Best 20th Century Books

A selection of recommended 20th century books worth reading.

• Gales of NovemberJohn U. Bacon
• Boys in the BoatDaniel James Brown
• Briar ClubKate Quinn
• Tom LakeAnn Patchett
• Warmth of Other SunsIsabel Wilkerson
• Farewell to ManzanarJeanne Wakatsuki Houston
• Isaacs StormErik Larson
• Forgotten 500Gregory A. Freeman
• Briar ClubKate Quinn
• Table for TwoAmor Towles
• Feminine MystiqueBetty Friedan
• Impossible FactoryJosh Dean
• Fever in the HeartlandTimothy Egan
• Against All OddsAlex Kershaw
• Queens of CrimeMarie Benedict
• Legacy of AshesTim Weiner
• All the Shahs MenStephen Kinzer
• Death in the JungleCandace Fleming
• Harlem WeddingTiffany L. Warren
• Operation PaperclipAnnie Jacobsen
• Lost Summers of NewportBeatriz Williams, Karen White, Lauren Willig
• Amer MidnightAdam Hochschild
• NinetiesChuck Klosterman
• One Summer America 1927Bill Bryson
• Cold WarJohn Lewis Gaddis
• FalloutSteve Sheinkin
• Days of RageBryan Burrough
• Right StuffTom Wolfe
• Fever in the HeartlandTimothy Egan
• Embers of WarFredrik Logevall
• Running DeepTom Clavin
• Boys in the BoatDaniel James Brown
• Pattons PrayerAlex Kershaw
• Gods of New YorkJonathan Mahler
• Dereliction of DutyH. R. McMaster
• Kill Anything That MovesNick Turse
• The Book of Lost Hours a Gma Book Club Pick a NovelHayley Gelfuso
• Sisterhood Secret Hist of Women at the CLiza Mundy
• When No One Else WillAmanda Skenandore
• Thorn in the RoseSamantha Lee Howe
• Poor GirlsClare Whitfield
• Fortune of SandRuta Sepetys
• Secret War Against HateSteven J. Ross
• Beast in the CloudsNathalia Holt
• Final MovementRobert Seethaler
• Evidence of the ExtraordinaryMiguel Sancho
• Soviet MilkNora Ikstena
• Forgotten MidwifeLaura Anthony