1930s


Of Mice and Men
Brave New World
The Grapes of Wrath
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Rebecca
Water for Elephants
And Then There Were None
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Rules of Civility
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
As I Lay Dying
The Four Winds
Gone With the Wind
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
910 books — 1,260 voters
This is Moscow Speaking and Other Stories by Yuli DanielThe Ugly Swans by Arkady StrugatskyFraud, Famine and Fascism by Douglas TottleThe Purges of the CPSU in the 1930s by Mario SousaThe Body Politic by Catherine Aird
Samizdat
25 books — 3 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienLost Horizon by James HiltonMary Poppins by P.L. TraversAt the Mountains of Madness by H.P. LovecraftThe Sword in the Stone by T.H. White
Best Fantasy of the 30s
53 books — 74 voters
Twopence to Cross the Mersey by Helen ForresterGrowing Up by Russell BakerA Girl from Yamhill by Beverly ClearyThe Dream by Harry BernsteinLittle Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
Great Depression Memoirs
44 books — 11 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
123 books — 28 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRules of Civility by Amor TowlesMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best 1930s Historical Fiction
144 books — 238 voters

Pamela   Hamilton
The rest of us have to play along with God’s little game of Russian roulette, His eternal lesson to live it up while you can. And far be it for me to turn away from God—let’s get a drink.
Pamela Hamilton, Lady Be Good: The Life and Times of Dorothy Hale

Dot Allan
No screaming of shells, no thunder of guns, only this close, hard pressure of human bodies, this desperate push of starving men.
Dot Allan, Makeshift & Hunger March: Two Novels

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