1920s - Complete



  1. Able McLaughlins, The - Margaret Wilson - Pulitzer Winner 1924 - Read: October 24, 2008 & July 4, 2017
  2. Age Of Innocence, The - Edith Wharton - Pulitzer Winner 1921 - Read: January 23, 2007 & May 29, 2017
  3. Alice Adams - Booth Tarkington - Pulitzer Winner 1922 - Read: November 24, 2006 & June 20, 2017
  4. Arrowsmith - Sinclair Lewis - Nobel Prize Winner 1926, Pulitzer Winner 1926 - Read: April 23, 2007 & September 13, 2017
  5. Bridge Of San Luis Rey, The - Thornton Wilder - Pulitzer Winner 1928 - Read: November 29, 2007 & March 23, 2019
  6. Early Autumn - Louis Bromfield - Pulitzer Winner 1927 - Read: December 22, 2009 & April 21, 2019
  7. One Of Ours - Willa Cather - Pulitzer Winner 1923 - Read: March 28, 2008 & June 27, 2017
  8. Scarlet Sister Mary - Julia Peterkin - Pulitzer Winner 1929 - Read: December 3, 2008 & September 18, 2017
  9. Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse - Nobel Prize Winner 1922 - Read: April 17, 2004
  10. So Big - Edna Ferber - Pulitzer Winner 1925 - Read: March 14, 2007 & July 16, 2017

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