1940s


Animal Farm
1984
The Stranger
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Little Prince
The Plague
The Book Thief
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Death of a Salesman
For Whom the Bell Tolls
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
War Horse by Michael MorpurgoThe Winter of Red Snow by Kristiana GregoryIsabel by Carolyn MeyerThe Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow by Ann RinaldiNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Historical Fiction for Children
123 books — 28 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellNative Son by Richard WrightDeath of a Salesman by Arthur MillerA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
A Century of Reading: 1940s
62 books — 11 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Winds of War by Herman WoukThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Best 1940s Historical Fiction
410 books — 450 voters
Born of Gilded Mountains by Amanda DykesThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Fiction Set in 1940s
268 books — 65 voters


Tara Moss
And as for returning to work as a reporter—something she’d given considerable thought to before taking over her father’s inquiry agency—the Sydney newspapers had dismissed most of their women reporters home once the men started to return from the war, or else confined them to the social pages, or covering the Easter Show, which was a bit too steep a downgrade for Billie after she’d chased Nazi activity across Europe, built a good portfolio of published articles, and worked alongside the likes of ...more
Tara Moss, The War Widow

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