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L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) (035.00.00)

L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
L. Frank Baum (1856–1919). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Chicago and New York: Geo. M. Hill, 1900. Juvenile Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (035.00.00)

Sarah H. Bradford, Harriet, the Moses of Her People (1901) (036.00.00)

Sarah H. Bradford, Harriet, the Moses of Her People (1901)
Sarah H. Bradford. Harriet, the Moses of Her People. New York: Little & Co., 1901. Susan B. Anthony Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (036.00.00)

Jack London, The Call of the Wild (1903) (038.00.00)

Jack London, The Call of the Wild (1903)
Jack London (1876–1916). The Call of the Wild. New York: Macmillan, 1903. Oliver Wendell Holmes Library Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (038.00.00)

W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk (1903) (038.01.00)

W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk (1903)
W. E. Burghardt Du Bois. The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1928. Private Collection (038.01.00)

Ida Tarbell, The History of Standard Oil (1904) (037.00.00)

Ida Tarbell, The History of Standard Oil (1904)
Ida Tarbell (1857–1944). “The History of the Standard Oil Company.” McClure’s Magazine. vol. 20, November 1902. General Collections, Library of Congress (037.00.00)

Ida Tarbell (1857–1944). The History of the Standard Oil Company. New York: Harper & Row, 1966. General Collections, Library of Congress (039.00.00)

Upton Sinclair, The Jungle (1906) (040.00.00)

Upton Sinclair, The Jungle (1906)
Upton Sinclair (1878–1968). The Jungle. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1945. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (040.00.00)

Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams (1907) (041.00.00)

Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams (1907)
Henry Adams (1838–1918). The Education of Henry Adams: an Autobiography. Armed Services Edition Q-40. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (041.00.00)

William James, Pragmatism (1907) (042.00.00)

William James, Pragmatism (1907)
William James (1842–1910). Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking: Popular Lectures on Philosophy. New York: Longmans, Green, 1907. Herman Finkelstein Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (042.00.00)

Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) (043.00.00)

Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage (1912)
Zane Grey (1872–1939). Riders of the Purple Sage. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. Western Literature Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (043.00.00)

Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (1914) (044.00.00)

Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (1914)
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950). Tarzan of the Apes. Armed Services Edition M-16. Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs Publishing Company, 1940. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (044.00.00)

Margaret Sanger, Family Limitation (1914) (045.00.00)

Margaret Sanger, Family Limitation (1914)
Margaret Sanger (1879–1966). Family Limitation. [New York: 1914]. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (045.00.00)

William Carlos Williams, Spring and All (1923) (046.00.00)

William Carlos Williams, Spring and All (1923)
William Carlos Williams (1883–1963). Spring and All. Paris: Contact Publishing, 1923. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (046.00.00)

Robert Frost, New Hampshire (1923) (047.00.00)

Robert Frost, New Hampshire (1923)
Robert Frost (1874–1963). New Hampshire, a Poem. New York: Henry Holt, 1923. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (047.00.00)

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925) (048.00.00)

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925)
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940). The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (048.00.00)

Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues (1925) (049.00.00)

Langston Hughes, The Weary Blues (1925)
Langston Hughes (1902–1967). The Weary Blues. New York: Knopf, 1926. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (049.00.00)

William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury (1929) (050.00.00)

William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury (1929)
William Faulkner (1897–1962). The Sound and the Fury. New York: J. Cape and H. Smith, 1929. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (050.00.00)

Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest (1929) (052.00.00)

Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest (1929)
Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961). Red Harvest. New York: Knopf, 1929. Oliver Wendell Holmes Library Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (052.00.00)

Irma Rombauer, Joy of Cooking (1931) (054.00.00)

Irma Rombauer, Joy of Cooking (1931)
Irma Rombauer (1877–1962). Joy of Cooking. New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1941. General Collections, Library of Congress (054.00.00)

Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind (1936) (053.00.00)

Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind (1936)
Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949). Gone With the Wind. New York: Macmillan, 1936. Herman Finkelstein Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (053.00.00)

William F. Warnecke. Margaret Mitchell holding her book, Gone With the Wind, ca. 1938. Photograph. New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (053.01.00)

Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) (055.00.00)

Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936)
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955). How to Win Friends and Influence People. New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc., and Pocket Books, Inc., 1940. Private Collection (055.00.00)

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