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
17,939 members
342 reviews
3.9
8 Members
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A Room with a View
by E. M. Forster
12,620 members
246 reviews
3.9
9 Members
smcwl, roby72, sturlington, ncgraham, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy
3
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
26,714 members
479 reviews
3.9
7 Members
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ManWithAnAgenda: 17 May 1900
4
Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
36,028 members
631 reviews
½ 4.3
6 Members
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5
The Secret Agent
by Joseph Conrad
7,267 members
108 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
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ManWithAnAgenda: September 1907
6
The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton
10,780 members
213 reviews
4
6 Members
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7
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
by Thomas Mann
6,491 members
113 reviews
4.2
4 Members
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8
Five Children and It
by E. Nesbit
5,377 members
83 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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9
Cautionary Tales for Children
by Hilaire Belloc
806 members
12 reviews
4
4 Members
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10
The Immoralist
by André Gide
3,694 members
51 reviews
½ 3.6
4 Members
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11
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
by Joseph Conrad
5,333 members
70 reviews
3.8
4 Members
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12
The Ambassadors
by Henry James
4,437 members
50 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
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13
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
5,091 members
64 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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14
The Railway Children
by E. Nesbit
7,005 members
88 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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15
The Late Mattia Pascal
by Luigi Pirandello
2,312 members
36 reviews
3.9
3 Members
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16
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
22,870 members
347 reviews
3.8
5 Members
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17
The Confusions of Young Törless
by Robert Musil
2,428 members
44 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
18
The Petty Demon
by Fyodor Sologub
581 members
5 reviews
3.8
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
19
The Phoenix and the Carpet
by E. Nesbit
2,139 members
28 reviews
3.9
3 Members
ncgraham, souloftherose, ahef1963
20
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
27,842 members
369 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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ManWithAnAgenda: 15 June 1908
21
The Lower Depths
by Maxim Gorky
314 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
roby72, Myyst, thecoroner
22
My Brilliant Career
by Miles Franklin
1,374 members
36 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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23
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux
15,601 members
228 reviews
3.8
3 Members
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24
The Cherry Orchard
by Anton Chekhov
1,783 members
27 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
Myyst, thecoroner
25
The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers
by E. Nesbit
985 members
11 reviews
4
2 Members
ncgraham, souloftherose
26
The Man of Property
by John Galsworthy
1,150 members
21 reviews
3.9
2 Members
NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
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27
A Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
18,387 members
232 reviews
4.2
2 Members
NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
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ManWithAnAgenda: September 1905
28
Lady with Lapdog and Other Stories
by Anton Tschechow
1,100 members
15 reviews
4.1
2 Members
roby72, sturlington
29
Jakob von Gunten
by Robert Walser
1,442 members
34 reviews
3.9
2 Members
thecoroner, alex68
30
White Fang
by Jack London
14,154 members
148 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
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ManWithAnAgenda: May 1906
31
The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Baroness Orczy
10,065 members
211 reviews
4
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
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32
The Marquis of Roccaverdina
by Luigi Capuana
99 members
3.9
2 Members
roby72, alex68
33
The Shepherd of the Hills
by Harold Bell Wright
1,356 members
21 reviews
3.9
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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Green Mansions
by W. H. Hudson
1,907 members
28 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
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35
The Enchanted Castle
by E. Nesbit
2,804 members
48 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
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36
Just So Stories
by Rudyard Kipling
11,155 members
85 reviews
4
Member
smcwl
37
Three Sisters
by Anton Chekhov
1,184 members
19 reviews
3.8
Member
Myyst
38
Spring Awakening: A Play
by Frank Wedekind
978 members
8 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Myyst
39
In the Days of the Comet
by H. G. Wells
959 members
17 reviews
3
Member
Bretzky1
40
The Gods of Pegāna
by Lord Dunsany
305 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Myyst
41
A Dream Play
by August Strindberg
271 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Myyst
42
Time and the Gods
by Lord Dunsany
193 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Myyst
43
Messalina : a novel of imperial Rome
by Alfred Jarry
45 members
3.9
Member
Myyst
44
The House on the Borderland
by William Hope Hodgson
1,798 members
56 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
45
The Marvelous Land of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
4,029 members
85 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: 5 July 1904
46
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
by M. R. James
927 members
32 reviews
4
Member
NinieB
47
Ozma of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
3,519 members
62 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: 30 July 1907
48
The Machine Stops
by E. M. Forster
905 members
56 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
49
The Mother
by Maxim Gorki
1,497 members
37 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
alex68
50
Chronicles of the House of Borgia
by Frederick Baron Corvo
174 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
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51
The Tanners
by Robert Walser
554 members
15 reviews
4.1
Member
alex68
52
Reginald
by Saki
81 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
54
A Girl of the Limberlost
by Gene Stratton-Porter
3,081 members
52 reviews
4.1
Member
NinieB
55
Hadrian the Seventh
by Frederick Rolfe
899 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
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56
The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight
by Elizabeth von Arnim
100 members
8 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
NinieB
57
The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci: The Forerunner
by Dmitri Merejkowski
636 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
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58
The Squire's Daughter
by Archibald Marshall
10 members
1 review
½ 3.3
Member
NinieB
59
Lieutenant Gustl
by Arthur Schnitzler
379 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
alex68
60
Tonio Kröger
by Thomas Mann
667 members
13 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
alex68
61
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
by Beatrix Potter
1,301 members
10 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: October 1908
62
Tristan
by Thomas Mann
233 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
alex68
63
Martin Eden
by Jack London
2,325 members
34 reviews
4.1
Member
alex68
64
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair
13,329 members
146 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: 26 February 1906
65
Claudine at School
by Colette
510 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
alex68
66
The Paul Street Boys
by Ferenc Molnár
948 members
21 reviews
4.1
Member
alex68
67
I Am a Cat
by Natsume Soseki
2,815 members
50 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
alex68
68
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
by L. Frank Baum
2,832 members
43 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
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69
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
by Selma Lagerlöf
1,624 members
33 reviews
4
Member
alex68
70
The Road to Oz
by L. Frank Baum
2,525 members
36 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
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71
Where Angels Fear to Tread
by E. M. Forster
3,499 members
65 reviews
½ 3.5
72
The Book of Tea
by Kakuzō Okakura
3,258 members
77 reviews
3.8
73
The Riddle of the Sands
by Erskine Childers
2,889 members
73 reviews
½ 3.6