1930s Books

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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 292 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,779,086 ratings — published 1937
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Brave New World Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 240 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,038,478 ratings — published 1932
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The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 222 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.02 — 979,446 ratings — published 1939
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 213 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,384,054 ratings — published 1937
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Rebecca Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 201 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.25 — 707,693 ratings — published 1938
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Water for Elephants Water for Elephants (Paperback)
by (shelved 188 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,687,798 ratings — published 2006
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Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 166 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.99 — 380,752 ratings — published 1937
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And Then There Were None And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 164 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,568,096 ratings — published 1939
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 144 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.20 — 712,538 ratings — published 1934
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Rules of Civility Rules of Civility (Hardcover)
by (shelved 132 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.09 — 265,744 ratings — published 2011
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The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
by (shelved 132 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.94 — 166,145 ratings — published 1939
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As I Lay Dying As I Lay Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.72 — 184,101 ratings — published 1930
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The Four Winds The Four Winds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.30 — 929,106 ratings — published 2021
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Gone With the Wind Gone With the Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,249,165 ratings — published 1936
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,753,107 ratings — published 1960
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Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
by (shelved 86 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.12 — 298,520 ratings — published 1937
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Tender Is the Night Tender Is the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.77 — 147,913 ratings — published 1934
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Cold Comfort Farm Cold Comfort Farm (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.88 — 54,253 ratings — published 1932
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The Maltese Falcon The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.87 — 114,015 ratings — published 1930
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The Waves The Waves (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.14 — 52,044 ratings — published 1931
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Down and Out in Paris and London Down and Out in Paris and London (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.09 — 98,874 ratings — published 1933
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Nausea Nausea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.93 — 136,190 ratings — published 1938
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1) The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1)
by (shelved 69 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.22 — 256,961 ratings — published 2019
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The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13) The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
by (shelved 64 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.03 — 193,658 ratings — published 1936
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Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1) Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.04 — 207,509 ratings — published 1930
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The Thin Man The Thin Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.90 — 37,705 ratings — published 1934
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Homage to Catalonia Homage to Catalonia (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.09 — 69,421 ratings — published 1938
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I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.24 — 72,241 ratings — published 1934
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This Tender Land This Tender Land (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.39 — 214,517 ratings — published 2019
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The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
by (shelved 57 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.01 — 258,866 ratings — published 1931
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Light in August Light in August (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.94 — 65,906 ratings — published 1932
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The Postman Always Rings Twice The Postman Always Rings Twice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.76 — 47,662 ratings — published 1934
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A Handful of Dust A Handful of Dust (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.89 — 28,518 ratings — published 1934
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Before We Were Yours Before We Were Yours (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.40 — 708,166 ratings — published 2017
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The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 53 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.06 — 60,767 ratings — published 2005
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The Day of the Locust The Day of the Locust (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.70 — 23,915 ratings — published 1939
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Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8) Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)
by (shelved 53 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.02 — 80,822 ratings — published 1932
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I Capture the Castle I Capture the Castle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.99 — 113,989 ratings — published 1948
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.98 — 18,325 ratings — published 1938
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The Giver of Stars The Giver of Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.29 — 493,835 ratings — published 2019
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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.39 — 356,022 ratings — published 2013
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Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1) Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)
by (shelved 50 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.66 — 77,132 ratings — published 1934
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Absalom, Absalom! Absalom, Absalom! (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.99 — 47,404 ratings — published 1936
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Anthem Anthem (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.61 — 165,237 ratings — published 1938
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Nightwood Nightwood (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.60 — 14,424 ratings — published 1936
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Brighton Rock Brighton Rock (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.69 — 35,248 ratings — published 1938
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Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15) Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)
by (shelved 48 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.96 — 70,419 ratings — published 1936
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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.89 — 216,909 ratings — published 2011
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Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins, #1) Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as 1930s)
avg rating 4.01 — 139,709 ratings — published 1934
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Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20) Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
by (shelved 47 times as 1930s)
avg rating 3.98 — 99,326 ratings — published 1938
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Cynthia Sally Haggard
“Mr. Russell, don’t you think I’m too young for you?”
His eyes flashed as his face hardened into a mask.
--Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia”
Cynthia Sally Haggard, Farewell My Life: Buona Notte Vita Mia

George Orwell
“The train bore me away, through the monstrous scenery of slag-heaps, chimneys, piled scrap-iron, foul canals, paths of cindery mud criss-crossed by the prints of clogs. This was March, but the weather had been horribly cold and everywhere there were mounds of blackened snow. As we moved slowly through the outskirts of the town we passed row after row of little grey slum houses running at right angles to the embankment. At the back of one of the houses a young woman was kneeling on the stones, poking a stick up the leaden waste-pipe which ran from the sink inside and which I suppose was blocked. I had time to see everything about her—her sacking apron, her clumsy clogs, her arms reddened by the cold. She looked up as the train passed, and I was almost near enough to catch her eye. She had a round pale face, the usual exhausted face of the slum girl who is twenty-five and looks forty, thanks to miscarriages and drudgery; and it wore, for the second in which I saw it, the most desolate, hopeless expression I have ever-seen. It struck me then that we are mistaken when we say that ‘It isn’t the same for them as it would be for us,’ and that people bred in the slums can imagine nothing but the slums. For what I saw in her face was not the ignorant suffering of an animal. She knew well enough what was happening to her—understood as well as I did how dreadful a destiny it was to be kneeling there in the bitter cold, on the slimy stones of a slum backyard, poking a stick up a foul drain-pipe.”
George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier

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