The best fiction books of 1940s (chosen by fiction authors)

Loved by 5 people

Johnny Tremain

By Esther Hoskins Forbes ,

Loved by 3 people

Politics and the English Language

By George Orwell ,

Loved by 3 people

Make Way for Ducklings

By Robert McCloskey ,

Loved by 3 people

Horton Hatches the Egg

By Dr. Seuss ,

Bessie

By Linda Kass ,

No Good Deed

By Jennifer Barraclough ,

Loved by 2 people

The Pursuit of Love

By Nancy Mitford ,

Loved by 2 people

Go Down, Moses

By William Faulkner ,

Bessie

By Linda Kass ,

No Good Deed

By Jennifer Barraclough ,

My Novel Year

By Savannah Hendricks ,

Loved by 2 people

Five on a Treasure Island

By Enid Blyton ,

Loved by 1 person

The Just and the Unjust

By James Gould Cozzens ,

Bessie

By Linda Kass ,

No Good Deed

By Jennifer Barraclough ,

My Novel Year

By Savannah Hendricks ,

Party Planning Can Be Murder

By Kerry Schafer , Kerry Anne King ,

Loved by 1 person

The Snow Goose

By Paul Gallico ,

Loved by 1 person

God's Little Acre

By Erskine Caldwell ,

My Novel Year

By Savannah Hendricks ,

Party Planning Can Be Murder

By Kerry Schafer , Kerry Anne King ,

Bessie

By Linda Kass ,

No Good Deed

By Jennifer Barraclough ,

My Novel Year

By Savannah Hendricks ,

Party Planning Can Be Murder

By Kerry Schafer , Kerry Anne King ,

Blood Moon

By Evelyn M. Exley ,

Loved by 1 person

Drayneflete Revealed

By Osbert Lancaster ,

Loved by 1 person

White Snow, Bright Snow

By Alvin Tresselt , Roger Duvoisin (illustrator) ,

Loved by 1 person

Sick Heart River

By John Buchan ,

Loved by 1 person

The Moon is Down

By John Steinbeck ,

Bessie

By Linda Kass ,

No Good Deed

By Jennifer Barraclough ,

My Novel Year

By Savannah Hendricks ,

Party Planning Can Be Murder

By Kerry Schafer , Kerry Anne King ,

Blood Moon

By Evelyn M. Exley ,

Serpent Visions

By Jinny Webber ,

Snow on Magnolias

By Betty Bolté ,

Loved by 1 person

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates

By Mary Mapes Dodge ,

Party Planning Can Be Murder

By Kerry Schafer , Kerry Anne King ,

Blood Moon

By Evelyn M. Exley ,

Serpent Visions

By Jinny Webber ,

Loved by 1 person

Private Angelo

By Eric Linklater ,

Blood Moon

By Evelyn M. Exley ,

Serpent Visions

By Jinny Webber ,

Loved by 1 person

The Death of the Heart

By Elizabeth Bowen ,

Loved by 1 person

Blueberries for Sal

By Robert McCloskey ,

Bessie

By Linda Kass ,

No Good Deed

By Jennifer Barraclough ,

My Novel Year

By Savannah Hendricks ,

Party Planning Can Be Murder

By Kerry Schafer , Kerry Anne King ,

Blood Moon

By Evelyn M. Exley ,

Serpent Visions

By Jinny Webber ,

Snow on Magnolias

By Betty Bolté ,

The Rocket Scientist

By Arthur Geis ,

A Tale of Three Cities

By Elana Gomel ,

The Zookeeper's Dragon

By Carolyn Mathews ,

Bessie

By Linda Kass ,

No Good Deed

By Jennifer Barraclough ,

My Novel Year

By Savannah Hendricks ,

Party Planning Can Be Murder

By Kerry Schafer , Kerry Anne King ,

Blood Moon

By Evelyn M. Exley ,

Serpent Visions

By Jinny Webber ,

Snow on Magnolias

By Betty Bolté ,

The Rocket Scientist

By Arthur Geis ,

A Tale of Three Cities

By Elana Gomel ,

The Zookeeper's Dragon

By Carolyn Mathews ,

Glass and Feathers

By Lissa Sloan ,

Chilled to the Bone

By B.D. Lawrence ,

The One True Thing

By Linda Newbery ,

Dulcinea

By Ana Veciana-Suarez ,

Servant

By Patrick R. Field ,

The best fiction books of the 1940s

The books our community loved the most.

Johnny Tremain

Politics and the English Language

Make Way for Ducklings

Horton Hatches the Egg

Books from our members

Bessie

No Good Deed

The Pursuit of Love

Go Down, Moses

Books from our members

Bessie

No Good Deed

My Novel Year

Five on a Treasure Island

The Just and the Unjust

Books from our members

Bessie

No Good Deed

My Novel Year

Party Planning Can Be Murder

The Snow Goose

God's Little Acre

Books from our members

My Novel Year

Party Planning Can Be Murder

Books from our members

Bessie

No Good Deed

My Novel Year

Party Planning Can Be Murder

Blood Moon

Drayneflete Revealed

White Snow, Bright Snow

Sick Heart River

The Moon is Down

Books from our members

Bessie

No Good Deed

My Novel Year

Party Planning Can Be Murder

Blood Moon

Serpent Visions

Snow on Magnolias

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates

Books from our members

Party Planning Can Be Murder

Blood Moon

Serpent Visions

Private Angelo

Books from our members

Blood Moon

Serpent Visions

The Death of the Heart

Blueberries for Sal

Books from our members

Bessie

No Good Deed

My Novel Year

Party Planning Can Be Murder

Blood Moon

Serpent Visions

Snow on Magnolias

The Rocket Scientist

A Tale of Three Cities

The Zookeeper's Dragon

Books from our members

Bessie

No Good Deed

My Novel Year

Party Planning Can Be Murder

Blood Moon

Serpent Visions

Snow on Magnolias

The Rocket Scientist

A Tale of Three Cities

The Zookeeper's Dragon

Glass and Feathers

Chilled to the Bone