Decade Reading Challenge - 20th Century - hosted by caribbeangirlreading

1950s
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The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication by Katherine M. Morsberger, John Steinbeck, Robert E. Morsberger

The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication

Katherine M. Morsberger, John Steinbeck, Robert E. Morsberger

176 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

fiction classics funny reflective fast-paced
Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945 by Michihiko Hachiya, Warner Wells, John W. Dower

Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945

Michihiko Hachiya, Warner Wells, John W. Dower

238 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
The Bad Seed by William March

The Bad Seed

William March

256 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

fiction classics horror thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz

Palace Walk

The Cairo Trilogy #1

Naguib Mahfouz

532 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging reflective slow-paced
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

112 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

fiction classics literary adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Comforters by Muriel Spark

The Comforters

Muriel Spark

149 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

fiction classics magical realism reflective slow-paced
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier

My Cousin Rachel

Daphne du Maurier

335 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

fiction classics mystery thriller dark mysterious medium-paced
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronological Order) #2

C.S. Lewis

194 pages • first pub 1950 (editions)

fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious

Peyton Place

Grace Metalious

406 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction classics fast-paced
Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith

Deep Water

Patricia Highsmith

271 pages • first pub 1957 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious reflective slow-paced