Most Popular Fiction Books of the 1920s

Discover popular Fiction books from the 1920s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery

Sheridan Le Fanu

Horror · Short Stories

1923

7.0/10 1 ratings

Men Like Gods

H. G. Wells

Science Fiction

1923

7.0/10 1 ratings

The Castle

Franz Kafka

Magical Realism · Translation

1926

6.8/10 16 ratings

Steppenwolf

Hermann Hesse

Fantasy

1929

6.7/10 3 ratings

Atlantida

Pierre Benoît

Fantasy · Mainstream

1920

6.5/10 2 ratings

A Voyage to Arcturus

David Lindsay

Science Fiction

1920

6.0/10 2 ratings

Doctor Dolittle #1

The Story of Doctor Dolittle

Hugh Lofting

Fantasy · Childrens

1920

6.0/10 1 ratings

She #3

She and Allan

H. Rider Haggard

Fantasy · Historical Fiction

1920

5.5/10 2 ratings

Walter Goodwin

The Metal Monster

A. Merritt

Fantasy · Science Fiction

1920

6.0/10 1 ratings

Oz #14

Glinda of Oz

L. Frank Baum

Fantasy · Childrens

1920

6.0/10 1 ratings

R. U. R.

Karel Capek

Science Fiction · Play · Translation

1920

6.7/10 6 ratings

Tales of Terror and Mystery

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream

1922

5.7/10 3 ratings

The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Horror · Short Stories

1922

6.5/10 2 ratings

The Man Within

Graham Greene

Crime Fiction · Historical Fiction · Mystery

January 1, 1929

Cup of Gold

John Steinbeck

Fantasy · Historical Fiction

January 1, 1929

The Continental Op #2

The Dain Curse

Dashiell Hammett

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1929

The Continental Op #1

Red Harvest

Dashiell Hammett

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1929

The Hands of Orlac

Maurice Renard

Horror · Science Fiction

1929

Gernsback Science Fiction Series #6

When the Moon fell

Colladay Morrison

Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic

1929

Gernsback Science Fiction Series #5

The Brain of the Planet

Lilith Lorraine

Science Fiction · Utopia

1929

Gernsback Science Fiction Series #3

AN ADVENTURE IN VENUS

Reg Michelmore

Science Fiction

1929

Gernsback Science Fiction Series #2

The Thought Projector

David H. Keller

Science Fiction

1929

The Wonder Stick

Stanton A. Coblentz

1929

The Earth-Tube

Gawain Edwards

Science Fiction

1929

The Shadow and Other Stories

Jeffery Farnol

Fantasy · Short Stories

1929

Old Man's Beard

H. Russell Wakefield

Horror · Short Stories

1929

Dr. Krasinski's Secret

M. P. Shiel

1929

The Painted Face

Oliver Onions

Horror · Short Stories

1929

Tros #1

Queen Cleopatra

Talbot Mundy

Fantasy

1929

Doctor Fogg

Norman Matson

1929

The Stray Lamb

Thorne Smith

Fantasy

1929

The Human Termites

David H. Keller

Science Fiction

1929

The Conquerors

David H. Keller

Science Fiction

1929

Money and Other Stories

Karel Capek

Short Stories · Translation

1929

Time

The Man Who Mastered Time

Ray Cummings

Science Fiction

1929

The Biography of the Life of Dom Manuel

Sonnets of Antan

James Branch Cabell

Fantasy

1929