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Oldest Books

Below is a list of best books from the oldest to the newest.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
Age: 0+
Year: 1943
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Good Night, Gorilla
by Peggy Rathmann
Age: 0+
Year: 1943
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Perelandra
by C. S. Lewis
Age: 0+
Year: 1943
Pages: 243
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The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand
Age: 0+
Year: 1943
Pages: 753
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The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Age: 10+
Year: 1943
Pages: 96
Word count: 16,900
Unique word count: 2,100
Sales (millions): 140
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The Littlest Angel
by Charles Tazewell
Age: 5+
Year: 1944
Pages: 32
Word count: 1,864
Sales (millions): 5
The Hundred Dresses
by Eleanor Estes
Age: 0+
Year: 1944
Pages: 80
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Tootle
by Gertrude Crampton
Age: 3+
Year: 1945
Pages: 24
Word count: 1,591
Sales (millions): 8
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
Age: 13+
Year: 1945
Pages: 140
Word count: 29,966
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
Age: 7+
Year: 1945
The Great Divorce
by C. S. Lewis
Age: 0+
Year: 1945
Pages: 118
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Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
Age: 0+
Year: 1945
Pages: 402
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Cannery Row
by John Steinbeck
Age: 0+
Year: 1945
Pages: 208
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Stuart Little
by E.B. White
Age: 6+
Year: 1945
Word count: 18,991
Man’s Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl
Age: 0+
Year: 1946
Pages: 184
Sales (millions): 12
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
by Benjamin Spock
Age: 18+
Year: 1946
Sales (millions): 50
Scuffy the Tugboat
by Gertrude Crampton
Age: 3+
Year: 1946
Pages: 24
Word count: 1,081
Sales (millions): 7
The Pearl
by John Steinbeck
Age: 12+
Year: 1947
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The Plague
by Albert Camus
Age: 0+
Year: 1947
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The Saggy Baggy Elephant
by Kathryn Jackson
Age: 3+
Year: 1947
Pages: 24
Word count: 859
Sales (millions): 7

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See also:
Classic Children Books
Classic School Age Children Books
Classic Books for Teenagers
Classic Children Books by Age
Best-selling Books of All Time
The Benefits of Reading for Kids
Why Learn English Language?
Shortest Books
Shortest Books (unique words)
Longest Books
Best way to learn English
How NOT to Learn English!
CVC Words
What you need to know to learn a new language?
Why I forget what I learned?
Vocabulary Size
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See also:
Classic Children Books
Classic School Age Children Books
Classic Books for Teenagers
Classic Children Books by Age
Best-selling Books of All Time
The Benefits of Reading for Kids
Why Learn English Language?
Shortest Books
Shortest Books (unique words)
Longest Books
Best way to learn English
How NOT to Learn English!
CVC Words
What you need to know to learn a new language?
Why I forget what I learned?
Vocabulary Size
More...

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