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Markd9528's Literature Highlights 1940-1949

This list features the cream of 1940s literature worldwide. It is a blend of the most acclaimed and/or popular works from the following challenges:
--- "Literature in the 1940s", originally published by a 'private user' at the start of 2021.
--- "The Chronology of American Literature in the 20th Century: 1940-1949", published by me in 2019.
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Sapphira and the Slave Girl (Willa Cather)
Sapphira and the Slave Girl
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Willa Cather
Farewell, My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell, My Lovely
2
Raymond Chandler
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident
3
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
4
Ernest Hemingway
The Hamlet (William Faulkner)
The Hamlet
5
William Faulkner
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
6
Carson McCullers
Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated (James Thurber)
Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated
7
James Thurber
The Pilgrim Hawk (Glenway Wescott)
The Pilgrim Hawk
8
Glenway Wescott
You Can't Go Home Again (Thomas Wolfe)
You Can't Go Home Again
9
Thomas Wolfe
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
10
Richard Wright
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
11
Graham Greene
The Tartar Steppe (Dino Buzzati)
The Tartar Steppe
12
Dino Buzzati
Between the Acts (Virginia Woolf)
Between the Acts
13
Virginia Woolf
Mildred Pierce (James M. Cain)
Mildred Pierce
14
James M. Cain
Saratoga Trunk (Edna Ferber)
Saratoga Trunk
15
Edna Ferber
The Last Tycoon (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Last Tycoon
16
F. Scott Fitzgerald
In This Our Life (Ellen Glasgow)
In This Our Life
17
Ellen Glasgow
Frenchman's Creek (Daphne Du Maurier)
Frenchman's Creek
18
Daphne Du Maurier
The Garden of Forking Paths (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Garden of Forking Paths
19
Jorge Luis Borges
Reflections in a Golden Eye (Carson McCullers)
Reflections in a Golden Eye
20
Carson McCullers
The Robber Bridegroom (Eudora Welty)
The Robber Bridegroom
21
Eudora Welty
My Theodosia (Anya Seton)
My Theodosia
22
Anya Seton
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories (Eudora Welty)
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories
23
Eudora Welty
Dragon Seed (Pearl S. Buck)
Dragon Seed
24
Pearl S. Buck
The Robe (Lloyd C. Douglas)
The Robe
25
Lloyd C. Douglas
Go Down Moses (William Faulkner)
Go Down Moses
26
William Faulkner
Hangover Square (Patrick Hamilton)
Hangover Square
27
Patrick Hamilton
The Moon Is Down (John Steinbeck)
The Moon Is Down
28
John Steinbeck
Being and Nothingness (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Being and Nothingness
29
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus
30
Albert Camus
My World and Welcome to It (James Thurber)
My World and Welcome to It
31
James Thurber
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters
32
C.S. Lewis
Two Serious Ladies (Jane Bowles)
Two Serious Ladies
33
Jane Bowles
The Lady in the Lake (Raymond Chandler)
The Lady in the Lake
34
Raymond Chandler
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
35
Albert Camus
Winter's Tales (Isak Dinesen)
Winter's Tales
36
Isak Dinesen
Johnny Tremain (Esther Forbes)
Johnny Tremain
37
Esther Forbes
The Flies (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Flies
38
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
39
Ayn Rand
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game
40
Hermann Hesse
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