books published in 1940

The 1940 Club which is hosted by Simon at Stuck in a Book and Karen at Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings begins on Monday. The idea is that we all read and write about books that were published in 1940. The year was chosen some months ago. I realised that I had already read a lot of books that were published in 1940, however I didn’t think it was as many as 19. It’s quite an eclectic mix, from children’s books to what is now vintage crime. I’m going to be reading Mr Skeffington by Elizabeth von Arnim to start off with and I hope I manage to get another one read within the week too, I’m not sure what though.

The School in the Woods by Dorita Fairlie Bruce

Cheerfulness Breaks In by Angela Thirkell

Strangers at the Farm School by Josephine Elder

Smoky-House by Elizabeth Goudge

Cockle Button, Cockle Ben by Richard Phibbs

Doreen by Barbara Noble

Malice in Wonderland by Nicholas Blake

The House in Cornwall by Noel Streatfeild

A Scream in Soho by John G Brandon

The English Air by D.E. Stevenson

Rolling Stone by Patricia Wentworth

At Dusk All Cats are Grey by Jerrard Tickell