1941


Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #23)
Reflections in a Golden Eye
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells
The Crab With the Golden Claws (Tintin #9)
The Love of the Last Tycoon
The Library of Babel
The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion, #1)
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
The Colossus of Maroussi
Between the Acts
Conversations in Sicily
Hangover Square
The Wife of Martin Guerre
Make Way for Ducklings
Frenchman's Creek
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakCode Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysSalt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysRose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
YA Fiction set in the 1940s
263 books — 168 voters
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenLittle Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderCurious George by H.A. ReyThese Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Best Children's Books of the 1940s
237 books — 65 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
829 books — 1,151 voters
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Little White Horse by Elizabeth GoudgeThe Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du BoisThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryMrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
Children's Fantasy of the 1940s
38 books — 25 voters


We have no quarrel with the German nation, One would not quarrel with a flock of sheep. But, generation after generation, They throw up leaders who disturb our sleep.
Alan Herbert

Marques Rebelo
24 de fevereiro [1941] Se o Carnaval vem desaparecendo das ruas,com mais curiosos do que mascarados, e às vezes sem nenhum dos dois, vai crescendo nos salões, onde impera uma certa licenciosidade que tende a aumentar uma certa brutalidade, ou talvez melhor dito, um certo estabanamento, que antes não se registrava nos ambientes fechados – é que o zé-povinho está vindo para eles. Adonis insistiu, saímos para uma voltinha na Cinelândia, peruamos a entrada do Municipal, cujo baile de gala vem dand ...more
Marques Rebelo, A Mudança

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