Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook and mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog. Set in the 1930s; published in the 1950s.
Omaha Reading Challenge 2022: Read a Book Published or Set in the Decade You Were Born
OPL librarians have created a series of reading challenges to help you stretch beyond your comfort zone. This list features titles suggested for you to complete the "Read a book published or set in the decade you were born" challenge. For more details on the reading challenge go to omahalibrary.org/reading-challenge.


30 items
Mary Jane
a Novel
This Tender Land
a Novel
The Color Purple
a Novel
The Border Trilogy
All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain
The Men in My Life
a Memoir of Love and Art in 1950s Manhattan
Valley of the Dolls
a Novel
The Nickel Boys
a Novel
The Flamethrowers
a Novel
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