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1908 American novels

This list has 12 members. See also 1908 in the United States, 1908 novels, 20th-century American novels, American novels by year
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  • The Last Egyptian
    The Last Egyptian 1908 American novel and 1914 American film
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    Genre: Drama, Romance, Adventure
    Writer: L. Frank Baum
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    The Last Egyptian: A Romance of the Nile is a novel written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. The book was published anonymously on May 1, 1908 by Edward Stern & Co. of Philadelphia, with eight color plate illustrations by Francis P. Wightman. Baum left his name off of the book because he was concerned that "masquerading as a novelist" might hurt his career as a writer for children; but he identified himself as the author of the book during his lifetime when making fantasy films for children proved a financial disaster.
  • Mr. Crewe's Career
    Mr. Crewe's Career Novel by Winston Churchill
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    Mr. Crewe's Career is a 1908 best-selling novel by American writer Winston Churchill.
  • Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville
    Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville 1908 young adult novel written by L. Frank Baum
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    Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville is a 1908 young adult novel written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. It is the third volume in "the successful Aunt Jane Series," following Aunt Jane's Nieces and Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad. These books for adolescent girls constituted the second greatest success of Baum's literary career, after the Oz books. Like the other books in the series, the Millville volume was released under the pen name "Edith Van Dyne," one of Baum's multiple pseudonyms.
  • The Circular Staircase 1908 mystery novel by American Mary Roberts Rinehart
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    The Circular Staircase is a mystery novel by American writer Mary Roberts Rinehart. The story follows dowager Rachel Innes as she thwarts a series of strange crimes at a summer house she has rented with her niece and nephew. The novel was Rinehart's first bestseller and established her as one of the era's most popular writers. The story was serialized in All-Story for five issues starting with the November 1907 issue, then published in book form by Bobbs-Merrill in 1908.
  • The Whole Family
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    The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors (1908) is a collaborative novel told in twelve chapters, each by a different author. This unusual project was conceived by novelist William Dean Howells and carried out under the direction of Harper's Bazaar editor Elizabeth Jordan, who (like Howells) would write one of the chapters herself. Howells' idea for the novel was to show how an engagement or marriage would affect and be affected by an entire family. The project became somewhat curious for the way the authors' contentious interrelationships mirrored the sometimes dysfunctional family they described in their chapters. Howells had hoped Mark Twain would be one of the authors, but Twain did not participate. Other than Howells himself, Henry James was probably the best-known author to participate. The novel was serialized in Harper's Bazaar in 1907-08 and published as a book by Harpers in late 1908.
  • The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (novel)
    The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (novel) 1908 romance/western novel by John Fox, Jr.
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    The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1908 romance novel/western novel written by John Fox, Jr. The novel became Fox's most successful, and was included among the top ten list of bestselling novels for 1908 and 1909. The novel has been adapted numerous times for both stage and screen.
  • The Lure of the Mask
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    The Lure of the Mask is a 1908 novel by Harold MacGrath that was the fourth-best selling book in the United States for that year.
  • Woodsmen of the West 1908 novel by Martin Allerdale Grainger
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    Woodsmen of the West is a novel by Martin Allerdale Grainger, first published in 1908 by Edward Arnold. In writing the novel, Grainger drew on his experiences as a logger working in the coastal forests of British Columbia, Canada.
  • Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
    Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz 1908 novel by L. Frank Baum
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    Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz is the fourth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill. It was published on June 18, 1908 and reunites Dorothy Gale with the humbug Wizard from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). This is one of only two of the original fourteen Oz books to be illustrated with watercolor paintings. It was followed by The Road to Oz (1909).
  • The Iron Heel
    The Iron Heel Novel by Jack London
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    The Iron Heel is a dystopian and political novel in the form of science fiction by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908.
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