Avis Black's votes on the list Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1940s

Listopia > Avis Black's votes on the list Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1940s (45 Books)

1	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 4.30 avg rating — 511,184 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Hiroshima by John Hersey 4.05 avg rating — 89,194 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941 by William L. Shirer 4.34 avg rating — 6,464 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Plague and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #2) by Betty MacDonald 4.20 avg rating — 2,405 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Memories of a Catholic Girlhood by Mary McCarthy 3.72 avg rating — 2,016 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Spitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of the Battle of Britain by David M. Crook 4.13 avg rating — 1,653 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Up Front by Bill Mauldin 4.44 avg rating — 1,572 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Fifth Chinese Daughter by Jade Snow Wong 3.89 avg rating — 1,348 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Time of the Assassins: A Study of Rimbaud by Henry Miller 3.91 avg rating — 1,298 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Mask of Sanity by Hervey M. Cleckley 3.99 avg rating — 1,062 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Coral Comes High: U.S. Marines and the Fight for Peleliu by George P. Hunt 4.18 avg rating — 621 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Son by William Alexander Percy 3.98 avg rating — 534 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Lee's Lieutenants: A Study In Command (Volume I: Manassas to Malvern Hill) by Douglas Southall Freeman 4.40 avg rating — 476 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Clementine in the Kitchen: Modern Library Foods by Samuel V. Chamberlain 4.06 avg rating — 468 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	50 Secrets of Magic Craftsmanship by Salvador Dalí 4.20 avg rating — 319 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Unprejudiced Palate: Classic Thoughts on Food and the Good Life by Angelo M. Pellegrini 4.02 avg rating — 202 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	I Rode With Stonewall: Being Chiefly The War Experiences of the Youngest Member of Jackson's Staff from John Brown's Raid to the Hanging of Mrs. Surratt by Henry Kyd Douglas 4.29 avg rating — 191 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Dickens, Dali And Others: (Authorized Orwell Edition): A Mariner Books Classic by George Orwell 3.83 avg rating — 181 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Newspaper Days, 1899-1906 : Volume 2 of Mencken's Autobiography by H.L. Mencken 4.20 avg rating — 129 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Happy Days: 1880-1892 by H.L. Mencken 4.17 avg rating — 121 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Reilly of the White House: Behind the Scenes with FDR by Michael F. Reilly 4.27 avg rating — 106 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Proper Bostonians by Cleveland Amory 3.94 avg rating — 85 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Ordeal of the Union, Vol 1: Fruits of Manifest Destiny 1847-52 by Allan Nevins 4.34 avg rating — 70 ratings Avis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	On The Tip of My Tongue by Iles Brody 4.86 avg rating — 56 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Left Hand, Right Hand! by Osbert Sitwell 3.81 avg rating — 42 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	A Distant Prospect by Lord Berners 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Memories of Old Montana by Con Price 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Climax in Crete by Theodore Stephanides 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Trails I Rode by Con Price 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	A Tenderfoot Kid on Gyp Water by Carl Peters Benedict really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Wildwood Wisdom by Ellsworth Jaeger 4.28 avg rating — 317 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Gastronomical Me by M.F.K. Fisher 4.17 avg rating — 4,246 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	How to Be an Alien: A Handbook for Beginners and Advanced Pupils by George Mikes 3.84 avg rating — 1,658 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Long Week-End: A Social History of Great Britain, 1918-39 by Robert Graves 3.90 avg rating — 303 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Great Morning: An Autobiography by Osbert Sitwell 4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Ordeal of the Union, Vol 4: Prologue to Civil War, 1859-61 by Allan Nevins 4.57 avg rating — 23 ratings Avis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Ordeal of the Union, Vol 3: Douglas, Buchanan & Party Chaos, 1857-59 by Allan Nevins 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings Avis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Ordeal of the Union, Vol 2: A House Dividing, 1852-57 by Allan Nevins 4.45 avg rating — 64 ratings Avis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Conquering Family (The Plantagenets, #1) by Thomas B. Costain 4.11 avg rating — 1,528 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Magnificent Century (The Plantagenets, #2) by Thomas B. Costain 4.15 avg rating — 1,020 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald 3.88 avg rating — 10,265 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command, Volume 2: Cedar Mountain to Chancellorsville by Douglas Southall Freeman 4.48 avg rating — 225 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Lee's Lieutenants: A Study In Command, Volume III: Gettysburg to Appomattox by Douglas Southall Freeman 4.54 avg rating — 215 ratings Avis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí by Salvador Dalí 4.06 avg rating — 3,293 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Mein Rant: A Summary in Light Verse of Mein Kampf by R.F. Patterson 3.81 avg rating — 37 ratings Avis rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars