On January 1st, 2026, many published works will be entering the US public domain. Those would be all the works first published in 1930. This is an attempt to accumulate a body of likely-popular works so we can have people immediately working on things that interest them, on New Year's Day.
Non-fiction
editNovels
edit- Emil and the Detectives, by Emil Erich Kästner (1899-1974), translated by May Massee
- Giant's Bread, by Agatha Christie under the pen-name of Mary Westmacott
- Last and First Men, by William Olaf Stapledon
- The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett
- Swallows and Amazons, by Author:Arthur Ransome. The first edition without illustrations only. The first edition with illustrations is 1931.(UK: Died 1967)
- The Tale of the Two Lovers, by Æneas Sylvius Piccolomini (Pius II.) translated by Flora Lucy Margaret Grierson (1899–1966)(external scan)
- The Master of Hestviken by Sigrid Undset, translated by Arthur G. Chater
Short stories
edit- "The Hills of the Dead" by Robert E. Howard
- The (unverified) text of this work is available in the deleted revisions of the page The Hills of the Dead and its subpages. Request undeletion at WS:PD or ask any admin to do it if a scan has not become available in the interim.
- "The Moon of Skulls" by Robert E. Howard
- The (unverified) text of this work is available in the deleted revisions of the page The Moon of Skulls and its subpages. Request undeletion at WS:PD or ask any admin to do it if a scan has not become available in the interim.
- "Kings of the Night" by Robert E. Howard
- The (unverified) text of this work is available in the deleted revisions of the page Kings of the Night and its subpages. Request undeletion at WS:PD or ask any admin to do it if a scan has not become available in the interim.
- "The End of the Story" by Clark Ashton Smith
- The (unverified) text of this work is available in the deleted revisions of the page The End of the Story. Request undeletion at WS:PD or ask any admin to do it if a scan has not become available in the interim.
- "The Last Incantation" by Clark Ashton Smith
- The (unverified) text of this work is available in the deleted revisions of the page The Last Incantation. Request undeletion at WS:PD or ask any admin to do it if a scan has not become available in the interim.
- "Sadastor" by Clark Ashton Smith
- "The Phantoms of the Fire" by Clark Ashton Smith
- The (unverified) text of this work is available in the deleted revisions of the page The Phantoms of the Fire. Request undeletion at WS:PD or ask any admin to do it if a scan has not become available in the interim.
- "The Uncharted Isle" by Clark Ashton Smith
- The (unverified) text of this work is available in the deleted revisions of the page The Uncharted Isle. Request undeletion at WS:PD or ask any admin to do it if a scan has not become available in the interim.
- "Recapture" by H. P. Lovecraft
- Tales of Grotesque and Curious trans. Glenn W. Shaw (translations of Tobacco and the devil.--The nose.--The handkerchief.--Rashōmon.--Lice.--The spider's thread.--The wine worm.--The badger.--The ball.--The pipe.--Mōri Sensei.)
Poetry
edit- "A Song Out of Midian" by Robert E. Howard
- The (unverified) text of this work is available in the deleted revisions of the page A Song Out of Midian. Request undeletion at WS:PD or ask any admin to do it if a scan has not become available in the interim.
- "Black Chant Imperial" by Robert E. Howard
- The (unverified) text of this work is available in the deleted revisions of the page Black Chant Imperial. Request undeletion at WS:PD or ask any admin to do it if a scan has not become available in the interim.
Drama
edit- Cranach Press Hamlet, illustrated by Edward Gordon Craig (external scan)
- Death Takes a Holiday translated and rewritten by Walter Ferris, based on the Italian La morte in vacanza by Alberto Casella (external scan)
- The Green Pastures by Marcus Connelly [Pulitzer]
- Rope's End by Anthony Walter Patrick Hamilton (external scan) This play served as the basis for the Hitchcock film Rope.
- Siegfried by Jean Giraudoux, English transl. by Philip Carr (external scan) (orig. French 1928)