Decade Reading Challenge - 20th Century - hosted by caribbeangirlreading

1940s
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The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

The Lottery and Other Stories

Shirley Jackson

302 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

The Second Sex

Le deuxième sexe #1-2

Simone de Beauvoir

746 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

nonfiction classics feminism philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

240 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
L'Eléphant du vizir by Ivo Andrić

L'Eléphant du vizir

Ivo Andrić

298 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

fiction classics short stories emotional reflective slow-paced
Animal Farm by George Orwell

Animal Farm

George Orwell

90 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective fast-paced
The Plague by Albert Camus

The Plague

Albert Camus

308 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective slow-paced
The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh

The Loved One

Evelyn Waugh

147 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction classics dark funny medium-paced
Olivia by Dorothy Bussy, Dorothy Strachey

Olivia

Dorothy Bussy, Dorothy Strachey

135 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced
Fegefeuer by Sofi Oksanen

Fegefeuer

Kvartetti #2

Sofi Oksanen

395 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional tense slow-paced
Eine Frau in Berlin by Marta Hillers

Eine Frau in Berlin

Marta Hillers

282 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced