1943


The Little Prince
The Fountainhead
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Glass Bead Game
The Secret of the Unicorn (Tintin #11)
The Ministry of Fear
Madonna in a Fur Coat
She Came to Stay
Near to the Wild Heart
Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
The Two Mrs. Abbotts (Miss Buncle #3)
Love in a Fallen City
Being and Nothingness
Red Rackham's Treasure (Tintin #12)
The Human Comedy
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisFarmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. TolkienAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryStuart Little by E.B. White
Best Fantasy of the 40s
61 books — 56 voters
Practically Seventeen by Rosamond du JardinDreams of Glory by Janet LambertFriday's Child by Janet LambertStar Spangled Summer by Janet LambertBeany Malone by Lenora Mattingly Weber
Teen Romance of the 1940s
17 books — 6 voters

1984 by George OrwellSpace Cadet by Robert A. HeinleinEarth Abides by George R. StewartAnimal Farm by George OrwellRed Planet by Robert A. Heinlein
Classic Science Fiction - 1940-1949
75 books — 115 voters
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Little White Horse by Elizabeth GoudgeThe Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du BoisBedknob and Broomstick by Mary NortonThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Children's Fantasy of the 1940s
38 books — 26 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
815 books — 1,160 voters

Aleister Crowley
“ It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of performing these small ceremonies regularly, and being as nearly accurate as possible with regard to the times. You must not mind stopping in the middle of a crowded thoroughfare—lorries or no lorries—and saying the Adorations; and you must not mind snubbing your guest—or your host—if he or she should prove ignorant of his or her share of the dialogue. It is perhaps because these matters are so petty and trivial in appearance that they afford so e ...more ”
― Aleister Crowley, Magick Without Tears

Evelyn Waugh
“ I never can understand how two men can write a book together. To me, that’s like three people getting together to have a baby. ”
― Evelyn Waugh

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