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Popular Books of the 30s

Books that were popular from 1930 through 1939, even in a tumultuous time for the world, people were still reading
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As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
1
William Faulkner
Murder at the Vicarage (Agatha Christie)
Murder at the Vicarage
2
Agatha Christie
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
3
Dashiell Hammett
The Secret of the Old Clock (Carolyn Keene)
The Secret of the Old Clock
4
Carolyn Keene
Strong Poison (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Strong Poison
5
Dorothy L. Sayers
Vile Bodies (Evelyn Waugh)
Vile Bodies
6
Evelyn Waugh
The 42nd Parallel
The 42nd Parallel
7
Civilization and Its Discontents (Sigmund Freud)
Civilization and Its Discontents
8
Sigmund Freud
Narcissus and Goldmund
Narcissus and Goldmund
9
The Little Engine That Could (Watty Piper)
The Little Engine That Could
10
Watty Piper
The Joy of Cooking
The Joy of Cooking
11
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
12
Pearl S. Buck
Five Red Herrings (1931)
Five Red Herrings (1931)
13
The Secret of Shadow Ranch
The Secret of Shadow Ranch
14
All Passion Spent (Vita Sackville-West)
All Passion Spent
15
Vita Sackville-West
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
16
Virginia Woolf
The Story of Babar (Jean De Brunhoff)
The Story of Babar
17
Jean De Brunhoff
Sanctuary (William Faulkner)
Sanctuary
18
William Faulkner
Modern Man in Search of a Soul (C.G. Jung)
Modern Man in Search of a Soul
19
C.G. Jung
The Sittaford Mystery (Agatha Christie)
The Sittaford Mystery
20
Agatha Christie
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
21
Aldous Huxley
Little House in the Big Woods (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House in the Big Woods
22
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
23
William Faulkner
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
24
Stella Gibbons
Death in the Afternoon
Death in the Afternoon
25
Save Me the Waltz (Zelda Fitzgerald)
Save Me the Waltz
26
Zelda Fitzgerald
The Thirteen Problems (Agatha Christie)
The Thirteen Problems
27
Agatha Christie
The Clue in the Diary (Carolyn Keene)
The Clue in the Diary
28
Carolyn Keene
Tobacco Road (Erskine Caldwell)
Tobacco Road
29
Erskine Caldwell
Journey to the End of Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of Night
30
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
Down and Out in Paris and London
31
George Orwell
Farmer Boy (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Farmer Boy
32
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Hangman's Holiday (1933)
Hangman's Holiday (1933)
33
The Autobiography of Alice B. Tokias by Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Alice B. Tokias by Gertrude Stein
34
Thank You Jeeves (P. G. Wodehouse)
Thank You Jeeves
35
P. G. Wodehouse
The Red Pony (John Steinbeck)
The Red Pony
36
John Steinbeck
Lord Edgware Dies
Lord Edgware Dies
37
Babar the King (Jean De Brunhoff)
Babar the King
38
Jean De Brunhoff
Lost Horizon (James Hilton)
Lost Horizon
39
James Hilton
In Praise of Shadows (Junichiro Tanizaki)
In Praise of Shadows
40
Junichiro Tanizaki
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