Reading California Fiction

McTEAGUE

    McTeague by Frank Norris. Doubleday and McClure (1899), 442 pp.
    McTeague, a burly and sluggish San Francisco dentist in his early thirties, lives and works in a rooming house near an upscale neighborhood. Although he learned his trade via apprenticeship rather than formal education, McTeague knows enough about what he’s doing to provide acceptable service to his lower middle-class clientele. He has no strong interests outside his job and enjoys nothing more than having a few drinks with his best friend, Marcus Schouler, who works in a dog hospital run by Old Grannis, another resident of the rooming house. The building’s maid, Maria Macapa, wants to hook up Grannis with Miss Baker, a retired dressmaker who lives in the adjacent apartment and to whom he’s never spoken. In the meantime she fascinates Zerkow, the neighborhood junk dealer, with tales of her family’s lost gold. McTeague, meanwhile, has no thoughts of love or money until he meets Trina Sieppe, Marcus’s pretty cousin and girlfriend. He’s soon surprised to find that he wants to marry the young woman.
    McTeague has a well deserved reputation as one of the masterpieces of American naturalism. Readers will thus expect characters who are buffeted by forces beyond their control. Which in this case means not so much outside coercion as inner urges, especially avarice. Forsaking subtlety, Norris paints his protagonist as something of a brute: “immensely strong, stupid, docile, obedient” (p. 3), “ignorant, vulgar” (p. 28). Clearly,  McTeague is not the sort of person who can make things happen through the intelligent application of will power. Neither are the book’s other characters. They, like McTeague, behave badly but deserve no blame. Fortunately, readers who find this view of human nature too gloomy still have a reason to try out the book: Norris’s vivid descriptions of lower middle-class life in the 1890s. He renders with precise (but not burdensome) detail everything from how people viewed their circumscribed world and what obligations they assumed toward others to what they did for low-cost fun and how they arranged their cramped living quarters. Which should be enough to allow many readers to suspend disbelief of strange behavior and unlikely plot twists and to remain enthralled right through the book’s famous ending.

TO A GOD UNKNOWN

    Somehow, To a God Unknown escaped my attention until now. I’m not sure why. I know I didn’t disqualify it because Steinbeck, who was born in 1902, could not reliably remember the time in which it’s set (roughly 1903-1905). Maybe I thought the book was too mystical for my purposes, which it definitely is not. In any case, although it’s the least popular of Steinbeck’s California novels, To a God Unknown is in print and widely available in libraries throughout the world. It belongs between numbers 34 and 35 in the retabulated California canon.

    To a God Unknown by John Steinbeck. Robert O. Ballou (1933), 325 pp.
    Joseph Wayne, a strong-willed bachelor in his thirties, realizes that the family farm in Vermont is too small to support him and his three brothers. When he tells his elderly father that he’s moving to California, the old man blesses his son and suggests that after his death his spirit may join him. Joseph establishes the new ranch in a small valley in southern Monterey County. He soon makes friends with local folks, including Juanito, who goes to work for him. And he develops a deep and almost mystical attachment to the land. After his father dies, Joseph’s brothers come west and homestead the parcels adjacent to his. The reunited family includes taciturn and unsociable brother Thomas and his strict and intimidating wife Rama, religious and ascetic brother Burton and his congenial but frustrated wife Harriet, and irresponsible and dissolute brother Benjamin and his young and forgiving wife Jennie. Now Joseph needs a wife of his own.
    This is Steinbeck’s first California novel, and he takes special care to establish the setting. He provides rich descriptions of the landscape, illuminating accounts of life on the ranch, and sympathetic portrayals of the longtime Mexican American population. The author is less successful, however, in presenting characters. All except the protagonist are too easily summed up. Joseph, on the other hand, has plenty of complexity. Readers are likely to find themselves puzzling over his motives and world-view, especially as the book draws to a close. Which presumably is what Steinbeck intends. Unfortunately, Joseph often speaks cryptically in stilted phrases that sound like translations from the original Navajo. He even thinks this way, with the thoughts appearing as direct quotations. He comes to sound a bit ridiculous, and his credibility suffers as a result. The novel does not succeed on all counts, but readers may appreciate its ambitious attempt to link everyday life to larger themes of family and environment.

BOOKS BY YEAR OF PUBLICATION

    To check the books I’ve read by their dates of publication, click on a decade. The books are arranged first by the year of publication, then by the title. The entries are not linked to my reviews. So if you want to know what I think about a book, please go to Books by Author in the sidebar or use the Google search box.

    1890-1899
    1900-1909
    1910-1919
    1920-1929
    1930-1939
    1940-1949
    1950-1959
    After 1959

Updated 11/2/11

BOOKS BY YEAR OF PUBLICATION: AFTER 1959

Here are the books I've read that were published after 1959 but written earlier. An asterisk at the end of the entry indicates that I haven't written a review (yet).

• Concerning a Woman of Sin and Other Stories of Hollywood ed. by Daniel Talbot. Fawcett Crest (1960), 160 pp.
• Meg by Loren Beauchamp. Midwood (1960), 176 pp.*
• Of Streets and Stars by Allen Marcus. Manzanita Press (1960), 259 pp.
• Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? by Henry Farrell. Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1960), 245 pp.
• The Woman Chaser by Charles Willeford. Newsstand Library (1960), 192 pp.
• World without Women by Day, Keene and Pruyn, Leonard. Fawcett Gold Medal (1960), 176 pp.
• The Pat Hobby Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Charles Scribner’s Sons (1962), 159 pp.
• Big Knockover by Dashiell Hammett. Random House (1966), 355 pp.*
• Trouble Is My Business by Raymond Chandler. Ballantine Books (1972), 244 pp.
• The Continental Op by Dashiell Hammett. Random House (1974), 319 pp.*
• Confessions of a Crap Artist by Philip K. Dick. Entwhistle Books (1975), 171 pp.
• The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike by Philip K. Dick. Mark V. Ziesing (1984), 223 pp.
• Puttering about in a Small Land by Philip K. Dick. Academy Chicago Publishers (1985), 291 pp.
• The Road to Los Angeles by John Fante. Black Sparrow Press (1985), 164 pp.
• Humpty Dumpty in Oakland by Philip K. Dick. Victor Gollancz (1986), 199 pp.
• Mary and the Giant by Philip K. Dick. Arbor House (1987), 230 pp.
• The Broken Bubble by Philip K. Dick. Arbor House/William Morrow (1988), 246 pp.
• Man Alone by William Campbell Gault. Gryphon Books (1995), 167 pp.
• Lot and Lot’s Daughter by Ward Moore. Tachyon (1996), 72 pp.
• The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich by Fritz Leiber. Tor Books (1997), 125 pp.
• Choice of the Elect by Jean Giraudoux. Northwestern University Press (2002), 232 pp.
• Domino Lady: The Complete Collection by Lars Anderson. Vanguard Productions (2004), 111 pp.
• Love and War in California by Oakley Hall. St. Martin's Press (2007), 280 pp.
• Voices from the Street by Philip K. Dick. Tor Books (2007), 301 pp.

BOOKS BY YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1950-1959

Here are the books I've read from the from the 1950s. An asterisk at the end of the entry indicates that I haven't written a review (yet).

1950
• About Mrs. Leslie by Viña Delmar. Harcourt, Brace (1950), 301 pp.
• A Bullet for My Love by Octavus Roy Cohen. Macmillan (1950), 218 pp.*
• Do Evil in Return by Margaret Millar. Random House (1950), 243 pp.
• The Drowning Pool by Ross Macdonald. Alfred A. Knopf (1950), 244 pp.*
• Fiddler’s Green by Ernest Gann. William Sloan (1950), 302 pp.
• Frisco Dame by Florence Stonebraker. Quarter Books (1950), 120 pp.
• Love Life of a Hollywood Mistress by Florence Stonebraker. Quarter Books (1950), 120 pp.
• The Married Look by Robert Nathan. Alfred A. Knopf (1950), 195 pp.
• Memory and Desire by Leonora Hornblow. Random House (1950), 211 pp.
• None but My Foe by David Duncan. Macmillan (1950), 233 pp.
• Raging Passions by Thomas Stone. Stork Books (1950), 128 pp.
• Return to the Beach by Margaret Shedd. Doubleday (1950), 276 pp.
• The Serpent’s Egg by David Duncan. Macmillan (1950), 243 pp.
• So Many Doors by Oakley Hall. Random House (1950), 302 pp.
• Something for Nothing by H. Vernor Dixon. Harper and Brothers (1950), 240 pp.
• The Tentacles by Dana Lyon. Harper and Brothers (1950), 235 pp.
• The Unheard Music by Eleanor Cameron. Little, Brown (1950), 278 pp.
• The Weeping and the Laughter by Vera Caspary. Little, Brown (1950), 301 pp.

1951
• . . . And Be My Love by Ledru Baker. Fawcett Gold Medal (1951), 180 pp.*
• Diminishing Return by Lenard Kaufman. Doubleday (1951 ), 285 pp.
• Hollywood Bedside Reader by Irwin Shaw et al. Avon (1951), 156 pp.
• Kill and Tell by Howard Rigsby. Morrow (1951), 218 pp.*
• No Vacancy by Mary Jane Rolfs. Houghton Mifflin (1951), 247 pp.
• The Producer by Richard Brooks. Simon and Schuster (1951), 337 pp.
• Reach to the Stars by Calder Willingham. Vanguard Press (1951), 223 pp.
• Roadside Night by Erwin N. Nistler and Gerry P. Broderick. Pyramid Books (1951), 127 pp.
• Swanson by Timothy Pember. Harcourt, Brace (1951), 280 pp.
• To Hell Together by H. Vernor Dixon. Fawcett Gold Medal (1951), 280 pp.
• The Way Some People Die by Ross Macdonald. Alfred A. Knopf (1951), 245 pp.*

1952
• The Beach House by Stephen Longstreet. Henry Holt (1952), 366 pp.
• Catch a Tiger by Owen Cameron. Simon and Schuster (1952), 213 pp.
• The Chase by Richard G Hubler. Coward-McCann (1952), 250 pp.
• The Cheaters by Ledru Baker, Jr.. Fawcett Gold Medal (1952), 180 pp.
• A Cow Is Too Much Trouble in Los Angeles by Joseph Foster. Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1952), 248 pp.
• The Crimson Frame by Aylwin Lee Martin. Fawcett Gold Medal (1952), 180 pp.
• Deep Is the Pit by H. Vernor Dixon. Fawcett Gold Medal (1952), 280 pp.
• Don’t Cry for Me by William Campbell Gault. E. P. Dutton (1952), 220 pp.
• East of Eden by John Steinbeck. Viking Press (1952), 602 pp.*
• Full of Life by John Fante. Little, Brown (1952), 178 pp.
• The Golden Sorrow by Theodore Pratt. Fawcett Red Seal (1952), 282 pp.
• Home Is the Sailor by Day Keene. Fawcett Gold Medal (1952), 177 pp.
• The Ivory Grin by Ross Macdonald. Alfred A. Knopf (1952), 240 pp.*
• Love Me Now by John McPartland. Fawcett Gold Medal (1952), pp.
• Lust for Love by Florence Stonebraker. Designs Intimate (1952), approx. 124 pp.
• The Marriage Bed by H. Vernor Dixon. Fawcett Red Seal (1952), 268 pp.
• The Mountains Have No Shadow by Owen Cameron. Harper and Brothers (1952), 244 pp.
• No Head for Her Pillow by Sam S. Taylor. E. P. Dutton (1952), 219 pp.
• The Other One by Catherine Turney. Henry Holt (1952), 248 pp.
• Passion Is a Woman by Kate Nickerson. Star Guidance Venus (1952), 129 pp.
• The Peddler by Richard S. Prather. Lion Books (1952), pp.
• Pickup on Noon Street by Raymond Chandler. Pocket Books (1952), 196 pp.
• Remembered Moment by William Arthur Neubauer. Star Guidance Venus (1952), 129 pp.
• Sailor's Weekend by Whit Harrison. Venus Books (1952), 129 pp.
• The Simple Art of Murder by Raymond Chandler. Pocket Books (1952), 194 pp.
• Takeoff by Cyril M. Kornbluth. Doubleday (1952), 218 pp.
• Tramp Girl by Thomas Stone. Designs Intimate (1952), approx. 124 pp.
• Trapped by Richard Hayward. Fawcett Gold Medal (1952), 160 pp.
• Vengeance Street by Robert Bloomfield. Doubleday (1952 ), 189 pp.
• Walk in Fear by Willis T. Ballard. Fawcett Gold Medal (1952), 174 pp.
• Way of a Wanton by Richard S Prather. Fawcett Gold Medal (1952), 144 pp.
• Wives and Husbands by David Duncan. World (1952), 304 pp.

1953
• The Alcoholics by Jim Thompson. Lion Books (1953), 127 pp.
• Big Red’s Daughter by John McPartland. Fawcett Gold Medal (1953), pp.
• Children of the Atom by Wilmar H. Shiras. Gnome Press (1953), 216 pp.
• Corpus of Joe Bailey by Oakley Hall. Viking Press (1953), 479 pp.
• Escape from Morales by Virginia Myers. Fawcett Gold Medal (1953), 155 pp.
• The Girl Cage by Charles Mergendahl. Popular Library (1953), approx. 160 pp.
• Girl on the Beach by George Sumner Albee. Dell (1953), 255 pp.
• High Priest of California by Charles Willeford. Royal Books (1953), 320 pp.
• The Land That Touches Mine by John Sanford. Jonathan Cape (1953), 251 pp.
• Leave Her to God by O. O. Osborne. Fawcett Gold Medal (1953), 154 pp.
• Love Is a Place by Margaret Bridgman. Funk and Wagnalls (1953), 338 pp.
• Lovers Are Losers by Howard Hunt. Fawcett Gold Medal (1953), 160 pp.
• The Marina Street Girls by Rae Loomis. Ace Books (1953), 169 pp.
• Meet Me at the Morgue by Ross Macdonald. Alfred A. Knopf (1953), 212 pp.*
• Mimi by Robert W Taylor. Pyramid (1953), 158 pp.
• The Naked I by Roy Chanslor. Crown (1953), 248 pp.
• Nothing in Her Way by Charles Williams. Fawcett Gold Medal (1953), 169 pp.
• Paradise Motel by Jack Sheridan. Fawcett Gold Medal (1953), 156 pp.
• Private Practice by Florence Stonebraker. Designs Intimate (1953), 124 pp.
• Red-Headed Nurse by Thomas Stone. Designs Intimate (1953), 122 pp.
• Shakedown by Roney Scott. Ace Books (1953), 158 pp.*
• Someone Is Bleeding by Richard Christian Matheson. Lion Books (1953), 159 pp.
• The Square Trap by Irving Shulman. Little, Brown (1953), 374 pp.
• Strange Passions by Florence Stonebraker. Croyden (1953), approx. 128 pp.
• Too Rich to Die by H. Vernor Dixon. Fawcett Gold Medal (1953), 175 pp.
• Up a Winding Stair by H. Vernor Dixon. Fawcett Gold Medal (1953), 188 pp.

1954
• And Dream of Evil by Tedd Thomey. Abelard-Schuman (1954), 159 pp.
• As a Man Falls by Howard Rigsby. Fawcett Gold Medal (1954), 185 pp.
• Asking for Trouble by Joe Rayter. M. S. Mill and William Morrow (1954), 256 pp.
• Boss Man by Roy Benard Sparkia. Lion Books (1954), 159 pp.
• Cress Delahanty by Jessamyn West. Harcourt, Brace (1954), 311 pp.
• Dark Dominion by David Duncan. Ballantine Books (1954), 206 pp.
• The Deserter by Lowell Barrington. Macmillan (1954), 249 pp.
• The Easter Egg Hunt by Speed Lamkin. Houghton Mifflin (1954), 312 pp.
• The Face of Evil by John McPartland. Fawcett Gold Medal (1954), 153 pp.
• Find a Victim by Ross Macdonald. Alfred A. Knopf (1954), 215 pp.*
• The Gadget Maker by Maxwell Griffith. J. B. Lippincott (1954), 438 pp.
• Giveaway by Steve Fisher. Random House (1954), 221 pp.
• The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler. Houghton Mifflin (1954), 316 pp.
• A Lover for Cindy by H. Vernor Dixon. Fawcett Gold Medal (1954), 176 pp.
• Luisita by Rae Loomis. Ace Books (1954), 160 pp.
• The Nothing Man by Jim Thompson. Dell (1954), 234 pp.
• Portrait of the Damned by Richard McKaye. Twayne (1954), 142 pp.
• The Quality of Mercy by Robert Carson. Henry Holt (1954), 307 pp.
• The Red Jaguar by Oakley Hall. Viking Press (1954), 184 pp.
• Scylla by Malden Grange Bishop. Ace Books (1954), 127 pp.
• Senior Spring by C. G. Lumbard. Simon and Schuster (1954), 243 pp.
• Spiderweb by Robert Bloch. Ace Books (1954), 157 pp.
• Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck. Viking Press (1954), 273 pp.
• Walk toward the Rainbow by John Bell Clayton. Macmillan (1954), 308 pp.
• White Night by Forrest Rosaire. Jonathan Cape (1954), 224 pp.
• Wives and Lovers by Margaret Millar. Random House (1954), 308 pp.
• The Woman on the Roof by Helen Nielsen. Ives Washburn (1954), 220 pp.

1955
• The Actor by Niven Busch. Simon and Schuster (1955), 248 pp.
• Beyond Eden by David Duncan. Ballantine Books (1955), 169 pp.
• The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney. Dell (1955), 191 pp.
• The Broken Doll by Jack Webb. Rinehart (1955), 245 pp.
• Castles in the Sand by William S. Stone. William Morrow (1955), 192 pp.
• The Deer Park by Norman Mailer. G. P. Putnam’s Sons (1955), 375 pp.
• Don’t Push Me Around by Elliott Gilbert. Popular Library (1955), 142 pp.
• Good-Time Girl by Conrad Maine. Popular Library (1955), 144 pp.
• The Hound of Earth by Vance Bourjaily. Charles Scribner’s Sons (1955), 250 pp.
• House of Deceit by Rae Loomis. Ace Books (1955), 160 pp.
• The Hunger and the Hate by H. Vernor Dixon. Fawcett Gold Medal (1955), 284 pp.
• Jet Pilot by Tedd Thomey. Avon (1955), 157 pp.
• The Man Who Paid His Way by Walt Sheldon. J. B. Lippincott (1955), 321 pp.
• Mardios Beach by Oakley Hall. Viking Press (1955), 282 pp.
• Pick-up by Charles Willeford. Beacon Books (1955), 191 pp.
• Sex Gantlet to Murder by Mark Shane. Fabian Books (1955), 156 pp.
• Sleep with Strangers by Dolores Hitchens. Doubleday (1955), 192 pp.
• Stop This Man! by Peter Rabe. Fawcett Gold Medal (1955), 160 pp.*
• Too Near the Sun by Gordon Forbes. Dell (1955), 384 pp.
• Trap by George E. Jones. Graphic Books (1955), 157 pp.
• A View of the Bay by Richard Scowcroft. Houghton Mifflin (1955), 218 pp.
• The Wench Is Dead by Fredric Brown. E. P. Dutton (1955), 190 pp.*
• The Year of August by Anton Fereva. G. P. Putnam’s Sons (1955), 313 pp.

1956
• The Barbarous Coast by Ross Macdonald. Alfred A. Knopf (1956), 247 pp.*
• The Big Nickelodeon by Maritta Wolff. Random House (1956), 373 pp.
• Catch a Falling Star by Reed Marr. Fawcett Gold Medal (1956), 158 pp.
• Cloud by Day by Ward Moore. William Heinemann (1956), 275 pp.
• Cry Blood by H. Vernor Dixon. Fawcett Gold Medal (1956), 192 pp.
• Dead and Kicking by Frank Castle. Fawcett Gold Medal (1956), 174 pp.*
• The Deep End by Owen Dudley. Ace Books (1956), 148 pp.
• A Dram of Poison by Charlotte Armstrong. Coward-McCann (1956), 256 pp.
• Killer in Silk by H. Vernor Dixon. Fawcett Gold Medal (1956), 189 pp.
• Killer in White by Tedd Thomey. Fawcett Gold Medal (1956), 144 pp.
• Love after Five by Raymond Mason. Fawcett Gold Medal (1956), 160 pp.
• The Ninth Wave by Eugene Burdick. Houghton Mifflin (1956), 332 pp.
• The Package Deal by Willis T. Ballard. Appleton-Century-Crofts (1956), 280 pp.
• Run by Margaret Shedd. Doubleday (1956), 252 pp.
• The Self-Enchanted by David Stacton. Faber and Faber (1956), 304 pp.
• Some Die Young by James Duff. Graphic Books (1956), 157 pp.
• The Girl He Left Behind by Marion Hargrove. Viking (1956), 191 pp.
• The Tramplers by Oakley Hall. Viking Press (1956), 181 pp.
• Who Dies There? by James Duff. Graphic Books (1956), 155 pp.
• The Wild Party by John McPartland. Fawcett Gold Medal (1956), 128 pp.
• Wild Wives by Charles Willeford. Beacon Books (1956), approx. 100 pp.

1957
• The Adversary by H. H. Lynde. Random House (1957), 344 pp.
• The Boys by George Sumner Albee. Ballantine Books (1957), 310 pp.
• The Broken Angel by Floyd Mahannah. Macrae Smith (1957), 208 pp.*
• Cain’s Girl Friend by William Grote. Ace Books (1957), 151 pp.*
• Cast of Characters by Al Morgan. E. P. Dutton (1957), 251 pp.
• Die on Easy Street by James Howard. Popular Library (1957), 142 pp.*
• Doctor Paradise by Jay Dratler. Popular Library (1957), 125 pp.
• Dragnet by Richard Deming. Whitman (1957), 282 pp.
• The Flesh Agents by Jean C. Bosquet. Avon (1957), 159 pp.
• The Flower Drum Song by C. Y. Lee. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy (1957), 244 pp.
• Gidget by Frederick Kohner. G. P. Putnam’s Sons (1957), 156 pp.
• The House of Numbers by Jack Finney. Dell (1957), 192 pp.
• It’s My Funeral by Peter Rabe. Fawcett Gold Medal (1957), 143 pp.
• Love among the Cannibals by Wright Morris. Harcourt, Brace (1957), 253 pp.
• No Down Payment by John McPartland. Simon and Schuster (1957), 312 pp.
• North of Market by Arthur Foff. Harcourt, Brace (1957), 181 pp.
• So I'm a Heel by Mike Heller. Fawcett Gold Medal (1957), 144 pp.
• Sunset Strip by James Reach. Popular Library (1957), 127 pp.
• This Girl for Hire by G. G. Fickling. Pyramid Books (1957), 160 pp.

1958
• Bright Web in the Darkness by Alexander Saxton. St. Martin’s Press (1958), 308 pp.
• Built for Trouble by Al Fray. Dell (1958), 159 pp.
• The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac. Viking Press (1958), 244 pp.
• The Doomsters by Ross Macdonald. Alfred A. Knopf (1958), 251 pp.*
• Flash and Filigree by Terry Southern. Andre Deutsch (1958), 204 pp.
• Jet Ace by Tedd Thomey. Avon (1958), 160 pp.
• Love Affair by Robert Carson. Henry Holt (1958), 439 pp.
• Lover’s Point by C. Y. Lee. Farrar, Straus and Cudahy (1958), 249 pp.
• The Mark by Charles E. Israel. Simon and Schuster (1958), 306 pp.
• The Marriage by Mona Williams. G. P. Putnam's Sons (1958), 320 pp.
• My Face for the World to See by Alfred Hayes. Harper and Brothers (1958), 183 pp.
• Parktilden Village by George P. Elliott. Beacon Press (1958 ), 200 pp.
• Playback by Raymond Chandler. Houghton Mifflin (1958), 205 pp.
• Push-Over by Lora Sela. Fabian Books (1958), 153 pp.
• Ripe Fruit by John McPartland. Fawcett Gold Medal (1958), pp.
• So Love Returns by Robert Nathan. Alfred A. Knopf (1958), 214 pp.
• A Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson. Lippincott (1958), 220 pp.
• The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac. Grove Press (1958), 111 pp.
• The Tycoon and the Tigress by William Cox. Fawcett Gold Medal (1958), 188 pp.
• Young Mr. Keefe by Stephen Birmingham. Little, Brown (1958), 369 pp.

1959
• The Big X by Hank Searls. Harper and Brothers (1959), 241 pp.
• Black Is the Fashion for Dying by Jonathan Latimer. Random House (1959), 240 pp.
• The Breeze from Camelot by Viña Delmar. Harcourt, Brace (1959), 309 pp.
• The Chased and the Unchaste by Thomas B. Dewey. Random House (1959), 185 pp.
• Clown of Hemlock by Richard Ashby. Chilton (1959), 342 pp.
• The Deadly Desire by Robert Colby. Fawcett Gold Medal (1959), 144 pp.
• Death out of Focus by William Campbell Gault. Random House (1959), 179 pp.*
• Drink with the Dead by J. M. Flynn. Ace Books (1959), 136 pp.
• The Flesh Merchants by Bob Thomas. Dell (1959), 223 pp.
• The Galton Case by Ross Macdonald. Alfred A. Knopf (1959), 242 pp.*
• The Heart of a Stranger by Lionel Olay. Signet (1959), 127 pp.
• In the Wrong Rain by Robert R. Kirsch. Little, Brown (1959), 339 pp.
• Kitten with a Whip by Wade Miller. Fawcett Gold Medal (1959), 174 pp.
• The Last Night by John McPartland. Fawcett Gold Medal (1959), 140 pp.
• The Moment of Truth by William M. Goeney. Henry Holt (1959), 279 pp.
• Muscle Beach by Ira Wallach. Little, Brown (1959), 236 pp.
• Nikki by Stuart Friedman. Monarch (1959), 189 pp.
• Out for Kicks by Wilene Shaw. Ace Books (1959), 160 pp.
• Pocho by Jose Antonio Villarreal. Doubleday (1959), 235 pp.
• Prowler in the Night by Jack Matcha. Fawcett Gold Medal (1959), 144 pp.
• Ride the Nightmare by Richard Christian Matheson. Ballantine Books (1959), 142 pp.
• Sinful Desires by Florence Stonebraker. Bedside Books (1959), 186 pp.
• The Sins of Philip Fleming by Irving Wallace. Frederick Fell (1959), 224 pp.
• The Slide Area by Gavin Lambert. Viking Press (1959), 223 pp.
• Sons of the Fathers by Martin Kramer. Macmillan (1959), 342 pp.
• Strange Sinner by Florence Stonebraker. Stanley Library (1959), pp.
• The Very First Time by Richard Fisher. Doubleday (1959), 192 pp.
• Yes, My Darling Daughters by David Duncan. Doubleday (1959), 238 pp.

BOOKS BY YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1940-1949

Here are the books I've read from the from the 1940s. An asterisk at the end of the entry indicates that I haven't written a review (yet).

1940
• The Canyon by Peter Viertel. Harcourt, Brace (1940), 288 pp.
• Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler. Alfred A. Knopf (1940), 275 pp.*
• The Girl at the Crossroads by Jackson Gregory. Dodd, Mead (1940 ), 225 pp.
• High Sierra by W. R. Burnett. Alfred A. Knopf (1940), 292 pp.
• Moon Tide by Willard Robertson. Carrick and Evans (1940), 309 pp.
• My Name Is Aram by William Saroyan. Harcourt, Brace (1940), 220 pp.
• November Grass by Judy Van der Veer. Longmans, Green (1940), 246 pp.
• The Paesanos by Jo Pagano. Little, Brown (1940), 231 pp.
• “The Siren Smiled” by H Dixon. Vernor. American Magazine (1940), 60 pp.
• Solitaire by Edwin Corle. E. P. Dutton (1940), 351 pp.
• Tumbleweeds by Marta Roberts. G. P. Putnam's Sons (1940), 294 pp.
• Webs in the Sky by Marjorie Roberts. Wilfred Funk (1940), 299 pp.

1941
• City of Angels by Rupert Hughes. Charles Scribner’s Sons (1941), 349 pp.
• Homicide for Hannah by Dwight V Babcock. Alfred A. Knopf (1941), 334 pp.
• I Wake up Screaming by Stephen Fisher. Dodd, Mead (1941), 231 pp.
• Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Charles Scribner’s Sons (1941), approx. 163 pp.
• Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain. Alfred A. Knopf (1941), 388 pp.*
• Simon Lash, Private Detective by Frank Gruber. Farrar and Rinehart (1941), 281 pp.
• Storm by George R. Stewart. Random House (1941), 349 pp.
• What Makes Sammy Run? by Budd Schulberg. Random House (1941), 303 pp.*

1942
• 48 Saroyan Stories by William Saroyan. Avon (1942), 313 pp.
• Broken Melody by Ronald Kirkbride. Coward-McCann (1942), 328 pp.
• Dead Center by Mary Collins. Charles Scribner’s Sons (1942), 240 pp.
• Deadlier than the Male by James Gunn. Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1942), 277 pp.*
• Deep Valley by Dan Totheroh. L. B. Fischer (1942), 312 pp.
• Dig Me a Grave by Cleve Adams. E. P. Dutton (1942), 255 pp.
• The High Window by Raymond Chandler. Alfred A. Knopf (1942), 240 pp.
• I Remember Christine by Oscar Lewis. Alfred A. Knopf (1942), 266 pp.
• Lazarus 7 by Richard Sale. Simon and Schuster (1942), 299 pp.
• Now and on Earth by Jim Thompson. Modern Age (1942), 306 pp.
• A Place in the Sun by Frank Fenton. Random House (1942), 314 pp.
• Suds in Your Eye by Mary Lasswell. Houghton, Mifflin Co. (1942), 184 pp.
• There Is a Happy Land by A. I. Bezzerides. Henry Holt (1942), 279 pp.
• The Time Between by Gale Wilhelm. William Morrow (1942), 208 pp.
• Turn off the Sunshine by Timothy G. Turner. Caxton Printers (1942), 288 pp.
• View from a Window by F. Ruth Howard. (1942), 341 pp.
• The Vineyard by Idwal Jones. Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1942), 279 pp.

1943
• Against a Darkening Sky by Janet Lewis. Doubleday, Doran (1943), 301 pp.
• The Bride Saw Red by Robert Carson. G. P. Putnam’s Sons (1943), 246 pp.
• City Doctor by Thomas Stone. Phoenix Press (1943), 253 pp.
• Donovan’s Brain by Curt Siodmak. Alfred A. Knopf (1943), 234 pp.
• Double Indemnity by James M. Cain. Alfred A. Knopf (1943), approx. 125 pp.
• The Embezzler by James M. Cain. Alfred A. Knopf (1943), approx. 109 pp.
• The Happy Man by Robert Easton. Viking Press (1943), 221 pp.
• Her Best Man by Ethel E. Bangert. Gramercy (1943), 256 pp.
• The Hill by David Greenhood. Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1943), 266 pp.
• The Human Comedy by William Saroyan. Harcourt, Brace (1943), 291 pp.
• If I Come Home by Nellise Child. Doubleday, Doran (1943), 311 pp.
• The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler. Alfred A. Knopf (1943), 216 pp.*
• The Love Shift by Florenz Branch. Phoenix Press (1943), 252 pp.
• Mama’s Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes. Harcourt, Brace (1943), 204 pp.
• Nobody Lives Forever by W. R. Burnett. Alfred A. Knopf (1943), 243 pp.
• Tomorrow Is Forever by Gwen Bristow. Thomas Y. Crowell (1943), 259 pp.
• Trio by Dorothy Baker. Houghton Mifflin (1943), 234 pp.

1944
• Doctor Tony by Thomas Stone. Phoenix Press (1944), pp.
• The Fleshpots by Florenz Branch. Phoenix Press (1944), approx. 250 pp.
• Flint by Charles Norris. Doubleday, Doran (1944), 354 pp.
• I Hate Actors! by Ben Hecht. Crown Publishers (1944), 221 pp.
• Married at Leisure by Virginia Lederer. Doubleday, Doran (1944), 213 pp.
• No Good from a Corpse by Leigh Brackett. Coward-McCann (1944), 202 pp.
• Shore Leave by Frederic Wakeman. Rinehart (1944), 310 pp.
• They Dream of Home by Niven Busch. D. Appleton-Century Co. (1944), 307 pp.

1945
• Cannery Row by John Steinbeck. Viking Press (1945), 208 pp.*
• East of Midnight by Forrest Rosaire. Alfred A. Knopf (1945), 372 pp.
• If He Hollers Let Him Go by Chester Himes. Doubleday, Doran (1945), 249 pp.
• Miss Dilly Says No by Theodore Pratt. Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1945), 214 pp pp.
• Not a Joy Forever by Buena Vista Stine. Wetzel (1945), 200 pp.
• Sleep in the Sun by Alan Moody. Houghton Mifflin (1945), 137 pp.
• Stallion Road by Stephen Longstreet. Julian Messner (1945), 303 pp.
• Three Short Biers by Jimmy Starr. Murray and Gee (1945), 232 pp.
• The Uncertain Journey by Oscar Lewis. Alfred A. Knopf (1945), 253 pp.
• With Sirens Screaming by Ernest Booth. Doubleday, Doran (1945), 294 pp.

1946
• The Analyst by Florence Stonebraker. Phoenix Press (1946), 256 pp.
• The Bandaged Nude by Robert Finnegan. Simon and Schuster (1946), 242 pp.*
• Dark Passage by David Goodis. Julian Messner (1946), 248 pp.
• Day of the Conquerors by Niven Busch. Harper and Brothers (1946), 276 pp.
• Deliver Me from Eva by Paul Bailey. Murray and Gee (1946), 237 pp.
• Desert Town by Ramona Stewart. William Morrow (1946), 248 pp.
• Fear No More by Leslie Edgley. Simon and Schuster (1946), 202 pp.*
• Flight of an Angel by Verne Chute. William Morrow (1946), 246 pp.
• The Glass Heart by Marty Holland. Julian Messner (1946), 192 pp.
• It Ain't Hay by David Dodge. Simon and Schuster (1946), 218 pp.
• Make with the Brains, Pierre by Dana Wilson. Julian Messner (1946), 206 pp.
• The Shade of Time by David Duncan. Random House (1946), 244 pp.
• She Had What They Wanted by Florenz Branch. Phoenix Press (1946), pp.
• Valley Boy by Theodore Pratt. Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1946), 331 pp.
• What Way My Journey Lies by Frank Fenton. Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1946), 243 pp.

1947
• Almost a Lady by Thomas Stone. Phoenix Press (1947), 255 pp.
• Be Still, My Love by June Truesdell. Dodd, Mead (1947), 220 pp.
• The Condemned by Jo Pagano. Prentice-Hall (1947), 215 pp.
• Die by Night by M. S. Marble. Rinehart (1947), 182 pp.
• Dirty Eddie by Ludwig Bemelmans. Viking Press (1947), 240 pp.
• The Face of the Clam by Luther Whiteman. Random House (1947), 248 pp.
• Glorious in Another Day by Arthur Foff. J. B. Lippincott (1947), 246 pp.
• Greener than You Think by Ward Moore. William Sloane Associates (1947), 358 pp.
• If You Have Tears by Howard Browne. Mystery House (1947), 255 pp.
• In a Lonely Place by Dorothy Hughes. Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1947), 217 pp.
• Incorrigible by Karl Brown. Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1947), 214 pp.
• King of This Hill by Nathaniel Meserve. Doubleday (1947), 250 pp.
• Lonely Crusade by Chester Himes. Alfred A. Knopf (1947), 398 pp.*
• Low Tide by John Truesdell. Dodd, Mead (1947), 240 pp.
• Naomi Martin by Clarkson Crane. Harcourt, Brace (1947), 228 pp.
• One More Lover by Thomas Stone. Phoenix Press (1947), approx. 250 pp.
• The Pitfall by Jay Dratler. Thomas Y. Crowell (1947), 177 pp.
• Something Wonderful to Happen: A Charivari by Darwin L. Teilhet. Appleton-Century-Crofts (1947), 275 pp pp.
• The Squirrel Cage by Edwin Gilbert. Doubleday (1947), 256 pp.
• Transfer Point by Kathryn Forbes. Harcourt, Brace (1947), 195 pp.
• The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck. Viking Press (1947), 312 pp.
• What D’Ya Know for Sure by Len Zinberg. Doubleday (1947), 278 pp.
• White Shadows by Guy Nunn. Reynal and Hitchcock (1947), 246 pp.

1948
• The Bramble Bush by David Duncan. Macmillan (1948), 215 pp.
• The Cleft Rock by Alice Tisdale Hobart. Bobbs-Merrill (1948), 376 pp.
• Fire by George R. Stewart. Random House (1948), 336 pp.
• Guilty Bystander by Wade Miller. Farrar, Straus (1948), 205 pp.*
• “An Invasion of Privacy” by Katherine Albert. American Magazine (1948), 19 pp.
• The Inward Voyage by Peter Packer. McGraw-Hill Book Co. (1948), 234 pp.
• The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh. Little, Brown (1948), 164 pp.
• The Man with My Face by Samuel W. Taylor. A. A. Wyn (1948), 254 pp.*
• Program for Passion by Florenz Branch. Phoenix Press (1948), 255 pp.
• The Road through the Wall by Shirley Jackson. Farrar, Straus (1948), 271 pp.
• The Three Roads by Ross Macdonald. Alfred A. Knopf (1948), 223 pp.
• Wayward Angel by Verne Chute. Alfred A. Knopf (1948), 264 pp.*

1949
• Earth Abides by George R. Stewart. Random House (1949), 373 pp.
• Framed in Guilt by Day Keene. M.S. Mill Co. and William Morrow & Co. (1949), 218 pp.
• The Journey of Simon McKeever by Albert Maltz. Little, Brown (1949), 250 pp.
• The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler. Houghton Mifflin (1949), 249 pp.*
• Lovely Lady, Pity Me by Roy Huggins. Duell, Sloan and Pearce (1949), 221 pp.
• The Madrone Tree by David Duncan. Macmillan (1949), 230 pp.
• Mamie Brandon by Jack Sheridan. Home and Van Thal (1949), 323 pp.
• The Moving Target by Ross Macdonald. Alfred A. Knopf (1949), 245 pp.*
• A Private Killing by James Benét. Harper and Brothers (1949), 240 pp.
• Teach the Angry Spirit by Cornelia Jessey. Crown Publishers (1949), 249 pp.
• Thieves’ Market by A. I. Bezzerides. Charles Scribner’s Sons (1949), 233 pp.
• Yokohama, California by Toshio Mori. Caxton Printers (1949), 166 pp.

BOOKS BY YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1930-1939

Here are the books I've read from the from the 1930s. An asterisk at the end of the entry indicates that I haven't written a review (yet).

1930
• Hooper Dooper! by Fitzhugh Buckner. Barse (1930), 319 pp.
• The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. Alfred A. Knopf (1930), 267 pp.*
• Queer People by Carroll and Garrett Graham. Vanguard Press (1930), 276 pp.
• A Roman Holiday by Don Ryan. Macaulay (1930), 319 pp.

1931
• Death in a Bowl by Raoul Whitfield. Alfred A. Knopf (1931), 266 pp.
• Headlong by Genevieve Parkhurst. Henry Holt (1931), 297 pp.
• It’s What You Are by Mark Lee Luther. Bobbs-Merrill (1931), 313 pp.
• Orange Valley by Howard Baker. Coward-McCann (1931), 344 pp.
• Rain on the Roof by Kay Lipke. Dial Press (1931), 301 pp.
• To Hell with Hollywood by Horace Wade. Dial Press (1931), 301 pp.

1932
• Diana Laughs by Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements. Ray Long and Richard Smith (1932), 384 pp.
• Hey Diddle Diddle by Tamar Lane. Adelphi (1932), 284 pp.
• Hollywood Siren by Keane McGrath. William Godwin (1932), 256 pp.
• Hospital Nocturne by Alice Elinor Lambert. Vanguard Press (1932), 306 pp.
• I Cover the Waterfront by Max Miller. E. P. Dutton (1932), 204 pp.
• Joy-Girl by John V Weaver. Alfred A. Knopf (1932), 257 pp.
• Late September by Gladys Johnson. Macrae-Smith (1932), 299 pp.
• The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck. Robert O. Ballou (1932), 294 pp.*
• Pity of God by Beulah Marie Dix. Viking Press (1932), 367 pp.
• Praise the Lord! by Dillwyn Parrish. Harper and Brothers (1932), 263 pp.
• Reckless Hollywood by Haynes Lubou. Amour Press (1932), 312 pp.
• The San Felipians by Roger Cowles. Charles Scribner's Sons (1932), 242 pp.

1933
• Fast One by Paul Cain. Doubleday, Doran (1933), 304 pp.
• The Flutter of an Eyelid by Myron Brinig. Farrar and Rinehart (1933), 310 pp.
• Lovers Should Marry by Nell Martin. Macaulay (1933), 316 pp.
• One against the Earth by Daniel Mainwaring. Long and Smith (1933), 305 pp.
• Whistle for Me by Michael Jackson. William Morrow (1933), 288 pp.

1934
• Alabam’ by Donald Henderson Clarke. Vanguard Press (1934), 320 pp.
• The Case of the Curious Bride by Erle Stanley Gardner. William Morrow (1934), 296 pp.
• The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze by William Saroyan. Random House (1934), 270 pp.
• Diamond Ransom Murders by Nellise Child. Collins Crime Club (1934), 285 pp.
• Falling Star by Vicki Baum. Doubleday, Doran (1934), 307 pp.
• Ladies in Waiting by Rian James. Alfred H. King (1934), 285 pp.
• Mad Hatter’s Village by Mary Cavendish Gore. Alfred H. King (1934), 306 pp.
• Mojave: A Book of Stories by Edwin Corle. Liveright (1934), 272 pp.
• Nights and Daze in Hollywood by Richard Henry Lee. Macaulay (1934), 238 pp.
• Parched Earth by Arnold Armstrong. Macmillan (1934), 430 pp.
• Picture People by Olga Rosmanith. Doubleday, Doran (1934), 301 pp.
• The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M Cain. Alfred A. Knopf (1934), 188 pp.

1935
• Burn, Baby, Burn! by Sam Fuller. Phoenix Press (1935), 246 pp.
• The Farmer in the Dell by Phil Stong. Harcourt, Brace (1935), 234 pp.
• Fig Tree John by Edwin Corle. Liveright (1935), 318 pp.
• Fully Dressed and in His Right Mind by Michael Fessier. Alfred A. Knopf (1935), 216 pp.
• Grandsons by Louis Adamic. Harper and Brothers (1935), 370 pp.
• Hollywood Cemetery by Liam O’Flaherty. Victor Gollancz (1935), 288 pp.
• They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? by Horace McCoy. Simon and Schuster (1935), 186 pp.*
• Thirteen Steps by Whitman Chambers. Doubleday, Doran (1935), 294 pp.*
• Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck. Covici-Friede (1935), 316 pp.
• Valley People by Frances Marion. Reynal and Hitchcock (1935), 282 pp.
• We Too Are Drifting by Gale Wilhelm. Random House (1935), 206 pp.

1936
• Cannery Anne by Morris Hull. Houghton Mifflin (1936), 267 pp.
• The Doctor Died at Dusk by Geoffrey Homes. Morrow (1936), 303 pp.*
• Gentleman from Parnassus by Jack Woodford. William Godwin (1936), 283 pp.
• Laughing Gas by P. G. Wodehouse. Herbert Jenkins (1936), 311 pp.
• No Letters for the Dead by Gale Wilhelm. Random House (1936), 212 pp.
• The Revels Are Ended by Robert Carson. Doubleday, Doran (1936), 358 pp.
• Saucy Movie Tales, July by Frank E Marks. et al. Movie Digest, Inc. (1936), 98 pp.
• Shadows Flying by John Evans. Alfred A. Knopf (1936), 263 pp.
• Under One Roof by Ruth Eleanor McKee. Doubleday, Doran (1936), 276 pp.

1937
• Flowers for the Living by Charles Ray. William Godwin (1937), 276 pp.
• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Covici-Friede (1937), 186 pp.*
• The Road to Needles by Dorothy Speare. Houghton Mifflin (1937), 300 pp.
• San Francisco Adventures by Charles Caldwell Dobie. D. Appleton-Century Co. (1937), 1937 pp.

1938
• Blue Murder by Robert Leslie Bellem. Phoenix Press (1938), 256 pp.
• The Devil Thumbs a Ride by Soe, Robert C D. Robert M. McBride (1938), 247 pp.
• The Doomsday Men by J. B. Priestley. Harper and Brothers (1938), 287 pp.
• Enchanted Oasis by Faith Baldwin. P. F. Collier and Son (1938), 305 pp.
• Hope of Heaven by John O’Hara. Harcourt, Brace (1938), 182 pp.
• I Lost My Girlish Laughter by Jane Allen. Random House (1938), 275 pp.
• I Should Have Stayed Home by Horace McCoy. Alfred A. Knopf (1938), 235 pp.
• Long Haul by A. I. Bezzerides. Carrick and Evans (1938), 219 pp.
• The Long Valley by John Steinbeck. Viking Press (1938), 303 pp.*
• Lost Daughter by Louise Redfield Peattie. G. P. Putnam’s Sons (1938), 238 pp.
• Promised Land by Cedric Belfrage. Victor Gollancz (1938), 349 pp.
• A Stranger Came to Port by Max Miller. Reynal and Hitchcock (1938), 210 pp.
• Strumpet Wind by Gertrude Bosworth Crum. Covici-Friede (1938), 290 pp.
• Torchlight to Valhalla by Gale Wilhelm. Random House (1938), 191 pp.
• We Lived as Children by Kathryn Hulme. Alfred A. Knopf (1938), 325 pp.
• The Wrong World by Louis Paul. Doubleday, Doran (1938), 358 pp.
• You Play the Black and the Red Comes Up by Richard Hallas. McBride (1938), 213 pp.
• Young Man with a Horn by Dorothy Baker. Houghton Mifflin (1938), 243 pp.*

1939
• Abel Dayton by Flannery Lewis. Macmillan (1939), 304 pp.
• After Many a Summer Dies the Swan by Aldous Huxley. Harper and Brothers (1939), 356 pp.*
• Anne Minton’s Life by Myron Brinig. Farrar and Rinehart (1939), 279 pp.
• Ask the Dust by John Fante. Stackpole Sons (1939), 235 pp.
• The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. Alfred A. Knopf (1939), 277 pp.
• The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West. Random House (1939), 238 pp.
• Detour: An Extraordinary Tale by Martin Goldsmith. Macaulay (1939), 248 pp.
• Firebrand by Tom Gill. Farrar and Rinehart (1939), 309 pp.
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Viking Press (1939), 619 pp.*
• Heil! Hollywood by Jack Preston. Reilly and Lee (1939), 344 pp.
• “Hollywood Dynasty” by Vina Delmar. Cosmopolitan Magazine (1939), 52 pp.
• Remember Valerie March by Katherine Albert. Simon and Schuster (1939), 313 pp.

BOOKS BY YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1920-1929

Here are the books I've read from the from the 1920s. An asterisk at the end of the entry indicates that I haven't written a review (yet).

1920
• The Blood Red Dawn by Charles Caldwell Dobie. Harper and Brothers (1920), 353 pp.

1921
• The Desert Fiddler by William H. Hamby. Doubleday, Page (1921), 232 pp.
• The Go-Getter by Peter Kyne. Farrar and Rinehart (1921), 62 pp.
• The Noise of the World by Adriana Spadoni. Boni and Liveright (1921), 256 pp.
• Play the Game! by Ruth Comfort Mitchell. D. Appleton (1921), 244 pp.
• Seed of the Sun by Wallace Irwin. George H. Doran (1921), 352 pp.

1922
• Flower of the World by Alice Haines. E. P. Dutton (1922), 286 pp.
• Merton of the Movies by Harry Leon Wilson. Doubleday, Page (1922), 335 pp.*
• The Poor Man by Stella Benson. Macmillan (1922), 253 pp.
• Souls for Sale by Rupert Hughes. Harper and Brothers (1922), 405 pp.
• They Call Me Carpenter by Upton Sinclair. Boni and Liveright (1922), 225 pp.

1923
• The Girl from Hollywood by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Macaulay (1923), 320 pp.

1924
• The Boosters by Mark Lee Luther. Bobbs-Merrill (1924), 352 pp.
• Born Rich by Hughes Cornell. George W. Jacobs (1924), 307 pp.
• The Mystery Woman by Alice MacGowan and Perry Newberry. Frederick A. Stokes (1924), 303 pp.
• Proud Flesh by Lawrence Rising. Boni and Liveright (1924), 317 pp.

1925
• Run, Sheep, Run by Thames Williamson. Small, Maynard (1925), 277 pp.
• Stripped to the Hide by Herman Edward Mootz. Roxburgh (1925), 274 pp.
• The Western Shore by Clarkson Crane. Harcourt, Brace (1925), 303 pp.

1926
• The Chinese Parrot by Earl Derr Biggers. Bobbs-Merrill (1926), 316 pp.
• The Entertaining Angel by Samuel Merwin. J. H. Sears (1926), 273 pp.
• Jarnegan by Jim Tully. Albert and Charles Boni (1926), 265 pp.
• Marketing Deb by Hughes Cornell. Macmillan (1926), 315 pp.

1927
• Angel’s Flight by Don Ryan. Boni and Liveright (1927), 296 pp.
• Back Fire by Lola Jean Simpson. Macmillan (1927), 399 pp.
• A Free Soul by St. Johns, Adela Rogers. Cosmopolitan Book Corp. (1927), 355 pp.
• Oil! by Upton Sinclair. Albert and Charles Boni (1927), 527 pp.*
• Wild Orchard by Dan Totheroh. George H. Doran (1927), 286 pp.

1928
• Bright Avenues by Josephine Bentham. Rae D. Henkle (1928), 304 pp.
• The Doubtful Year by John LeBar. D. Appleton (1928), 275 pp.
• The Lovely Ducklings by Rupert Hughes. Harper and Brothers (1928), 310 pp.
• Never Go Back by George Boas. Harper and Brothers (1928), 294 pp.
• Spider Boy by Carl Van Vechten. Alfred A. Knopf (1928), 297 pp.

1929
• The Dain Curse by Dashiell Hammett. Alfred A. Knopf (1929), 272 pp.*
• Desire by Gladys Johnson. Macrae-Smith (1929), 368 pp.
• Destroying Victor by Carleton Beals. Macaulay (1929 ), 384 pp.
• Outsiders by Josephine Bentham. Rae D. Henkle (1929), 296 pp.

BOOKS BY YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1910-1919

Here are the books I've read from the from the second decade of the last century. An asterisk at the end of the entry indicates that I haven't written a review (yet).

1910
• The Day of Souls by Charles Tenney Jackson. Bobbs-Merrill (1910), 390 pp.

1911
• The Winning of Barbara Worth by Harold Bell Wright. Book Supply Co. (1911), 511 pp.*

1913
• The Abysmal Brute by Jack London. Century Co. (1913), 169 pp.
• Valley of the Moon by Jack London. Macmillan (1913), 530 pp.*

1914
• Coming Back with the Spitball by James Hopper. Harper and Brothers (1914), 70 pp.
• Vandover and the Brute by Frank Norris. Doubleday, Page (1914), 354 pp.

1915
• The Valley Road by Mary Hallock Foote. Houghton Mifflin (1915), 360 pp.

1916
• The Little Lady of the Big House by Jack London. Macmillan (1916), 392 pp.

1917
• The Ford by Mary Austin. Houghton Mifflin (1917), 440 pp.*

1918
• The Close-Up by Margaret Turnbull. Harper and Brothers (1918), 351 pp.

1919
• The Avalanche: A Mystery Story by Gertrude Atherton. Frederick A. Stokes Co. (1919), 229 pp.
• Boston Blackie by Jack Boyle. H. K. Fly (1919), 318 pp.
• Diverging Roads by Rose Wilder Lane. Century Co. (1919), 360 pp.
• The Starling by Juliet Wilbor Tompkins. Bobbs-Merrill (1919), 267 pp.

BOOKS BY YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1900-1909

Here are the books I've read from the from the first decade of the last century. An asterisk at the end of the entry indicates that I haven't written a review (yet).

1901
• The Octopus by Frank Norris. Doubleday Page (1901), 652 pp.*
• Pandora by Florence Lucie Salzscheider. Whitaker and Ray (1901), 198 pp.

1902
• The Cruise of the Dazzler by Jack London. Century Co. (1902), 250 pp.

1903
• For the Pleasure of His Company by Charles Warren Stoddard. A. M. Robertson (1903), 257 pp.
• The Reign of Queen Isyl by Gelett Burgess and Will Irwin. McClure, Phillips (1903), 255 pp.
• The Siege of Youth by Frances Charles. Little, Brown (1903), 1903 pp.

1904
• The Picaroons by Gelett Burgess and Will Irwin. McClure, Phillips (1904), 284 pp.

1905
• The Game by Jack London. Macmillan (1905), 182 pp.
• The Vision of Elijah Berl by Frank Lewis Nason. Little, Brown (1905), 290 pp.
• A Yellow Journalist by Miriam Michelson. D. Appleton (1905), 315 pp.

1906
• Anthony Overman by Miriam Michelson. Doubleday, Page (1906), 330 pp.

1907
• The Heart Line by Gelett Burgess. Bobbs-Merrill (1907), 584 pp.

1908
• The Iron Heel by Jack London. Macmillan (1908), 354 pp.*
• The Leaven of Love by Clara Louise Burnham. Grosset and Dunlap (1908), 330 pp.
• Santa Lucia by Mary Austin. Harper and Brothers (1908), 346 pp.

1909
• Comrades by Thomas Dixon, Jr. Doubleday, Page (1909), 319 pp.
• Martin Eden by Jack London. Macmillan (1909), 411 pp.*