| A Century of Books |
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| 1925 | Under the Tonto Rim (Zane Grey) |
| 1926 | The Blue Castle (L.M. Montgomery) |
| 1927 | The Wintringham Mystery (Anthony Berkeley) |
| 1928 | The Mystery of the Peacock's Eye (Brian Flynn) |
| 1929 | Missing or Murdered (Robin Forsythe) |
| 1930 | Nancy Drew: The Hidden Staircase (Carolyn Keene) |
| 1931 | Danger Calling (Patricia Wentworth) |
| 1932 | Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons) |
| 1933 | High Rising (Angela Thirkell) |
| 1934 | Miss Buncle's Book (D.E. Stevenson) |
| 1935 | The Cornish Coast Murder (John Bude) |
| 1936 | The Wheel Spins (Ethel Lina White) |
| 1937 | How Do You Live? (Genzaburo Yoshino) |
| 1938 | Artists in Crime (Ngaio Marsh) |
| 1939 | The Black Spectacles (John Dickson Carr) |
| 1940 | Ten Way Street (Susan Scarlett) |
| 1941 | Babbacombe's (Susan Scarlett) |
| 1942 | The Moving Finger (Agatha Christie) |
| 1943 | The Five Find-Outers: The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage (Enid Blyton) |
| 1944 | Death Comes as the End (Agatha Christie) |
| 1945 | The Pursuit of Love (Nancy Mitford) |
| 1946 | Fire in the Thatch (E.C.R. Lorac) |
| 1947 | Kate Hardy (D.E. Stevenson) |
| 1948 | The Black Lake (Hella Haasse) |
| 1949 | Crooked House (Agatha Christie) |
| 1950 | Our Spoons Came from Woolworths (Barbara Comyns) |
| 1951 | The Swiss Summer (Stella Gibbons) |
| 1952 | Excellent Women (Barbara Pym) |
| 1953 | Seven Years in Tibet (Heinrich Harrer) |
| 1954 | Because of Sam (Molly Clavering)
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| 1955 | Fresh from the Country (Miss Read) |
| 1956 | Near Neighbors (Molly Clavering) |
| 1957 | A Winter Away (Elizabeth Fair) |
| 1958 | The Greengage Summer (Rumer Godden)
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| 1959 | My Side of the Mountain (Jean Craighead George) |
| 1960 | Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O'Dell) |
| 1961 | Travels with Charley: In Search of America (John Steinbeck) |
| 1962 | The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Joan Aiken) |
| 1963 | Never Cry Wolf (Farley Mowat) |
| 1964 | Up the Down Staircase (Bel Kaufman) |
| 1965 | Airs Above the Ground (Mary Stewart) |
| 1966 | The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Dorothy Gilman) |
| 1967 | From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (E.L. Konigsburg) |
| 1968 | Picture Miss Seaton (Heron Carvic) |
| 1969 | The House on the Strand (Daphne du Maurier) |
| 1970 | Thursday's Child (Noel Streatfeild) |
| 1971 | When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Judith Kerr) |
| 1972 | The Summer Book (Tove Jansson) |
| 1973 | Tea on Sunday (Lettice Cooper) |
| 1974 | Mister God, This is Anna (Flyn) |
| 1975 | Crocodile on the Sandbank (Elizabeth Peters)
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| 1976 | All Things Bright and Beautiful (James Herriot) |
| 1977 | Quartet in Autumn (Barbara Pym) |
| 1978 | The Bookshop (Penelope Fitzgerald) |
| 1979 | Offshore (Penelope Fitzgerald) |
| 1980 | Rhine Journey (Ann Schlee) |
| 1981 | Goodnight Mister Tom (Michelle Magorian) |
| 1982 | War Horse (Michael Morpurgo) |
| 1983 | Dear Mr. Henshaw (Beverly Cleary) |
| 1984 | Cold Sassy Tree (Olive Ann Burns) |
| 1985 | The Ruby in the Smoke (Philip Pullman) |
| 1986 | Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones) |
| 1987 | The Shell Seekers (Rosamund Pilcher) |
| 1988 | A Far Cry from Kensington (Muriel Spark) |
| 1989 | Blitzcat (Robert Westall) |
| 1990 | Maniac Magee (Jerry Spinelli) |
| 1991 | Neither Here Nor There (Bill Bryson) |
| 1992 | The Thief of Always (Clive Barker) |
| 1993 | The Club Dumas (Arturo Perez-Reverte) |
| 1994 | Walk Two Moons (Sharon Creech) |
| 1995 | The Persian Pickle Club (Sandra Dallas) |
| 1996 | Under the Tuscan Sun (Frances Mayes) |
| 1997 | Pretend You Don't See Her (Mary Higgins Clark) |
| 1998 | The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith) |
| 1999 | Bud, Not Buddy (Christopher Paul Curtis) |
| 2000 | Scarlet Feather (Maeve Binchy) |
| 2001 | Five Quarters of the Orange (Joanne Harris) |
| 2002 | The Art of Hearing Heartbeats (Jan-Philipp Sendker) |
| 2003 | The Housekeeper and the Professor (Yōko Ogawa) |
| 2004 | Chasing Vermeer (Blue Baillett) |
| 2005 | Still Life (Louise Penny) |
| 2006 | The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barbery) |
| 2007 | Book of a Thousand Days (Shannon Hale) |
| 2008 | Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout) |
| 2009 | The Easy Life in Kamusari (Shion Miura) |
| 2010 | Days at Morisaki Bookshop (Satoshi Yagisawa) |
| 2011 | The Martian (Andy Weir) |
| 2012 | Cigarette Girl (Ratih Kumala) |
| 2013 | The Murder at Sissingham Hall (Clara Benson) |
| 2014 | Murder Most Unladylike (Robin Stevens) |
| 2015 | Jade Dragon Mountain (Elsa Hart) |
| 2016 | Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata) |
| 2017 | The Cat Who Saved Books (Sosuke Natsukawa) |
| 2018 | A Picture of Murder (T.E. Kinsey) |
| 2019 | The Secret Guests (John Banville) |
| 2020 | Snow (John Banville) |
| 2021 | The Man Who Died Twice (Richard Osman) |
| 2022 | The Golden Mole (Katherine Rundell) |
| 2023 | The Bird Found the Body (Bailey Booth) |
| 2024 | Eleven Huskies (Philipp Schott) |
That book about Hitler stealing a pink rabbit sounds interesting! I had the idea last year of doing a long reading series on the 20th century, with nonfiction covering the most important events of different decades, and fiction featuring titles from the decade I was on that month. I need a break from epic challenges, though!
ReplyDeleteLooks like it's shaping up to be a great century! Just to pick one, I really enjoyed Babbacombe's. I look forward to following your ACOB reading.
ReplyDeleteThere are several favorites of mine on this list: Shell Seekers, Under the Tuscan Sun, Animal Dreams, The Princess Bride, Quartet in Autumn and more. What a fun reading project! :D
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