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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckCannery Row by John SteinbeckWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Great Depression
203 books — 79 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckRebecca by Daphne du MaurierFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Fiction Set in 1930s
175 books — 77 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
83 books — 61 voters
A Year Down Yonder by Richard PeckMoon Over Manifest by Clare VanderpoolEsperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz RyanA Long Way from Chicago by Richard PeckBlue Willow by Doris Gates
The Great Depression in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
135 books — 51 voters

America's Great Depression by Murray N. RothbardAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard BailynThe Real Lincoln by Thomas J. DiLorenzoThe March of Folly by Barbara W. Tuchman
Libertarian Guide to American History (fiction and nonfiction)
80 books — 42 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodNight by Elie WieselSophie’s Choice by William StyronThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
The Silent Generation Makes Some Noise
228 books — 33 voters

FDR by Jean Edward SmithNo Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns GoodwinTraitor to His Class by H.W. BrandsThe Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.Freedom from Fear by David M. Kennedy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: A Reading List (nonfiction)
136 books — 30 voters
Rainwater by Sandra BrownMorning Glory by LaVyrle SpencerThe Dress Thief by Natalie Meg EvansThe Midwife of Hope River by Patricia HarmanA Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
Romance Novels Set in the 1930's
64 books — 29 voters

A Year Down Yonder by Richard PeckSarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlanOut of the Dust by Karen HesseChristmas After All by Kathryn LaskyBud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Children's Books on the Great Depression/Dust Bowl
41 books — 21 voters
Black Folk by Blair L.M. KelleyFreeman's Challenge by Robin BernsteinNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichSlavery by Another Name by Douglas A. BlackmonMother Jones by Elliott J. Gorn
Proletariat: US Labor History (nonfiction)
243 books — 20 voters

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldRebecca by Daphne du MaurierLost Horizon by James HiltonGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Between-the-Wars
258 books — 16 voters
Hard Times by Studs TerkelThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy EganA Square Meal by Jane ZiegelmanHammer and Hoe by Robin D.G. KelleyDaily Life in the United States, 1920-1940 by David E. Kyvig
Hard Times: The Great Depression in the US (nonfiction)
137 books — 11 voters

Hard Times by Studs TerkelLittle Heathens by Mildred Armstrong KalishCowboys, Cooks, and Catastrophes by Reba P. CunninghamWe Had Everything But Money by Deb MulveyAnybody Can Do Anything by Betty MacDonald
Everyday Lives in History: 1930s
49 books — 10 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
43 books — 10 voters

Hoover by Kenneth WhyteHerbert Hoover by Glen JeansonneFreedom Betrayed by Herbert HooverAs Ding Saw Herbert Hoover by Jay N. DarlingThe Life of Herbert Hoover by Glen Jeansonne
US Presidents: Herbert Hoover (nonfiction)
14 books — 2 voters
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin FranklinThe Egg and I by Betty MacDonaldPioneer Girl by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Best American Memoirs of Life Before 1940
101 books — 2 voters

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