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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
The Long Winter
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son (Richard Wright)
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Horton Hatches the Egg
Horton Hatches the Egg
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The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
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Sad Cypress (Agatha Christie)
Sad Cypress (Agatha Christie)
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The Family (Nina Fedorova)
The Family (Nina Fedorova)
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The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
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Farewell My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
Farewell My Lovely (Raymond Chandler)
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Curious George (H. A. Ray)
Curious George (H. A. Ray)
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Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce
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Make Way for Ducklings
Make Way for Ducklings
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The Black Stallion
The Black Stallion
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The Last Tycoon (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Last Tycoon (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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My Theodosia (Anya Seton)
My Theodosia (Anya Seton)
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Between the Acts (Virginia Woolf)
Between the Acts (Virginia Woolf)
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The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
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Four Quartets (T.S. Eliot)
Four Quartets (T.S. Eliot)
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Evil Under the Sun (Agatha Christie)
Evil Under the Sun (Agatha Christie)
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Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
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The Boxcar Children
The Boxcar Children
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
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The High Window
The High Window
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The Poky Little Puppy (Janette Sebring Lowrey)
The Poky Little Puppy (Janette Sebring Lowrey)
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Five Little Pigs (Agatha Christie)
Five Little Pigs (Agatha Christie)
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The Last Time I Saw Paris (Elliot Paul)
The Last Time I Saw Paris (Elliot Paul)
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The Myth of Sisyphus
The Myth of Sisyphus
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Antigone (Jean Anouilh)
Antigone (Jean Anouilh)
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The Body in the Library (Agatha Christie)
The Body in the Library (Agatha Christie)
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Being and Nothingness
Being and Nothingness
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The Little House
The Little House
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Rhadopis of Nubia (Naguib Mahfouz)
Rhadopis of Nubia (Naguib Mahfouz)
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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The Man Without Qualities
The Man Without Qualities
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Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain
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These Happy Golden Years
These Happy Golden Years
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The Little Prince
The Little Prince
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The Flies (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Flies (Jean-Paul Sartre)
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The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
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