Booklist Queen's 2023 Reading Challenge - hosted by booklistqueen

Set in the 1930s
Let's go back a few decades and read a book set in the 1930s, the era between the World Wars where the economy was gripped by depression.
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Mystery in Provence by Vivian Conroy

Mystery in Provence

Miss Ashford Investigates #1

Vivian Conroy

281 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical mystery lighthearted mysterious slow-paced
Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson by Katherine G. Johnson

Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson

Katherine G. Johnson

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography childrens emotional informative medium-paced
The Orchid House by Lucinda Riley

The Orchid House

Lucinda Riley

449 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional medium-paced
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

724 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Proof of the Pudding by Rhys Bowen

The Proof of the Pudding

Royal Spyness #17

Rhys Bowen

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical mystery funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
The Unknown Beloved by Amy Harmon

The Unknown Beloved

Amy Harmon

413 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical romance mysterious reflective medium-paced
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

736 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Trust by Hernán Díaz

Trust

Hernán Díaz

402 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced
The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie

The ABC Murders

Hercule Poirot #13

Agatha Christie

331 pages • first pub 1936 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery mysterious fast-paced
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

16 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced