Around the Year in 52 Books (2022) - hosted by typedtruths

A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951
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Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare

Chain of Iron

The Last Hours #2

Cassandra Clare

674 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende

A Long Petal of the Sea

Isabel Allende

336 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional informative medium-paced
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan

Beneath a Scarlet Sky

Mark T. Sullivan

513 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

Out of the Dust

Karen Hesse

2 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction historical poetry young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

160 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

nonfiction memoir psychology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Adventures of Tom and Huck #1

Mark Twain

272 pages • first pub 1876 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
A Bookshop in Berlin: The Rediscovered Memoir of One Woman's Harrowing Escape from the Nazis by Françoise Frenkel

A Bookshop in Berlin: The Rediscovered Memoir of One Woman's Harrowing Escape from the Nazis

Françoise Frenkel

288 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir reflective sad slow-paced
Last Call at the Nightingale by Katharine Schellman

Last Call at the Nightingale

Nightingale Mysteries #1

Katharine Schellman

320 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical mystery mysterious tense medium-paced
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

The Ballad of Black Tom

Victor LaValle

160 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical horror dark mysterious tense fast-paced
O Quinze by Rachel de Queiroz

O Quinze

Rachel de Queiroz

157 pages • first pub 1930 (editions)

fiction classics emotional sad medium-paced