A Century of Books: 1900-1999

Idea by Simon of Stuck in a Book
Image by Alex in Leeds

To read one book published during each year of the century: that’s the idea. I’m including books read in 2013. (How odd to discover that in 2013 I managed to read three books published in 1963, quite by accident!)

*denotes reread
titles in green are 2013 reads; all others are 2014

1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905—Where Angels Fear to Tread, E.M. Forster (fic)
1906
1907—The Longest Journey, E.M. Forster (fic)
1908—A Room With a View, E.M. Forster (fic)*
1909
1910—Howards End, E.M. Forster (fic)

1911—The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett (mg)*
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920

1921
1922
1923—Towards a Philosophy of Education, Charlotte Mason (nf)*
1924—A Passage to India, E.M. Forster (fic)
1925
1926—The Blue Castle, L.M. Montgomery (fic)*
1927
1928—Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook, Joyce Lankester Brisley (mg)*
1929
1930

1931
1932
1933—The Tuesday Club Murders, Agatha Christie (fic)*
1934
1935
1936
1937—Ballet Shoes, Noel Streatfeild (mg fic)*
1938
1939—Mrs. Miniver, Jan Struthers (fic)
1940

1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948—Pilgrim’s Inn, Elizabeth Goudge (fic)
1949
1950

1951
1952
1953—Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym (fic)
1954—The Wheel on the School, Meindert DeJong (mg fic)
1955—The Great Conversation: The Substance of a Liberal Education, Robert M. Hutchins (nf)
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960

1961
1962—Underfoot in Show Business, Helene Hanff (nf)
1963—The Group, Mary McCarthy (fic); The Scent of Water, Elizabeth Goudge (fic)*; The Girls of Slender Means, Muriel Spark (fic)
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969—Queen of England: The Story of Elizabeth, Helene Hanff (nf)
1970—84, Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff (nf)*

1971
1972
1973—The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street, Helene Hanff (nf)
1974—The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara (hist fic)*
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980

1981
1982
1983
1984
1985—Q’s Legacy, Helene Hanff (nf)
1986—Midnight Hour Encores, Bruce Brooks (YA fic)*
1987
1988—A Far Cry from Kensington, Muriel Spark (fic)
1989—The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro (fic)
1990

1991
1992
1993—The Giver, Lois Lowry (mg fic)
1994
1995—The Blue Flower, Penelope Fitzgerald
1996
1997
1998—Other People’s Children, Joanna Trollope (fic)
1999
2000

Progress updates and related posts:
2.27.14 Reading the 20th Century