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THE 10 BOOKS THAT DEFINED THE 1940s

From Lit Hub, a list of 10 books that, if read together, would give a fair picture of the landscape of literary culture for that decade—both as it was and as it is remembered. Here is the list for the 1940s.
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Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
Richard Wright
2
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers
3
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith
4
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
5
A Street in Bronzeville (Gwendolyn Brooks)
A Street in Bronzeville
Gwendolyn Brooks
6
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (Dr. Benjamin Spock)
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
Dr. Benjamin Spock
7
Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown)
Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown
8
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male by Alfred Charles Kinsey
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male by Alfred Charles Kinsey
9
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
Shirley Jackson
10
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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