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1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,816,747 ratings — published 1949
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,853,915 ratings — published 1945
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,354,250 ratings — published 1947
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,629,442 ratings — published 1943
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,551,034 ratings — published 1942
The Plague (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.02 — 336,987 ratings — published 1947
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.00 — 132,646 ratings — published 1945
Ficciones (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.39 — 84,644 ratings — published 1944
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.99 — 329,348 ratings — published 1940
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.81 — 137,387 ratings — published 1942
I Capture the Castle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.98 — 119,492 ratings — published 1949
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.99 — 125,214 ratings — published 1940
The Pursuit of Love (Radlett & Montdore, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.94 — 24,236 ratings — published 1945
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,995,728 ratings — published 2005
The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.85 — 62,381 ratings — published 1942
The Invention of Morel (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.93 — 39,573 ratings — published 1940
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.31 — 537,465 ratings — published 1943
Chess Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.26 — 200,810 ratings — published 1942
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.04 — 58,869 ratings — published 2013
Death of a Salesman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.60 — 268,111 ratings — published 1949
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.09 — 44,494 ratings — published 1940
Dear Mrs. Bird (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.80 — 59,548 ratings — published 2018
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #23)
by (shelved 5 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.97 — 94,275 ratings — published 1941
Cry, the Beloved Country (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.93 — 81,607 ratings — published 1948
Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.92 — 25,033 ratings — published 1946
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.99 — 131,612 ratings — published 2012
Frenchman's Creek (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.99 — 26,112 ratings — published 1941
The Member of the Wedding (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.81 — 21,082 ratings — published 1946
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
by (shelved 5 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.05 — 29,441 ratings — published 1943
I, the Jury (Mike Hammer, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.62 — 7,021 ratings — published 1947
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.06 — 163,543 ratings — published 1943
Go as a River (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.25 — 223,241 ratings — published 2023
A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17)
by (shelved 4 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.27 — 18,157 ratings — published 2022
The Rose Code (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.43 — 413,913 ratings — published 2021
The Right Sort of Man (Sparks & Bainbridge, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.92 — 5,771 ratings — published 2019
Sarah's Key (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.18 — 503,582 ratings — published 2006
L'écume des jours (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.91 — 45,015 ratings — published 1947
84, Charing Cross Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.16 — 112,412 ratings — published 1970
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,410,629 ratings — published 2012
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #24)
by (shelved 4 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.03 — 100,211 ratings — published 1942
Crooked House (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.08 — 99,114 ratings — published 1949
Native Son (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.05 — 108,213 ratings — published 1940
Sad Cypress (Hercule Poirot, #21)
by (shelved 4 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.94 — 50,497 ratings — published 1940
Earth Abides (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.94 — 35,759 ratings — published 1949
The Fountainhead (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.89 — 342,624 ratings — published 1943
Mildred Pierce (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.93 — 11,186 ratings — published 1941
The Aleph and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 4.32 — 52,805 ratings — published 1945
The Glass Menagerie (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.74 — 146,368 ratings — published 1945
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1940-s)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,032,367 ratings — published 1951
