The 1949 Club

This book challenge takes place twice a year and concentrates on one year and one year only. I call it "Read the Year Club". This time, 1949 was picked. For more information, see Simon @ Stuck in a Book and Kaggsy @ Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings (here is Karen's invite with more suggestions, and here is Simon's). If you are looking for inspiration, there are a few books from that year that I read already:

Böll, Heinrich "The Silent Angel" (GE: Der Engel schwieg) - 1949/50

Buck, Pearl S. "Kinfolk" - 1949

Camus, Albert "The Just Assassins" (aka The Just) (F: Les Justes) - 1949

Kästner, Erich "Lisa and Lottie" (aka The Parent Trap) (GE: Das doppelte Lottchen) - 1949

Miller, Arthur "Death of a Salesman" - 1949

Orwell, George "Nineteen Eighty Four" - 1949

If you need more ideas, there are other books that I found but have not read:

Beauvoir, Simone de "The Second Sex" (Le Deuxième Sexe)

Blyton, Enid "The Secret Seven" and "Five Get into Trouble"

Christie, Agatha "Crooked House"

Mahfouz, Naguib "The Beginning and the End" (داية ونهاية/Bidaya wa Nihaya)

Miller, Henry "Sexus"

Moberg, Vilhelm "The Emigrates" (Utvandrarna)

This challenge takes place from 12 to 18 October 2026.

I have chosen the book by Naguib Mahfouz.

See my other reads for this challenge here.