American Fiction 1900–1930

Dreiser and Wharton, Tarkington and Cather, Sinclair Lewis and Edna Ferber — America’s novel comes of age.

• The Haunted Bookshop Christopher Morley
• My Ántonia Willa Cather
• Sister Carrie Theodore Dreiser
• Gadsby Ernest Vincent Wright
• Daddy-Long-Legs Jean Webster
• The Song of the Lark Willa Cather
• Maggie: A Girl of the Streets Stephen Crane
• Babbitt Sinclair Lewis
• Main Street Sinclair Lewis
• The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man James Weldon Johnson
• Summer Edith Wharton
• McTeague Frank Norris
• The Financier Theodore Dreiser
• The Octopus Frank Norris
• The Quest of the Silver Fleece W. E. B. Du Bois
• The Custom of the Country Edith Wharton
• Freckles Gene Stratton-Porter
• The Star Rover Jack London
• Dear Enemy Jean Webster
• The Reef Edith Wharton
• The Go-Getter Peter B. Kyne
• Alexander’s Bridge Willa Cather
• The Madigans Miriam Michelson
• The Easiest Way Eugene Walter and Arthur Hornblow
• The Magnificent Ambersons Booth Tarkington
• Tess of the Storm Country Grace Miller White
• Possessed Cleveland Moffett
• The Dominant Dollar Will Lillibridge
• The Book of Khalid Ameen Rihani
• A Woman’s Will Anne Warner
• The Valley of the Moon Jack London
• Laddie Gene Stratton-Porter
• Fanny Herself Edna Ferber
• The Rich Little Poor Boy Eleanor Gates
• So Big Edna Ferber
• Stubble George Looms
• The Touchstone Edith Wharton
• The Harvester Gene Stratton-Porter
• The Grain of Dust David Graham Phillips
• Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise David Graham Phillips
• A Tar-Heel Baron Mabell S. C. Smith
• Three Soldiers John Dos Passos
• Dangerous Days Mary Roberts Rinehart
• Bunner Sisters Edith Wharton
• The Breaking Point Mary Roberts Rinehart
• The Titan Theodore Dreiser
• One of Ours Willa Cather
• Carmen Ariza Charles Francis Stocking
• Children of the Desert Louis Dodge
• Alice Adams Booth Tarkington
• The Moonlit Way Robert W. Chambers
• Joan of Arc of the North Woods Holman Day
• 100%: The Story of a Patriot Upton Sinclair
• Imperium in Imperio Sutton E. Griggs
• King Coal Upton Sinclair
• Otherwise Phyllis Meredith Nicholson
• Little Miss Grouch Samuel Hopkins Adams
• V. V.’s Eyes Henry Sydnor Harrison
• A Knight of the Cumberland John Fox Jr.
• The Heart Line Gelett Burgess
• Queed Henry Sydnor Harrison
• An Anarchist Woman Hutchins Hapgood
• The Beloved Woman Kathleen Norris
• Life and Gabriella Ellen Glasgow
• The Mother Pearl S. Buck
• Oil! Upton Sinclair
• The Enormous Room E. E. Cummings
• Romance Island Zona Gale
• The Trail of the Lonesome Pine John Fox Jr.
• Success Samuel Hopkins Adams
• A Poor Wise Man Mary Roberts Rinehart
• The Amazing Interlude Mary Roberts Rinehart
• Jennie Gerhardt Theodore Dreiser
• The Witness Grace Livingston Hill
• His Family Ernest Poole
• The Eyes of the World Harold Bell Wright
• Long Live the King! Mary Roberts Rinehart
• The Clarion Samuel Hopkins Adams
• Little Eve Edgarton Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
• Dawn O’Hara Edna Ferber
• Manhattan Transfer John Dos Passos
• Birthright T. S. Stribling
• Yekl Abraham Cahan
• A Lost Lady Willa Cather
• The Story of Julia Page Kathleen Norris
• Her Father’s Daughter Gene Stratton-Porter
• Shadows of Flames Amélie Rives
• Blix Frank Norris
• Vandover and the Brute Frank Norris
• The Just and the Unjust Vaughan Kester
• The Foolish Virgin Thomas Dixon
• The Rise of David Levinsky Abraham Cahan
• The Goose Girl Harold MacGrath
• The Turmoil Booth Tarkington
• At the Foot of the Rainbow Gene Stratton-Porter
• The Inside of the Cup Winston Churchill
• Kindred of the Dust Peter B. Kyne
• The Fighting Chance Robert W. Chambers
• The Little Lady of the Big House Jack London
• Lady Baltimore Owen Wister
• The Pit Frank Norris
• The Genius Theodore Dreiser
• Where the Blue Begins Christopher Morley
• The Moneychangers Upton Sinclair
• Our Mr. Wrenn Sinclair Lewis
• We Can’t Have Everything Rupert Hughes
• What Diantha Did Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• The Green Bay Tree Louis Bromfield
• The Re-Creation of Brian Kent Harold Bell Wright
• The Cost David Graham Phillips
• Slippy McGee Marie Conway Oemler
• A Far Country Winston Churchill
• Letters of a Dakota Divorcee Jane Burr
• Danny’s Own Story Don Marquis
• The Voice of the People Ellen Glasgow
• Miss Lulu Bett Zona Gale
• The Turn of the Balance Brand Whitlock
• The Blazed Trail Stewart Edward White
• Vandemark’s Folly Herbert Quick
• Bunker Bean Harry Leon Wilson
• The Wrong Twin Harry Leon Wilson
• The Conquest of Canaan Booth Tarkington
• The Uncalled Paul Laurence Dunbar
• In the Heart of a Fool William Allen White
• Love’s Pilgrimage Upton Sinclair
• The Precipice Elia W. Peattie
• The Dwelling Place of Light Winston Churchill
• The Fruit of the Tree Edith Wharton
• The Seeker Harry Leon Wilson
• The Three Black Pennys Joseph Hergesheimer
• A Hoosier Chronicle Meredith Nicholson
• At the Sign of the Jack O’Lantern Myrtle Reed
• The Restless Sex Robert W. Chambers
• The Bent Twig Dorothy Canfield Fisher
• Damaged Goods Upton Sinclair
• The Man Who Couldn’t Sleep Arthur Stringer
• The Spenders Harry Leon Wilson
• Cytherea Joseph Hergesheimer
• The Crux Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• A Daughter of the Land Gene Stratton-Porter
• They Call Me Carpenter Upton Sinclair
• Light-Fingered Gentry David Graham Phillips
• Harlequin and Columbine Booth Tarkington
• Oh, Money! Money! Eleanor H. Porter
• Personality Plus Edna Ferber
• The Professor’s House Willa Cather
• Dust E. and Marcet Haldeman-Julius
• Kent Knowles: Quahaug Joseph C. Lincoln
• The American Diary of a Japanese Girl Yone Noguchi
• In Old Kentucky Edward Marshall and Charles T. Dazey
• The Laughing Girl Robert W. Chambers
• The Spider’s Web Reginald Wright Kauffman
• Coniston Winston Churchill
• Mary-‘Gusta Joseph C. Lincoln
• The Metropolis Upton Sinclair
• Red and Black Grace S. Richmond
• One Man in His Time Ellen Glasgow
• The Price She Paid David Graham Phillips
• A Modern Chronicle Winston Churchill
• The Fog William Dudley Pelley
• The Tinder-Box Maria Thompson Daviess
• Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein
• Thankful’s Inheritance Joseph C. Lincoln
• Destiny Charles Neville Buck
• Elmer Gantry Sinclair Lewis
• A Man and His Money Frederic S. Isham
• That Printer of Udell’s Harold Bell Wright
• Martie, the Unconquered Kathleen Norris
• Cap’n Dan’s Daughter Joseph C. Lincoln
• Sanctuary Edith Wharton
• Mr. Crewe’s Career Winston Churchill
• Poor White Sherwood Anderson
• The Purple Heights Marie Conway Oemler
• Japonette Robert W. Chambers
• Cappy Ricks Retires Peter B. Kyne
• The Power and the Glory Grace MacGowan Cooke
• The White Cat Gelett Burgess
• The Wheel of Life Ellen Glasgow
• The Penalty Gouverneur Morris
• Rich Man, Poor Man Maximilian Foster
• Show Boat Edna Ferber
• Broken Butterflies Henry W. Kinney
• The Short Line War Samuel Merwin and Henry Kitchell Webster
• Saturday’s Child Kathleen Norris
• The Hungry Heart David Graham Phillips
• The Sport of the Gods Paul Laurence Dunbar
• The Depot Master Joseph C. Lincoln
• The Book of Susan Lee Wilson Dodd
• The Cabala Thornton Wilder
• K Mary Roberts Rinehart
• The Kingdom of Slender Swords Hallie Erminie Rives
• Marching Men Sherwood Anderson
• Women Booth Tarkington
• The Breath of the Gods Sidney McCall
• Ramsey Milholland Booth Tarkington
• Girl Alone Anne Austin
• One Woman’s Life Robert Herrick
• King Spruce Holman Day
• A Good Woman Louis Bromfield
• Aurora the Magnificent Gertrude Hall
• Possession Louis Bromfield
• Lonesome Town Ethel and James Dorrance
• Mother Kathleen Norris
• Lo, Michael! Grace Livingston Hill
• Rich Men’s Children Geraldine Bonner
• Quill’s Window George Barr McCutcheon
• Little Lost Sister Virginia Brooks
• The Efficiency Expert Edgar Rice Burroughs
• When Egypt Went Broke Holman Day
• Brotherly House Grace S. Richmond
• The Celebrity Winston Churchill
• The Title Market Emily Post
• Windy McPherson’s Son Sherwood Anderson
• The Valiants of Virginia Hallie Erminie Rives
• A Master’s Degree Margaret Hill McCarter
• Sandy Alice Hegan Rice
• Fairfax and His Pride Marie Van Vorst
• The Gilded Chair Melville Davisson Post
• Polly of the Circus Margaret Mayo
• Early Autumn Louis Bromfield
• Mam’selle Jo Harriet T. Comstock
• A Woman Named Smith Marie Conway Oemler
• The Old Maid Edith Wharton
• The Fortune Hunter Louis Joseph Vance
• Green Valley Katharine Reynolds
• Tillie, a Mennonite Maid Helen Reimensnyder Martin
• The Salamander Owen Johnson
• The Streets of Ascalon Robert W. Chambers
• Quin Alice Hegan Rice
• The Day of the Beast Zane Grey
• The Forged Note Oscar Micheaux
• The Gentleman from Indiana Booth Tarkington
• The Splendid Outcast George Gibbs
• The Woman Gives Owen Johnson
• The Blood Red Dawn Charles Caldwell Dobie
• The Calling of Dan Matthews Harold Bell Wright
• The Castaway Hallie Erminie Rives
• I Walked in Arden Jack Crawford
• The Love Chase Felix Grendon
• Comrade Yetta Albert Edwards
• The Goldfish Arthur Train
• Hagar Mary Johnston
• Jimmie Higgins Upton Sinclair
• Ladies Must Live Alice Duer Miller
• Michael O’Halloran Gene Stratton-Porter
• Aliens William McFee
• The Heart of Arethusa Frances Barton Fox
• Carolina Lee Lilian Bell
• The Nest Builder Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale
• Kildares of Storm Eleanor Mercein Kelly
• Rough-Hewn Dorothy Canfield Fisher
• Scattergood Baines Clarence Budington Kelland
• The Fire in the Flint Walter White
• Fate Knocks at the Door Will Levington Comfort
• The House of Bondage Reginald Wright Kauffman
• Virginia Ellen Glasgow
• Invincible Minnie Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
• His Own People Booth Tarkington
• Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant Mathew Joseph Holt
• Flaming Youth Samuel Hopkins Adams
• John Wesley, Jr. Dan B. Brummitt
• Aladdin O’Brien Gouverneur Morris
• The Running Fight William Hamilton Osborne
• Fidelity Susan Glaspell
• Story of Chester Lawrence Nephi Anderson
• The White Linen Nurse Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
• The Harbor Ernest Poole
• Young People’s Pride Stephen Vincent Benét
• The Danger Mark Robert W. Chambers
• The Deluge David Graham Phillips
• The Dim Lantern Temple Bailey
• The Annes Marion Ames Taggart
• Eris Robert W. Chambers
• The Rise of Roscoe Paine Joseph C. Lincoln
• A Certain Rich Man William Allen White
• The Fortune of the Landrays Vaughan Kester
• The Lady of the Decoration Frances Little
• Daphne Margaret Sherwood
• Held to Answer Peter Clark MacFarlane
• She Buildeth Her House Will Levington Comfort
• The Driver Garet Garrett
• Java Head Joseph Hergesheimer
• Active Service Stephen Crane
• How It Happened Kate Langley Bosher
• The Ramrodders Holman Day
• A Cumberland Vendetta John Fox Jr.
• The Daredevil Maria Thompson Daviess
• Lummox Fannie Hurst
• My Heart and My Flesh Elizabeth Madox Roberts
• Vera, the Medium Richard Harding Davis
• The Visioning Susan Glaspell
• Linda Condon Joseph Hergesheimer
• Bobbie, General Manager Olive Higgins Prouty
• Linda Lee, Incorporated Louis Joseph Vance
• Star-Dust Fannie Hurst
• Cloudy Jewel Grace Livingston Hill
• Red Pepper Burns Grace S. Richmond
• Joan Thursday Louis Joseph Vance
• The Lifted Bandage Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
• Zelda Dameron Meredith Nicholson
• Calvary Alley Alice Hegan Rice
• Samuel the Seeker Upton Sinclair
• The Old Gray Homestead Frances Parkinson Keyes
• Phyllis Maria Thompson Daviess
• The Beautiful Lady Booth Tarkington
• Mamba’s Daughters DuBose Heyward
• The Abysmal Brute Jack London
• Back Home Eugene Wood
• The Last Stetson John Fox Jr.
• The Main Chance Meredith Nicholson
• Never the Twain Shall Meet Peter B. Kyne
• Not Under the Law Grace Livingston Hill
• The Biography of a Prairie Girl Eleanor Gates
• The Erratic Flame Ysabel de Teresa
• The Husband’s Story David Graham Phillips
• John Marsh’s Millions Charles Klein
• Mermaid Grant Overton
• Twilight Sleep Edith Wharton
• The Common Law Robert W. Chambers
• The Wheat Princess Jean Webster
• Madame de Treymes Edith Wharton
• Martha By-the-Day Julie M. Lippmann
• The One Woman Thomas Dixon Jr.
• Raspberry Jam Carolyn Wells
• Common Cause Samuel Hopkins Adams
• Mary Minds Her Business George Weston
• The Romance of a Plain Man Ellen Glasgow
• Cinderella Jane Marjorie Benton Cooke
• The Dark Mother Waldo Frank
• The Portygee Joseph C. Lincoln
• The Mother’s Recompense Edith Wharton
• The Nine-Tenths James Oppenheim
• Dancers in the Dark Dorothy Speare
• Judith of the Godless Valley Honoré Willsie Morrow
• The Locusts’ Years Mary H. Fee
• The Plum Tree David Graham Phillips
• Helen of the Old House Harold Bell Wright
• Porgy DuBose Heyward
• New Lives for Old Frederick Orin Bartlett
• The Isle of Retribution Edison Marshall
• The Proof of the Pudding Meredith Nicholson
• Under the Law Edwina Stanton Babcock
• Her Lord and Master Martha Morton
• Mitch Miller Edgar Lee Masters
• The Children Edith Wharton
• The Walking Delegate Leroy Scott
• When I Was a Little Girl Zona Gale
• Cecilia of the Pink Roses Katharine Haviland-Taylor
• Evered Ben Ames Williams
• The Great God Success David Graham Phillips
• The Transgressors Francis A. Adams
• Athalie Robert W. Chambers
• The Briary Bush Floyd Dell
• A Modern Trio in an Old Town Katharine Haviland-Taylor
• The White Flag Gene Stratton-Porter
• Flower of the Dusk Myrtle Reed
• The Idyl of Twin Fires Walter Prichard Eaton
• Leave It to Doris Ethel Hueston
• New Year’s Day Edith Wharton
• Together Robert Herrick
• The Triumph of Virginia Dale John Francis Jr.
• The Overman Upton Sinclair
• Amazing Grace Kate Trimble Sharber
• Madcap George Gibbs
• When ‘Bear Cat’ Went Dry Charles Neville Buck
• Youth Challenges Clarence Budington Kelland
• Barren Ground Ellen Glasgow
• Gloria and Treeless Street Annie Hamilton Donnell
• The Girl in the Mirror Elizabeth Jordan
• The Tin Soldier Temple Bailey
• The Primrose Ring Ruth Sawyer
• The Treasure Kathleen Norris
• The Crimson Tide Robert W. Chambers
• The Heart of Rachael Kathleen Norris
• Sisters Kathleen Norris