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Popular Books of the 40s

Books popular from 1940 to 1949. This list was harder to compile because World War II was in full swing at the time.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway
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The Long Winter (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
The Long Winter
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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Carson McCullers
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
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Richard Wright
Horton Hatches the Egg (Dr. Seuss)
Horton Hatches the Egg
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Dr. Seuss
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident
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Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Sad Cypress (Agatha Christie)
Sad Cypress
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Agatha Christie
The Family (Nina Fedorova)
The Family
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Nina Fedorova
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
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Graham Greene
Farewell My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell My Lovely
10
Raymond Chandler
Curious George (H. A. Ray)
Curious George
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H. A. Ray
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce
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Make Way for Ducklings (Robert McCloskey)
Make Way for Ducklings
13
Robert McCloskey
The Black Stallion (Walter Farley)
The Black Stallion
14
Walter Farley
The Last Tycoon (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Last Tycoon
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
My Theodosia (Anya Seton)
My Theodosia
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Anya Seton
Between the Acts (Virginia Woolf)
Between the Acts
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Virginia Woolf
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters
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C.S. Lewis
Four Quartets (T.S. Eliot)
Four Quartets
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T.S. Eliot
Evil Under the Sun (Agatha Christie)
Evil Under the Sun
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Agatha Christie
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
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The Boxcar Children (Gertrude Chandler Warner)
The Boxcar Children
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Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
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Albert Camus
The High Window
The High Window
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The Poky Little Puppy (Janette Sebring Lowrey)
The Poky Little Puppy
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Janette Sebring Lowrey
Five Little Pigs (Agatha Christie)
Five Little Pigs
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Agatha Christie
The Last Time I Saw Paris (Elliot Paul)
The Last Time I Saw Paris
27
Elliot Paul
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus
28
Albert Camus
Antigone (Jean Anouilh)
Antigone
29
Jean Anouilh
The Body in the Library (Agatha Christie)
The Body in the Library
30
Agatha Christie
Being and Nothingness (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Being and Nothingness
31
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Little House
The Little House
32
Rhadopis of Nubia (Naguib Mahfouz)
Rhadopis of Nubia
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Naguib Mahfouz
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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Betty Smith
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
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Robert Musil
Johnny Tremain (Esther Forbes)
Johnny Tremain
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Esther Forbes
These Happy Golden Years (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
These Happy Golden Years
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
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Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Flies (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Flies
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Jean-Paul Sartre
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead
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Ayn Rand
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