100 Years of Summer: 1945-1964

Posted on June 4, 2024

by Heidi Y

It’s the 100th year of Summer Read! Celebrate along with the Library as you read for 30 days from June 1 through August 3. We have chosen some of the most popular titles for every year, from 1924-2024. Dive into this blog series with us as you join in this amazing achievement all summer long. This is our second blog in our 100 Years of Summer Read as we make our way through the decades to 2024!

1945

Pippi Longstocking

By Astrid Lindgren

1946

The Street

By Ann Petry

1947

Goodnight Moon

By Margaret Wise Brown

1948

My Father’s Dragon

By Ruth Stiles Gannett

1949

Nineteen Eighty-Four

By George Orwell

1951

The Catcher in the Rye

By J.D. Salinger

1952

Charlotte’s Web

By E. B. White

1953

Fahrenheit 451

By Ray Bradbury

1954

Live and Let Die

By Ian Fleming

1955

Harold and the Purple Crayon

By Crockett Johnson

1956

Night

By Elie Wiesel

1957

The Cat in the Hat

By Dr. Seuss

1958

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

By Elizabeth George Speare

1959

A Raisin in the Sun

By Lorraine Hansberry

1960

Are You My Mother?

By P.D. Eastman

1961

Catch-22

By Joseph Heller

1962

The Snowy Day

By Ezra Jack Keats

1963

Where the Wild Things Are

By Maurice Sendak

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