Most Popular Fiction Books of the 1930s

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Oz #30

Captain Salt in Oz

Ruth Plumly Thompson

Fantasy · Childrens

1936

Legion of Space #2

The Cometeers

Jack Williamson

Science Fiction

1936

England Made Me

Graham Greene

Crime Fiction

January 1, 1935

Tortilla Flat

John Steinbeck

Historical Fiction

January 1, 1935

Father Brown Collection #5

The Scandal Of Father Brown

G. K. Chesterton

Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Collection · Short Stories · Mystery

1935

Cubby in Wonderland #2

Cubby Returns to Yellowstone

Frances Joyce Farnsworth

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Childrens · Mainstream

1935

Kay Harker #2

The Box of Delights

John Masefield

Fantasy · Childrens

1935

Variations on a Theme

John Collier

1935

Lycanthia

Frances Layland-Barratt

Horror

1935

A Shroud as well as a Shirt

Shamus Frazer

Science Fiction

1935

A Ghostly Company

H. Russell Wakefield

Horror · Short Stories

1935

The Diamondking of Sahara

Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa

Science Fiction

1935

The Invisible Voices

M. P. Shiel

Short Stories

1935

The Collected Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions

Oliver Onions

Horror · Short Stories

1935

Full Moon

Talbot Mundy

Mainstream

1935

Jimgrim / Ramsden

The Mystery of Khufu's Tomb

Talbot Mundy

Fantasy · Mainstream

1935

Tros #3

Purple Pirate

Talbot Mundy

Fantasy

1935

The Circus of Dr. Lao

Charles G. Finney

Fantasy

1935

Shocks

Algernon Blackwood

Horror · Short Stories

1935

Oz #29

The Wishing Horse of Oz

Ruth Plumly Thompson

Fantasy · Childrens

1935

The Green Child

Herbert Read

Fantasy

1935

Islands of the Sun

Jack Williamson

Science Fiction

1935

The Blue Spot

Jack Williamson

Science Fiction

1935

It's a Battlefield

Graham Greene

Crime Fiction

January 1, 1934

The Thin Man

Dashiell Hammett

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

December 1, 1934

The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck

Alexander Laing

Horror

1934

The Golden Hoard

Edwin Balmer, Philip Wylie

Science Fiction

1934

Bronson Beta #2

After Worlds Collide

Edwin Balmer, Philip Wylie

Science Fiction

1934

The Peacemaker

C. S. Forester

Science Fiction

1934

Defy the Foul Fiend or the Misadventures of a Heart

John Collier

1934

The Devil and All

John Collier

Fantasy · Short Stories

1934

Fu Manchu #7

The Trail of Fu Manchu

Sax Rohmer

Fantasy · Thriller

1934

Hell, Said the Ducchess

Michael Arlen

Science Fiction

1934

The Foghorn

Gertrude Atherton

Horror · Short Stories

1934

More Spook Stories

E. F. Benson

Horror · Short Stories

1934

Jimgrim / Ramsden

The Gunga Sahib

Talbot Mundy

Fantasy · Mainstream

1934