100 Outstanding Books, 1924-1944

1.
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop 3.97 avg rating — 41,774 ratings
2.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,289 ratings
3.
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon 4.12 avg rating — 32,889 ratings
4.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 342,008 ratings
5.
When We Were Very Young (Winnie-the-Pooh, #3)
When We Were Very Young (Winnie-the-Pooh, #3) 4.23 avg rating — 26,667 ratings
5.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,732,361 ratings
7.
The Collected Poems
The Collected Poems 4.15 avg rating — 1,031 ratings
8.
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude 3.77 avg rating — 532 ratings
9.
The Short Stories of Saki
The Short Stories of Saki
by: Saki
4.18 avg rating — 2,841 ratings
10.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,792 ratings
11.
Within a Budding Grove (In Search of Lost Time, #2)
Within a Budding Grove (In Search of Lost Time, #2) 4.39 avg rating — 17,093 ratings
12.
Life with Father
Life with Father 3.89 avg rating — 3,455 ratings
13.
Auden: Poems
Auden: Poems 4.23 avg rating — 724 ratings
14.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,104 ratings
15.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,711 ratings
16.
The Collected Poems of Robert Frost (Volume 7) (Classic Thoughts and Thinkers, 7)
The Collected Poems of Robert Frost (Volume 7) (Classic Thoughts and Thinkers, 7) 4.11 avg rating — 457 ratings
17.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,434 ratings
18.
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon 4.22 avg rating — 2,622 ratings
19.
Four Quartets
Four Quartets 4.37 avg rating — 19,409 ratings
20.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,293 ratings
21.
Strange Fruit
Strange Fruit 3.87 avg rating — 1,443 ratings
22.
Roan Stallion, Tamar and Other Poems
Roan Stallion, Tamar and Other Poems 4.36 avg rating — 92 ratings
23.
Round Up: The Stories of Ring W. Lardner
Round Up: The Stories of Ring W. Lardner 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings
24.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating — 84,389 ratings
25.
The Old Maid: The 'Fifties
The Old Maid: The 'Fifties 3.90 avg rating — 2,618 ratings
26.
Barren Ground
Barren Ground 3.73 avg rating — 342 ratings
27.
Dark Laughter
Dark Laughter 3.15 avg rating — 225 ratings
28.
Drums
Drums 3.67 avg rating — 95 ratings
29.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph 3.91 avg rating — 11,817 ratings
30.
The Time of Man
The Time of Man 3.84 avg rating — 165 ratings
30.
U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money
U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money 4.12 avg rating — 4,966 ratings
32.
The Plumed Serpent
The Plumed Serpent 3.30 avg rating — 1,752 ratings
33.
Show Boat
Show Boat 3.83 avg rating — 1,035 ratings
34.
The Mauve Decade: American Life at the End of the Nineteenth Century
The Mauve Decade: American Life at the End of the Nineteenth Century 3.27 avg rating — 33 ratings
35.
The Grandmothers: A Family Portrait
The Grandmothers: A Family Portrait 3.68 avg rating — 50 ratings
36.
Tristram
Tristram 3.90 avg rating — 39 ratings
37.
John Brown's Body
John Brown's Body 4.17 avg rating — 308 ratings
38.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 3.79 avg rating — 37,715 ratings
39.
The Case of Sergeant Grischa (The Great War of White Men #1)
The Case of Sergeant Grischa (The Great War of White Men #1) 3.90 avg rating — 204 ratings
40.
Bambi: A Life in the Woods
Bambi: A Life in the Woods 4.16 avg rating — 53,269 ratings
41.
Swan Song (The Forsyte Chronicles, #6)
Swan Song (The Forsyte Chronicles, #6) 4.26 avg rating — 769 ratings
42.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,129 ratings
43.
Every Soul is a Circus
Every Soul is a Circus 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
44.
Of Time and the River: A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth
Of Time and the River: A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth 4.19 avg rating — 1,300 ratings
45.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating — 344,530 ratings
46.
The Good Companions
The Good Companions 4.14 avg rating — 763 ratings
47.
A Preface to Morals
A Preface to Morals really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 97 ratings
48.
Dodsworth
Dodsworth 4.04 avg rating — 1,449 ratings
49.
Sanctuary
Sanctuary 3.63 avg rating — 14,462 ratings
50.
Flowering Judas and Other Stories
Flowering Judas and Other Stories 3.66 avg rating — 223 ratings
51.
The Epic of America
The Epic of America 4.18 avg rating — 79 ratings
52.
Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road 3.71 avg rating — 15,713 ratings
53.
Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty 4.01 avg rating — 15,326 ratings
54.
Inside Europe
Inside Europe 4.17 avg rating — 65 ratings
55.
Anthony Adverse (Anthony Adverse, #1-3)
Anthony Adverse (Anthony Adverse, #1-3) 4.02 avg rating — 211 ratings
56.
Poems by Stephen Spender
Poems by Stephen Spender 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings
57.
Studs Lonigan
Studs Lonigan 3.82 avg rating — 2,328 ratings
58.
Shadows on the Rock
Shadows on the Rock 4.01 avg rating — 3,123 ratings
59.
Man With A Bull Tongue Plow
Man With A Bull Tongue Plow 4.33 avg rating — 36 ratings
60.
So Red the Rose (Southern Classics Series)
So Red the Rose (Southern Classics Series) 3.44 avg rating — 84 ratings
61.
R.E. Lee: A Biography (Volume I)
R.E. Lee: A Biography (Volume I) 4.56 avg rating — 201 ratings
62.
Four Plays
Four Plays 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
63.
Northwest Passage
Northwest Passage 4.19 avg rating — 3,182 ratings
64.
The Last Puritan: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel
The Last Puritan: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel 3.78 avg rating — 105 ratings
65.
The Flowering of New England, 1815-1865
The Flowering of New England, 1815-1865 4.04 avg rating — 79 ratings
66.
The Sea Of Grass
The Sea Of Grass 3.77 avg rating — 609 ratings
67.
Mathematics for the Million: How to Master the Magic of Numbers
Mathematics for the Million: How to Master the Magic of Numbers 4.01 avg rating — 191 ratings
68.
Logic: The Theory of Inquiry
Logic: The Theory of Inquiry 4.28 avg rating — 57 ratings
69.
Finnegans Wake
Finnegans Wake 3.68 avg rating — 13,450 ratings
70.
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, Vol 1
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, Vol 1 4.47 avg rating — 92 ratings
71.
Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf 3.17 avg rating — 43,178 ratings
72.
The Yearling
The Yearling 4.03 avg rating — 30,137 ratings
73.
One More Spring
One More Spring 3.92 avg rating — 40 ratings
74.
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
H.M. Pulham, Esq. 3.90 avg rating — 186 ratings
75.
How Green Was My Valley
How Green Was My Valley 4.21 avg rating — 18,451 ratings
76.
The Managerial Revolution: What is Happening in the World
The Managerial Revolution: What is Happening in the World 3.76 avg rating — 614 ratings
77.
Blood, Sweat and Tears
Blood, Sweat and Tears 4.10 avg rating — 58 ratings
78.
Dragon Seed
Dragon Seed 4.11 avg rating — 3,516 ratings
79.
The Valley Of Decision
The Valley Of Decision 4.27 avg rating — 497 ratings
80.
Van Loon's Lives
Van Loon's Lives 4.36 avg rating — 117 ratings
81.
The Song of Bernadette
The Song of Bernadette 4.22 avg rating — 1,265 ratings
82.
The Apostle
The Apostle 4.18 avg rating — 104 ratings
83.
The Republic: Conversations on fundamentals
The Republic: Conversations on fundamentals really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
84.
The Human Comedy
The Human Comedy 4.03 avg rating — 6,505 ratings
85.
Wind, Sand and Stars
Wind, Sand and Stars 4.12 avg rating — 20,394 ratings
86.
The Time for Decision
The Time for Decision 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
87.
Joseph the Provider
Joseph the Provider 4.47 avg rating — 275 ratings