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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 — 1,162 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
253 books — 150 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 Historical Fiction set in the 1940s
391 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
238 books — 73 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

Animal Farm by George OrwellPippi Långstrump by Astrid LindgrenStuart Little by E.B. WhiteBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Best Books 1945
62 books — 44 voters
The Let Them Theory by Mel RobbinsThe Women by Kristin HannahThe Correspondent by Virginia EvansThe Wedding People by Alison EspachThe Housemaid by Freida McFadden
2025: What PEOPLE born BEFORE 1970 Have Read So Far
318 books — 39 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 — 31 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

Sophie’s Choice by William StyronThe Last Secret of The Soul by Stephen P. SmithMy Bridges of Hope by Livia Bitton-JacksonThe Aftermath by Rhidian BrookThe Story Keeper by Fred Feldman
Post-Holocaust
38 books — 20 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
277 books — 20 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWest with the Night by Beryl MarkhamThe Time of the Assassins by Henry MillerI Rode With Stonewall by Henry Kyd DouglasWhen the Heavens Frowned by Joseph Leander Cline
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1940s
105 books — 14 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Longest Day by Cornelius RyanLost Victories by Erich von MansteinJackboot Britain by Daniel S. William Fletcher
10 best novels of the two World Wars...
33 books — 12 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
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

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankGod Passes by by Shoghi EffendiThe Life of Johnny Reb by Bell Irvin WileyThe Devil in Massachusetts by Marion L. StarkeyMythology by Edith Hamilton
History Published in Decade: 1940s
24 books — 5 voters
Fog Magic by Julia L. SauerThe Moonlight Traveler by Philip Van Doren SternBorrobil by William Croft DickinsonBedknob and Broomstick by Mary NortonDream Gold by David Severn
Children's Time Travel Fiction of the 1940s
10 books — 2 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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