{{Babbitt}} and {{Native Son}} although that one’s cheating a bit since it is set during the early 30s.
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When I was younger, I read and loved the The Bright Young Things series by Anna Godbersen.
Beatriz Williams has some novels that I enjoyed that were set during that era, like The Wicked City series and A Certain Age.
And I also liked City of Flickering Light by Juliette Fay.
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Can’t go wrong with the Great Gatsby
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Red Harvest – Dashiell Hammett
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One Summer, America 1927 by Bill Bryson
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When Two Feathers Fell From the Sky by Margaret Verble. Magical realism set in 1920s Tennessee.
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I didn’t love it, but Allie Therin’s Magic in Manhattan series is a similar vibe: urban fantasy romance set in New York in the ’20s.The first one is {{Spellbound by Allie Therin}}. I did really like {{Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope}}, which is set in Washington D.C. in 1925. It’s also fantasy (with some romance, but it’s not really foregrounded), but it’s inspired by actual events and people in D.C.’s Black history.
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The Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Unfinished book about the Hollywood film industry of the 1920s and the life of a successful film producer.
The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty. Set partly in the 1920s, about a woman who chaperones a teenage Louise Brooks to New York City.
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{{An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser}}
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Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
There are 2 timelines in the book: one present day and the other in the 20s
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The Age of Innocence , Edith Wharton
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Dorothy Baker: Young Man with a Horn
Jami Attenberg: Saint Mazie
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
The Paris Wife (mostly in Paris but starts out in the US, a fictionalized account of Hemingway’s first marriage featuring F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald among others)
The Magnolia Palace
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The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo is a Gatsby retelling with a fantasy twist.
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine is a 12 Dancing Princesses retelling where they sneak off to the speakeasy
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{{Babbitt}} and {{Native Son}} although that one’s cheating a bit since it is set during the early 30s.
When I was younger, I read and loved the The Bright Young Things series by Anna Godbersen.
Beatriz Williams has some novels that I enjoyed that were set during that era, like The Wicked City series and A Certain Age.
And I also liked City of Flickering Light by Juliette Fay.
Can’t go wrong with the Great Gatsby
Red Harvest – Dashiell Hammett
One Summer, America 1927 by Bill Bryson
When Two Feathers Fell From the Sky by Margaret Verble. Magical realism set in 1920s Tennessee.
I didn’t love it, but Allie Therin’s Magic in Manhattan series is a similar vibe: urban fantasy romance set in New York in the ’20s.The first one is {{Spellbound by Allie Therin}}. I did really like {{Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope}}, which is set in Washington D.C. in 1925. It’s also fantasy (with some romance, but it’s not really foregrounded), but it’s inspired by actual events and people in D.C.’s Black history.
The Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Unfinished book about the Hollywood film industry of the 1920s and the life of a successful film producer.
The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty. Set partly in the 1920s, about a woman who chaperones a teenage Louise Brooks to New York City.
{{An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser}}
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
There are 2 timelines in the book: one present day and the other in the 20s
The Age of Innocence , Edith Wharton
Dorothy Baker: Young Man with a Horn
Jami Attenberg: Saint Mazie
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
The Paris Wife (mostly in Paris but starts out in the US, a fictionalized account of Hemingway’s first marriage featuring F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald among others)
The Magnolia Palace
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo is a Gatsby retelling with a fantasy twist.
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine is a 12 Dancing Princesses retelling where they sneak off to the speakeasy