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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
824 books — 1,150 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakCode Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysSalt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysRose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
YA Fiction set in the 1940s
255 books — 164 voters

1984 by George OrwellSpace Cadet by Robert A. HeinleinOrphans of the Sky by Robert A. HeinleinEarth Abides by George R. StewartAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Classic Science Fiction - 1940-1949
91 books — 122 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
387 books — 81 voters

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenLittle Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderCurious George by H.A. ReyThese Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Best Children's Books of the 1940s
237 books — 65 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
47 books — 51 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Plague by Albert CamusGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsMisty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
Best Books 1947
66 books — 33 voters
The Let Them Theory by Mel RobbinsThe Wedding People by Alison EspachThe Housemaid by Freida McFaddenHere One Moment by Liane MoriartyEverything Is Tuberculosis by John Green
2025: What PEOPLE born BEFORE 1970 Have Read So Far
307 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
38 books — 25 voters
We Are All Guilty Here by Karin SlaughterEducated by Tara WestoverAtmosphere by Taylor Jenkins ReidA Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. SchwabPeople We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
2026: What PEOPLE born BEFORE 1970 have read so far
83 books — 13 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 DouglasThe Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1940s
90 books — 9 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

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 FrankGod Passes by by Shoghi EffendiThe Life of Johnny Reb by Bell Irvin WileyThe Devil in Massachusetts by Marion L. StarkeyNine Suitcases by Béla Zsolt
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
Ride a cock-horse and other nursery rhymes by Mervyn PeakeMother Goose by Joseph HirschAnimal 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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