1. 1918: His Family by Ernest Poole

2. 1919: The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington

3. 1921: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

4. 1922: Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington

5. 1923: One of Ours by Willa Cather

6. 1924: The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson

7. 1925: So Big by Edna Ferber

8. 1926: Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis

9. 1927: Early Autumn by Louis Broomfield

10. 1928: The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder