1940s


Animal Farm
1984
The Stranger
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Little Prince
The Plague
The Book Thief
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Death of a Salesman
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
For Whom the Bell Tolls
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Pearl
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix PotterMake Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyBlueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Picture Books of the 1940s and Before
293 books — 42 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisGood Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle MagorianThe War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyCarrie's War by Nina BawdenThe Sky Is Falling by Kit Pearson
War Guests in Children's Literature
96 books — 43 voters

A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreIron Curtain by Anne ApplebaumThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonThe Billion Dollar Spy by David E. HoffmanThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
The Cold War (nonfiction)
369 books — 111 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellNative Son by Richard WrightDeath of a Salesman by Arthur MillerA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
A Century of Reading: 1940s
62 books — 11 voters


Tara Moss
Billie was hoping to get these two alive but was feeling rapidly less stuck on the idea.
Tara Moss, The War Widow

Tara Moss
And as for returning to work as a reporter—something she’d given considerable thought to before taking over her father’s inquiry agency—the Sydney newspapers had dismissed most of their women reporters home once the men started to return from the war, or else confined them to the social pages, or covering the Easter Show, which was a bit too steep a downgrade for Billie after she’d chased Nazi activity across Europe, built a good portfolio of published articles, and worked alongside the likes of ...more
Tara Moss, The War Widow

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