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 Lost Squadron by Dick Grace. Grosset and Dunlap (1932), 283 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.
• To a God Unknown by John Steinbeck. Robert O. Ballou (1933), 325 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.
• Hollywood Shorts by Charles Ray. California Graphic Press (1935), 177 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.
• If We Only Had Money by Lee Shippey. Houghton Mifflin (1939), 277 pp.
• Remember Valerie March by Katherine Albert. Simon and Schuster (1939), 313 pp.
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