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The Beautiful and Damned and Other Stories
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and Damned explores the world of America's upper class during World War I and the beginning of the Jazz Age. Loosely based on Fitzgerald's relationship with his wife, Zelda, the novel centers around Anthony Patch, a young East Coast socialite who is heir to his grandfather's fortune and lacks motivation to pursue a meaningful career.
Year: 1922
Genre: Literature
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when "gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession," it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.
Year: 1925
Genre: Literature
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates.
Year: 1926
Genre: Bull Fighting
The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury is the tragedy of the Compson family, featuring some of the most memorable characters in literature: beautiful, rebellious Caddy; the manchild Benjy; haunted, neurotic Quentin; Jason, the brutal cynic; and Dilsey, their black servant. Their lives fragmented and harrowed by history and legacy, the character's voices and actions mesh to create what is arguably Faulkner's masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.
Year: 1929
Genre: Family Drama, Southern Gothic
As I Lay Dying
by William Faulkner
At the heart of this 1930 novel is the Bundren family's bizarre journey to Jefferson to bury Addie, their wife and mother. Faulkner lets each family member -- including Addie -- and others along the way tell their private responses to Addie's life.
Year: 1930
Genre: Family Drama, Southern Gothic
Titles
| Want It | Got It | Read It | Year | Title | |||||||
 | | | 1922 | The Beautiful and Damned and Other Stories | by F. Scott Fitzgerald | Literature, Short Stories | |||||
| | | 1925 | The Great Gatsby | by F. Scott Fitzgerald | Literature | |||||
| | | 1926 | The Sun Also Rises | by Ernest Hemingway | Bull Fighting, Paris, Spain | |||||
| | | 1929 | The Sound and the Fury | by William Faulkner | Family Drama, Southern Gothic | |||||
| | | 1930 | As I Lay Dying | by William Faulkner | Family Drama, Southern Gothic | |||||
| | | 1935 | Tortilla Flat | by John Steinbeck | Literature | |||||
| | | 1957 | Dandelion Wine | by Ray Bradbury | Fantasy | |||||
| | | 1964 | A Moveable Feast | by Ernest Hemingway | Paris, Non-Fiction | |||||
| | | 1965 | The Orchard Keeper | by Cormac McCarthy | ||||||
| | | 2012 | Live by Night | by Dennis Lehane | Prohibition, Coughlin, Boston | |||||
| | | 2014 | The Bootlegger | by Clive Cussler | Private Eye, Prohibition, Isaac Bell | |||||
| | | 2016 | Medusa's Web | by Tim Powers | Family Secrets, Supernatural, Hollywood | |||||
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