Decade Reading Challenge - 20th Century - hosted by caribbeangirlreading

1940s
All books added
Five Run Away Together by Enid Blyton

Five Run Away Together

The Famous Five #3

Enid Blyton

264 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

fiction childrens mystery adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Five Go Adventuring Again by Enid Blyton

Five Go Adventuring Again

The Famous Five #2

Enid Blyton

246 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

fiction childrens mystery adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton

Five on a Treasure Island

The Famous Five #1

Enid Blyton

256 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

fiction childrens mystery adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
The Reckoning by John Grisham

The Reckoning

John Grisham

432 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical mystery thriller mysterious slow-paced
Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie

Sparkling Cyanide

Colonel Race #4

Agatha Christie

336 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

493 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Black Boy by Richard Wright

Black Boy

Richard Wright

419 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

I Capture the Castle

Dodie Smith

408 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction classics romance young adult emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced
El reino de este mundo by Alejo Carpentier

El reino de este mundo

Alejo Carpentier

160 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction historical magical realism hopeful informative reflective slow-paced
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers

The Member of the Wedding

Carson McCullers

153 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced