Decade Reading Challenge - 20th Century - hosted by caribbeangirlreading

1940s
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El túnel by Ernesto Sabato

El túnel

Ernesto Sabato

165 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction classics dark reflective slow-paced
Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

Snow Country

Yasunari Kawabata

175 pages • first pub 1948 (editions) user-added

fiction classics literary romance reflective sad slow-paced
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

City of Girls

Elizabeth Gilbert

470 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger

Albert Camus

144 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced
The Children of Noisy Village by Ilon Wikland, Astrid Lindgren, Florence Lamborn

The Children of Noisy Village

The Children of Noisy Village #1

Ilon Wikland, Astrid Lindgren, Florence Lamborn

128 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

fiction childrens classics lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
The Moomins and the Great Flood by Tove Jansson

The Moomins and the Great Flood

Mumintrollen #1

Tove Jansson

60 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Sleet by Stig Dagerman

Sleet

Stig Dagerman

27 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective medium-paced
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie

Evil Under the Sun

Hercule Poirot #23

Agatha Christie

255 pages • first pub 1941 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery dark mysterious fast-paced
De avonden by Gerard Reve

De avonden

Gerard Reve

191 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

fiction classics dark reflective medium-paced
Graveyard Clay: Cré na Cille by Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Liam Mac Con Iomaire, Tim Robinson

Graveyard Clay: Cré na Cille

Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Liam Mac Con Iomaire, Tim Robinson

326 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction classics dark funny slow-paced