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Post Office by Charles BukowskiThe Rum Diary by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea HandlerThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Drunken Masters
281 books — 376 voters
The Diviners by Libba BrayThese Violent Delights by Chloe GongBright Young Things by Anna GodbersenLair of Dreams by Libba BraySpeak Easy, Speak Love by McKelle George
YA Fiction set in the 1920s
90 books — 109 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Diviners by Libba BrayThe Snow Child by Eowyn IveyThe Painted Veil by W. Somerset MaughamThe Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James
Fiction Set in 1920s
164 books — 103 voters
Public Enemies by Bryan BurroughShadowed Loyalty by Roseanna M. WhiteJohn Dillinger by Dary MateraSpeak Easy by Melanie HarlowGo Down Together by Jeff Guinn
1920's & 30's Mobster, Mafia, Gangster America (fiction and nonfiction)
202 books — 97 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldBright Young Things by Anna GodbersenZ by Therese Anne FowlerThe Paris Wife by Paula McLainThe Diviners by Libba Bray
Jazz Age Historical Fiction
145 books — 97 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldMary, Everything by Cassandra YorkeSpeak Easy, Anne by Brandy D. AndersonBitter Spirits by Jenn BennettRomancing the Rumrunner by Michelle McLean
1920s Romance
149 books — 69 voters

Whose Body? by Dorothy L. SayersMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearA Test of Wills by Charles ToddBerlin Noir by Philip KerrRiver of Darkness by Rennie Airth
Great War Veterans as Detectives
71 books — 37 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

Ship of Dolls by Shirley ParenteauDolls of Hope by Shirley ParenteauMonkey Town by Ronald KiddThe Secret School by AviSnakes and Stones by Lisa Fowler
Middle Grade Fiction set in the 1920s
53 books — 26 voters
Bourbon by Fred MinnickBourbon Empire by Reid MitenbulerDrink by Iain GatelyLast Call by Daniel OkrentA History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
All Liquored Up - The History of Alcohol and Drinking (nonfiction)
145 books — 21 voters

Becoming the Ex-Wife by Marsha GordonOnly Yesterday by Frederick Lewis AllenRising Tide by John M. BarryOne Summer by Bill Bryson1920 by Eric Burns
The Roaring Twenties in America (nonfiction)
144 books — 18 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

Tintin and the Cigars of the Pharaoh - The Adventures of TinTin by HergéGreenglass House by Kate MilfordThe Blue Lotus by HergéThe Crab With the Golden Claws by HergéThe Red Sea Sharks by Hergé
Smugglers and Smuggling in Juvenile Fiction
134 books — 11 voters
Bitter Spirits by Jenn BennettHigh on a Hill by Dorothy GarlockScarred Hearts by Bonnie DeeSpeakeasy Dead by Vicky LoebelMoonshine by Tess Oliver
Bootlegger: Romances Novels with Bootleggers, Speakeasies, and Moonshine
27 books — 8 voters

These Violent Delights by Chloe GongBright Ruined Things by Samantha CohoeBlack City Saint by Richard A. KnaakThe Diviners by Libba BraySpeak Easy by Catherynne M. Valente
Flappers & Fantasy: Fantasy set in the 1920s
33 books — 5 voters
The Pub by Pete BrownThe Complete Joy of Homebrewing by Charlie PapazianCome Here Often? by Sean ManningHip Hops by Christoph KellerBeer Hiking Switzerland by Monika Saxer
Beer Related Books
168 books — 5 voters

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