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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
263 books — 169 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
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskeyCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonCheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.The English Clown Tradition from the Middle Ages to Shakespeare by Robert HornbackI Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Best Books 1948
88 books — 59 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
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
311 books — 36 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
170 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
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan PappéThe Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid KhalidiTen Myths About Israel by Ilan PappéPalestine by Nur MasalhaPalestine by Joe Sacco
Palestine & Occupation
23 books — 7 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. 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 NortonGypsies caravan by Howard Pease
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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