1940s Novel Rankings
Top 50 novels published between 1940–1949.
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The Stranger – Albert Camus—
The Plague – Albert Camus—
Nineteen Eighty-Four – George Orwell—
Animal Farm – George Orwell—
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter – Carson McCullers—
Native Son – Richard Wright—
The Fountainhead – Ayn Rand—
All the King's Men – Robert Penn Warren—
The Naked and the Dead – Norman Mailer—
Cry, the Beloved Country – Alan Paton—
The Big Sleep – Raymond Chandler—
Farewell, My Lovely – Raymond Chandler—
The Lady in the Lake – Raymond Chandler—
The Long Goodbye – Raymond Chandler—
The High Window – Raymond Chandler—
The Little Sister – Raymond Chandler—
The Loved One – Evelyn Waugh—
Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh—
Scoop – Evelyn Waugh—
Black Mischief – Evelyn Waugh—
Decline and Fall – Evelyn Waugh—
The Power and the Glory – Graham Greene—
The Heart of the Matter – Graham Greene—
Brighton Rock – Graham Greene—
The End of the Affair – Graham Greene—
The Ministry of Fear – Graham Greene—
Under the Volcano – Malcolm Lowry—
The Big Clock – Kenneth Fearing—
The Ox-Bow Incident – Walter Van Tilburg Clark—
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn – Betty Smith—
Gentleman's Agreement – Laura Z. Hobson—
The Razor's Edge – W. Somerset Maugham—
The Moon and Sixpence – W. Somerset Maugham—
Of Human Bondage – W. Somerset Maugham—
The Painted Veil – W. Somerset Maugham—
The Magician – W. Somerset Maugham—
Doctor Faustus – Thomas Mann—
Joseph and His Brothers – Thomas Mann—
The Magic Mountain – Thomas Mann—
Buddenbrooks – Thomas Mann—
The Trial – Franz Kafka—
The Castle – Franz Kafka—
Amerika – Franz Kafka—
The Metamorphosis – Franz Kafka—
The Glass Bead Game – Hermann Hesse—
Steppenwolf – Hermann Hesse—
Siddhartha – Hermann Hesse—
Narcissus and Goldmund – Hermann Hesse—