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20th-Century American Bestsellers

A LibGuide to ENSP 3559: 20th-Century American Bestsellers

Reception History

Bruccoli, Matthew Joseph, et al.. Bibliography of American Fiction, 1919-1988. Facts On File, 1991.
Farber, Evan Ira. Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews In Scholarly Journals, 1886-1974. Carrollton Press, 1979.
Film Literature Index. Filmdex, inc, 1973.
Gale Literary Criticism
Includes Contemporary Literary Criticism and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism
HW Wilson Company. Book Review Digest. Bronx [etc.] H. W. Wilson Co, 1906.
Contains citations of book reviews, along with excerpts in many cases. Print coverage runs from 1905-1998. Searchable through the 1960s on HathiTrust at http://bit.ly/2A6zriw
An Index to Book Reviews In the Humanities. Williamston, Mich. [etc.] P. Thomson, 1960.
Covers the years 1961-1990.
Library Literature Full Text
Just throw your author and title in the first search box and see what you get.
Nagel, James, et al.. Facts On File Bibliography of American Fiction: 1866-1918. Facts on File, 1993.
New York Times Book Review
Full run in print as a bound periodical; online at the HathiTrust, searchable, up to 1922.
Readex Newsbank
Search full text for title and author name, and you'll probably find reviews
Times Literary Supplement [London Times] Historical Archive
for British reception of American bestsellers.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
A searchable archive of major American newspapers, with coverage throughout the 20th century. A great source for reviews, as well as author profiles and obituaries.