Notable Books List1948

Given by CODES: Notable Books Council

Andre Navne: ALA Notable Books for Adults (Engelsk), RUSA Notable Books List (Engelsk)
50 Works 61,526 Books 849 Reviews ½ 4.0
"Since 1944, the goal of the Notable Books Council has been to make available to the nation’s readers a list of 25 very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and vis mere poetry books for the adult reader." vis mindre
Kategorier:
Alle, Fiction (211), Nonfiction (195), Poetry (39), No Category (2,389)
Years:
Alle, 2024 (26), 2023 (26), 2022 (25), 2021 (25), 2020 (26), 2019 (26), 2018 (26), 2017 (26), 2016 (26), 2015 (26), 2014 (26), 2013 (26), 2012 (26), 2011 (26), 2010 (26), 2009 (25), 2008 (25), 2007 (26), 2006 (25), 2005 (25), 2004 (28), 2003 (26), 2002 (26), 2001 (25), 2000 (26), 1999 (24), 1998 (26), 1997) (Book of the Year (1), 1997 (2), 1996 (3), 1995 (26), 1994 (26), 1993 (27), 1992 (26), 1991 (24), Fiction 1991 (1), 1990 (29), 1988 (27), 1987 (27), 1986 (37), 1985 (34), 1984 (43), 1983 (44), 1982 (42), 1981 (42), 1980 (33), 1979 (47), 1978 (49), 1977 (44), 1976 (50), 1975 (49), 1974 (30), 1973 (51), 1972 (44), 1971 (45), 1970 (29), 1969 (36), 1968 (44), 1967 (65), 1966 (59), 1965 (51), 1964 (53), 1963 (49), 1962 (56), 1961 (50), 1960 (45), 1959 (48), 1958 (47), 1957 (39), 1956 (43), 1955 (46), 1954 (34), 1953 (50), 1952 (52), 1951 (53), 1950 (41), 1949 (50), 1948 (50), 1947 (46), 1946 (50), 1945 (50)
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VærkÅr
Hvor skal vi skjule os? af David Bradley
1948
Pesten af Albert Camus
1948
The proper study of mankind af Stuart Chase
1948
The Gathering Storm af Winston S. Churchill
1948
Education in a divided world af James Bryant Conant
1948
Russia and the Russians af Edward Crankshaw
1948
The Road to Reason af Lecomte du Noüy
1948
Crusade in Europe af Dwight D. Eisenhower
1948
The United Nations af Herbert Vere Evatt
1948
The United States and China af John King Fairbank
1948
Intruder in the Dust af William Faulkner
1948
George Washington: a Biography, Volumes One and Two [Young Washington] af Douglas Southall Freeman
1948
An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth af Mahatma Gandhi
1948
Mechanization Takes Command: A Contribution to Anonymous History af S. Giedion
1948
Sagens kerne af Graham Greene
1948
The Making of an Insurgent: an Autobiography of Fiorello H. La Guardia af Fiorello H. La Guardia
1948
Witness To The Truth af Edith Hamilton
1948
The memoirs of Cordell Hull af Cordell Hull
1948
The Africa of Albert Schweitzer af Charles R. Joy
1948
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male af Alfred C. Kinsey
1948
Henry David Thoreau af Joseph Wood Krutch
1948
The American democracy : a commentary and an interpretation af Harold J. Laski
1948
Raintree County af Ross Lockridge
1948
Folk Song USA af John A. Lomax
1948
De nøgne og de døde af Norman Mailer
1948
Jefferson the Virginian af Dumas Malone
1948
Doktor Faustus : den tyske komponist Adrian Leverkühns liv, fortalt af en ven af Thomas Mann
1948
A Mask for Privilege: Anti-Semitism in America af Carey McWilliams
1948
The Lincoln papers; the story of the collection, with selections to July 4, 1861 af David C. Mearns
1948
The Seven Storey Mountain af Thomas Merton
1948
Ve, mit elskede land : en fortælling om hjælp i nøden af Alan Paton
1948
Stalingrad af Theodor Plievier
1948
Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits af Bertrand Russell
1948
Remembrance Rock af Carl Sandburg
1948
De unge løver af Irwin Shaw
1948
Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History af Robert E. Sherwood
1948
Laughter in the Next Room af Osbert Sitwell
1948
Literary history of the United States af Robert E. Spiller
1948
Fire af George R. Stewart
1948
The Stilwell Papers af Joseph Warren Stilwell
1948
On Active Service in Peace and War af Henry L. Stimson
1948
The Taste of Angels: A History of Art Collecting from Rameses to Napoleon af Francis Henry Taylor
1948
Civilization on Trial af Arnold J. Toynbee
1948
The Great Rehearsal af Carl Van Doren
1948
Road to Survival af William Vogt
1948
The West at Bay af Barbara Ward
1948
The Age of the Great Depression 1929-1941: A History of American Life af Dixon Wecter
1948
We Need Not Fail af Sumner Welles
1948
A Man Called White: The Autobiography of Walter White af Walter White
1948
Cæsars sidste dage : kvinderne omkring Cæsar af Thornton Wilder
1948

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20th century(24,345) America(6,498) American(16,786) American history(14,052) American literature(20,593) audiobook(7,493) autobiography(11,218) biography(51,068) book club(6,533) classic(16,679) classics(17,686) coming of age(7,519) contemporary fiction(7,335) dystopia(9,202) ebook(11,210) England(8,482) family(11,765) fantasy(9,250) favorites(6,930) fiction(273,126) goodreads(8,028) historical fiction(26,631) history(83,607) Kindle(10,868) literary fiction(8,781) literature(36,375) magical realism(8,210) memoir(25,230) non-fiction(93,186) novel(46,467) own(14,016) owned(6,682) paperback(6,997) philosophy(11,353) poetry(21,541) politics(11,116) psychology(7,607) Pulitzer Prize(6,504) read(35,873) religion(7,176) Roman(7,488) science(16,984) science fiction(15,201) short stories(12,735) to-read(193,787) travel(8,268) unread(16,968) usa(15,142) war(11,198) wwii(25,310)

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