Son – Warwick Deeping

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Jalna – Mazo de la Roche

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Lost Ecstasy – Mary Roberts Rinehart

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Twilight Sleep – Edith Wharton

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Tomorrow Morning – Anne Parrish

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Old Countess – Anne Douglas Sedgwick

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A Good Woman – Louis Bromfield

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Also released in 1927, Virginia Woolf’s classic, To The Lighthouse, once again proving that the bestselling books aren’t always the ones that have longevity.

We’ll continue this series right through to 2018, keep an eye out for 1928, coming soon!

If you’d like to see all the lists so far, try this search