Decade Reading Challenge - 20th Century - hosted by caribbeangirlreading

1950s
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The Victorian Chaise-Longue by Marghanita Laski

The Victorian Chaise-Longue

Marghanita Laski

99 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

fiction classics horror dark reflective slow-paced
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart

The African Trilogy #1

Chinua Achebe

208 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
La italiana by Jean Plaidy

La italiana

Catherine de Medici #2

Jean Plaidy

404 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

fiction historical informative slow-paced
Aparição by Vergílio Ferreira

Aparição

Vergílio Ferreira

273 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

fiction classics romance reflective medium-paced
Night by Elie Wiesel

Night

The Night Trilogy #1

Elie Wiesel

193 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
La visite de la vieille dame by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

La visite de la vieille dame

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

159 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction classics play dark funny reflective fast-paced
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

No Longer Human

Osamu Dazai

177 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective sad medium-paced
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson

246 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Half Magic by Edward Eager, N.M. Bodecker

Half Magic

Tales of Magic #1

Edward Eager, N.M. Bodecker

192 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin

Notes of a Native Son

James Baldwin

179 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays race challenging reflective slow-paced