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The Chronology of American Literature in the 20th Century: 1930-1939

This is the 8th instalment of my chronology of American fiction. It is a list of novels & short story collections by American authors published in 1930-1939. There are 10 Pulitzer Prize winners as well as works by Nobel Prize winners Pearl S. Buck, Faulkner, Hemingway, Steinbeck, I.B. Singer and Sinclair Lewis. (For aficionados of book covers: if a book icon didn't exist in the database (which was about 70% of the time), I created its icon, as often as possible, using an early cover.)
Click on the link to go to the previous instalment, which covers 1940-1949.
The source is "The Chronology of American Literature: America's Literary Achievements from the Colonial Era to Modern Times" by Daniel S. Burt (2004).
The books by year are are:
1930: 1-22
1931: 23-43
1932: 44-70
1933: 71-93
1934: 94-128
1935: 129-156
1936: 157-183
1937: 184-212
1938: 213-234
1939: 235-261
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The Mother (Sholem Asch)
The Mother
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Sholem Asch
Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes
Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes
2
Wedding Day and Other Stories (Kay Boyle)
Wedding Day and Other Stories
3
Kay Boyle
Destry Rides Again (Max Brand)
Destry Rides Again
4
Max Brand
The 42nd Parallel (John Dos Passos)
The 42nd Parallel
5
John Dos Passos
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
6
William Faulkner
Cimarron (Edna Ferber)
Cimarron
7
Edna Ferber
The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
8
Dashiell Hammett
Not Without Laughter (Langston Hughes)
Not Without Laughter
9
Langston Hughes
The Secret of the Old Clock (Carolyn Keene)
The Secret of the Old Clock
10
Carolyn Keene
Laments for the Living (Dorothy Parker)
Laments for the Living
11
Dorothy Parker
Parlor, Bedlam and Bath (S. J. Perelman)
Parlor, Bedlam and Bath
12
S. J. Perelman
Flowering Judas and Other Stories (Katherine Anne Porter)
Flowering Judas and Other Stories
13
Katherine Anne Porter
A Voyage to Purilia (Elmer Rice)
A Voyage to Purilia
14
Elmer Rice
The Great Meadow (Elizabeth Madox Roberts)
The Great Meadow
15
Elizabeth Madox Roberts
Arundel (Kenneth Roberts)
Arundel
16
Kenneth Roberts
Mountain City (Upton Sinclair)
Mountain City
17
Upton Sinclair
Lucy Church, Amiably (Gertrude Stein)
Lucy Church, Amiably
18
Gertrude Stein
The Kramer Girls (Ruth Suckow)
The Kramer Girls
19
Ruth Suckow
Parties. (Carl Van Vechten)
Parties.
20
Carl Van Vechten
Certain People (Edith Wharton)
Certain People
21
Edith Wharton
The Woman of Andros (Thornton Wilder)
The Woman of Andros
22
Thornton Wilder
Many Thousands Gone (John Peale Bishop)
Many Thousands Gone
23
John Peale Bishop
God Sends Sunday (Arna Bontemps)
God Sends Sunday
24
Arna Bontemps
Plagued by the Nightingale (Kay Boyle)
Plagued by the Nightingale
25
Kay Boyle
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
26
Pearl S. Buck
American Earth (Erskine Caldwell)
American Earth
27
Erskine Caldwell
Laugh and Lie Down (Robert Cantwell)
Laugh and Lie Down
28
Robert Cantwell
Shadows on the Rock (Willa Cather)
Shadows on the Rock
29
Willa Cather
S.S. San Pedro (James Gould Cozzens)
S.S. San Pedro
30
James Gould Cozzens
Love Without Money (Floyd Dell)
Love Without Money
31
Floyd Dell
Sanctuary (William Faulkner)
Sanctuary
32
William Faulkner
The Chinaberry Tree (Jessie Redmon Fauset)
The Chinaberry Tree
33
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Penhally (Caroline Gordon)
Penhally
34
Caroline Gordon
Back Street (Fannie Hurst)
Back Street
35
Fannie Hurst
The Grass Roof (Younghill Kang)
The Grass Roof
36
Younghill Kang
Yehuda (Meyer Levin)
Yehuda
37
Meyer Levin
Their Fathers' God (O.E. Rølvaag)
Their Fathers' God
38
O.E. Rølvaag
Black No More (George S. Schuyler)
Black No More
39
George S. Schuyler
The Wet Parade (Upton Sinclair)
The Wet Parade
40
Upton Sinclair
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