What were some famous books made from 1940-1949?

Question

I already know of the book "Little House", does anyone know of any others. Any book, adult or child's book.

Answer 1

the Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkein) is one of the most influential fantasy books/series, and was written largely in between 1940 and 1949 (with some of it written as early as 1937).

1984 (George Orwell) is one of the most influential science fiction books ever, being one of the first to paint a dystopia. It was first published in 1949 and was heavily influenced by World War II.

The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank), better known as 'the diary of Anne Frank', was written during the war years and published posthumously in 1947, although the first English translation came out in 1950. It was one of the most influential books about the Holocaust.

Dr. Spock wrote his seminal "Baby and Child Care" in 1946. This single book changed the way that parents raised their children in North America and contributed to a generation of hippies and revolutionaries. It is still a bestseller today.

It's stretching things a bit, but Dr. Seuss began writing his famous childrens books in the 1930s, and published four of them in the 1940s, including most famously Horton Hatches An Egg.

I hope this helps.

Answer 2

Look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1940s_novels

There's a couple of novels by Albert Camus, The Twenty-One Balloons, Titus Groan, All the King's Men, Steinbeck's The Pearl, 1984, Animal Farm, some Agatha Christie works, The Age of Reason, Stuart Little, Our Lady of the Flowers, The Fountainhead, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Screwtape Letters, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, World's End, The Power and The Glory...

And there's a whoooole lot more on Wiki.

Answer 3

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger Angela's Ashes by Frank Mccourt

Answer 4

"See Here, Private Hargrove" by Marion Hargrove.
"From Here to Eternity" by James Jones. This was later made into a movie, which is reported to be very good, but I can't imagine it quite captures the original.
These are both books about low-ranking military men at and before the beginning of WWII. "Hargrove" is autobiographical, humorous, and fairly short. "From Here to Eternity" is long but very readable, about the f***-up type of guys who are really the best hope for winning the war against Hitler. Yes it really uses the f-word, among others. Both these books made me feel better about our future as a nation.

Answer 5

E. M. Brent-Dyers Chalet School series was first printed around this time