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Penguin Recommends: 20 Books That Shaped the 1940s

"Following on from the depression-era doldrums of the 1930s, we move on to the 1940s, a decade shaped by Total War... and an abundance of unforgettable literature."
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Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
1
Richard Wright
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
2
Ernest Hemingway
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
3
Betty Smith
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
4
Ayn Rand
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
5
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Pursuit of Love (Nancy Mitford)
The Pursuit of Love
6
Nancy Mitford
Stuart Little (E.B. White)
Stuart Little
7
E.B. White
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
8
Evelyn Waugh
Hiroshima, John Hersey
Hiroshima, John Hersey
9
The Street (Ann Petry)
The Street
10
Ann Petry
Titus Groan (Mervyn Peake)
Titus Groan
11
Mervyn Peake
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
12
Anne Frank
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
13
Albert Camus
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
14
Malcolm Lowry
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
15
Dodie Smith
The Living Is Easy (Dorothy West)
The Living Is Easy
16
Dorothy West
The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer)
The Naked and the Dead
17
Norman Mailer
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
18
Graham Greene
Annie Allen (Gwendolyn Brooks)
Annie Allen
19
Gwendolyn Brooks
George Orwell 1984
George Orwell 1984
20
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