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Oldest Books

Below is a list of best books from the oldest to the newest.

Tropic of Cancer
by Henry Miller
Age: 0+
Year: 1934
Pages: 318
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Little House on the Prairie (Little House Book 2)
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Age: 0+
Year: 1934
Tender is the Night
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Age: 0+
Year: 1934
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Virgin Soil Upturned
by Mikhail Sholokhov
Age: 17+
Year: 1935
Pages: 333
Sales (millions): 24
A Little History of the World
by E. H. Gombrich
Age: 9+
Year: 1935
Pages: 304
Word count: 93,280
Unique word count: 7,860
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How the Steel Was Tempered
by Nikolai Ostrovsky
Age: 18+
Year: 1936
Pages: 380
Sales (millions): 37
Gone With the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
Age: 16+
Year: 1936
Pages: 960
Word count: 418,053
Sales (millions): 30
Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne Book 4)
by L.M. Montgomery
Age: 8+
Year: 1936
Pages: 288
The Story of Ferdinand
by Munro Leaf
Age: 4+
Year: 1936
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
by Dale Carnegie
Age: 13+
Year: 1936
Word count: 78,107
Unique word count: 7,690
Sales (millions): 15
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Think and Grow Rich
by Napoleon Hill
Age: 15+
Year: 1937
Pages: 238
Word count: 76,429
Sales (millions): 70
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
Age: 13+
Year: 1937
Pages: 187
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
by Dr. Seuss
Age: 5+
Year: 1937
Pages: 40
Word count: 809
The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Age: 9+
Year: 1937
Pages: 300
Word count: 95,022
Sales (millions): 105
The Citadel
by A J Cronin
Age: 14+
Year: 1937
Pages: 368
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
Age: 0+
Year: 1937
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A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
by Kate L. Turabian
Age: 0+
Year: 1937
Pages: 464
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Mr. Popper’s Penguins
by Richard Atwater
Age: 6+
Year: 1938
Pages: 139
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Nausea
by Jean-Paul Sartre
Age: 0+
Year: 1938
Pages: 253
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Anthem
by Ayn Rand
Age: 0+
Year: 1938
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See also:
Classic Children Books
Classic School Age Children Books
Classic Books for Teenagers
Classic Children Books by Age
Best-selling Books of All Time
The Benefits of Reading for Kids
Why Learn English Language?
Shortest Books
Shortest Books (unique words)
Longest Books
Best way to learn English
How NOT to Learn English!
CVC Words
What you need to know to learn a new language?
Why I forget what I learned?
Vocabulary Size
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See also:
Classic Children Books
Classic School Age Children Books
Classic Books for Teenagers
Classic Children Books by Age
Best-selling Books of All Time
The Benefits of Reading for Kids
Why Learn English Language?
Shortest Books
Shortest Books (unique words)
Longest Books
Best way to learn English
How NOT to Learn English!
CVC Words
What you need to know to learn a new language?
Why I forget what I learned?
Vocabulary Size
More...

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