1943


The Little Prince
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Fountainhead
The Glass Bead Game
The Secret of the Unicorn (Tintin #11)
The Ministry of Fear
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
Bound for Glory
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
819 books — 1,144 voters

1984 by George OrwellSpace Cadet by Robert A. HeinleinOrphans of the Sky by Robert A. HeinleinEarth Abides by George R. StewartAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Classic Science Fiction - 1940-1949
91 books — 121 voters
Practically Seventeen by Rosamond du JardinDreams of Glory by Janet LambertFriday's Child by Janet LambertStar Spangled Summer by Janet LambertBeany Malone by Lenora Mattingly Weber
Teen Romance of the 1940s
16 books — 5 voters

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
118 books — 46 voters

Markus Zusak
It's lucky I was there. Then again, who am I kidding? I'm in most places at least once, and in 1943, I was just about everywhere. ...more
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

Aleister Crowley
It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of performing these small ceremonies regularly, and being as nearly accurate as possible with regard to the times. You must not mind stopping in the middle of a crowded thoroughfare—lorries or no lorries—and saying the Adorations; and you must not mind snubbing your guest—or your host—if he or she should prove ignorant of his or her share of the dialogue. It is perhaps because these matters are so petty and trivial in appearance that they afford so e ...more
Aleister Crowley, Magick Without Tears

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