Ilene Goldman

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My Favorite Books About the Twenties

In honor of being back in the Twenties (the 2020s), here are my favorite books about the last Twenties (the 1920s).

Classics

  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

Ghost Story

  • The Haunting of Maddie Clare by Simone St. James (My review here.)

Mysteries

  • The Ian Rutledge series by Charles Todd

  • The Wyndham and Banerjee series by Abir Mukherjee (My reviews here and here.)

  • The Perveen Mistry series by Sujata Massey

Nonfiction

  • Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (My review here.)

  • The Radium Girls by Kate Moore