Best Books 1942

1.
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 122,108 ratings
2.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,451 ratings
3.
The Runaway Bunny
The Runaway Bunny 4.09 avg rating — 86,066 ratings
4.
The Screwtape Letters
The Screwtape Letters 4.27 avg rating — 499,664 ratings
5.
The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #3)
The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #3) 3.86 avg rating — 55,334 ratings
6.
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25)
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25) 4.03 avg rating — 88,102 ratings
7.
The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)
The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 137,997 ratings
8.
West with the Night
West with the Night 4.15 avg rating — 40,231 ratings
9.
The Little House
The Little House 4.30 avg rating — 42,073 ratings
10.
Antigone
Antigone 3.77 avg rating — 29,270 ratings
11.
Embers
Embers 3.99 avg rating — 41,054 ratings
12.
The Robe
The Robe 4.23 avg rating — 26,917 ratings
13.
Rear Window
Rear Window 3.98 avg rating — 1,942 ratings
14.
The Case of the Careless Kitten (Perry Mason, #21)
The Case of the Careless Kitten (Perry Mason, #21) 3.88 avg rating — 1,573 ratings
15.
Mythology
Mythology 4.03 avg rating — 58,932 ratings
16.
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 24,730 ratings
17.
Black Orchids - A Nero Wolfe Novella (Nero Wolfe, #9)
Black Orchids - A Nero Wolfe Novella (Nero Wolfe, #9)
by: Rex Stout
4.15 avg rating — 5,976 ratings
18.
Five on a Treasure Island (Famous Five, #1)
Five on a Treasure Island (Famous Five, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 35,586 ratings
19.
Thorofare
Thorofare 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
20.
Flight To Arras
Flight To Arras 3.90 avg rating — 3,420 ratings
20.
A Bride Goes West
A Bride Goes West 4.01 avg rating — 315 ratings
22.
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays 4.22 avg rating — 63,600 ratings
23.
How to Cook a Wolf
How to Cook a Wolf 4.15 avg rating — 2,993 ratings
23.
Put Out More Flags
Put Out More Flags 3.80 avg rating — 2,537 ratings
25.
The Family of Pascual Duarte
The Family of Pascual Duarte 3.76 avg rating — 17,457 ratings
25.
Marling Hall
Marling Hall 3.86 avg rating — 453 ratings
27.
The Skin of Our Teeth
The Skin of Our Teeth 3.83 avg rating — 5,107 ratings
28.
The Robber Bridegroom
The Robber Bridegroom 3.50 avg rating — 1,603 ratings
29.
The Bear
The Bear 3.46 avg rating — 1,307 ratings
30.
Cross Creek
Cross Creek 4.05 avg rating — 2,614 ratings
31.
The O'Sullivan Twins
The O'Sullivan Twins 4.04 avg rating — 6,572 ratings
32.
Seventeenth Summer
Seventeenth Summer 3.13 avg rating — 5,187 ratings
32.
The World of Yesterday
The World of Yesterday 4.51 avg rating — 27,402 ratings
32.
Dragon's Teeth (World's End Lanny Budd #3)
Dragon's Teeth (World's End Lanny Budd #3) 4.07 avg rating — 1,075 ratings
35.
The Four-Story Mistake (The Melendy Family, #2)
The Four-Story Mistake (The Melendy Family, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 5,247 ratings
35.
Mere Christianity
Mere Christianity 4.36 avg rating — 447,063 ratings
35.
Frenchman's Creek
Frenchman's Creek 3.99 avg rating — 23,060 ratings
38.
Deutsche Hörer! Radiosendungen nach Deutschland aus den Jahren 1940-1945
Deutsche Hörer! Radiosendungen nach Deutschland aus den Jahren 1940-1945 4.31 avg rating — 129 ratings
39.
The Turning Point: Thirty-Five Years in this Century, the Autobiography of Klaus Mann
The Turning Point: Thirty-Five Years in this Century, the Autobiography of Klaus Mann 4.32 avg rating — 390 ratings
39.
The Little Grey Men
The Little Grey Men
by: B.B.
4.12 avg rating — 1,662 ratings
41.
Josephus and the Emperor (Josephus, #3)
Josephus and the Emperor (Josephus, #3) 4.42 avg rating — 144 ratings
41.
The Company She Keeps
The Company She Keeps 3.76 avg rating — 964 ratings
41.
Seven winters. Dublin, Cuala Press, 1942
Seven winters. Dublin, Cuala Press, 1942 3.40 avg rating — 35 ratings
44.
Chess Story
Chess Story 4.27 avg rating — 158,944 ratings
44.
The Myth of Sisyphus
The Myth of Sisyphus 4.18 avg rating — 83,911 ratings
46.
Theory of Literature
Theory of Literature 3.77 avg rating — 464 ratings
46.
The Blue Hills (Torminster, #3)
The Blue Hills (Torminster, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 302 ratings
48.
Adam of the Road
Adam of the Road 3.77 avg rating — 10,045 ratings
48.
White Rabbits
White Rabbits 3.60 avg rating — 58 ratings
50.
Twig
Twig 4.18 avg rating — 615 ratings
50.
Marshmallow
Marshmallow 4.08 avg rating — 1,374 ratings
52.
Meet Me in St. Louis
Meet Me in St. Louis 3.78 avg rating — 334 ratings
52.
Winter's Tales
Winter's Tales 3.86 avg rating — 2,514 ratings
52.
Gobbolino the Witch's Cat
Gobbolino the Witch's Cat 4.13 avg rating — 1,712 ratings
55.
Behind the Urals: An American Worker in Russia's City of Steel
Behind the Urals: An American Worker in Russia's City of Steel 3.71 avg rating — 649 ratings
56.
The Moon Is Down
The Moon Is Down 3.94 avg rating — 32,030 ratings
56.
Murder Will Speak (Chief Inspector Littlejohn #4)
Murder Will Speak (Chief Inspector Littlejohn #4) 3.51 avg rating — 159 ratings
56.
The Quest of the Missing Map (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #19)
The Quest of the Missing Map (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #19) 3.90 avg rating — 6,060 ratings
59.
Go Down, Moses
Go Down, Moses 3.93 avg rating — 10,440 ratings
59.
The Clue of the Broken Blade (Hardy Boys, #21)
The Clue of the Broken Blade (Hardy Boys, #21) 3.83 avg rating — 2,208 ratings
61.
Men at War
Men at War 3.96 avg rating — 207 ratings
62.
Mormon Country
Mormon Country 3.94 avg rating — 726 ratings
63.
Dragon Seed
Dragon Seed 4.11 avg rating — 3,516 ratings
64.
The Hour Before the Dawn: A Novel
The Hour Before the Dawn: A Novel 3.67 avg rating — 163 ratings
65.
Phantom Lady (Definitive Series)
Phantom Lady (Definitive Series) 3.93 avg rating — 888 ratings
66.
Black Alibi
Black Alibi 3.66 avg rating — 296 ratings
67.
Calamity Town
Calamity Town 3.74 avg rating — 734 ratings
68.
The Case of the Drowning Duck (Perry Mason, #20)
The Case of the Drowning Duck (Perry Mason, #20) 4.01 avg rating — 1,460 ratings
69.
Maigret and the Spinster
Maigret and the Spinster 3.79 avg rating — 1,383 ratings
70.
The Hotel Majestic (Maigret #20)
The Hotel Majestic (Maigret #20) 3.75 avg rating — 2,187 ratings
71.
The Widow
The Widow 3.77 avg rating — 1,254 ratings