Best Books of the Decade: 1940s

1.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating β€” 5,226,903 ratings
2.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating β€” 4,356,847 ratings
3.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating β€” 4,073,457 ratings
4.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating β€” 2,375,704 ratings
5.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,315,737 ratings
6.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire 3.98 avg rating β€” 328,892 ratings
7.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating β€” 311,421 ratings
8.
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi LΓ₯ngstrump, #1)
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi LΓ₯ngstrump, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 206,937 ratings
9.
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman 3.58 avg rating β€” 252,772 ratings
10.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating β€” 499,244 ratings
11.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating β€” 300,369 ratings
12.
Goodnight Moon
Goodnight Moon 4.32 avg rating β€” 389,657 ratings
13.
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 123,569 ratings
14.
The Screwtape Letters
The Screwtape Letters 4.27 avg rating β€” 499,727 ratings
15.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating β€” 116,845 ratings
16.
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 149,653 ratings
17.
The Pearl
The Pearl 3.56 avg rating β€” 261,810 ratings
18.
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating β€” 113,049 ratings
19.
Hiroshima
Hiroshima 4.04 avg rating β€” 86,443 ratings
20.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating β€” 78,544 ratings
21.
Ficciones
Ficciones 4.40 avg rating β€” 75,866 ratings
22.
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie 3.74 avg rating β€” 141,056 ratings
23.
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating β€” 333,862 ratings
24.
Stuart Little
Stuart Little 3.89 avg rating β€” 130,736 ratings
25.
Make Way for Ducklings
Make Way for Ducklings 4.25 avg rating β€” 90,423 ratings
26.
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) 4.28 avg rating β€” 694,158 ratings
27.
All the King's Men
All the King's Men 4.09 avg rating β€” 65,742 ratings
28.
The Razor’s Edge
The Razor’s Edge 4.19 avg rating β€” 52,478 ratings
29.
The Power and the Glory
The Power and the Glory 3.98 avg rating β€” 42,539 ratings
30.
Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper by the Dozen really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 44,229 ratings
31.
The Lottery and Other Stories
The Lottery and Other Stories 4.02 avg rating β€” 82,498 ratings
32.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating β€” 45,866 ratings
33.
Curious George
Curious George
by: H.A. Rey
4.17 avg rating β€” 139,087 ratings
34.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating β€” 103,289 ratings
35.
The Lottery
The Lottery 4.04 avg rating β€” 104,233 ratings
36.
The Glass Bead Game
The Glass Bead Game 4.10 avg rating β€” 41,304 ratings
37.
Zorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek 4.04 avg rating β€” 56,535 ratings
38.
The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)
The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1) 4.13 avg rating β€” 138,001 ratings
39.
Complete Poems Of Robert Frost, 1949
Complete Poems Of Robert Frost, 1949 4.34 avg rating β€” 720 ratings
40.
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2)
The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2) 3.82 avg rating β€” 122,126 ratings
41.
Four Quartets
Four Quartets 4.37 avg rating β€” 19,408 ratings
42.
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon 4.12 avg rating β€” 32,887 ratings
43.
Pat the Bunny
Pat the Bunny 4.09 avg rating β€” 24,591 ratings
44.
The Man Without Qualities
The Man Without Qualities 4.19 avg rating β€” 7,191 ratings
45.
Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1)
Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1) 3.92 avg rating β€” 23,031 ratings
46.
No Exit and Three Other Plays
No Exit and Three Other Plays 4.08 avg rating β€” 29,813 ratings
47.
The Heart of the Matter
The Heart of the Matter 3.96 avg rating β€” 30,377 ratings
48.
Horton Hatches the Egg
Horton Hatches the Egg
by: Dr. Seuss
4.19 avg rating β€” 49,681 ratings
49.
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating β€” 832,538 ratings
50.
Black Boy
Black Boy 4.09 avg rating β€” 55,307 ratings
51.
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) 4.09 avg rating β€” 41,877 ratings
52.
Kon-Tiki
Kon-Tiki 4.16 avg rating β€” 24,592 ratings
53.
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1) 4.16 avg rating β€” 54,964 ratings
54.
The Long Winter (Little House, #6)
The Long Winter (Little House, #6) 4.18 avg rating β€” 91,403 ratings
55.
The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion, #1)
The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion, #1) 4.20 avg rating β€” 75,074 ratings
56.
Little Town on the Prairie (Little House, #7)
Little Town on the Prairie (Little House, #7) 4.20 avg rating β€” 92,487 ratings
57.
Chess Story
Chess Story 4.27 avg rating β€” 158,999 ratings
58.
The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)
The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1) 4.33 avg rating β€” 24,213 ratings
59.
Under the Volcano
Under the Volcano 3.76 avg rating β€” 26,363 ratings
60.
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky 3.89 avg rating β€” 30,064 ratings
61.
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24)
Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24) 3.98 avg rating β€” 84,937 ratings
62.
That Hideous Strength (The Space Trilogy, #3)
That Hideous Strength (The Space Trilogy, #3) 3.93 avg rating β€” 44,541 ratings
63.
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus 4.08 avg rating β€” 13,445 ratings
64.
Mere Christianity
Mere Christianity 4.36 avg rating β€” 447,097 ratings
65.
Antigone
Antigone 3.77 avg rating β€” 29,273 ratings
66.
These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8)
These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8) 4.22 avg rating β€” 78,096 ratings
67.
Mythology
Mythology 4.03 avg rating β€” 58,936 ratings
68.
Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain 3.70 avg rating β€” 50,452 ratings
69.
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4) 4.06 avg rating β€” 27,284 ratings
69.
The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding 3.81 avg rating β€” 19,907 ratings
71.
The Naked and the Dead
The Naked and the Dead 3.94 avg rating β€” 26,164 ratings
72.
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business 4.17 avg rating β€” 94,429 ratings
73.
Homer Price
Homer Price 4.09 avg rating β€” 22,886 ratings
74.
The Aleph and Other Stories
The Aleph and Other Stories 4.33 avg rating β€” 46,745 ratings
75.
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25)
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25) 4.03 avg rating β€” 88,121 ratings
76.
Pippi in the South Seas
Pippi in the South Seas 4.12 avg rating β€” 18,752 ratings
77.
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
The Hero With a Thousand Faces 4.13 avg rating β€” 44,165 ratings
78.
West with the Night
West with the Night 4.15 avg rating β€” 40,233 ratings
79.
Death Be Not Proud
Death Be Not Proud 3.86 avg rating β€” 12,769 ratings
80.
The Great Divorce
The Great Divorce 4.32 avg rating β€” 175,048 ratings
81.
The Loved One
The Loved One 3.75 avg rating β€” 13,360 ratings
82.
The Tartar Steppe
The Tartar Steppe 4.21 avg rating β€” 38,438 ratings
83.
Go Down, Moses
Go Down, Moses 3.93 avg rating β€” 10,440 ratings
84.
Earth Abides
Earth Abides 3.95 avg rating β€” 33,027 ratings
85.
The Portable Dorothy Parker
The Portable Dorothy Parker 4.33 avg rating β€” 11,889 ratings
86.
Embers
Embers 3.99 avg rating β€” 41,065 ratings
87.
Brat Farrar
Brat Farrar 4.03 avg rating β€” 11,444 ratings
87.
The Twenty-One Balloons
The Twenty-One Balloons 3.95 avg rating β€” 25,763 ratings
89.
Confessions of a Mask
Confessions of a Mask 3.95 avg rating β€” 37,130 ratings
90.
The Little House
The Little House 4.30 avg rating β€” 42,073 ratings
91.
The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #3)
The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #3) 3.86 avg rating β€” 55,338 ratings
92.
All My Sons
All My Sons 3.91 avg rating β€” 29,777 ratings
93.
The Egg and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #1)
The Egg and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #1) 3.88 avg rating β€” 10,151 ratings
94.
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh 3.90 avg rating β€” 10,051 ratings
95.
Survival in Auschwitz
Survival in Auschwitz 4.34 avg rating β€” 83,608 ratings
96.
The Love of the Last Tycoon
The Love of the Last Tycoon 3.63 avg rating β€” 13,603 ratings
97.
Finn Family Moomintroll (The Moomins, #3)
Finn Family Moomintroll (The Moomins, #3) 4.30 avg rating β€” 18,232 ratings
98.
Pippi Goes on Board
Pippi Goes on Board 4.13 avg rating β€” 13,985 ratings
99.
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3) 4.04 avg rating β€” 24,732 ratings
100.
The Hamlet (The Snopes Trilogy, #1)
The Hamlet (The Snopes Trilogy, #1) 3.86 avg rating β€” 5,832 ratings
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