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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
904 books — 1,256 voters
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyOut of the Silent Planet by C.S. LewisAt the Mountains of Madness by H.P. LovecraftLost Horizon by James HiltonLast and First Men by Olaf Stapledon
Classic Science Fiction - 1930-1939
102 books — 116 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
58 books — 69 voters
I Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithPrisoner of Night and Fog by Anne BlankmanA Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle CooperConspiracy of Blood and Smoke by Anne BlankmanThe FitzOsbornes in Exile by Michelle Cooper
YA Fiction set in the 1930s
80 books — 60 voters

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Best Children's Books of the 1930s
225 books — 53 voters
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieThe Little Engine That Could by Watty PiperAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
Best Books 1930
112 books — 38 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeBreathe by Sara FujimuraBreakfast at Tiffany's by Truman CapoteAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Fetch Your White Gloves, and Swing to Jazz. Vintage and Vintage-esque Reads
62 books — 33 voters
A Winter Away by Elizabeth FairMrs. Tim Carries On by D.E. StevensonThe Lark by E. NesbitBramton Wick by Elizabeth FairSpam Tomorrow by Verily Anderson
Furrowed Middlebrow
95 books — 32 voters

The Let Them Theory by Mel RobbinsThe Wedding People by Alison EspachHere One Moment by Liane MoriartyEverything Is Tuberculosis by John GreenAll the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
2025: What PEOPLE born BEFORE 1970 Have Read So Far
326 books — 23 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienMary Poppins by P.L. TraversThe Sword in the Stone by T.H. WhiteMary Poppins Comes Back by P.L. TraversMr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
Children's Fantasy of the 1930s
26 books — 21 voters

The Emperor by Robert ReidHeaven Official's Blessing by Mò Xiāng Tóng XiùYumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon SandersonThe Sword of Kaigen by M.L. WangThe Burning God by R.F. Kuang
Great American Songbook
193 books — 18 voters
Fräulein M. by Caroline WoodsVixen by Jillian LarkinRules of Civility by Amor TowlesLulu in Hollywood by Louise BrooksThe It Girl and Me by Laini Giles
Dirty 30s
29 books — 14 voters

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude SteinTestament of Youth by Vera BrittainMen As Friends by Irwin EpsteinDown and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellBe Still by Emmet Fox
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1930s
77 books — 7 voters
A Traveller in Time by Alison UttleyThe Ship That Flew by Hilda LewisThe Highway by Hugh Chesterman
Children's Time Travel Fiction of the 1930s
3 books — 6 voters

Nursery Rhymes by Whitman Publishing CompanyMother Goose with Pictures by Ruth E.Newton Assisted by Betty... by Ruth E. Newton and Betty Ca...A Tiny Book of Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose by Harter Publishing Company
Nursery Rhyme Collections of the 1930s
3 books — 1 voter

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