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The Bookman (US) online

For the years 1895-1912, The Bookman (New York) is the best source on best-selling fiction books in the United States. (It continued to be a primary sources for such information through 1918, when it stopped publishing a list. Publishers Weekly start publishing lists in 1912.) The overall "six best sellers" list, which began being compiled in 1897 using top six lists from cities around the United States (and a few in Canada), became every publisher's goal. (See, e.g., [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8])

(This source says Alice Payne Hackett's lists use The Bookman for 1895-12.)

• Volume 1 (Feb 1895 - July 1895) [9] | Jan 1895 lists
• Volume 2 (Aug-Sept 1895 - February 1896) [10] | July 1895 lists
• Volume 3 (March 1896 - August 1896). [11]
• Volume 4 (Sept 1896 - Feb 1897) [12] | July 1896 lists
• Volume 5 (Mar 1987- Aug 1897) [13]
• Volume 6 (Sept 1897 - Feb 1898) [14] | July 1897 lists | August 1897 | Sept. 1897 | Oct 1897 | Nov. 1897 | Dec. 1897
• Volume 7 (March 1898 - Aug 1898) [15] | Jan. 1898 lists | Feb. 1898 | Mar. 1898 | Apr. 1898 | May 1898 | June 1898
• Volume 8 (Sept 1898 - Feb 1899) [16]| July 1898 | Aug. 1898 | Sept. 1898 | Oct. 1898|Nov 1898 |Dec 1898
• Volume 9 (Mar 1899 - Aug 1899). [17] | Jan. 1899 sales|Feb. 1899 | March 1899|April 1899|May 1899|June 1899
• Volume 10 (Sept 1899 - Feb 1900) [18] | July 1899 sale lists | Aug. 1899|Sept. 1899|Oct. 1899|Nov. 1899|Dec. 1899

• Volume 11 (Mar 1900 - Aug 1900) [19] | Jan. 1900 sales | Feb. 1900 | Mar. 1900 | Apr. 1900 | May 1900 | Jun. 1900
• Volume 12 (Sept 1900 - Feb 1901) [20] | Jul. 1900 |
• Volume 13 (Mar 1901 - Aug 1901) [21] | Jan 1901 lists | Feb 1901 |... |June 1901
• Volume 14 (Sept 1901 - Feb 1902) [22] | June 1901 lists(?) |
• Volume 15 (Mar 1902 - Aug 1902) [23]
• Volume 16 (Aug 1902 - Feb 1903) [24]
• Volume 17 (Mar 1903 - Aug 1903) [25]
• Volume 18 (Sep 1903 - Feb 1904) [26] | "June and July 1903" | "July and August 1903"
• Volume 19 (Mar 1904 - Aug 1904) [27]
• Volume 20 (Sept 1904 - Feb 1905) [28]

• Volume 21 (Mar 1905 - Aug 1905) [29]
• Volume 22 (Sep 1905 - Feb 1906) [30]
• Volume 23 (Mar 1906 - Aug 1906) [31]
• Volume 24 (Sep 1906 - Feb 1907) [32]
• Volume 25 (Mar 1907 - Aug 1907) [33]
• Volume 26 (Sept 1907 - Feb 1908) [34]
• Volume 27 (Mar 1908 - Aug 1908) [35]
• Volume 28 (Sept 1908 - Feb 1909) [36]
• Volume 29 (Mar 1909 - Aug 1909) [37]
• Volume 30 (Sep 1909 - Feb 1910) [38]

• Volume 31 (Mar 1910 - Aug 1910) [39] | Jan. 1910 lists
• Volume 32 (Sept 1910 - Feb 1911) [40]
• Volume 33 (Mar 1911 - Aug 1911) [41]
• Volume 34 (Sept 1911 - Feb 1912) [42]
• Volume 35 (Mar 1912 - Aug 1913) [43]
• Volume 36 (Sept 1912 - Feb 1913) [44]
• Volume 37 (Mar 1913 - Aug 1913) [45]
• Volume 38 (Sep 1913 - Feb 1914) [46]
• Volume 39 (Mar 1914 - Aug 1914) [47]
• Volume 40 (Sept 1914 - Feb 1915) [48]

• Volume 41 (Mar 1915 - Aug 1915) [49]
• Volume 42 (Sept 1915 - Feb 1916) [50]
• Volume 43 (Ma 1916 - Aug 1916) [51]
• Volume 44 (Sept 1916 - Feb 1917) [52]
• Volume 45 (Mar 1917 - Aug 1917) [53]
• Volume 46 (Sept 1917 - Feb 1918) [54]
• Volume 47 (Mar 1918 - Aug 1918) [55]
• Volume 48 (Sept 1918 - Feb 1919) [56]
• Volume 49 (Mar 1919 - Aug 1919) [57]
• Volume 50 (Sept 1919 - Feb 1920) [58]

• Volume 51 (Mar 1920 - Aug 1920) [59]
• Volume 52 (Sept 1920 - Feb 1921) [60]
• Volume 53 (Mar 1921 - Aug 1921) [61]
• Volume 54 (Sept 1921 - Feb 1922) [62]

• 1912 commentary on years lists[63]
• 1913 annual top 6:[64]
• 1914 lists' commentary [65]

Other sources

• The World's Work
• Volume 1 (Nov 1900 - April 1901). December 1900 Issue list (first list, appearing in Vol 1., Issue 2)
• Volume 2 (May 1901 - October 1901). July 1901 (top 30 booksellers/librarians)