Decade Reading Challenge - 20th Century - hosted by caribbeangirlreading

1950s
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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
Half Magic by N.M. Bodecker, Edward Eager

Half Magic

Tales of Magic #1

N.M. Bodecker, Edward Eager

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
When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative inspiring medium-paced
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

Till We Have Faces

C.S. Lewis

313 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

277 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg

Howl and Other Poems

Allen Ginsberg

44 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

fiction classics poetry reflective slow-paced
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