1948


I Am Ozzy
No Longer Human
The Naked and the Dead
I Capture the Castle
The Heart of the Matter
The Lottery
El túnel
The Loved One
1984
Other Voices, Other Rooms
My Father's Dragon (My Father's Dragon, #1)
Snow Country
Nothing But the Night
Dirty Snow
The City and the Pillar
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
824 books — 1,149 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
39 books — 26 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
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

The attempt to portray Palestinians, and Arabs in general, as Nazis was a deliberate public relations ploy to ensure that, three years after the Holocaust, Jewish soldiers would not lose heart when ordered to cleanse, kill and destroy other human beings.
I. Pappe

Henry Calvert Simons
… the state should face the necessity of actually taking over, owning, and managing directly [all] industries in which it is impossible to maintain effectively competitive conditions.
Henry C. Simons, Economic Policy for a Free Society

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