Works of literature from the 1930s
- 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.
- 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"
- "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
- "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:
- 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