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Most Popular Books Published in 1940

Here are the books most frequently added to Goodreads members' shelves that were published in the year 1940.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
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Ernest Hemingway
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
2
Carson McCullers
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
3
Richard Wright
Caps for Sale (Esphyr Slobodkina)
Caps for Sale
4
Esphyr Slobodkina
The Problem of Pain (C. S. Lewis)
The Problem of Pain
5
C. S. Lewis
The Long Winter (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
The Long Winter
6
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Horton Hatches the Egg (Dr. Seuss)
Horton Hatches the Egg
7
Dr. Seuss
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide Do Intelligent Reading (Mortimer J. Adler)
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide Do Intelligent Reading
8
Mortimer J. Adler
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
9
Graham Greene
Darkness at Noon (Arthur Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
10
Arthur Koestler
Farewell, My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell, My Lovely
11
Raymond Chandler
Betsy-Tacy (Maud Hart Lovelace)
Betsy-Tacy
12
Maud Hart Lovelace
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (Agatha Christie)
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
13
Agatha Christie
The Invention of Morel (Adolfo Bioy Casares)
The Invention of Morel
14
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Pat the Bunny (Dorothy Kunhardt)
Pat the Bunny
15
Dorothy Kunhardt
Dumbo (Walt Disney Company)
Dumbo
16
Walt Disney Company
Lassie Come-Home (Eric Knight)
Lassie Come-Home
17
Eric Knight
The Tartar Steppe (Dino Buzzati)
The Tartar Steppe
18
Dino Buzzati
Call It Courage (Armstrong Sperry)
Call It Courage
19
Armstrong Sperry
The Trees (Conrad Richter)
The Trees
20
Conrad Richter
The Man Who Loved Children (Christina Stead)
The Man Who Loved Children
21
Christina Stead
Human Action
Human Action
22
A Mathematician's Apology (G. H. Hardy)
A Mathematician's Apology
23
G. H. Hardy
The Corinthian (Georgette Heyer)
The Corinthian
24
Georgette Heyer
You Can't Go Home Again (Thomas Wolfe)
You Can't Go Home Again
25
Thomas Wolfe
The Naughtiest Girl in the School (Enid Blyton)
The Naughtiest Girl in the School
26
Enid Blyton
Kallocain (Karin Boye)
Kallocain
27
Karin Boye
Walt Disney's Pinocchio (Eugene Bradley Coco)
Walt Disney's Pinocchio
28
Eugene Bradley Coco
The Hamlet (William Faulkner)
The Hamlet
29
William Faulkner
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident
30
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Don't Look Now and Other Stories (Daphne Du Maurier)
Don't Look Now and Other Stories
31
Daphne Du Maurier
A Technique for Producing Ideas (James Webb Young)
A Technique for Producing Ideas
32
James Webb Young
The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk
The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk
33
Death of a Peer
Death of a Peer
34
What Evolution Is (Ernst Mayr)
What Evolution Is
35
Ernst Mayr
Life's Little Instruction Book (H. Jackson Brown, Jr.)
Life's Little Instruction Book
36
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Slan (A.E. Van Vogt)
Slan
37
A.E. Van Vogt
The Naughtiest Girl Is a Monitor (Enid Blyton)
The Naughtiest Girl Is a Monitor
38
Enid Blyton
Lentil (Dsf)
Lentil
39
Dsf
Psychology of Religion: East and West (Carl Jung)
Psychology of Religion: East and West
40
Carl Jung
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