Books are generally dated by publication date, rather than the date they were written. Biographical information, letters etc. would be required to establish which books and plays Agatha Christie was working on during 1942.
However, Agatha Christie in fact had three books published in 1942: "The Body in the Library" and "The Moving Finger" (also known as "The Case of the Moving Finger") - both featuring Miss Marple - and "Five Little Pigs" (also known as "Murder in Retrospect"), featuring Hercule Poirot.
Pantheon Books was created in 1942.
The Famous Five series was written first, starting in 1942. The Secret Seven series was written later, starting in 1949. Both series are popular children's mystery books by Enid Blyton.
Council on Books in Wartime was created in 1942.
Little Golden Books has published thousands of different titles since its founding in 1942.
The Little House books were written by Louisa Ingalls Wilder. Her first book was published in 1942. By 1954, the American Library Association created the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award.
1942 IS written in Arabic numerals. MCMXLII is the same number written in Roman numerals.
dahl began to write books after he came back from war, in 1942, after he was transferred from Washington.
Douglas Stuebing has written: 'Trudeau! a man for tomorrow' 'Dieppe 1942' -- subject(s): Dieppe Raid, 1942
Vladimir Sevruk has written: 'Moscow 1941/1942 Stalingrad' -- subject(s): Moscow, Battle of, Moscow, Russia, 1941-1942, Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943
Tom Hendry has written: 'Gravediggers of 1942'
1942 written by Lester Lee and introduced by the Andrew sisters
Nino Tirinnanzi has written: 'Tirinnanzi, disegni, 1942-1982'