Decade Reading Challenge - 20th Century - hosted by caribbeangirlreading

1940s
All books added
An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley

An Inspector Calls

J.B. Priestley

81 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

fiction classics play mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

304 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

Cannery Row

Cannery Row #1

John Steinbeck

181 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective sad slow-paced
N ou M ? by Agatha Christie
N ou M ?
—
Agatha Christie

N ou M ?

Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries #3

Agatha Christie

222 pages • first pub 1941 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
El corazón es un cazador solitario by Carson McCullers, Rosa María Bassols Camarasa

El corazón es un cazador solitario

Carson McCullers, Rosa María Bassols Camarasa

384 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Why I Write by George Orwell

Why I Write

George Orwell

119 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

nonfiction essays politics challenging reflective slow-paced
Great Northern? by Arthur Ransome
Great Northern?
—
Arthur Ransome

Great Northern?

Swallows and Amazons #12

Arthur Ransome

528 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

fiction childrens young adult adventurous fast-paced
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert Camus

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Albert Camus

212 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh

Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

Evelyn Waugh

402 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman

The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World

Sarah Weinman

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative sad medium-paced