“Great Depression” Novels
Harpsong
Oh My Stars: A Novel*
by Rilla Askew
by Lorna Landvik
On Canaan’s Side: A Novel*
Sebastian Barry
To Kill a Mockingbird*
by Harper Lee
The Wettest County in the World: A
Novel Based on a True Story
The Lost Mother
Matt Bondurant
by Mary McGarry Morris
Palisades Park*
The Many Deaths of the Firefly
Brothers: A Novel*
Alan Brennert
Bonnie and Clyde: A Love Story
by Bill Brooks
Rainwater*
by Sandra Brown
Prayers for Sale*
by Sandra Dallas
World’s Fair*
by E.L. Doctorow
A Cup of Dust: A Novel of the Dust
Bowl [New Books]
Susie Finkbeiner
Songs of Willow Frost: A Novel*
Jamie Ford
Water for Elephants: A Novel*
by Sara Gruen
North River [eBook]
by Pete Hamill
The Quickening: A Novel*
by Michelle Hoover
Stormy Weather*
by Paulette Jiles
City of Hope*
Kate Kerrigan
by Thomas Mullen
Heir to the Glimmering World [eBook]
by Cynthia Ozick
The Well and the Mine
by Gin Phillips
Where Willows Grow*
by Kim Vogel Sawyer
Mary Coin*
Marisa Silver
The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia:
A Novel
by Mary Helen Stefaniak
Cannery Row*
by John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath*
by John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men*
by John Steinbeck
Half Broke Horses:
A True-Life Novel*
by Jeannette Walls
The Sea-Keeper’s Daughters
Lisa Wingate
An * after a title indicates it is also available as an eBook.
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Revised November 2016