Best Books of the 1900s

The top-ranked books of the 1900s include The Art of War, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Man Who Was Thursday — all with high editorial consensus scores across major literary prizes and critic lists.

Key authors of the 1900s include 孙武 (Sun Tzu), Arthur Conan Doyle, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, whose works from this era consistently appear across major prize lists and critic selections.

The 1900s were defined by Edwardian realism and the birth of modernism, producing some of the most enduring works in world literature. These themes are reflected across the top-ranked titles from this period.