20th Century Reading Challenge - hosted by danadoesbooks

1940
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The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
The Ox-Bow Incident
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Walter Van Tilburg Clark

The Ox-Bow Incident

Walter Van Tilburg Clark

224 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging reflective slow-paced
Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler

Farewell, My Lovely

Philip Marlowe #2

Raymond Chandler

305 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

fiction mystery mysterious reflective medium-paced
Kallocain by Karin Boye

Kallocain

Karin Boye

192 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian science fiction dark reflective slow-paced
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Long Winter

Little House #6

Laura Ingalls Wilder

7 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 1940 (editions)

fiction childrens classics adventurous medium-paced
The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer

The Corinthian

Georgette Heyer

233 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

fiction historical romance lighthearted slow-paced
Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss

Horton Hatches the Egg

Horton the Elephant

Dr. Seuss

64 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

fiction childrens lighthearted slow-paced
The Man Who Loved Children by Randall Jarrell, Christina Stead

The Man Who Loved Children

Randall Jarrell, Christina Stead

527 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Carson McCullers

359 pages • first pub 1940 (editions)

fiction classics literary emotional sad medium-paced
Uiteengescheurd by Miklós Bánffy

Uiteengescheurd

Miklós Bánffy

336 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction classics historical
The Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot

The Waste Land and Other Poems

T.S. Eliot

88 pages • first pub 1934 (editions)

nonfiction classics poetry reflective slow-paced