The Bestselling Books of the Last One Hundred Years: 1928

We started at 1918, bringing you the bestselling books of the last one hundred years. We’re a decade in now and today it’s time for the ten bestselling books of 1928.

Already we can see some hot authors and trends appearing now and as the years tick on it’s likely that you’ll start recognising some contemporary authors and others who have been publishing through the decades.

But today, we have the ten top selling books of 1928, and some well known books that didn’t make the cut!

The Bridge of San Luis Rey – Thornton Wilder

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Wintersmoon – Hugh Walpole

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Swan Song – John Galsworthy

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The Greene Murder Case – SS Van Dine

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Bad Girl – Vina Delmar

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Claire Ambler – Booth Tarkington

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Old Pybus – Warwick Deeping

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All Kneeling – Anne Parrish

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Jalna – Mazo de la Roche

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The Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg – Louis Bromfield

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Also released in 1927, Virginia Woolf’s classic, Orlando, and Evelyn Waugh’s Decline and Fall, 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 1929, coming soon!

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