1949


1984
Death of a Salesman
The Sheltering Sky
Confessions of a Mask
The Lottery and Other Stories
Earth Abides
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Farmer Giles of Ham
Love in a Cold Climate (Radlett & Montdore, #2)
The Skin
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
The Third Man
The Man with the Golden Arm
The Kingdom of This World
Nothing More Than Murder
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
838 books — 1,151 voters

1984 by George OrwellDeath of a Salesman by Arthur MillerThe Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley JacksonCrooked House by Agatha ChristieLove in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
Best Books 1949
103 books — 43 voters

As they left the pier and walked into the park, Chahda looked around appreciatively. "Nice place, this. Capital of New Caledonia. Big island, has 8,548 square mile, also has 53,245 peoples. Eleven thousand in Noumea. That is what says the Worrold Alm-in-ack." Rick and Scotty laughed. It was like old times to hear Chahda quoting from The World Almanac. A Bombay beggar boy, he had educated himself with only the Almanac for his textbook, and he had laboriously memorized everything in it. ...more
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