Hardcover Fiction

by F. Van Wyck Mason · Harper

by Ross Lockridge · Houghton Mifflin

by Thornton Wilder · Harper

by Ben Ames Williams · Houghton Mifflin

First published in 1947, this bestselling historical novel is cherished and remembered as one of the finest retellings of the Civil War saga—America's own War and Peace. In the first hard pinch of the Civil War, five siblings of an established Confederate Virginia family learn that their father is the grandfather of Abraham Lincoln. The family's story, and the story of their descendants, is presented in this tale that includes both soldiers and civilians—complete with their boasting, ambition, and arrogance, but also their patience, valor, and shrewdness. The grandnephew of General James Longstreet, the author brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods in history, and details war as it really is—a disease from which, win or lose, no nation ever completely recovers.

by Agnes Sligh Turnbull · Macmillan

"Life of a young Episcopal priest in a city parish." Cf. Hanna, A. Mirror for the nation

by Marcia Davenport · Scribner

by Martin Boyd · Dutton

by Frances Parkinson Keyes · Julian Messner Inc

by Dalton S. Reymond · Ziff Davis

by Joseph George Hitrec · Harper

Against a background of communal strife, famine, Hindu tradition, etc., the author weaves a novel around Vijay, an Anglicized Indian with a love of flying and a passion to bring modern aviation to internal India. This is also the story of his struggle within himself and with his friends and family, the clash between the Indian background and English acquired tastes and ideals, and finally his marriage to a Hindu girl who shows him how to meet his countrymen half-way.

by Mary Roberts Rinehart. · Rinehart & Company

by Willard Motley · Appleton-Century

by Ralph Ingersoll · Popular Library

by Truman Capote · Random House

by Thomas Heggen · Houghton Mifflin

The novel, Mister Roberts, was an instant hit after being published in 1946 and was quickly adapted for the stage and screen. The title character, a Lieutenant Junior Grade naval officer, defends his crew against the petty tyranny of the ship's commanding officer during World War II. Nearly all action takes place on a backwater cargo ship, the USS Reluctant, that sails, as written in the play, "from apathy to tedium with occasional side trips to monotony and ennui." This irreverent, often hilarious story about the crew of the Reluctant has enjoyed wide and enduring popularity. It was subsequently adapted as a play, a feature film, a television series, and a television movie. The film version with Henry Fonda, James Cagney and Jack Lemmon is one of the most well-known movies of WWII.

by Alan Paton · Scribner

Two fathers come to terms with personal loss and the emotional scars inflicted on South Africa during the era of apartheid.