1900s (Decade, not century)

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List for the best books published in the decade of the 1900s
1
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
15,440 members
303 reviews
3.9
8 Members
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2
A Room with a View
by E. M. Forster
11,231 members
224 reviews
3.9
9 Members
smcwl, roby72, sturlington, ncgraham, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy
3
Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
29,687 members
563 reviews
½ 4.3
7 Members
roby72, sturlington, ncgraham, souloftherose, cej1027, ahef1963, NinieB
4
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
22,187 members
424 reviews
3.9
7 Members
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ManWithAnAgenda: 17 May 1900
5
The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton
9,751 members
204 reviews
4
7 Members
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6
The Secret Agent
by Joseph Conrad
6,603 members
101 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
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ManWithAnAgenda: September 1907
7
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
by Thomas Mann
5,706 members
109 reviews
4.2
4 Members
aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, alex68
8
Five Children and It
by E. Nesbit
4,718 members
75 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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9
The Immoralist
by André Gide
3,349 members
46 reviews
½ 3.6
4 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963
10
Nostromo
by Joseph Conrad
4,790 members
58 reviews
3.8
4 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963
11
The Ambassadors
by Henry James
3,993 members
43 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy
12
Cautionary Tales for Children
by Hilaire Belloc
720 members
10 reviews
4
4 Members
sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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13
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
4,470 members
60 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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14
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
23,958 members
330 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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ManWithAnAgenda: 15 June 1908
15
The Railway Children
by E. Nesbit
5,945 members
77 reviews
3.9
3 Members
ncgraham, souloftherose, ahef1963
16
O Finado Mattia Pacal
by Luigi Pirandello
1,988 members
24 reviews
3.9
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
17
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
20,299 members
324 reviews
3.8
5 Members
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18
The Confusions of Young Törless
by Robert Musil
2,155 members
33 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
19
The Petty Demon
by Fyodor Sologub
506 members
5 reviews
3.8
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
20
The Phoenix and the Carpet
by E. Nesbit
1,913 members
21 reviews
3.9
3 Members
ncgraham, souloftherose, ahef1963
21
The Lower Depths
by Maxim Gorky
265 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
roby72, Myyst, thecoroner
22
My Brilliant Career
by Miles Franklin
1,205 members
32 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
souloftherose, ahef1963, NinieB
23
The Cherry Orchard
by Anton Chekhov
1,603 members
30 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
Myyst, sturlington, thecoroner
24
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux
13,121 members
205 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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25
Just So Stories
by Rudyard Kipling
9,554 members
79 reviews
4
2 Members
smcwl, sturlington
26
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
by M. R. James
819 members
28 reviews
4
2 Members
sturlington, NinieB
27
The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers
by E. Nesbit
859 members
11 reviews
4
2 Members
ncgraham, souloftherose
28
The Man of Property
by John Galsworthy
1,048 members
21 reviews
3.9
2 Members
NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
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29
A Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
15,931 members
215 reviews
4.2
2 Members
NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
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ManWithAnAgenda: September 1905
30
Jakob von Gunten
by Robert Walser
1,244 members
30 reviews
3.9
2 Members
thecoroner, alex68
31
The Marquis of Roccaverdina
by Luigi Capuana
82 members
3.9
2 Members
roby72, alex68
32
The Shepherd of the Hills
by Harold Bell Wright
1,170 members
18 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
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dara85: published in 1907. Harold Bell Wright may have been one of the first authors to sell a million copies.
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White Fang
by Jack London
12,202 members
128 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
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ManWithAnAgenda: May 1906
34
Lady with Lapdog and Other Stories
by Anton Tschechow
962 members
13 reviews
4
2 Members
roby72, sturlington
35
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair
11,720 members
129 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
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ManWithAnAgenda: 26 February 1906
36
Green Mansions
by W. H. Hudson
1,734 members
26 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
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37
The Enchanted Castle
by E. Nesbit
2,456 members
36 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
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38
The Three Sisters
by Anton Tschechow
1,047 members
19 reviews
3.9
Member
Myyst
39
Spring Awakening
by Frank Wedekind
880 members
8 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Myyst
40
In the Days of the Comet
by H. G. Wells
855 members
17 reviews
3.1
Member
Bretzky1
41
The Gods of Pegāna
by Lord Dunsany
255 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Myyst
42
A Dream Play
by August Strindberg
252 members
1 review
½ 3.7
Member
Myyst
43
Time and the Gods
by Lord Dunsany
167 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Myyst
44
Messalina : a novel of imperial Rome
by Alfred Jarry
42 members
3.9
Member
Myyst
45
The Marvelous Land of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
3,542 members
75 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: 5 July 1904
46
Where Angels Fear to Tread
by E. M. Forster
3,149 members
52 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
47
Ozma of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
3,133 members
53 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: 30 July 1907
48
The Book of Tea
by Kakuzō Okakura
2,858 members
70 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
49
Mother
by Maxim Gorki
1,269 members
32 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
alex68
50
Chronicles of the House of Borgia
by Frederick Baron Corvo
159 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
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51
The Tanners
by Robert Walser
472 members
13 reviews
4.1
Member
alex68
52
Reginald
by Saki
74 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
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53
The House on the Borderland
by William Hope Hodgson
1,495 members
47 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
55
A Girl of the Limberlost
by Gene Stratton-Porter
2,697 members
46 reviews
4.1
Member
NinieB
56
Hadrian the Seventh
by Frederick Rolfe
811 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
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57
The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight
by Elizabeth von Arnim
96 members
8 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
NinieB
58
The Machine Stops
by E. M. Forster
681 members
41 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
59
The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci: The Forerunner
by Dmitri Merejkowski
581 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
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60
The Squire's Daughter
by Archibald Marshall
9 members
1 review
½ 3.3
Member
NinieB
61
Lieutenant Gustl
by Arthur Schnitzler
340 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
alex68
62
Tonio Kröger
by Thomas Mann
594 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
alex68
63
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
by Beatrix Potter
1,082 members
8 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: October 1908
64
Tristan
by Thomas Mann
207 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
alex68
65
Martin Eden
by Jack London
1,941 members
34 reviews
4.1
Member
alex68
66
Claudine at School
by Colette
452 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
alex68
67
The Paul Street Boys
by Ferenc Molnár
772 members
17 reviews
4.2
Member
alex68
68
The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Baroness Orczy
8,864 members
192 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
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69
I Am a Cat
by Natsume Sōseki
2,199 members
39 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
alex68
70
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
by L. Frank Baum
2,542 members
38 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
71
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
by Selma Lagerlöf
1,355 members
28 reviews
4
Member
alex68
72
The Road to Oz
by L. Frank Baum
2,230 members
31 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
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73
The Riddle of the Sands
by Erskine Childers
2,603 members
68 reviews
½ 3.6