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 ,

No Good Deed

By Jennifer Barraclough ,

Death in Red, White and Rooibos

By Kirsten Weiss ,

Loved by 2 people

The Pursuit of Love

By Nancy Mitford ,

Loved by 2 people

Go Down, Moses

By William Faulkner ,

No Good Deed

By Jennifer Barraclough ,

Death in Red, White and Rooibos

By Kirsten Weiss ,

Blue Shield

By FX Holden ,

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 ,

No Good Deed

By Jennifer Barraclough ,

Death in Red, White and Rooibos

By Kirsten Weiss ,

Blue Shield

By FX Holden ,

Grabtown

By Sarah P. Blanchard ,

Loved by 1 person

The Snow Goose

By Paul Gallico ,

Loved by 1 person

God's Little Acre

By Erskine Caldwell ,

Blue Shield

By FX Holden ,

Grabtown

By Sarah P. Blanchard ,

No Good Deed

By Jennifer Barraclough ,

Death in Red, White and Rooibos

By Kirsten Weiss ,

Blue Shield

By FX Holden ,

Grabtown

By Sarah P. Blanchard ,

Local Boy Done Gone

By JL Civi ,

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 ,

No Good Deed

By Jennifer Barraclough ,

Death in Red, White and Rooibos

By Kirsten Weiss ,

Blue Shield

By FX Holden ,

Grabtown

By Sarah P. Blanchard ,

Local Boy Done Gone

By JL Civi ,

Starship Fleet Commander

By Aer-ki Jyr ,

Florida Crossing

By Jorge E. Goyanes ,

Loved by 1 person

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates

By Mary Mapes Dodge ,

Grabtown

By Sarah P. Blanchard ,

Local Boy Done Gone

By JL Civi ,

Starship Fleet Commander

By Aer-ki Jyr ,

Loved by 1 person

Private Angelo

By Eric Linklater ,

Local Boy Done Gone

By JL Civi ,

Starship Fleet Commander

By Aer-ki Jyr ,

Loved by 1 person

The Death of the Heart

By Elizabeth Bowen ,

Loved by 1 person

Blueberries for Sal

By Robert McCloskey ,

Loved by 1 person

Dawn's Early Light

By Elswyth Thane ,

Loved by 1 person

Tree of Freedom

By Rebecca Caudill ,

Local Boy Done Gone

By JL Civi ,

Starship Fleet Commander

By Aer-ki Jyr ,

Florida Crossing

By Jorge E. Goyanes ,

Country Club Summer

By Rachel Cullen ,

No Good Deed

By Jennifer Barraclough ,

Death in Red, White and Rooibos

By Kirsten Weiss ,

Blue Shield

By FX Holden ,

Grabtown

By Sarah P. Blanchard ,

Local Boy Done Gone

By JL Civi ,

Starship Fleet Commander

By Aer-ki Jyr ,

Florida Crossing

By Jorge E. Goyanes ,

Country Club Summer

By Rachel Cullen ,

Cold Hills and Warm Blood

By Donnally Miller ,

December on 5C4

By Adam Strassberg ,

Loved by 1 person

The Fields

By Conrad Richter ,

No Good Deed

By Jennifer Barraclough ,

Death in Red, White and Rooibos

By Kirsten Weiss ,

Blue Shield

By FX Holden ,

Grabtown

By Sarah P. Blanchard ,

Local Boy Done Gone

By JL Civi ,

Starship Fleet Commander

By Aer-ki Jyr ,

Florida Crossing

By Jorge E. Goyanes ,

Country Club Summer

By Rachel Cullen ,

Cold Hills and Warm Blood

By Donnally Miller ,

December on 5C4

By Adam Strassberg ,

Holy Terror

By John R. Dougherty ,

Beautiful and Terrible Things

By S.M. Stevens ,

There's a Duck in My Bathtub!

By David Wilk, Joey Ahlbum (illustrator),

Book Uncle and Me

By Uma Krishnaswami , Julianna Swaney (illustrator) ,

Bubble Sheet Blues

By William Durbin ,

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

No Good Deed

Death in Red, White and Rooibos

The Pursuit of Love

Go Down, Moses

Books from our members

No Good Deed

Death in Red, White and Rooibos

Blue Shield

Five on a Treasure Island

The Just and the Unjust

Books from our members

No Good Deed

Death in Red, White and Rooibos

Blue Shield

Grabtown

The Snow Goose

God's Little Acre

Books from our members

Blue Shield

Grabtown

Books from our members

No Good Deed

Death in Red, White and Rooibos

Blue Shield

Grabtown

Local Boy Done Gone

Drayneflete Revealed

White Snow, Bright Snow

Sick Heart River

The Moon is Down

Books from our members

No Good Deed

Death in Red, White and Rooibos

Blue Shield

Grabtown

Local Boy Done Gone

Starship Fleet Commander

Florida Crossing

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates

Books from our members

Grabtown

Local Boy Done Gone

Starship Fleet Commander

Private Angelo

Books from our members

Local Boy Done Gone

Starship Fleet Commander

The Death of the Heart

Blueberries for Sal

Dawn's Early Light

Tree of Freedom

Books from our members

Local Boy Done Gone

Starship Fleet Commander

Florida Crossing

Country Club Summer

Books from our members

No Good Deed

Death in Red, White and Rooibos

Blue Shield

Grabtown

Local Boy Done Gone

Starship Fleet Commander

Florida Crossing

Country Club Summer

Cold Hills and Warm Blood

December on 5C4

The Fields

Books from our members

No Good Deed

Death in Red, White and Rooibos

Blue Shield

Grabtown