Literature of the 1930s

Works of literature from the 1930s

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• 1066 and All That
• The ABC Murders
• Absalom, Absalom!
• Adam Link. Series started in 1939.
• Address Unknown.
• The African Queen
• And Then There Were None
• Alamut
• Amtor. Series started in 1932.
• "Anthem"
• As I Lay Dying
• At the Mountains of Madness
• At Swim-Two-Birds
• The Avenger. Series started in 1939.
• Babar. First appeared in 1931.
• Ballet Shoes
• Beyond the Black River
• Biggles first appears in 1932.

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• The Big Sleep
• Black Colossus
• Black Elk Speaks
• The Black Stranger
• The Blind Owl
• The Bounty Trilogy
• The Box Of Delights
• Brave New World
• Brighton Rock
• The Cat Who Went to Heaven
• The Circus of Doctor Lao
• The Code of the Woosters
• A Coffin for Dimitrios
• Cards on the Table
• Cold Comfort Farm
• Conan the Barbarian. First appeared in December, 1932.
• The Day of the Locust
• Death in the Clouds
• Death on the Nile
• Death to the French
• "The Devil and Daniel Webster"
• "The Devil in Iron"
• The Devil Rides Out
• Dick and Jane
• Doc Savage. First appeared in March, 1933.
• The Documents in the Case
• Domino Lady
• Down and Out in Paris and London
• "The Dreams in the Witch House"
• Dr. Gideon Fell. First appeared in 1933.
• Fer-de-lance
• Finnegans Wake
• For Us, the Living: A Comedy of Customs was originally written in 1938, though not published till 2003.
• "From Beyond"

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• "The Frost-Giant's Daughter"
• Gadsby
• Gladiator
• Gone with the Wind
• The Good Earth
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips
• The Grapes of Wrath
• Greyfriars
• The Hobbit
• Homage to Catalonia
• Horatio Hornblower. Series started in 1937.
• The Hour of the Dragon
• How Green Was My Valley
• I, Claudius
• In Dubious Battle
• "Iron Shadows in the Moon"
• It Can't Happen Here
• Jamaica Inn
• Jane of Lantern Hill
• Jirel of Joiry
• Jo Gar. Series started in 1930.
• Johnny Got His Gun
• Journey to the End of the Night
• Die Kinder aus Nr. 67
• Koziołek Matołek
• The Late George Apley
• Laughter In The Dark
• Last and First Men
• "Leiningen Versus the Ants"
• Lensman series started in 1937.
• Lest Darkness Fall
• Light in August
• The Little Golden Calf
• Little House on the Prairie
• Lord Edgware Dies
• The Lone Ranger. Book series started in 1936.
• Lost Horizon
• "The Macbeth Murder Mystery"
• Madeline
• The Maltese Falcon

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• "Man-Eaters of Zamboula"
• "A Martian Odyssey"
• Mary Poppins
• Moment in Peking
• Moses, Man of the Mountain
• Mr. Popper's Penguins
• The Murder at the Vicarage
• Murder on the Orient Express
• Musashi
• Mystery in White
• The Mysterious Mr Quin
• Nancy Drew. Series began in 1930.
• National Velvet
• Nero Wolfe. First appears in 1934.
• Northwest Smith
• Of Mice and Men
• Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
• The Once and Future King. First book 1938, series completed in 1958.
• Parker Pyne Investigates
• The Pendragon Legend
• Penny Parker series:
  • Tale of the Witch Doll
  • The Vanishing Houseboat
• Perry Mason. Series began in 1933.
• "The People of the Black Circle"
• Peril at End House
• Peter No Tail series began in 1939.
• "The Phoenix on the Sword"
• The Planeteers
• "The Pool of the Black One"
• The Postman Always Rings Twice
• The Prince Commands
• "Queen of the Black Coast"
• Rebecca
• "Red Nails"
• The Red Pony
• Right Ho, Jeeves
• Rogue Male
• "Rogues in the House"
• A Rose for Emily
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• "The Scarlet Citadel"
• Scoop
• "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
• "The Servants of Bit Yakin"
• The Shadow. The first written Shadow story appeared in April, 1931.
• The Shadow Out of Time
• "The Shadow Over Innsmouth"
• The Shape of Things to Come
• A Shilling For Candles
• "The Shunned House"
• Sir Henry Merrivale. First appeared in 1934.
• The Sittaford Mystery. Published in 1931.
• Snow Country. Serialised from 1935-37. Novel published in 1948.
• The Space Trilogy. Started in 1938.
• The Spider. First appeared in October, 1933.
• Star Maker
• Stielauge Der Urkrebs
• The Story of Ferdinand
• Sugar Creek Gang series started in 1939.
• Swallows and Amazons
• The Sword Does Not Jest
• Tales of the Magic Land series started in 1939.
• A Tangled Web
• Tender Is the Night
• Their Eyes Were Watching God
• They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
• The Threepenny Novel
• The Thin Man
• The Thirteen Problems
• "The Tower of the Elephant"
• "Trends"
• Tropic of Cancer
• War with the Newts
• "The Weapon Too Dreadful to Use"
• When Worlds Collide
• "The Whisperer in Darkness"
• "Who Goes There?"
• "A Witch Shall Be Born"
• "Xuthal of the Dusk"
• The Yearling

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