1943


The Little Prince
The Fountainhead
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Glass Bead Game
The Secret of the Unicorn (Tintin #11)
The Ministry of Fear
Madonna in a Fur Coat
She Came to Stay
Near to the Wild Heart
Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
The Two Mrs. Abbotts (Miss Buncle #3)
Love in a Fallen City
Being and Nothingness
Red Rackham's Treasure (Tintin #12)
The Human Comedy
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThese Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls WilderJohnny Tremain by Esther ForbesBedknob and Broomstick by Mary Norton
Best Books 1943
119 books — 47 voters

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisFarmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. TolkienAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryStuart Little by E.B. White
Best Fantasy of the 40s
60 books — 52 voters

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenCurious George by H.A. ReyLittle Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderBlueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Best Children's Books of the 1940s
237 books — 67 voters
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
264 books — 169 voters

Evelyn Waugh
I never can understand how two men can write a book together. To me, that’s like three people getting together to have a baby.
Evelyn Waugh

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
One of the advantages of being born in an affluent society is that if one has any intelligence at all, one will realize that having more and more won’t solve the problem, and happiness does not lie in possessions, or even relationships: The answer lies within ourselves. If we can’t find peace and happiness there, it’s not going to come from the outside.
Tenzin Palmo

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