Literature in the 1930s

1930
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

1931
Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather (American)

1932
Peril at End House by Agatha Christie (British)

1933
The Siamese Twin Mystery by Ellery Queen (American)

1934
Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald (American)
Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara (American)

1935
The Saint in New York by Leslie Charteris (British)

1936
Absalom, Abalom! by William Faulkner (American)
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (American)

1937
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (Danish)
Nancy Drew: The Whispering Statue

1938
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (British)

1939
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (American)
Khufu's Wisdom by Naguib Mahfouz (Egyptian)