Best of 1940

1.
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 41,871 ratings
2.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,386 ratings
3.
Pat the Bunny
Pat the Bunny 4.09 avg rating — 24,591 ratings
4.
Sad Cypress (Hercule Poirot, #22)
Sad Cypress (Hercule Poirot, #22) 3.94 avg rating — 45,070 ratings
5.
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon 4.12 avg rating — 32,882 ratings
6.
The Long Winter (Little House, #6)
The Long Winter (Little House, #6) 4.18 avg rating — 91,399 ratings
7.
The Problem of Pain
The Problem of Pain 4.13 avg rating — 70,774 ratings
8.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,829 ratings
9.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,281 ratings
10.
The Ill-Made Knight (The Once and Future King, #3)
The Ill-Made Knight (The Once and Future King, #3) 3.79 avg rating — 2,746 ratings
11.
Sapphira and the Slave Girl
Sapphira and the Slave Girl 3.73 avg rating — 1,777 ratings
12.
The Power and the Glory
The Power and the Glory 3.98 avg rating — 42,531 ratings
13.
Horton Hatches the Egg
Horton Hatches the Egg
by: Dr. Seuss
4.19 avg rating — 49,676 ratings
14.
The Invention of Morel
The Invention of Morel 3.97 avg rating — 31,638 ratings
15.
Kallocain
Kallocain 3.72 avg rating — 15,614 ratings
16.
The Pilgrim Hawk
The Pilgrim Hawk 3.59 avg rating — 1,557 ratings
17.
The Tartar Steppe
The Tartar Steppe 4.21 avg rating — 38,420 ratings
18.
The Hamlet (The Snopes Trilogy, #1)
The Hamlet (The Snopes Trilogy, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 5,831 ratings
18.
The Transposed Heads: A Legend of India
The Transposed Heads: A Legend of India 3.77 avg rating — 1,084 ratings
20.
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (Hercule Poirot, #23)
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (Hercule Poirot, #23) 3.78 avg rating — 41,033 ratings
21.
The Corinthian
The Corinthian 4.05 avg rating — 13,637 ratings
21.
They Were Strong and Good
They Were Strong and Good 3.47 avg rating — 1,419 ratings
21.
Another Time
Another Time 4.15 avg rating — 387 ratings
24.
The Big Sea
The Big Sea 4.22 avg rating — 1,980 ratings
25.
The Disappearing Floor (The Hardy Boys, #19)
The Disappearing Floor (The Hardy Boys, #19) 3.90 avg rating — 3,707 ratings
26.
Strangely Enough
Strangely Enough 4.02 avg rating — 249 ratings
27.
I Rode With Stonewall: Being Chiefly The War Experiences of the Youngest Member of Jackson's Staff from John Brown's Raid to the Hanging of Mrs. Surratt
I Rode With Stonewall: Being Chiefly The War Experiences of the Youngest Member of Jackson's Staff from John Brown's Raid to the Hanging of Mrs. Surratt 4.30 avg rating — 187 ratings
28.
Exil
Exil 4.20 avg rating — 136 ratings
28.
Roger Fry: A Biography
Roger Fry: A Biography 3.70 avg rating — 145 ratings
28.
Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept
Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept 4.20 avg rating — 163 ratings
28.
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 — 94,426 ratings
32.
Time Remembered
Time Remembered 3.31 avg rating — 90 ratings
32.
Death of a Peer
Death of a Peer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,790 ratings
32.
Donkey-Donkey
Donkey-Donkey 4.21 avg rating — 289 ratings
35.
The Don Flows Home to the Sea
The Don Flows Home to the Sea 4.33 avg rating — 610 ratings
35.
Black Plumes
Black Plumes 3.80 avg rating — 1,830 ratings
35.
The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #17)
The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #17) 3.90 avg rating — 6,569 ratings
38.
Canek
Canek 4.11 avg rating — 1,013 ratings
39.
This War
This War 3.85 avg rating — 33 ratings
39.
The So Blue Marble (Griselda Satterlee, #1)
The So Blue Marble (Griselda Satterlee, #1) 3.38 avg rating — 538 ratings
41.
On a Darkling Plain
On a Darkling Plain 3.65 avg rating — 23 ratings
41.
Darker Than You Think
Darker Than You Think 3.50 avg rating — 1,501 ratings
43.
Over My Dead Body (Nero Wolfe, #7)
Over My Dead Body (Nero Wolfe, #7)
by: Rex Stout
4.10 avg rating — 5,095 ratings
44.
Where There's a Will (Nero Wolfe, #8)
Where There's a Will (Nero Wolfe, #8)
by: Rex Stout
4.12 avg rating — 3,542 ratings
45.
Bad for Business
Bad for Business
by: Rex Stout
3.98 avg rating — 567 ratings
46.
The Imaginary
The Imaginary 3.79 avg rating — 535 ratings
47.
The Living Thoughts of Nietzsche
The Living Thoughts of Nietzsche 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings