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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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Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
41
Jorge Luis Borges
The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
42
W. Somerset Maugham
Caligula (Albert Camus)
Caligula
43
Albert Camus
Friday's Child (Georgette Heyer)
Friday's Child
44
Georgette Heyer
No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
No Exit
45
Jean-Paul Sartre
Anna and the King of Siam (Margaret Landon)
Anna and the King of Siam
46
Margaret Landon
Dragonwyck (Anya Seton)
Dragonwyck
47
Anya Seton
Death Comes as the End
Death Comes as the End
48
AN AMERICAN DILEMMA by Gunnar Myrdal
AN AMERICAN DILEMMA by Gunnar Myrdal
49
The Secret in the Old Attic
The Secret in the Old Attic
50
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
51
George Orwell
Cannery Row (John Steinbeck)
Cannery Row
52
John Steinbeck
Stuart Little (E.B. White)
Stuart Little
53
E.B. White
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
54
Evelyn Waugh
The Great Divorce (C.S. Lewis)
The Great Divorce
55
C.S. Lewis
Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)
Pippi Longstocking
56
Astrid Lindgren
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
57
Tennessee Williams
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
58
Richard Wright
A History of Western Philosphy (Bertrand Russell)
A History of Western Philosphy
59
Bertrand Russell
The Blood of Others (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Blood of Others
60
Simone De Beauvoir
Zorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek
61
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Hiroshima
62
John Hersey
Man's Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
Man's Search for Meaning
63
Viktor Frankl
The Pianist (Wladyslaw Szpilman)
The Pianist
64
Wladyslaw Szpilman
Titus Groan (Mervyn Peake)
Titus Groan
65
Mervyn Peake
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
66
Robert Penn Warren
Autobiography of a Yogi
Autobiography of a Yogi
67
Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account (Miklos Nyiszli)
Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account
68
Miklos Nyiszli
The Hollow (Agatha Christie)
The Hollow
69
Agatha Christie
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh
70
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
71
John Steinbeck
The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
The Diary of a Young Girl
72
Anne Frank
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
73
Thomas Mann
Goodnight Moon (Margaret Wise Brown)
Goodnight Moon
74
Margaret Wise Brown
If This Is a Man (Primo Levi)
If This Is a Man
75
Primo Levi
A Streetcar Named Desire (By Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire (By Tennessee Williams)
76
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
77
Albert Camus
The Labors of Hercules (Agatha Christie)
The Labors of Hercules
78
Agatha Christie
Survival in Auschwitz (Primo Levi)
Survival in Auschwitz
79
Primo Levi
The Wayward Bus
The Wayward Bus
80
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