[ATY 2022] Set in 1900-1950

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,093 ratings
2.
The Nightingale
The Nightingale 4.64 avg rating — 1,893,571 ratings
3.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,801,852 ratings
4.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,543,859 ratings
5.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,730,565 ratings
6.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating — 793,905 ratings
7.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,670 ratings
8.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,904,264 ratings
9.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,102 ratings
10.
Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating — 582,426 ratings
11.
Salt to the Sea
Salt to the Sea 4.35 avg rating — 244,725 ratings
12.
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow 4.32 avg rating — 636,782 ratings
13.
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating — 1,680,735 ratings
14.
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) 4.20 avg rating — 702,364 ratings
15.
The Four Winds
The Four Winds 4.30 avg rating — 899,887 ratings
16.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI 4.14 avg rating — 425,882 ratings
17.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 4.39 avg rating — 989,115 ratings
18.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,131 ratings
19.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating — 311,622 ratings
20.
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating — 113,023 ratings
21.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,181 ratings
22.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating — 551,915 ratings
23.
The Giver of Stars
The Giver of Stars 4.29 avg rating — 485,633 ratings
24.
What the Wind Knows
What the Wind Knows 4.36 avg rating — 106,274 ratings
25.
The Pull of the Stars
The Pull of the Stars 3.95 avg rating — 86,997 ratings
26.
Rules of Civility
Rules of Civility 4.09 avg rating — 262,547 ratings
26.
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) 4.22 avg rating — 253,250 ratings
28.
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 205,249 ratings
29.
The Chosen and the Beautiful
The Chosen and the Beautiful
by: Nghi Vo
3.55 avg rating — 18,441 ratings
30.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,582 ratings
31.
The Alice Network
The Alice Network 4.32 avg rating — 592,878 ratings
32.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,584 ratings
33.
Between Shades of Gray
Between Shades of Gray 4.37 avg rating — 268,358 ratings
34.
Before We Were Yours
Before We Were Yours 4.40 avg rating — 697,241 ratings
35.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,350 ratings
36.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,879 ratings
37.
The Snow Child
The Snow Child 4.01 avg rating — 166,386 ratings
38.
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Seabiscuit: An American Legend 4.23 avg rating — 167,135 ratings
39.
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle 3.79 avg rating — 457,070 ratings
40.
The Island of Sea Women
The Island of Sea Women
by: Lisa See
4.32 avg rating — 154,720 ratings
41.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,153 ratings
42.
A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 33,511 ratings
43.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,384 ratings
44.
This Tender Land
This Tender Land 4.39 avg rating — 210,385 ratings
45.
A Long Petal of the Sea
A Long Petal of the Sea 4.06 avg rating — 110,105 ratings
46.
Orphan Train
Orphan Train 4.20 avg rating — 458,495 ratings
47.
The Rose Code
The Rose Code 4.45 avg rating — 340,404 ratings
48.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
The Ten Thousand Doors of January 4.01 avg rating — 160,275 ratings
49.
The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)
The Diviners (The Diviners, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 101,041 ratings
50.
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women 4.16 avg rating — 176,335 ratings
51.
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II 3.96 avg rating — 29,155 ratings
52.
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 125,834 ratings
53.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 400,999 ratings
54.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,828 ratings
55.
Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team
Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team 3.88 avg rating — 9,201 ratings
56.
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)
Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 120,540 ratings
57.
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 237,964 ratings
58.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon 3.87 avg rating — 113,182 ratings
59.
The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1)
The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 32,486 ratings
60.
The Enchanted April
The Enchanted April 3.90 avg rating — 38,733 ratings
61.
Gods of Jade and Shadow
Gods of Jade and Shadow 3.88 avg rating — 74,707 ratings
62.
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans 4.04 avg rating — 473,429 ratings
63.
These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)
These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 165,226 ratings
64.
Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
Shanghai Girls (Shanghai Girls, #1)
by: Lisa See
3.92 avg rating — 160,764 ratings
65.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,152 ratings
66.
City of Girls
City of Girls 4.04 avg rating — 313,073 ratings
67.
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania 4.13 avg rating — 157,283 ratings
67.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,722 ratings
69.
The Last Train to Key West (The Perez Family, #3)
The Last Train to Key West (The Perez Family, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 39,876 ratings
70.
Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1)
Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 28,558 ratings
71.
Sarah's Key
Sarah's Key 4.18 avg rating — 489,756 ratings
72.
The Paris Wife
The Paris Wife 3.82 avg rating — 302,763 ratings
73.
The Storyteller
The Storyteller 4.30 avg rating — 264,316 ratings
74.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,448 ratings
75.
Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating — 76,679 ratings
76.
Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1)
Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 21,760 ratings
76.
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII's Most Dangerous Spy
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII's Most Dangerous Spy 4.15 avg rating — 58,195 ratings
78.
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 41,868 ratings
79.
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) 4.12 avg rating — 294,013 ratings
79.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,213 ratings
81.
Call Your Daughter Home
Call Your Daughter Home
by: Deb Spera
4.22 avg rating — 42,487 ratings
82.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,374 ratings
83.
Ragtime
Ragtime 3.89 avg rating — 45,692 ratings
84.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,885 ratings
85.
The Forest of Vanishing Stars
The Forest of Vanishing Stars 4.25 avg rating — 89,010 ratings
86.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,744 ratings
87.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 484,591 ratings
88.
Girl Waits with Gun (Kopp Sisters, #1)
Girl Waits with Gun (Kopp Sisters, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 33,310 ratings
89.
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Beneath a Scarlet Sky 4.43 avg rating — 373,987 ratings
90.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,166 ratings
91.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,355,550 ratings
92.
The Paragon Hotel
The Paragon Hotel 3.74 avg rating — 7,207 ratings
93.
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 4.01 avg rating — 36,511 ratings
93.
The Paris Library
The Paris Library 4.06 avg rating — 140,704 ratings
95.
Lair of Dreams (The Diviners, #2)
Lair of Dreams (The Diviners, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 33,580 ratings
96.
The Boston Girl
The Boston Girl 3.83 avg rating — 88,174 ratings
97.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,118,872 ratings
97.
Daughters of a Dead Empire
Daughters of a Dead Empire 3.83 avg rating — 2,408 ratings
99.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating — 161,155 ratings
100.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,429 ratings
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