[ATY 2023] Set During the 20th Century

1.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,599 ratings
2.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,278 ratings
3.
Salt to the Sea
Salt to the Sea 4.35 avg rating — 244,738 ratings
4.
Two Storm Wood
Two Storm Wood 4.05 avg rating — 1,789 ratings
5.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 4.40 avg rating — 3,832,643 ratings
6.
Rules of Civility
Rules of Civility 4.09 avg rating — 262,553 ratings
7.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,551 ratings
8.
The Rose Code
The Rose Code 4.45 avg rating — 340,441 ratings
9.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,147 ratings
10.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,059 ratings
11.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 4.24 avg rating — 3,058,786 ratings
12.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,507 ratings
13.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 344,001 ratings
14.
All the King's Men
All the King's Men 4.09 avg rating — 65,738 ratings
15.
March: Book One (March, #1)
March: Book One (March, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 56,869 ratings
16.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,801,939 ratings
17.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,225,554 ratings
18.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,277 ratings
19.
Daisy Jones and The Six
Daisy Jones and The Six 4.20 avg rating — 1,771,683 ratings
19.
Euphoria
Euphoria
by: Lily King
3.86 avg rating — 97,928 ratings
21.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,730,777 ratings
22.
The Nightingale
The Nightingale 4.64 avg rating — 1,893,817 ratings
23.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating — 290,937 ratings
24.
Eleanor & Park
Eleanor & Park 3.93 avg rating — 1,240,147 ratings
24.
The Great Alone
The Great Alone 4.45 avg rating — 1,075,249 ratings
26.
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road 3.93 avg rating — 92,040 ratings
27.
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Lady Chatterley’s Lover 3.50 avg rating — 134,601 ratings
28.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating — 793,918 ratings
29.
The Henna Artist (The Jaipur Trilogy, #1)
The Henna Artist (The Jaipur Trilogy, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 206,739 ratings
30.
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating — 113,024 ratings
31.
Independent People
Independent People 4.13 avg rating — 13,794 ratings
32.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,703 ratings
32.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany 4.24 avg rating — 332,371 ratings
34.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,895 ratings
35.
The Alice Network
The Alice Network 4.32 avg rating — 592,909 ratings
36.
The Secrets We Kept
The Secrets We Kept 3.65 avg rating — 75,852 ratings
36.
The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 211,569 ratings
38.
City of Girls
City of Girls 4.04 avg rating — 313,079 ratings
39.
This Tender Land
This Tender Land 4.39 avg rating — 210,397 ratings
40.
Night Over Water
Night Over Water 3.91 avg rating — 29,363 ratings
41.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating — 831,707 ratings
42.
The Enchanted April
The Enchanted April 3.90 avg rating — 38,736 ratings
43.
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey 4.21 avg rating — 74,668 ratings
44.
84, Charing Cross Road
84, Charing Cross Road 4.16 avg rating — 93,082 ratings
45.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,660 ratings
46.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,440 ratings
47.
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1)
Fall of Giants (The Century Trilogy, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 340,712 ratings
48.
Utopia Avenue
Utopia Avenue really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26,242 ratings
49.
The Mad Women's Ball
The Mad Women's Ball 3.79 avg rating — 36,453 ratings
50.
The Christie Affair
The Christie Affair 3.71 avg rating — 95,059 ratings
50.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 4.30 avg rating — 568,900 ratings
52.
The Beautiful and Damned
The Beautiful and Damned 3.73 avg rating — 63,641 ratings
52.
Ballet Shoes
Ballet Shoes 4.07 avg rating — 37,979 ratings
52.
Songs in Ursa Major
Songs in Ursa Major 3.89 avg rating — 13,671 ratings
55.
The Paris Bookseller
The Paris Bookseller 3.72 avg rating — 15,914 ratings
55.
The Mitford Affair
The Mitford Affair 3.71 avg rating — 17,456 ratings
55.
Great Circle
Great Circle 4.10 avg rating — 78,575 ratings
58.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,718 ratings
59.
Caucasia
Caucasia 4.08 avg rating — 10,077 ratings
60.
Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night 3.77 avg rating — 146,405 ratings
61.
Miss Benson's Beetle
Miss Benson's Beetle 4.08 avg rating — 59,031 ratings
61.
Out of the Easy
Out of the Easy 4.03 avg rating — 70,089 ratings
63.
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) 4.12 avg rating — 294,031 ratings
63.
The Winds of Heaven
The Winds of Heaven 3.99 avg rating — 393 ratings
63.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 3.98 avg rating — 18,160 ratings
63.
On the Rooftop
On the Rooftop 3.22 avg rating — 11,715 ratings
67.
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls 3.35 avg rating — 21,519 ratings
67.
The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1)
The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 58,921 ratings
67.
Malibu Rising
Malibu Rising 4.03 avg rating — 1,228,687 ratings
67.
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
71.
Circling the Sun
Circling the Sun 3.94 avg rating — 81,016 ratings
71.
The Weary Blues
The Weary Blues 4.43 avg rating — 3,066 ratings
73.
The Pull of the Stars
The Pull of the Stars 3.95 avg rating — 87,001 ratings
73.
Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1)
Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1) 4.01 avg rating — 5,333 ratings
73.
The Fountains of Silence
The Fountains of Silence 4.31 avg rating — 78,995 ratings
76.
A Duty to the Dead (Bess Crawford, #1)
A Duty to the Dead (Bess Crawford, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 20,440 ratings
76.
Needless Alley
Needless Alley really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 415 ratings
78.
The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives
by: Ira Levin
3.87 avg rating — 51,726 ratings
78.
The Magician
The Magician 4.02 avg rating — 19,181 ratings
78.
The Other Side of the Bridge
The Other Side of the Bridge 4.18 avg rating — 11,124 ratings
81.
The Quiet American
The Quiet American 3.98 avg rating — 68,861 ratings
82.
Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls 3.86 avg rating — 75,287 ratings
82.
Exodus
Exodus
by: Leon Uris
4.34 avg rating — 100,893 ratings
84.
Madam, Will You Talk?
Madam, Will You Talk? 4.09 avg rating — 8,270 ratings
85.
Shrines of Gaiety
Shrines of Gaiety 3.84 avg rating — 40,487 ratings
86.
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace 3.60 avg rating — 229,378 ratings
87.
Call Your Daughter Home
Call Your Daughter Home
by: Deb Spera
4.22 avg rating — 42,488 ratings
87.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating — 59,329 ratings
89.
A Splendid Ruin
A Splendid Ruin 4.15 avg rating — 20,080 ratings
90.
Jackdaws
Jackdaws 4.08 avg rating — 42,372 ratings
91.
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Beneath a Scarlet Sky 4.43 avg rating — 374,002 ratings
91.
The Doonesbury Chronicles
The Doonesbury Chronicles 4.32 avg rating — 999 ratings
93.
The Colony
The Colony 4.11 avg rating — 11,902 ratings
94.
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires 3.79 avg rating — 279,120 ratings
95.
Transcription
Transcription 3.49 avg rating — 58,977 ratings
96.
Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic 3.67 avg rating — 416,438 ratings
97.
American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst
American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst 3.87 avg rating — 12,108 ratings
98.
Tangerine
Tangerine 3.21 avg rating — 33,968 ratings
99.
My Best Friend's Exorcism
My Best Friend's Exorcism 3.93 avg rating — 139,955 ratings
100.
Jacqueline in Paris
Jacqueline in Paris
by: Ann Mah
3.69 avg rating — 11,952 ratings
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