| 1900: Fiction |
 | 1 | To Have and To Hold | Johnston, Mary |
| | 2 | Red Pottage | Cholmondeley, Mary |
| | 3 | Unleavened Bread | Grant, Robert |
| | 4 | The Reign of Law | Allen, James Lane |
| | 5 | Eben Holden | Bacheller, Irving |
| | 6 | Janice Meredith | Ford, Paul Leicester |
| | 7 | The Redemption of David Corson | Goss, Charles Frederic |
| | 8 | Richard Carvel | Churchill, Winston |
| | 9 | When Knighthood Was in Flower | Major, Charles |
| | 10 | Alice of Old Vincennes | Thompson, Maurice |
| 1901: Fiction |
| 1 | The Crisis | Churchill, Winston |
| | 2 | Alice of Old Vincennes | Thompson, Maurice |
| | 3 | The Helmet of Navarre | Runkle, Bertha |
| | 4 | The Right of Way | Parker, Gilbert |
| | 5 | Eben Holden | Bacheller, Irving |
| | 6 | The Visits of Elizabeth | Glyn, Elinor |
| | 7 | The Puppet Crown | MacGrath, Harold |
| | 8 | Richard Yea-and-Nay | Hewlett, Maurice |
| 9 | Graustark | McCutcheon, George Barr |
| | 10 | D'ri and I | Bacheller, Irving |
| 1902: Fiction |
| | 1 | The Virginian | Wister, Owen |
| | 2 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Hegan, Alice Caldwell |
| | 3 | Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall | Major, Charles |
| | 4 | The Mississippi Bubble | Hough, Emerson |
| | 5 | Audrey | Johnston, Mary |
| | 6 | The Right of Way | Parker, Gilbert |
| 7 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Doyle, A. Conan |
| | 8 | The Two Vanrevels | Tarkington, Booth |
| 9 | The Blue Flower | van Dyke, Henry |
| | 10 | Sir Richard Calmady | Malet, Lucas |
| 1903: Fiction |
| | 1 | Lady Rose's Daughter | Ward, Mary Augusta |
| | 2 | Gordon Keith | Page, Thomas Nelson |
| | 3 | The Pit | Norris, Frank |
| | 4 | Lovey Mary | Rice, Alice Hegan |
| | 5 | The Virginian | Wister, Owen |
| | 6 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Rice, Alice Hegan |
| | 7 | The Mettle of the Pasture | Allen, James Lane |
| | 8 | Letters of a Self-Made Merchant to His Son | Lorimer, George Horace |
| | 9 | The One Woman | Dixon, Thomas Jr. |
| | 10 | The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come | Fox, John Jr. |
| 1904: Fiction |
| | 1 | The Crossing | Churchill, Winston |
| | 2 | The Deliverance | Glasgow, Ellen |
| | 3 | The Masquerader | Thurston, Katherine Cecil |
| | 4 | In the Bishop's Carriage | Michelson, Miriam |
| | 5 | Sir Mortimer | Johnston, Mary |
| 6 | Beverly of Graustark | McCutcheon, George Barr |
| | 7 | The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come | Fox, John Jr. |
| 8 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Wiggin, Kate Douglas |
| | 9 | My Friend Prospero | Harland, Henry |
| 10 | The Silent Places | White, Stewart Edward |
| 1905: Fiction |
| | 1 | The Marriage of William Ashe | Ward, Mary Augusta |
| | 2 | Sandy | Rice, Alice Hegan |
| | 3 | The Garden of Allah | Hichens, Robert |
| | 4 | The Clansman | Dixon, Thomas Jr. |
| | 5 | Nedra | McCutcheon, George Barr |
| | 6 | The Gambler | Thurston, Katherine Cecil |
| | 7 | The Masquerader | Thurston, Katherine Cecil |
| 8 | The House of Mirth | Wharton, Edith |
| | 9 | The Princess Passes | Williamson, C. N. and A. M. |
| | 10 | Rose o' the River | Wiggin, Kate Douglas |
| 1906: Fiction |
| | 1 | Coniston | Churchill, Winston |
| 2 | Lady Baltimore | Wister, Owen |
| | 3 | The Fighting Chance | Chambers, Robert W. |
| 4 | The House of a Thousand Candles | Nicholson, Meredith |
| | 5 | Jane Cable | McCutcheon, George Barr |
| 6 | The Jungle | Sinclair, Upton |
| | 7 | The Awakening of Helena Ritchie | Deland, Margaret |
| 8 | The Spoilers | Beach, Rex |
| 9 | The House of Mirth | Wharton, Edith |
| | 10 | The Wheel of Life | Glasgow, Ellen |
| 1907: Fiction |
| | 1 | The Lady of the Decoration | Little, Frances |
| | 2 | The Weavers | Parker, Gilbert |
| | 3 | The Port of Missing Men | Nicholson, Meredith |
| | 4 | The Shuttle | Burnett, Frances Hodgson |
| 5 | The Brass Bowl | Vance, Louis J. |
| | 6 | Satan Sanderson | Rives, Hallie Erminie |
| 7 | The Daughter of Anderson Crow | McCutcheon, George Barr |
| | 8 | The Younger Set | Chambers, Robert W. |
| | 9 | The Doctor | Connor, Ralph |
| | 10 | Half a Rogue | MacGrath, Harold |
| 1908: Fiction |
| | 1 | Mr. Crewe's Career | Churchill, Winston |
| | 2 | The Barrier | Beach, Rex |
| 3 | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | Fox, John Jr. |
| | 4 | The Lure of the Mask | MacGrath, Harold |
| | 5 | The Shuttle | Burnett, Frances Hodgson |
| | 6 | Peter | Smith, F. Hopkinson |
| | 7 | Lewis Rand | Johnston, Mary |
| | 8 | The Black Bag | Vance, Louis J. |
| | 9 | The Man from Brodney's | McCutcheon, George Barr |
| | 10 | The Weavers | Parker, Gilbert |
| 1909: Fiction |
| | 1 | The Inner Shrine | King, Basil |
| | 2 | Katrine | Lane, Elinor Macartney |
| | 3 | The Silver Horde | Beach, Rex |
| | 4 | The Man in Lower Ten | Rinehart, Mary Roberts |
| 5 | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | Fox, John Jr. |
| 6 | Truxton King | McCutcheon, George Barr |
| | 7 | 54-40 or Fight | Hough, Emerson |
| | 8 | The Goose Girl | MacGrath, Harold |
| | 9 | Peter | Smith, F. Hopkinson |
| | 10 | Septimus | Locke, William J. |