1950 Books

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,100,560 ratings — published 1950
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The Martian Chronicles The Martian Chronicles (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.16 — 282,593 ratings — published 1950
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I, Robot (Robot, #0.1) I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
by (shelved 13 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.21 — 374,415 ratings — published 1950
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Strangers on a Train Strangers on a Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.72 — 37,609 ratings — published 1950
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A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4) A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)
by (shelved 8 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.01 — 84,102 ratings — published 1950
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A Town Like Alice A Town Like Alice (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.16 — 61,366 ratings — published 1950
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,842,719 ratings — published 1951
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Barabbas Barabbas (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.87 — 6,161 ratings — published 1946
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The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.81 — 379,023 ratings — published 1959
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Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,770,594 ratings — published 1953
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The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1) The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.88 — 10,726 ratings — published 1950
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,286,712 ratings — published 1952
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The Story of Art The Story of Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.97 — 456,108 ratings — published 1950
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The 13 Clocks The 13 Clocks (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.99 — 8,500 ratings — published 1950
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.87 — 931,579 ratings — published 1955
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Land of Black Gold (Tintin #15) Land of Black Gold (Tintin #15)
by (shelved 5 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.03 — 12,377 ratings — published 1950
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El camino El camino (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.11 — 13,182 ratings — published 1950
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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.05 — 6,489 ratings — published 1959
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.74 — 407,445 ratings — published 1958
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The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.95 — 113,741 ratings — published 1955
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The Grand Sophy The Grand Sophy (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.17 — 35,982 ratings — published 1950
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Moominpappa's Memoirs (The Moomins, #4) Moominpappa's Memoirs (The Moomins, #4)
by (shelved 4 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.16 — 10,459 ratings — published 1950
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The Grass Is Singing The Grass Is Singing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.83 — 14,965 ratings — published 1950
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Future Shock Future Shock (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.82 — 5,217 ratings — published 1970
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La vida breve La vida breve (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.78 — 1,166 ratings — published 1950
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Helena (Loyola Classics) Helena (Loyola Classics)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.63 — 1,928 ratings — published 1950
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Go Tell It on the Mountain Go Tell It on the Mountain (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.05 — 79,942 ratings — published 1953
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Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2) Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.98 — 477,961 ratings — published 1951
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Across the River and into the Trees Across the River and into the Trees (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.29 — 11,601 ratings — published 1950
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Waiting for Godot Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.84 — 219,464 ratings — published 1951
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Animal Farm / 1984 Animal Farm / 1984 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.30 — 213,530 ratings — published 1949
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The Mike Hammer Collection, Volume 1: I,the Jury / My Gun is Quick / Vengeance is Mine! The Mike Hammer Collection, Volume 1: I,the Jury / My Gun is Quick / Vengeance is Mine! (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,222 ratings — published 1950
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Our Spoons Came from Woolworths Our Spoons Came from Woolworths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.87 — 4,435 ratings — published 1950
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If I Ran the Zoo If I Ran the Zoo (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.83 — 11,309 ratings — published 1950
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The Price of Salt The Price of Salt (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.02 — 82,546 ratings — published 1952
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Doctor Zhivago Doctor Zhivago (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.01 — 101,993 ratings — published 1957
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The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer, #2) The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.93 — 7,486 ratings — published 1950
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.85 — 249,480 ratings — published 1958
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Moominsummer Madness (The Moomins, #5) Moominsummer Madness (The Moomins, #5)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.29 — 13,975 ratings — published 1954
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Moominland Midwinter (The Moomins, #6) Moominland Midwinter (The Moomins, #6)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.40 — 16,859 ratings — published 1957
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The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,103,062 ratings — published 1954
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Pebble in the Sky (Galactic Empire, #3) Pebble in the Sky (Galactic Empire, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.90 — 27,019 ratings — published 1950
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Farmer in the Sky Farmer in the Sky (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.78 — 10,184 ratings — published 1950
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,332,294 ratings — published 1949
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,095,457 ratings — published 1954
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American Housewife American Housewife (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.60 — 9,960 ratings — published 2025
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Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as 1950)
avg rating 2.74 — 3,973 ratings — published 1982
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The Briar Club The Briar Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.29 — 219,108 ratings — published 2024
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The Noh Mask Murder The Noh Mask Murder (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as 1950)
avg rating 3.76 — 1,334 ratings — published 1950
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The Silver Spoon The Silver Spoon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as 1950)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,220 ratings — published 1950
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“Science may appear to have no connection with political freedom…. Scientists are too busy with positive measures, such as productive research and the dissemination of the results of the search for truth, to take time out to refute every crackpot notion that gets into print…. If the democratic process were applied ideally, and if enough people were to accept the claims in the article as truth, then publicly supported schools and universities could be depopulated of competent faculties, whose places could be taken by quacks and political appointees. Granted that the chance of this is very small, nevertheless the imagined situation has a modern precedent. Something very similar did happen (on purely political grounds) in a European country during several years preceding the second world war. It has happened in other countries since the end of that war.”
Dean B. McLaughlin, The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe

A.J. Arberry
Mujāhada, a collateral form of jihād (the so-called "holy war"), taken [by Sufis] to mean "earnest striving after the mystical life." The term is based on the Koranic text, "And they that strive earnestly in Our cause, them We surely guide upon Our paths." A Tradition makes the Prophet rank the "greater warfare" (al jihad al-akbar) above the "lesser warfare" (al jihad al-asghar, i.e., the war against infidelity), and explain the "greater warfare" as meaning "earnest striving with the carnal soul" (mujāhadat al-nafs).”
A.J. Arberry, Sufism: An Account of the Mystics of Islam

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