Books published in 1913

I had an idea that a list of books first published in 1913 might illustrate something about the impending catastrophe that was about to engulf the world - but it was not the case.

it did not take me long to find a list of books:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/popular_by_date/1913/

Although I have read other stories by some of the authors, ie Conan Doyle, and have heard of others, ie Marcel Proust and Edith Wharton, the only book I've actually read is Sons and Lovers. 

I'm not sure if this proves anything, as these are books that have lasted rather than were popular at the time.  However the same website produces similar lists for subsequent years and it is interesting to see which writers across Europe were contemporaries: Kafka, Proust and Joyce.