Forrest Carter
American Western and Children’s novelist with a dubious background.
1920s
Charles Bukowski
German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
American author Thornton Wilder’s second novel
Tarka the Otter
Novel by Henry Williamson, first published in 1927 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons with an introduction by the Hon
Look Homeward, Angel
1929 novel by Thomas Wolfe
A Room of One’s Own
Extended essay by Virginia Woolf, first published in September 1929. The work is based on two lectures Woolf delivered in October 1928 at Newnham College and Girton College, women’s constituent colleges at the University of Cambridge.In her essay, Woolf uses metaphors to explore social injustices and comments on women’s lack of free expression
To the Lighthouse
1927 novel by Virginia Woolf
Kristin Lavransdatter
Trilogy of historical novels written by Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset
All Quiet on the Western Front
Novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers’ extreme physical and mental stress during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the front
The Magic Mountain
Novel by Thomas Mann, first published in German in November 1924. It is widely considered to be one of the most influential works of twentieth-century German literature