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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 — 1,159 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakCode Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysRose Under Fire by Elizabeth WeinSalt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
YA Fiction set in the 1940s
262 books — 168 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
Number the Stars by Lois LowryThe War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyThe Hundred Dresses by Eleanor EstesSomeone Named Eva by Joan M. WolfLily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
Middle Grade Fiction set in the 1940s
390 books — 84 voters

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenCurious George by H.A. ReyLittle Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderBlueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Best Children's Books of the 1940s
237 books — 72 voters
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

Rabbit Hill by Robert LawsonThe Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset MaughamThe Hundred Dresses by Eleanor EstesFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesForever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Best Books 1944
130 books — 37 voters
The Let Them Theory by Mel RobbinsThe Wedding People by Alison EspachThe Housemaid by Freida McFaddenThe Women by Kristin HannahThe Correspondent by Virginia Evans
2025: What PEOPLE born BEFORE 1970 Have Read So Far
309 books — 35 voters

They Called Us Enemy by George TakeiWeedflower by Cynthia KadohataDisplacement by Kiku HughesPaper Wishes by Lois SepahbanSylvia & Aki by Winifred Conkling
Japanese American Internment in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
57 books — 30 voters
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Little White Horse by Elizabeth GoudgeThe Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du BoisThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryMrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
Children's Fantasy of the 1940s
42 books — 26 voters

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins ReidLove Twists and Knots by Jo-Anne CarriereWe Are All Guilty Here by Karin SlaughterThe Ghostwriter by Julie ClarkEducated by Tara Westover
2026: What PEOPLE born BEFORE 1970 have read so far
159 books — 16 voters
The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de BeauvoirГоловні правила українського правопису by George Y. ShevelovGod Passes by by Shoghi EffendiAutobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa YoganandaMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1940s
105 books — 15 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckForever Amber by Kathleen WinsorFather of the Bride by Edward StreeterHungry Hill by Daphne du Maurier
1940s Bestselling novels in the United States
138 books — 6 voters
Rising '44 by Norman DaviesThe Eagle Unbowed by Halik KochanskiI Remember Nothing More by Adina Blady SzwajgerThe Bravest Battle by Dan KurzmanThe Warsaw Rising of 1944 by Jan M. Ciechanowski
Warsaw Uprising 1944
28 books — 5 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
16 books — 5 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Devil in Massachusetts by Marion L. StarkeyThe Life of Johnny Reb by Bell Irvin WileyGod Passes by by Shoghi EffendiNine Suitcases by Béla Zsolt
History Published in Decade: 1940s
24 books — 5 voters

His Dark Enchantress by Victoria ChathamThe Moonlight Traveler by Philip Van Doren SternFog Magic by Julia L. SauerBedknob and Broomstick by Mary NortonBorrobil by William Croft Dickinson
Children's Time Travel Fiction of the 1940s
11 books — 3 voters
Mother Goose by Joseph HirschRide a cock-horse and other nursery rhymes by Mervyn PeakeAnimal Mother Goose by Ruth E. NewtonRuth Newton's Mother Goose by Ruth E NewtonNursery Rhymes by Louise Altson
Nursery Rhyme Collections of the 1940s
10 books — 2 voters

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