1937 Club
This page is for the latest of our club reads, books from the year 1937. I’ll collect here links to everyone’s posts, and if I miss yours please leave a comment so that I can add it in! Happy reading! 😀
Captains of the Sands by Jorge Amado
Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh
Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie
The Milliners’ Hat Mystery by Basil Thomson
Adventures in reading, running and working from home
Theatre by Somerset Maugham
L’Oreille cassée by Herge
The Nutmeg Tree by Margery Sharp
Madame Bibi lophile Recommends
Old Book Dreamer (via Instagram)
The Thing on the Doorstep by H P Lovecraft.
Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz
The Case is Closed by Patricia Wentworth
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
They Found Him Dead by Georgette Heyer
The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck
The Face on the Cutting-room Floor by Ernst Bornemann/Cameron McCabe
Beginning with a Bash by Alice Tilton
Mary Plain on Holiday by Gwynedd Rae
The Case of the Lame Canary by Erle Stanley Gardner
Golden Age of Detective Fiction
The Case of the Dangerous Dowager by Erle Stanley Gardner
Golden Age of Detective Fiction
What Every Girl Wants by Phyllis Bottome
The Family from One End Street by Eve Garnett
Worth Wile by P.C. Wren
Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott
The Citadel by A.J. Cronin
The Rising Tide by Molly Keane
Madame Bibi Lophile Recommends
Ali and Nino by Kurban Said
Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac
Out of Africa by Karen Blixen
Daughters and Sons by Ivy Compton-Burnett
More Joy in Heaven by Morley Callaghan
Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb
Madame Bibi Lophile Recommends
Catherine Helen Spence: An Autobiography
Caroline England by Noel Streatfeild
Swastika Night by Murray Constantine/Katharine Burdekin
The Cheltenham Square Murder by John Bude
Madame Bibi Lophile Recommends
Sarah Matthews (via StoryGraph)
The Black Island by Herge
I Would Be Private by Rose Macaulay
Remembering Laughter by Wallace Stegner
There are Four Seasons by Richmal Crompton
Old Book Dreamer (via Instagram)
The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
There Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Thurston
An Answer from the Silence by Max Frisch
Golden Boy by Clifford Odets
Cold Cookery by Helen Simpson
Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie
After Midnight by Irmgard Keun
Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M. Montgomery
The Case of the Late Pig by Margery Allingham
Golden Age of Detective Fiction
Summer Half by Angela Thirkell
Madame Bibi Lophile Recommends
Stuck in a Book (guest post by OVW)
O make me a mask by Dylan Thomas
How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino
The Lottery by Marjorie Barnard
The Crimson Brier Bush by Frances K. Judd
The Whispering Statue by Carolyn Keene
A Bullet in the Ballet by Caryl Brahms & S.J. Simon
A Good Time Was Had By All by Stevie Smith
Mouchette by Georges Bernanos
Tennis Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
The Years by Virginia Woolf
Madame Bibi Lophile Recommends
Around the World in 800 Pages (via Instagram)
The Door Between by Ellery Queen
Remembering Laughter by Wallace Stegner
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass by Bruno Schulz
Celia by E.H. Young
Madame Bibi Lophile Recommends
The Bachelor of Arts by R.K. Narayan
Weights and Measures by Joseph Roth
Rosabelle Shaw by D.E. Stevenson
The Pendleton Fortune by D.C.F. Harding
Baby Island by Carol Ryrie Brink
Deep Summer by Gwen Bristow
The Elephant Never Forgets by Ethel Lina White
The Case of Alan Copeland by Moray Dalton
Case Without a Corpse by Leo Bruce
Serenade by James M. Cain
Poison Ivy by Peter Cheyney
The Drum by A.E.W. Mason
The D.A. Calls it Murder by Erle Stanley Gardner
Sunset House: More Perfume from Provence by Winifred Fortescue
General Posts
Wafer-Thin Recommendations
Eight Doorstoppers for 1937
A 1937 Overview
Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings 
Apr 05, 2024 @ 03:46:07
I’m taking part for the first time. The second half of this post from Feb. contains a list of 1937 books I own, and of 1937 Australians
Apr 13, 2024 @ 20:03:40
Wonderful – thank you! Always good to hear about a range of authors from around the world. Will look forward to seeing what you read!
Apr 15, 2024 @ 13:45:05
Oh, Rose in Bloom is the first book that made me cry – and I sobbed for hours about poor Charlie!
Here is my first review – The Case is Closed by Patricia Wentworth
Apr 15, 2024 @ 15:57:50
Thanks – will check it out! 😀
Apr 16, 2024 @ 01:51:41
I have reviewed PC Wren’s Worth Wile
Apr 16, 2024 @ 15:55:32
Wonderful – will check it out!
Apr 16, 2024 @ 09:56:40
My first review is of Gwynedd Rae’s Mary Plain on Holiday. I want to drag this series out of the obscurity into which it seems to have fallen:
https://sconesandchaiseslongues.blogspot.com/2024/04/for-1937-club-mary-plain-on-holiday-by.html
Apr 16, 2024 @ 15:49:51
Wonderful – sounds great!
Apr 17, 2024 @ 01:30:15
My second review, Catherine Helen Spence: An Autobiography. This a bit of a ring-in. Spence, the “Great Woman” of Australian feminism, began writing her biography in 1910 for an Adelaide (South Aust.) newspaper, but died in April that year. The biography was completed from her diaries by her friend Jeanne Young, but was not published until 1937.
Apr 17, 2024 @ 19:00:28
Thanks! Will check this out! 😀
Apr 17, 2024 @ 12:06:16
My club submission, Morley Callaghan’s roman a clef More Joy in Heaven:
Morley Callaghan’s Red Ryan Rocket
Apr 17, 2024 @ 12:21:08
Hmm, looks like the link didn’t take. I’ll try it this way.
https://brianbusby.blogspot.com/2024/04/morley-callaghans-red-ryan-rocket.htmlv
Apr 17, 2024 @ 18:54:46
Super, thanks! Will check this out!
Apr 17, 2024 @ 18:54:54
Thank you!
Apr 17, 2024 @ 15:34:10
Here is my second review. It’s of ECR Lorac’s Bats in the Belfry. I think I should give up on British Library Crime Classics!
https://sconesandchaiseslongues.blogspot.com/2024/04/for-1937club-bats-in-belfry-london.html
Apr 17, 2024 @ 18:52:21
Oh dear….
Apr 17, 2024 @ 21:59:52
I see that you have. Thanks. I have trouble accessing that site when I’m away, working, so I may be a bit slow responding.
Apr 21, 2024 @ 15:10:08
No worries!
Apr 18, 2024 @ 20:13:27
Here’s my final contribution this time – a look at a 1937 information and recipe booklet designed to sell fridges. I loved it!
https://sconesandchaiseslongues.blogspot.com/2024/04/for-1937-club-cold-cookery-by-helen.html
Apr 19, 2024 @ 11:23:35
Wonderful! Will check it out – I love old cookery books!!
Apr 21, 2024 @ 07:22:33
I underestimated how long it would take me to read the books I wanted to read for the 1937 Club and I have only just finished reading Orwell’s The Road to Wigan Pier. So my review will be too late for the Club reviews. These days it takes me much longer to write a post than it used to do and I want to do the book justice so I can’t rush it. I’ll post it later on.
I should have read it earlier and given myself more time! I did enjoy it more than I thought I would.
Apr 21, 2024 @ 11:45:06
No worries – but I’m so glad you did get some enjoyment out of the Orwell. I do tend to read a fair amount for these weeks in advance, as real life often gets in the way of reading and reviewing! Do link to your post when it’s up and I’ll add it to our list!
Apr 21, 2024 @ 11:47:09
Thanks! I’ll do that.
Apr 21, 2024 @ 11:56:44
👍
Apr 21, 2024 @ 13:51:17
My first: The Pendleton Fortune by D.C.F. Harding
Apr 21, 2024 @ 14:13:03
Super, thanks!
Apr 21, 2024 @ 21:34:34
This is a wonderful list and I appreciate all the time people took to find the books. Amazing how many authors from that era are still very popular, or at least very recognizable. I’ve read several of the books on the list, but not this week.
Best, mae at maefood.blogspot.com
Apr 22, 2024 @ 11:03:47
Thank you! There has been so much interest in 1937, it’s been a great week. And you have six months’ notice of our next club if you want to join in!
Apr 21, 2024 @ 21:53:15
Here are seven more. All mysteries.
The Elephant Never Forgets by Ethel Lina White
The Case of Alan Copeland by Moray Dalton
Case Without a Corpse by Leo Bruce
Serenade by James M. Cain
The Case is Closed by Patricia Wentworth
Poison Ivy by Peter Cheyney
The Drum by A.E.W. Mason
All reviewed together, here: https://ahotcupofpleasureagain.wordpress.com/2024/04/22/1937-club-seven-mysteries/
Thanks for hosting.
Apr 22, 2024 @ 11:02:26
Amazing! Thank you!
Apr 22, 2024 @ 18:13:55
Sorry to be starting late with my reviews. So far I’ve only managed my list of possible books. I intend to finish the rest either this evening or tomorrow. I have a couple which I think nobody else has covered, as well as one which was the most popular book of all!
Apr 23, 2024 @ 15:39:22
No worries – glad you’re getting started anyway, and it’s always to find some unique ones!
May 14, 2024 @ 13:08:39
I promised I’d add the rest of my reviews, then got felled by one of the dreaded lurgies out there. Here’s a link to my review to Sunset House by Winifred, Lady Fortescue. I don’t know if you’re thinking of adding anything at this late date, but my previous overview is also missing from your list.
May 15, 2024 @ 15:11:01
Thank you! I’ll check out your posts and update!!
May 14, 2024 @ 21:46:15
A quick weekend read, an Erle Stanley Gardner book not featuring Perry Mason, but a District Attorney in a small town outside L.A. https://marketgardenreader.wordpress.com/2024/05/14/the-d-a-calls-it-murder-by-erle-stanley-gardner-for-1937-club
May 15, 2024 @ 14:29:24
Excellent, thank you – I’ll update my links!