1870-1879

One percent standard: 375,000

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

1870

The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Stories, Bret Harte

(Mott & Hart.)

1871

Little Men, Louisa May Alcott

(Mott.)

The Hoosier School-Master, Edward Eggleston

(Mott & Hart.)

A Terrible Temptation, Charles Reade

(Mott & Hart.)

1872

Barriers Burned Away, E.P. Roe

(Mott & Hart.)

1873

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne

(Mott. First written in French in 1869; translated into English and published in the United States in 1873.)

Around the World in Eighty Days, Jules Verne

(Mott.)

1874

Opening a Chestnut Burr, E.P. Roe

(Mott & Hart.)

A Short History of the English People, John Richard Green

(Mott. First American edition: 1875)

1876

Helen's Babies, John Habberton

(Mott.)

The Royal Path of Life, Thomas Haines and Levi Yaggy

(Mott.)

Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain

(Mott & Hart.)

1877

Black Beauty, Anna Sewell

(Mott. First American edition: 1890)

1878

The Leavenworth Case, Anna Katharine Green

(Mott & Hart.)

1879

Progress and Poverty, Henry George

(Mott & Hart.)