Best Books of the Decade: 1920s

1.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating β€” 5,730,657 ratings
2.
Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)
Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1) 4.38 avg rating β€” 389,815 ratings
3.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating β€” 504,993 ratings
4.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating β€” 481,982 ratings
5.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating β€” 846,768 ratings
6.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating β€” 192,262 ratings
7.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating β€” 341,889 ratings
8.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating β€” 189,888 ratings
9.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating β€” 344,453 ratings
10.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating β€” 377,246 ratings
11.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating β€” 207,157 ratings
12.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating β€” 206,718 ratings
13.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating β€” 138,334 ratings
14.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) 4.26 avg rating β€” 327,428 ratings
15.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating β€” 84,378 ratings
16.
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Velveteen Rabbit 4.31 avg rating β€” 269,098 ratings
17.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating β€” 246,390 ratings
18.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 484,608 ratings
19.
The Waste Land and Other Poems
The Waste Land and Other Poems 4.22 avg rating β€” 72,690 ratings
20.
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Lady Chatterley’s Lover 3.50 avg rating β€” 134,600 ratings
21.
The Prophet
The Prophet 4.23 avg rating β€” 321,079 ratings
22.
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain 4.13 avg rating β€” 56,583 ratings
23.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating β€” 109,429 ratings
24.
This Side of Paradise
This Side of Paradise 3.64 avg rating β€” 78,636 ratings
25.
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop 3.97 avg rating β€” 41,756 ratings
26.
We
We 3.88 avg rating β€” 107,844 ratings
27.
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil 3.97 avg rating β€” 50,320 ratings
28.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 3.79 avg rating β€” 37,706 ratings
29.
The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh, #2)
The House at Pooh Corner (Winnie-the-Pooh, #2) 4.38 avg rating β€” 89,411 ratings
30.
The Beautiful and Damned
The Beautiful and Damned 3.73 avg rating β€” 63,641 ratings
31.
Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3) 4.25 avg rating β€” 26,760 ratings
32.
Rilla of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables, #8)
Rilla of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables, #8) 4.24 avg rating β€” 55,112 ratings
33.
Letters to a Young Poet
Letters to a Young Poet 4.28 avg rating β€” 113,815 ratings
34.
Babbitt
Babbitt 3.69 avg rating β€” 24,525 ratings
35.
Women in Love
Women in Love 3.66 avg rating β€” 33,140 ratings
36.
Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1) 3.83 avg rating β€” 59,869 ratings
37.
An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy 3.97 avg rating β€” 38,264 ratings
38.
Main Street
Main Street 3.78 avg rating β€” 26,592 ratings
39.
The Castle
The Castle 3.92 avg rating β€” 71,972 ratings
40.
Bambi: A Life in the Woods
Bambi: A Life in the Woods 4.16 avg rating β€” 53,263 ratings
41.
The Garden Party and Other Stories
The Garden Party and Other Stories 3.80 avg rating β€” 13,134 ratings
42.
The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3)
The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3) 4.18 avg rating β€” 20,496 ratings
43.
The Enchanted April
The Enchanted April 3.90 avg rating β€” 38,735 ratings
44.
The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)
The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2) 4.20 avg rating β€” 29,533 ratings
45.
Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)
Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2) 3.98 avg rating β€” 24,881 ratings
46.
The Good Soldier Ε vejk
The Good Soldier Ε vejk 4.10 avg rating β€” 20,521 ratings
47.
In Our Time
In Our Time 3.74 avg rating β€” 26,656 ratings
48.
The Blue Castle
The Blue Castle 4.31 avg rating β€” 52,507 ratings
49.
The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)
The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 68,861 ratings
50.
The Waste Land
The Waste Land 4.11 avg rating β€” 57,817 ratings
51.
When We Were Very Young (Winnie-the-Pooh, #3)
When We Were Very Young (Winnie-the-Pooh, #3) 4.23 avg rating β€” 26,666 ratings
52.
Duino Elegies
Duino Elegies 4.39 avg rating β€” 9,804 ratings
53.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #9)
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #9) 4.12 avg rating β€” 29,573 ratings
54.
Being and Time
Being and Time 4.05 avg rating β€” 27,065 ratings
55.
Now We Are Six (Winnie-the-Pooh, #4)
Now We Are Six (Winnie-the-Pooh, #4) 4.28 avg rating β€” 23,181 ratings
56.
Kristin Lavransdatter
Kristin Lavransdatter 4.31 avg rating β€” 13,877 ratings
57.
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)
The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2) 3.87 avg rating β€” 112,652 ratings
58.
The Most Dangerous Game
The Most Dangerous Game 3.95 avg rating β€” 59,385 ratings
59.
Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah 4.32 avg rating β€” 9,485 ratings
59.
The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera 3.88 avg rating β€” 14,164 ratings
61.
Decline and Fall
Decline and Fall 3.83 avg rating β€” 15,502 ratings
62.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle (Doctor Dolittle, #1)
The Story of Doctor Dolittle (Doctor Dolittle, #1) 3.96 avg rating β€” 51,242 ratings
63.
Saint Joan
Saint Joan 3.78 avg rating β€” 9,494 ratings
64.
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1) 3.95 avg rating β€” 29,075 ratings
65.
Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3)
Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey, #3) 4.07 avg rating β€” 29,677 ratings
66.
Goodbye to All That
Goodbye to All That 3.93 avg rating β€” 15,314 ratings
67.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 3.60 avg rating β€” 6,830 ratings
68.
The Guermantes Way
The Guermantes Way 4.27 avg rating β€” 11,427 ratings
69.
Sonnets to Orpheus
Sonnets to Orpheus 4.24 avg rating β€” 4,056 ratings
70.
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5)
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5) 4.04 avg rating β€” 18,203 ratings
71.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel 3.92 avg rating β€” 15,521 ratings
72.
Amerika
Amerika 3.74 avg rating β€” 33,112 ratings
73.
Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating β€” 76,682 ratings
74.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (Doctor Dolittle, #2)
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (Doctor Dolittle, #2) 3.98 avg rating β€” 17,467 ratings
75.
The Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle, #1)
The Secret of Chimneys (Superintendent Battle, #1) 3.84 avg rating β€” 32,176 ratings
76.
Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays
Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays 3.94 avg rating β€” 3,392 ratings
77.
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Berlin Alexanderplatz 3.84 avg rating β€” 10,883 ratings
78.
Tales of the Jazz Age
Tales of the Jazz Age 3.88 avg rating β€” 8,200 ratings
79.
Emil and the Detectives
Emil and the Detectives 3.99 avg rating β€” 13,207 ratings
80.
Billy Budd, Sailor
Billy Budd, Sailor 3.19 avg rating β€” 19,172 ratings
81.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
The Complete Sherlock Holmes 4.51 avg rating β€” 214,383 ratings
82.
Zeno's Conscience
Zeno's Conscience 3.77 avg rating β€” 30,951 ratings
83.
Dream Story
Dream Story 3.76 avg rating β€” 19,880 ratings
84.
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, and Other Stories
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, and Other Stories 3.86 avg rating β€” 7,332 ratings
85.
Cane
Cane 3.82 avg rating β€” 11,323 ratings
86.
The Decline of the West
The Decline of the West 4.06 avg rating β€” 2,170 ratings
87.
Manhattan Transfer
Manhattan Transfer 3.64 avg rating β€” 7,030 ratings
88.
In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time 4.34 avg rating β€” 13,694 ratings
89.
Time Regained
Time Regained 4.51 avg rating β€” 8,006 ratings
90.
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry 4.01 avg rating β€” 6,232 ratings
91.
Partners in Crime (Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries, #2)
Partners in Crime (Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries, #2) 3.78 avg rating β€” 23,731 ratings
92.
Emily's Quest (Emily, #3)
Emily's Quest (Emily, #3) 4.13 avg rating β€” 21,506 ratings
93.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 3.58 avg rating β€” 77,965 ratings
94.
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) 4.20 avg rating β€” 702,370 ratings
95.
The Short Stories
The Short Stories 4.22 avg rating β€” 14,875 ratings
96.
Miss Mapp (Lucia, #2)
Miss Mapp (Lucia, #2) 4.10 avg rating β€” 2,499 ratings
97.
Queen Lucia
Queen Lucia 3.92 avg rating β€” 5,295 ratings
98.
Arrowsmith
Arrowsmith 3.84 avg rating β€” 8,372 ratings
99.
Emily Climbs (Emily, #2)
Emily Climbs (Emily, #2) 4.18 avg rating β€” 25,363 ratings
100.
Captain Blood
Captain Blood 4.18 avg rating β€” 17,389 ratings
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