Jazz Age Books

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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 166 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,810,913 ratings — published 1925
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Tender Is the Night Tender Is the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.77 — 148,276 ratings — published 1934
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The Beautiful and Damned The Beautiful and Damned (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.73 — 64,407 ratings — published 1922
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This Side of Paradise This Side of Paradise (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.63 — 79,377 ratings — published 1920
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The Paris Wife The Paris Wife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.82 — 303,913 ratings — published 2011
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Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald (ebook)
by (shelved 31 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.86 — 58,476 ratings — published 2013
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The Sun Also Rises The Sun Also Rises (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.79 — 487,756 ratings — published 1926
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A Moveable Feast A Moveable Feast (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 4.02 — 164,923 ratings — published 1964
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The Diviners (The Diviners, #1) The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.94 — 101,427 ratings — published 2012
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Bright Young Things (Bright Young Things, #1) Bright Young Things (Bright Young Things, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.65 — 13,227 ratings — published 2010
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Save Me the Waltz Save Me the Waltz (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.52 — 4,526 ratings — published 1932
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Gods of Jade and Shadow Gods of Jade and Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.88 — 76,162 ratings — published 2019
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Flappers and Philosophers Flappers and Philosophers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,335 ratings — published 1920
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Wild Women and the Blues Wild Women and the Blues (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.77 — 7,453 ratings — published 2021
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A Certain Age (A Certain Age, #1) A Certain Age (A Certain Age, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.65 — 12,112 ratings — published 2016
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Zelda Zelda (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.82 — 10,421 ratings — published 1970
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The Chosen and the Beautiful The Chosen and the Beautiful (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.54 — 18,728 ratings — published 2021
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The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.69 — 6,951 ratings — published 2019
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Lair of Dreams (The Diviners, #2) Lair of Dreams (The Diviners, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 4.11 — 33,778 ratings — published 2015
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Tales of the Jazz Age Tales of the Jazz Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.88 — 8,305 ratings — published 1922
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The Chaperone The Chaperone (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 63,960 ratings — published 2012
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Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.84 — 3,444 ratings — published 2006
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Rules of Civility Rules of Civility (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 4.09 — 266,659 ratings — published 2011
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Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of The Great Gatsby Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of The Great Gatsby (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.63 — 2,281 ratings — published 2013
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The Love of the Last Tycoon The Love of the Last Tycoon (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.63 — 13,745 ratings — published 1941
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Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1) Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.84 — 28,902 ratings — published 1989
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The Other Typist The Other Typist (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.55 — 19,359 ratings — published 2013
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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 4.01 — 36,800 ratings — published 2010
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Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy: A Lost Generation Love Story Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy: A Lost Generation Love Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,575 ratings — published 1998
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A Farewell to Arms A Farewell to Arms (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.82 — 348,709 ratings — published 1929
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.61 — 7,052 ratings — published 1925
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Beautiful Days (Bright Young Things, #2) Beautiful Days (Bright Young Things, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.84 — 5,674 ratings — published 2011
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Vixen (Flappers, #1) Vixen (Flappers, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.74 — 8,191 ratings — published 2010
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The Girls at the Kingfisher Club The Girls at the Kingfisher Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,813 ratings — published 2014
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Fallen Beauty Fallen Beauty (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.76 — 1,514 ratings — published 2014
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Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,588 ratings — published 2013
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Beautiful Little Fools Beautiful Little Fools (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 4.01 — 13,900 ratings — published 2022
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The Wicked City (The Wicked City, #1) The Wicked City (The Wicked City, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.66 — 10,420 ratings — published 2017
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Before the Devil Breaks You (The Diviners, #3) Before the Devil Breaks You (The Diviners, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 4.25 — 20,674 ratings — published 2017
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Dollface Dollface (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.77 — 3,080 ratings — published 2013
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The Basil and Josephine Stories The Basil and Josephine Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.94 — 871 ratings — published 1928
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Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 4.00 — 125,245 ratings — published 1945
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Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,449 ratings — published 2004
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Ingenue (Flappers, #2) Ingenue (Flappers, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.85 — 3,229 ratings — published 2011
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Dead Dead Girls (Harlem Renaissance Mystery, #1) Dead Dead Girls (Harlem Renaissance Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.21 — 6,097 ratings — published 2021
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These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1) These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.80 — 167,915 ratings — published 2020
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The Short Stories The Short Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 4.22 — 14,909 ratings — published 1920
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Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern America Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 4.16 — 416 ratings — published 2014
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Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway’s Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway’s Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,785 ratings — published 2016
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Saint Mazie Saint Mazie (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as jazz-age)
avg rating 3.65 — 7,020 ratings — published 2015
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Pamela   Hamilton
“And what else is one to do when presented so unexpectedly with such stupefying intrigue but continue turning the pages back in time, a time when a wave of excess carried the American aristocracy and titled Europeans to grand ships and grander estates for extravagant parties never before seen and never seen thereafter. They stumbled onto the laps of married lovers, champagne spilling onto polished marble floors, betrayal and indecency dressed up in custom-made suits and an air of refinement honed since birth. This was the Jazz Age. The Crazy Years. Les Années Folles, as she often said.”
Pamela Hamilton, Lady Be Good: The Life and Times of Dorothy Hale

Karl Wiggins
“It really was a whole generation who were listening to Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, Sonny Rollins, James Moody, Fats Navarro and, a little bit later on, Mongo Santamaría and Chuck Berry, and these dozen or so guys gave them a voice. They led the way. They wrote what a whole generation wanted to read. The time was right and they seized the day by writing about their lives. They travelled, they got into scrapes, they got arrested, they got wasted … and they wrote about it.

Isn’t that something?”
Karl Wiggins, Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe

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