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The best Great Depression books of the 2010s

The books our community loved the most.

Loved by 18 people

The Boys in the Boat

By Daniel James Brown ,

Book cover of The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Loved by 12 people

This Tender Land

By William Kent Krueger ,

Book cover of This Tender Land

Loved by 7 people

Water for Elephants

By Sara Gruen ,

Book cover of Water for Elephants

Loved by 5 people

The Eighty-Dollar Champion

By Elizabeth Letts ,

Book cover of The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation

These Empty Places

By Sarah Loudin Thomas ,

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The Wondrous Springs of Balmorhea

By Gretchen McCullough ,

Book cover of The Wondrous Springs of Balmorhea: A Literary Chronicle of New Deal Days

Loved by 4 people

Sold on a Monday

By Kristina McMorris ,

Book cover of Sold on a Monday

Loved by 3 people

Democracy for Realists

By Christopher H. Achen , Larry M. Bartels ,

Book cover of Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government

These Empty Places

By Sarah Loudin Thomas ,

Book cover of These Empty Places

The Wondrous Springs of Balmorhea

By Gretchen McCullough ,

Book cover of The Wondrous Springs of Balmorhea: A Literary Chronicle of New Deal Days

Loved by 3 people

Stocks for the Long Run

By Jeremy Siegel ,

Book cover of Stocks for the Long Run: The Definitive Guide to Financial Market Returns & Long-Term Investment Strategies

Loved by 2 people

The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

By John Maynard Keynes ,

Book cover of The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money: With the Economic Consequences of the Peace

These Empty Places

By Sarah Loudin Thomas ,

Book cover of These Empty Places

The Wondrous Springs of Balmorhea

By Gretchen McCullough ,

Book cover of The Wondrous Springs of Balmorhea: A Literary Chronicle of New Deal Days

Loved by 2 people

Prairie Fires

By Caroline Fraser ,

Book cover of Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Loved by 2 people

An Easy Death

By Charlaine Harris ,

Book cover of An Easy Death

These Empty Places

By Sarah Loudin Thomas ,

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The Wondrous Springs of Balmorhea

By Gretchen McCullough ,

Book cover of The Wondrous Springs of Balmorhea: A Literary Chronicle of New Deal Days

Loved by 2 people

Moon Over Manifest

By Clare Vanderpool ,

Book cover of Moon Over Manifest

Loved by 2 people

Fool's Gold

By Gillian Tett ,

Book cover of Fool's Gold: The Inside Story of J.P. Morgan and How Wall St. Greed Corrupted Its Bold Dream and Created a Financial Catastrophe

Loved by 2 people

Fowlers End

By Gerald Kersh ,

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Loved by 2 people

America Is in the Heart

By Carlos Bulosan ,

Book cover of America Is in the Heart: A Personal History

These Empty Places

By Sarah Loudin Thomas ,

Book cover of These Empty Places

The Wondrous Springs of Balmorhea

By Gretchen McCullough ,

Book cover of The Wondrous Springs of Balmorhea: A Literary Chronicle of New Deal Days

Loved by 1 person

The Great Depression of the 1930s

By Nicholas Crafts (editor) , Peter Fearon (editor) ,

Book cover of The Great Depression of the 1930s: Lessons for Today

Loved by 1 person

Hall of Mirrors

By Barry Eichengreen ,

Book cover of Hall of Mirrors: The Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the Uses-And Misuses-Of History

Loved by 1 person

Dorothea Lange

By Carole Boston Weatherford , Sarah Green (illustrator) ,

Book cover of Dorothea Lange: The Photographer Who Found the Faces of the Depression

Loved by 1 person

Mother's Century

By Richard L. Hermann ,

Book cover of Mother's Century: A Survivor, Her People and Her Times

Loved by 1 person

A Short History of Denver

By Stephen J. Leonard , Thomas J. Noel ,

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Loved by 1 person

The Traveling Show

By Alexandra DeMers ,

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These Empty Places

By Sarah Loudin Thomas ,

Book cover of These Empty Places

The Wondrous Springs of Balmorhea

By Gretchen McCullough ,

Book cover of The Wondrous Springs of Balmorhea: A Literary Chronicle of New Deal Days

Loved by 1 person

I Should Have Stayed Home

By Horace McCoy ,

Book cover of I Should Have Stayed Home

Loved by 1 person

The Fateful History of Fannie Mae

By James R. Hagerty ,

Book cover of The Fateful History of Fannie Mae: New Deal Birth to Mortgage Crisis Fall

Loved by 1 person

To Make Men Free

By Heather Cox Richardson ,

Book cover of To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party

Loved by 1 person

The Good Companions

By J.B. Priestley ,

Book cover of The Good Companions

Loved by 1 person

The Triumph of the Dark

By Zara Steiner ,

Book cover of The Triumph of the Dark: European International History 1933-1939

Loved by 1 person

George Washington Carver

By Christina Vella ,

Book cover of George Washington Carver: A Life

Loved by 1 person

Superman

Book cover of Superman: The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero

Loved by 1 person

Dorothea's Eyes

By Barb Rosenstock , Gerard Dubois (illustrator) ,

Book cover of Dorothea's Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth

Loved by 1 person

Joy Street

By Frances Parkinson Keyes ,

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Loved by 1 person

Grind Your Bones to Dust

By Nicholas Day ,

Book cover of Grind Your Bones to Dust

These Empty Places

By Sarah Loudin Thomas ,

Book cover of These Empty Places

The Wondrous Springs of Balmorhea

By Gretchen McCullough ,

Book cover of The Wondrous Springs of Balmorhea: A Literary Chronicle of New Deal Days

Loved by 1 person

American Icon

By Bryce G. Hoffman ,

Book cover of American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company

Loved by 1 person

Fortune Tellers

By Walter Friedman ,

Book cover of Fortune Tellers: The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters

Loved by 1 person

The Lords of Creation

By Frederick Lewis Allen , Mark Crispin Miller (editor) ,

Book cover of The Lords of Creation

Loved by 1 person

Labor's New Millions

By Mary Heaton Vorse ,

Book cover of Labor's New Millions

Loved by 1 person

The Great Persuasion

By Angus Burgin ,

Book cover of The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free Markets since the Depression

Loved by 1 person

Beyond the New Deal Order

By Gary Gerstle (editor) , Nelson Lichtenstein (editor) , Alice O'Connor (editor)

Book cover of Beyond the New Deal Order: U.S. Politics from the Great Depression to the Great Recession

Loved by 1 person

Clashing over Commerce

By Douglas A. Irwin ,

Book cover of Clashing over Commerce: A History of US Trade Policy

Loved by 1 person

The Quickening

By Michelle Hoover ,

Book cover of The Quickening

Loved by 1 person

Counter Culture

By Eleanor Dunfey-Freiburger ,

Book cover of Counter Culture: Clams, Convents and a Circle of Global Citizens

Loved by 1 person

Narrative Economics

By Robert J. Shiller ,

Book cover of Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events

Loved by 1 person

Forbidden Hollywood

By Mark Vieira ,

Book cover of Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934): When Sin Ruled the Movies

Loved by 1 person

The Strangest Secret

By Earl Nightingale ,

Book cover of The Strangest Secret

Loved by 1 person

The Invisible History of the Human Race

By Christine Kenneally ,

Book cover of The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures

Loved by 1 person

Goliath

By Matt Stoller ,

Book cover of Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy

Loved by 1 person

Hobos, Hustlers, and Backsliders

By Teresa Gowan ,

Book cover of Hobos, Hustlers, and Backsliders: Homeless in San Francisco

Loved by 1 person

Dark Harbor

By Nathan Ward ,

Book cover of Dark Harbor: The War for the New York Waterfront

Loved by 1 person

Joe Simon

Book cover of Joe Simon

Loved by 1 person

The Horse Lawyer and Other Poems

By Greg Seeley ,

Book cover of The Horse Lawyer and Other Poems