1860-1869

One percent standard: 300,000 copies

(Authors color-coded by nation of origin/publication: United States, England, Germany, France)

1860

Seth Jones, Edward Ellis

(Mott & Hart.)

Rutledge, Miriam Coles Harris

(Mott.)

Lucile, Owen Meredith

(Mott & Hart.)

Malaeska, Ann Stephens

(Mott & Hart.)

1861

Great Expectations, Charles Dickens

(Mott & Hart.)

Silas Marner, George Eliot

(Mott & Hart.)

Household Tales, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

(Mott. Grimm's fairy tales were published in German between 1812 and 1857; they were first translated into English in 1823, but have been placed in the year 1861, the year of the first American edition--one of the first English language editions to be released after the Grimms finalized their collection.)

East Lynne, Mrs. Henry Wood

(Mott & Hart.)

1862

Parson Brownlow's Book, William Brownlow

(Mott & Hart.)

Les Miserables, Victor Hugo

(Mott & Hart.)

1863

Lady Audley's Secret, Mary Braddon

(Mott.)

The Fatal Marriage, E.D.E.N. Southworth

(Mott & Hart.)

Faith Gartney's Girlhood, A.D.T. Whitney

(Mott.)

1864

Ishmael, E.D.E.N. Southworth

(Mott.)

Self-Raised, E.D.E.N. Southworth

(Mott.)

1865

Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens

(Mott & Hart.)

Hans Brinker and His Silver Skates, Mary Mapes Dodge

(Mott.)

1866

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

(Mott.)

Griffith Gaunt, Charles Reade

(Mott & Hart.)

1867

Ragged Dick, Horatio Alger

(Mott & Hart.)

St. Elmo, Augusta Evans

(Mott & Hart.)

Under Two Flags, Ouida

(Mott & Hart.)

1868

Little Women, Louisa May Alcott

(Mott & Hart.)

The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins

(Mott & Hart.)

1869

Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain

(Mott & Hart.)

Lorna Doone, R.D. Blackmore

(Mott & Hart. First American edition: 1874)