Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Lit Hub article: lithub.com/a-century-of-reading-the-10-books-that-defined-the-1940s

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Books mentioned:
Margaret Wise Brown, Goodnight Moon (1947)
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince (1943)
Esther Forbes, Johnny Tremain (1943)
John Hersey, Hiroshima (1946)
Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943)
Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle (1949)
Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire (1947)

0:00 intro
1:11 world events
2:37 defining books of the decade
3:19 my reads
12:21 an amazing children’s classic

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Dates:
June 22, 2026 - 1930s youtu.be/bBQlrHkDVuM
June 25, 2026 - 1940s youtu.be/RhxgnlopU1s
June 29, 2026 - 1950s youtu.be/KFYAnupP9NM
July 2, 2026 -1960s youtu.be/0hCVro519Og
July 6, 2026 - 1970s youtu.be/2YGf2R1MUYM
July 9, 2026 - 1980s youtu.be/vwI-JtBPn18
July 13, 2026 - 1990s youtu.be/bNGU96VfNcw
July 16, 2026 - 2000s youtu.be/0yuG3Eu9D3I
July 20, 2026 - 2010s youtu.be/z1J-LWZgiQU
July 23, 2026 - 2020s youtu.be/kQ7IXx10G8U


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