Choosing the Century's(20th) Favorite Books(1924)

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The Literary Digest, 182 Books

This is a list from "The Literary Digest International Book Review", which was a prestigious literary publication in the early 20th century.

This list's results were from a nation-wide poll in 1923/1924. There were 1,753 votes.

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This list was originally published in 1924 and was added to this site almost 2 years ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
14929 The Amazing Interlude Mary Roberts Rinehart 1918 American English
14773 The Tree Of Heaven May Sinclair 1917 British English
14643 The Spirit Of American Literature John Albert Macy 1913 American English
14623 The Promised Land Mary Antin 1912 American English
14487 Modern Egypt Evelyn Baring, Earl of Cromer 1908 British English
15609 Steeplejack James Huneker 1920 American English
14644 Sinister Street Compton Mackenzie 1913 British English
15680 His Children's Children Arthur Cheney Train 1923 American English
13771 Garibaldi And The Thousand, May 1860 George Macaulay Trevelyan 1907 British English
311 Winesburg, Ohio Sherwood Anderson 1919 American English
14935 The Amenities Of Book Collecting A. Edward Newton 1918 American English
15661 Companionable Books Henry Van Dyke 1922 American English
14587 The Harvester Gene Stratton-Porter 1911 American English
15716 Early Plays Eugene O'Neill 1932 American English
15637 Messer Marco Polo Donn Byrne 1921 American English
2727 Last Poems A. E. Housman 1922 British English
15662 The Revolt Against Civilization Lothrop Stoddard 1922 American English
14776 Slippy Mc Gee Marie Conway Oemler 1917 American English
315 Relativity Albert Einstein 1916 German German
14587 A Bed Of Roses Walter Lionel George 1911 British English
15681 Religious Perplexities L. P. Jacks 1923 British English
6135 The Dance Of Life Havelock Ellis 1923 British English
15638 Simon Called Peter Robert Keable 1921 British English
1072 Gösta Berling's Saga Selma Lagerlöf 1891 Swedish Swedish
14374 Smoke And Steel Carl Sandburg 1920 American English
5526 Poems Of Francis Thompson Francis Thompson 1893 British English
15682 The Alaskan James Oliver Curwood 1923 American English
14226 To Have And To Hold Mary Johnston 1900 American English
3009 The Octopus Frank Norris 1901 American English
15594 Belgium; A Personal Narrative Brand Whitlock 1919 American English
1349 Gitanjali Rabindranath Tagore 1910 Indian Bengali
144 Sons and Lovers D. H. Lawrence 1913 British English
15682 Children Of Loneliness Anzia Yezierska 1923 American English
14388 On The Branch Pierre de Coulevain 1904 French French
14389 The Queen's Quair Maurice Hewlett 1904 British English
15611 Miss Lulu Bett Zona Gale 1920 American English
14342 The Man From Glengarry Ralph Connor 1901 Canadian English
15684 Lummox Fannie Hurst 1923 American English
14456 The Spell Of The Yukon Robert W. Service 1907 British English
15717 The Dim Lantern Temple Bailey 1925 American English
15612 The Raft Coningsby Dawson 1920 British English
14647 Pollyanna Eleanor H. Porter 1913 American English
15664 Abbé Pierre Jay William Hudson 1922 Unknown Unknown
14368 A History Of The American People Woodrow Wilson 1902 American English
14648 The Woman Thou Gavest Me Hall Caine 1913 British English
15665 In Single Strictness George Moore 1922 British English
15665 Christianity And Progress Harry Emerson Fosdick 1922 American English
15685 My Book And Heart Corra Harris 1923 American English
15639 Brass Charles Gilman Norris 1921 American English
14718 El Supremo Edward Lucas White 1916 American English
14410 The Life Of Reason George Santayana 1905 American English
15613 The Days Before Yesterday Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1920 British English
1490 The Garden Party And Other Stories Katherine Mansfield 1922 New Zealand English
15613 Moon Calf Floyd Dell 1920 American English
15686 Life And Confessions Of A Psychologist G. Stanley Hall 1923 American English
14457 A Chair On The Boulevard Leonard Merrick 1907 British English
886 Riders of the Purple Sage Zane Grey 1912 American English
15640 A History Of The Great War John Buchan 1921 British English
14344 Cardigan Robert W. Chambers 1901 American English
15615 Foursquare Grace S. Richmond 1920 American English
14370 The Blazed Trail Stewart Edward White 1902 American English
15667 Human Nature And Conduct John Dewey 1922 American English