1900s


A Room with a View
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
The House of Mirth
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Great Gatsby
The Call of the Wild
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Wind in the Willows
1984
Animal Farm
The Catcher in the Rye
A Little Princess
The Jungle
Of Mice and Men
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
480 books — 867 voters
Testament of Youth by Vera BrittainCripple Creek Days by Mabel Barbee LeePeriod Piece by Gwen RaveratLost Voices of the Edwardians by Max ArthurThe Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans as Told by Them... by Hamilton Holt
Everyday Lives in History: 1890-1919
49 books — 9 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithFalling Angels by Tracy ChevalierThe Railway Children by E. NesbitThe Wings of the Dove by Henry James
Fiction Set in 1900s
19 books — 17 voters
Peter Pan by J.M. BarrieThe Cherry Orchard by Anton ChekhovThe Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Tale of Benjamin Bunny by Beatrix PotterThe Sea Wolf by Jack London
Best of 1904
53 books — 34 voters

The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan MeissnerOutrun the Moon by Stacey  Lee1906 by James DalessandroPaperQuake by Kathryn ReissEarthquake at Dawn by Kristiana Gregory
1906 San Francisco Earthquake
15 books — 10 voters
War Horse by Michael MorpurgoThe Winter of Red Snow by Kristiana GregoryIsabel by Carolyn MeyerThe Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow by Ann RinaldiNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Historical Fiction for Children
125 books — 30 voters

Stefan Zweig
“ Erst im Unglück weiß man wahrhaft, wer man ist. ”
― Stefan Zweig, Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman

“ Elvira, as befitting one who represented a magazine, registered first and demanded a room and bath. She pronounced it "bawth." The clerk seemed aghast at the request. However, in that hotel, any lady got whatever she asked for. It was her unquestioned right, as a lady. But there was no bath in the hotel, nor running water for that matter. The clerk faltered out something about a nice bowl and pitcher in every room, and said he thought they could provide a foot tub. He was sorry; there was no bat ...more ”
― Beatrice Fairfax, Ladies now and then

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