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Water for Elephants (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,727,068 ratings — published 2006
The Four Winds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,095,314 ratings — published 2021
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,027,992 ratings — published 1939
This Tender Land (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.38 — 234,025 ratings — published 2019
The Giver of Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.29 — 536,419 ratings — published 2019
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as depression-era)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,952,152 ratings — published 1937
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 25 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.07 — 64,299 ratings — published 2005
West with Giraffes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 23 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.31 — 219,250 ratings — published 2021
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.21 — 278,763 ratings — published 2019
Out of the Dust (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as depression-era)
avg rating 3.78 — 80,844 ratings — published 1997
Sold on a Monday (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as depression-era)
avg rating 3.97 — 124,488 ratings — published 2018
Before We Were Yours (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.40 — 760,232 ratings — published 2017
The Calamity Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.62 — 376,370 ratings — published 2026
The Persian Pickle Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as depression-era)
avg rating 3.77 — 24,635 ratings — published 1995
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.39 — 371,710 ratings — published 2013
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,123,862 ratings — published 1960
The Midwife of Hope River (Hope River #1)
by (shelved 11 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.04 — 19,661 ratings — published 2012
Turtle in Paradise (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as depression-era)
avg rating 3.94 — 20,586 ratings — published 2010
The Mighty Miss Malone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.13 — 16,444 ratings — published 2012
The Saints of Swallow Hill (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.10 — 42,369 ratings — published 2022
Orphan Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.20 — 474,985 ratings — published 2013
The Well and the Mine (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as depression-era)
avg rating 3.77 — 3,790 ratings — published 2008
The Life She Was Given (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.10 — 57,717 ratings — published 2017
Prayers for Sale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as depression-era)
avg rating 3.87 — 19,637 ratings — published 1997
Whose Names Are Unknown (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,963 ratings — published 2004
Moon Over Manifest (Library Binding)
by (shelved 8 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.04 — 36,941 ratings — published 2010
The Trackers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as depression-era)
avg rating 3.68 — 15,713 ratings — published 2023
Wish You Well (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.07 — 34,283 ratings — published 2000
The Lost Mother (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as depression-era)
avg rating 3.77 — 2,067 ratings — published 2005
Rules of Civility (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.09 — 281,143 ratings — published 2011
North River (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as depression-era)
avg rating 3.90 — 5,580 ratings — published 2007
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.06 — 161,961 ratings — published 1943
Bud, Not Buddy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as depression-era)
avg rating 3.98 — 116,970 ratings — published 1999
1929 (The 1929 Series, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as depression-era)
avg rating 3.95 — 4,368 ratings — published 2009
The Reluctant Midwife (Hope River #2)
by (shelved 6 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.11 — 7,769 ratings — published 2015
Serena (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as depression-era)
avg rating 3.55 — 37,422 ratings — published 2008
Sea Glass (Fortune's Rocks Quartet, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as depression-era)
avg rating 3.71 — 28,513 ratings — published 2002
A Year Down Yonder (A Long Way from Chicago, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.14 — 31,314 ratings — published 2000
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
by (shelved 6 times as depression-era)
avg rating 3.91 — 132,826 ratings — published 1976
Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as depression-era)
avg rating 3.74 — 6,854 ratings — published 2007
Half Broke Horses (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.09 — 176,538 ratings — published 2009
Esperanza Rising (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.05 — 118,309 ratings — published 2000
Messenger of Truth (Maisie Dobbs, #4)
by (shelved 6 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.02 — 35,013 ratings — published 2006
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932 (Dear America)
by (shelved 6 times as depression-era)
avg rating 3.92 — 3,589 ratings — published 2001
Rainwater (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.14 — 23,001 ratings — published
The Antidote (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as depression-era)
avg rating 3.85 — 20,279 ratings — published 2025
The Boxcar Librarian (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.03 — 9,691 ratings — published 2025
Angel Sister (Rosey Corner, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,209 ratings — published 2010
Under the Tulip Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.33 — 39,204 ratings — published 2020
Stars of Alabama (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as depression-era)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,671 ratings — published 2019
“Food was the most valuable thing you could give someone."...The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek”
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“She kept on looking at me, and I knew that I didn’t imagine any of it. What she had proposed was real. The crime would happen, and if I crossed the street, I would be part of it. Maybe the good part at the end—the marriage part. But for sure, the bad part—the murder part.
Why is it that the bad part of life is the only sure thing?
–From 'Locked Room Mystery', Dark Thoughts & Other Stories”
― Dark Thoughts & Other Stories
Why is it that the bad part of life is the only sure thing?
–From 'Locked Room Mystery', Dark Thoughts & Other Stories”
― Dark Thoughts & Other Stories
