Most Popular Fiction Books of the 1920s

Winnie-the-Pooh

A. A. Milne

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Childrens · Fairy Tale · Movie

1926

The House at Pooh Corner

A. A. Milne

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Childrens · Fairy Tale

1928

The King of Elfland's Daughter

Lord Dunsany

Fantasy · Elf · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy

1924

Hercule Poirot #5

The Big Four

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 27, 1927

Pellucidar #1

At the Earth's Core

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction

1922

The Trial

Franz Kafka

Magical Realism · Translation

1925

Tarzan #10

Tarzan and the Ant Men

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Fantasy

1924

Tarzan #7

Tarzan the Untamed

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Fantasy

1920

Tarzan #9

Tarzan and the Golden Lion

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Fantasy

1923

Tarzan #13

Tarzan and the Lost Empire

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Fantasy

1929

Barsoom #5

The Chessmen of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction

1922

Tarzan #12

Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Fantasy

1928

Pellucidar #2

Pellucidar

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction

1923

Tarzan #8

Tarzan the Terrible

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Fantasy

1921

Barsoom #6

The Master Mind of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction

1928

Barsoom #4

Thuvia, Maid of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction

1920

The Connoisseur and Other Stories

Walter de la Mare

Horror · Short Stories

1926

Mist and Other Ghost Stories

Richmal Crompton

Horror · Short Stories

1928

Father Brown Collection #3

The Incredulity of Father Brown

G. K. Chesterton

Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Collection · Short Stories · Mystery

1926

Lud-in-the-Mist

Hope Mirrlees

Fantasy

1926

Sherlock Holmes - The Original Stories #9

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Collection · Sherlock Holmes · Short Stories

1927

The Worm Ouroboros

E. R. Eddison

Fantasy

1922

We

Yevgeny Zamyatin

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation

1924

Hercule Poirot #4

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

June 7, 1926

The Moon Maid

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Fantasy · Short Stories

1926

Kai Lung #3

Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat

Ernest Bramah

Fantasy

1928

British Library Tales of the Weird #46

The Undying Monster

Jessie Douglas Kerruish

Horror · Norse Mythology · Occult Detective · Weird Fiction · Werewolves

1922

Kai Lung #2

Kai Lung's Golden Hours

Ernest Bramah

Fantasy · Short Stories

1922

Hercule Poirot #6

The Mystery of the Blue Train

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

March 29, 1928

Hercule Poirot #2

The Murder on the Links

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

June 6, 1923

Hercule Poirot #1

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

October 1, 1920

Supernatural Horror in Literature

H. P. Lovecraft

Non-fiction

1927

Kay Harker #1

The Midnight Folk

John Masefield

Fantasy · Childrens

1927

Wailing Well

M. R. James

Horror · Vampires

1928

Hercule Poirot #3

Poirot Investigates

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Collection · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

March 1, 1924

Krakatit

Karel Capek

Science Fiction · Translation

1924