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1940s

Members: 22 participating members (show all)

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1
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
46,916 members, 705 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: sturlington (1), starbox (1), MarcioNemec (1), ahef1963 (1), aulsmith (1), Bretzky1 (1), norabelle414 (1), eromsted (7), kara.shamy (9), edwinbcn (14), hipdeep (15) — 5 more, souloftherose (19), roby72 (29), thecoroner (35), fundevogel, Myyst

Score: 47.13

2
1984
by George Orwell
65,933 members, 1,061 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: Laura1124 (1), edwinbcn (1), norabelle414 (1), starbox (2), ahef1963 (2), aulsmith (2), Bretzky1 (2), sturlington (3), eromsted (3), hipdeep (17), souloftherose (20) — 3 more, roby72 (25), thecoroner (36), Myyst

Score: 40.76

3
The Stranger
by Albert Camus
29,103 members, 389 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: eromsted (1), norabelle414 (1), Laura1124 (2), kara.shamy (2), starbox (3), roby72 (3), ahef1963 (3), aulsmith (3), raperper (4), thecoroner (17), fundevogel — 1 more, Myyst

Score: 36.66

4
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
7,798 members, 160 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (1), souloftherose (1), inge87 (3), Laura1124 (4), kara.shamy (5), edwinbcn (9), ahef1963 (21)

Score: 20.72

5
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
33,570 members, 615 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: norabelle414 (1), starbox (4), ahef1963 (4), sturlington (5), roby72 (9), thecoroner (21), cej1027

Score: 19.34

6
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
22,722 members, 433 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: souloftherose (2), Laura1124 (3), starbox (7), roby72 (12), ahef1963 (13), thecoroner (18), cej1027

Score: 17.89

7
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway
15,327 members, 150 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: edwinbcn (3), Bretzky1 (3), Laura1124 (5), ahef1963 (11), thecoroner (25), roby72 (30), Myyst

Score: 16.39

8
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
9,075 members, 205 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: sturlington (7), Laura1124 (8), starbox (8), ahef1963 (10), edwinbcn (17), thecoroner (27), roby72 (36), fundevogel

Thumbs down: Bretzky1

Score: 15.86

9
Fictions
by Jorge Luis Borges
5,932 members, 87 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), eromsted (2), thecoroner (3), roby72 (4), Myyst

Score: 15.17

10
Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
10,418 members, 218 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: starbox (5), edwinbcn (5), sturlington (6), Laura1124 (6), ahef1963 (8), thecoroner (15), roby72 (15)

Thumbs down: merrystar

Score: 14.91

11
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
9,697 members, 99 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (4), ahef1963 (7), thecoroner (13), roby72 (18), fundevogel, Myyst

Score: 14.32

12
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
13,334 members, 374 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: edwinbcn (4), starbox (6), ahef1963 (6), Laura1124 (7), eromsted (12), thecoroner (37)

Score: 14.17

13
Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown
13,482 members, 625 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: merrystar (5), sturlington (8), Laura1124 (16), ahef1963 (17), hipdeep (19), cej1027

Score: 13.77

14
Stuart Little
by E. B. White
10,485 members, 110 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: sturlington (9), merrystar (10), Laura1124 (12), eromsted (14), ahef1963 (19), cej1027

Score: 13.52

15
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
7,859 members, 265 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: merrystar (2), souloftherose (5), starbox (10), edwinbcn (12), ahef1963 (23)

Score: 12.26

16
Native Son
by Richard Wright
6,381 members, 75 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: eromsted (4), kara.shamy (6), Laura1124 (9), starbox (9), edwinbcn (11)

Score: 12.2

17
The Screwtape Letters
by C. S. Lewis
6,541 members, 61 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: souloftherose (4), hipdeep (12), starbox (12), ahef1963 (22), cej1027

Score: 11.8

18
The Once and Future King
by T. H. White
12,469 members, 160 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (5), aulsmith (5), eromsted (10), hipdeep (13), Laura1124 (14)

Score: 11.77

19
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
7,293 members, 142 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3), Laura1124 (10), ahef1963 (24), roby72 (35), cej1027

Score: 11.57

20
Cannery Row
by John Steinbeck
8,224 members, 168 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (3), eromsted (6), edwinbcn (7), ahef1963 (14), Laura1124 (19)

Thumbs down: starbox

Score: 10.04

21
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
13,075 members, 162 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), Laura1124 (13), starbox (15), thecoroner (26)

Score: 9.91

22
Blueberries for Sal
by Robert McCloskey
5,651 members, 126 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: merrystar (4), ahef1963 (12), hipdeep (16), cej1027

Score: 9.81

23
Dangling Man
by Saul Bellow
838 members, 9 reviews
3.36 stars (3.36 stars)

Lists: edwinbcn (6), Laura1124 (11), eromsted (11), roby72 (22)

Score: 8.8

24
The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
5,429 members, 55 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (5), edwinbcn (15), ahef1963 (15), Myyst

Score: 8.68

25
Other Voices, Other Rooms
by Truman Capote
2,175 members, 40 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: sturlington (10), starbox (11), thecoroner (16), roby72 (24)

Score: 8.25

26
Curious George
by H. A. Rey
4,516 members, 75 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: merrystar (9), hipdeep (18), Laura1124 (20), ahef1963 (20)

Score: 8.03

27
The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvoir
1,648 members, 11 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (3), roby72 (6), thecoroner (9)

Score: 7.91

28
Under the Volcano
by Malcolm Lowry
3,590 members, 69 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: roby72 (2), thecoroner (7), Laura1124 (17)

Score: 7.79

29
The Plague
by Albert Camus
14,925 members, 186 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (4), roby72 (8), eromsted (8)

Score: 7.59

30
The Naked and the Dead
by Norman Mailer
3,506 members, 37 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: roby72 (5), eromsted (5), thecoroner (11)

Score: 7.55

31
The Thurber Carnival
by James Thurber
2,200 members, 27 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: edwinbcn (10), hipdeep (11), fundevogel

Score: 7.49

32
The Power and the Glory
by Graham Greene
6,371 members, 93 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: Laura1124 (18), roby72 (19), thecoroner (24), ahef1963 (26)

Score: 7.44

33
No Exit
by Jean-Paul Sartre
761 members, 11 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (4), ahef1963 (18), Myyst

Score: 6.71

35
The Bridge on the Drina
by Ivo Andrić
1,850 members, 48 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (8), starbox (13), roby72 (13)

Score: 6.59

36
A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams
6,431 members, 76 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (4), ahef1963 (27), Myyst

Score: 6.53

37
Go Down, Moses
by William Faulkner
2,792 members, 28 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (8), edwinbcn (13), Laura1124 (15)

Score: 6.52

38
The Makioka Sisters
by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
1,687 members, 34 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (10), starbox (14), roby72 (17)

Score: 6.29

40
The Death of Virgil
by Hermann Broch
954 members, 10 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (1), roby72 (20)

Score: 5.89

41
The Razor's Edge
by W. Somerset Maugham
5,188 members, 100 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (10), ahef1963 (25), roby72 (37)

Score: 5.66

42
Finn Family Moomintroll
by Tove Jansson
2,037 members, 44 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: souloftherose (3), merrystar (6)

Score: 5.6

43
The Wayward Bus
by John Steinbeck
1,724 members, 34 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: edwinbcn (2), eromsted (13)

Score: 5.47

44
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
by H. P. Lovecraft
1,350 members, 24 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: raperper (3), ahef1963 (9)

Score: 5.35

45
Christ Stopped at Eboli
by Carlo Levi
1,547 members, 33 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (6), roby72 (7)

Score: 5.02

46
The Little White Horse
by Elizabeth Goudge
1,913 members, 42 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: merrystar (7), souloftherose (10)

Score: 4.71

47
Conversations in Sicily
by Elio Vittorini
540 members, 6 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: roby72 (10), thecoroner (12)

Score: 4.4

48
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft
by Thor Heyerdahl
3,177 members, 38 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: edwinbcn (8), ahef1963 (16)

Score: 4.38

49
The Pursuit of Love
by Nancy Mitford
1,479 members, 53 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: merrystar (8), starbox (18)

Score: 4.32

50
The Tartar Steppe
by Dino Buzzati
1,858 members, 44 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: roby72 (11), thecoroner (14)

Score: 4.26

51
Galileo
by Bertolt Brecht
2,179 members, 17 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (10), Myyst

Score: 4.19

52
Delta Wedding
by Eudora Welty
825 members, 20 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: inge87 (11), Laura1124 (21)

Score: 4.07

53
The Aleph
by Jorge Luis Borges
1,885 members, 45 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: raperper (1)

Score: 4

54
Alicia
by Alicia Appleman-Jurman
520 members, 10 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1)

Score: 4

55
One Fine Day
by Mollie Panter-Downes
298 members, 13 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: inge87 (1)

Score: 4

56
Confessions of a Mask
by Yukio Mishima
1,965 members, 35 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: roby72 (14), thecoroner (20)

Score: 3.96

57
The President
by Miguel Ángel Asturias
726 members, 14 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: roby72 (16), thecoroner (23)

Score: 3.83

58
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky
8,740 members, 323 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: starbox (19), Laura1124 (22)

Score: 3.76

59
Beautiful Antonio
by Vitaliano Brancati
174 members, 3 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (19), roby72 (28)

Score: 3.66

60
Agostino
by Alberto Moravia
366 members, 11 reviews
3.35 stars (3.35 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (22), roby72 (32)

Score: 3.53

61
Men and Not Men
by Elio Vittorini
304 members, 6 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: roby72 (23), thecoroner (34)

Score: 3.48

62
House of Liars
by Elsa Morante
157 members, 4 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: roby72 (26), thecoroner (31)

Score: 3.47

63
Lettere di una novizia
by Guido Piovene
26 members, 1 review
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: roby72 (27), thecoroner (32)

Score: 3.44

64
The Invention of Morel
by Adolfo Bioy Casares
1,883 members, 52 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (29), roby72 (31)

Score: 3.42

65
Don Giovanni in Sicilia
by Vitaliano Brancati
182 members, 4 reviews
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (28), roby72 (33)

Score: 3.41

66
Earth Abides
by George R. Stewart
3,052 members, 99 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: sturlington (2)

Score: 3.36

67
Four Quartets
by T. S. Eliot
2,655 members, 37 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (2)

Score: 3.36

68
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
by H. P. Lovecraft
1,148 members, 12 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: raperper (2)

Score: 3.36

70
A Time to Kill
by Ennio Flaiano
179 members, 4 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (33), roby72 (34)

Score: 3.33

71
The White Deer
by James Thurber
280 members, 1 review
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: fundevogel

Score: 3.04

73
Montana 1948: A Novel
by Larry Watson
1,344 members, 64 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: dara85 (4)

Score: 2.83

74
The Parasites
by Daphne Du Maurier
601 members, 16 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: sturlington (4)

Score: 2.83

75
Mine Boy
by Peter Abrahams
154 members, 4 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (4)

Score: 2.83

76
Der Tod von Reval
by Werner Bergengruen
34 members, 2 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: inge87 (4)

Score: 2.83

77
The Abolition of Man
by C. S. Lewis
4,826 members, 46 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: raperper (5)

Score: 2.68

78
The Lark in the Morn
by Elfrida Vipont
94 members, 3 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: inge87 (5)

Score: 2.68

79
Hiroshima
by John Hersey
1,824 members, 28 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (6)

Score: 2.56

80
Gigi
by Colette
291 members, 4 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: inge87 (6)

Score: 2.56

81
The Crack-Up
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
791 members, 6 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (7)

Score: 2.46

82
A View of the Harbour
by Elizabeth Taylor
444 members, 29 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: souloftherose (7)

Score: 2.46

83
The Stone of Chastity
by Margery Sharp
39 members, 5 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: inge87 (7)

Score: 2.46

84
Hughie
by Eugene O'Neill
34 members, 0 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (7)

Score: 2.46

85
The Iceman Cometh
by Eugene O'Neill
1,150 members, 8 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (8)

Score: 2.38

86
At Mrs Lippincote's
by Elizabeth Taylor
337 members, 20 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: souloftherose (8)

Score: 2.38

87
Dayspring: A Novel
by Harry Sylvester
30 members, 1 review
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: inge87 (8)

Score: 2.38

88
Long Day's Journey into Night
by Eugene O'Neill
2,939 members, 31 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (9)

Score: 2.31

89
Palladian
by Elizabeth Taylor
252 members, 11 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: souloftherose (9)

Score: 2.31

90
Fortress Besieged
by Qian Zhongshu
185 members, 3 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: eromsted (9)

Score: 2.31

91
The Oaken Heart
by Margery Allingham
55 members, 1 review
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: inge87 (9)

Score: 2.31

92
The Reluctant Widow
by Georgette Heyer
1,383 members, 55 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: inge87 (10)

Score: 2.25

93
Millions Like Us: Women's Lives in the Second World War
by Virginia Nicholson
104 members, 0 reviews
3.42 stars (3.42 stars)

Lists: souloftherose (11)

Score: 2.2

94
The Song of Bernadette
by Franz Werfel
590 members, 6 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: inge87 (12)

Score: 2.15

95
Our Hidden Lives: The Remarkable Diaries of Postwar Britain
by Simon Garfield
270 members, 4 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: souloftherose (12)

Score: 2.15

96
The Seven Storey Mountain
by Thomas Merton
3,698 members, 45 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: inge87 (13)

Score: 2.11

98
Prayers from the Ark
by Carmen Bernos de Gasztold
257 members, 4 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (14)

Score: 2.07

99
A Fine of Two Hundred Francs
by Elsa Triolet
113 members, 2 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: inge87 (14)

Score: 2.07

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