Best Books of the Decade: 1940s

The best books published during the 1940s decade (1940–1949).

See also
1940s lists
1940s shelf
Best By Date
Children's Books of the 1940s
Fantasy of the 1940s
Non-fiction of the 1940s
Science Fiction of the 1940s
Most Rated Book by Year

Best Books by Century:
21st, 20th,
19th, 18th, 17th, 16th, 15th,14th, 13th, 12th, 11th, 10th,
9th, 8th, 7th, 6th, 5th, 4th

Best Books by Decade:
2020–2029, 2010–2019, 2000–2009,
1990–1999, 1980–1989, 1970–1979, 1960–1969, 1950–1959,
1940–1949, 1930–1939, 1920–1929, 1910–1919, 1900–1909,
1890–1899, 1880–1889, 1870–1879, 1860–1869, 1850–1859,
1840–1849, 1830–1839, 1820–1829, 1810–1819, 1800–1809

Best Books by Year:
1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949

Lists for all books by Number of Ratings:
10,000 to 15,000, 15,000 to 20,000, 20,000 to 25,000, 25,000 to 30,000,
30,000 to 40,000, 40,000 to 50,000, 50,000 to 60,000, 60,000 to 70,000,
70,000 to 80,000, 80,000 to 89,999, 90,000 to 99,999, 100,000 to 149,999,
150,000 to 199,999, 200,000 to 499,999, 500,000 to 999,999, 1,000,000 and more

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1	1984 by George Orwell 4.19 avg rating — 4,770,012 ratings score: 46,494, and 472 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Animal Farm by George Orwell 3.99 avg rating — 4,012,799 ratings score: 36,071, and 370 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.19 avg rating — 3,830,462 ratings score: 30,267, and 311 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 4.33 avg rating — 2,175,652 ratings score: 24,986, and 258 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Stranger by Albert Camus 4.02 avg rating — 1,154,853 ratings score: 18,515, and 191 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams 3.98 avg rating — 316,069 ratings score: 10,194, and 108 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway 3.98 avg rating — 298,941 ratings score: 10,105, and 107 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1) by Astrid Lindgren 4.15 avg rating — 202,094 ratings score: 9,840, and 103 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller 3.57 avg rating — 239,959 ratings score: 9,720, and 103 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 4.30 avg rating — 476,067 ratings score: 9,495, and 99 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Plague by Albert Camus 4.02 avg rating — 273,609 ratings score: 8,809, and 94 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown 4.31 avg rating — 378,900 ratings score: 8,156, and 86 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis 4.27 avg rating — 461,815 ratings score: 8,049, and 86 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 117,006 ratings score: 8,002, and 84 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 3.99 avg rating — 112,427 ratings score: 7,177, and 77 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) by John Steinbeck 4.06 avg rating — 141,518 ratings score: 6,483, and 69 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Pearl by John Steinbeck 3.54 avg rating — 244,512 ratings score: 5,979, and 64 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 3.99 avg rating — 107,242 ratings score: 5,918, and 62 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton 3.92 avg rating — 75,871 ratings score: 5,764, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Hiroshima by John Hersey 4.03 avg rating — 82,368 ratings score: 5,722, and 62 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges 4.41 avg rating — 69,925 ratings score: 5,605, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand 3.89 avg rating — 326,542 ratings score: 5,580, and 58 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams 3.73 avg rating — 135,472 ratings score: 5,577, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) by C.S. Lewis 4.28 avg rating — 664,998 ratings score: 5,489, and 58 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey 4.24 avg rating — 89,583 ratings score: 5,408, and 57 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren 4.09 avg rating — 64,231 ratings score: 5,193, and 55 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham 4.19 avg rating — 49,731 ratings score: 5,138, and 56 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Stuart Little by E.B. White 3.90 avg rating — 127,316 ratings score: 5,136, and 56 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene 3.98 avg rating — 40,492 ratings score: 5,017, and 54 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. 3.99 avg rating — 43,503 ratings score: 4,922, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson 4.03 avg rating — 79,089 ratings score: 4,888, and 53 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir 4.17 avg rating — 42,951 ratings score: 4,674, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Curious George by H.A. Rey 4.17 avg rating — 137,338 ratings score: 4,427, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Native Son by Richard Wright 4.03 avg rating — 100,330 ratings score: 4,332, and 47 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Lottery by Shirley Jackson 4.05 avg rating — 93,969 ratings score: 4,011, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse 4.10 avg rating — 39,471 ratings score: 3,980, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis 4.04 avg rating — 53,076 ratings score: 3,841, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1) by Gertrude Chandler Warner 4.13 avg rating — 135,134 ratings score: 3,748, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Body in the Library (Miss Marple, #2) by Agatha Christie 3.82 avg rating — 111,693 ratings score: 3,677, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Complete Poems Of Robert Frost, 1949 by Robert Frost 4.34 avg rating — 705 ratings score: 3,605, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot 4.37 avg rating — 18,528 ratings score: 3,448, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt 4.08 avg rating — 24,539 ratings score: 3,424, and 37 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler 4.11 avg rating — 31,261 ratings score: 3,392, and 38 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil 4.19 avg rating — 6,861 ratings score: 3,246, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1) by Mervyn Peake 3.92 avg rating — 21,526 ratings score: 3,215, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	No Exit and Three Other Plays by Jean-Paul Sartre 4.08 avg rating — 29,411 ratings score: 3,213, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene 3.97 avg rating — 29,507 ratings score: 3,172, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss 4.19 avg rating — 48,870 ratings score: 3,126, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Black Boy by Richard Wright 4.09 avg rating — 54,287 ratings score: 2,955, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) by Raymond Chandler 4.10 avg rating — 40,164 ratings score: 2,947, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl 4.16 avg rating — 23,693 ratings score: 2,873, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl 4.37 avg rating — 746,963 ratings score: 2,803, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1) by Betty MacDonald 4.16 avg rating — 54,425 ratings score: 2,779, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Long Winter (Little House, #6) by Laura Ingalls Wilder 4.17 avg rating — 88,857 ratings score: 2,651, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion, #1) by Walter Farley 4.19 avg rating — 74,138 ratings score: 2,603, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Chess Story by Stefan Zweig 4.27 avg rating — 136,501 ratings score: 2,552, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Little Town on the Prairie (Little House, #7) by Laura Ingalls Wilder 4.20 avg rating — 90,245 ratings score: 2,448, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1) by Ivo Andrić 4.33 avg rating — 22,335 ratings score: 2,414, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry 3.77 avg rating — 25,443 ratings score: 2,408, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles 3.89 avg rating — 28,895 ratings score: 2,331, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24) by Agatha Christie 3.98 avg rating — 77,954 ratings score: 2,308, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers 3.82 avg rating — 18,668 ratings score: 2,285, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	That Hideous Strength (The Space Trilogy, #3) by C.S. Lewis 3.92 avg rating — 41,773 ratings score: 2,181, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann 4.08 avg rating — 12,697 ratings score: 2,172, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Antigone by Jean Anouilh 3.78 avg rating — 27,335 ratings score: 2,164, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer 3.95 avg rating — 25,670 ratings score: 2,162, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8) by Laura Ingalls Wilder 4.21 avg rating — 75,865 ratings score: 2,156, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis 4.36 avg rating — 428,094 ratings score: 2,152, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business by Esphyr Slobodkina 4.17 avg rating — 93,581 ratings score: 2,142, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes 3.69 avg rating — 49,083 ratings score: 2,101, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4) by Raymond Chandler 4.06 avg rating — 25,933 ratings score: 2,097, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Mythology by Edith Hamilton 4.03 avg rating — 56,612 ratings score: 2,065, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25) by Agatha Christie 4.03 avg rating — 78,643 ratings score: 2,050, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Homer Price by Robert McCloskey 4.09 avg rating — 22,469 ratings score: 1,949, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	The Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis Borges 4.33 avg rating — 43,113 ratings score: 1,927, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid Lindgren 4.11 avg rating — 18,448 ratings score: 1,907, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell 4.13 avg rating — 42,258 ratings score: 1,905, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	West with the Night by Beryl Markham 4.15 avg rating — 38,926 ratings score: 1,892, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther 3.86 avg rating — 12,524 ratings score: 1,819, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis 4.31 avg rating — 156,268 ratings score: 1,728, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner 3.93 avg rating — 10,207 ratings score: 1,669, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh 3.76 avg rating — 12,745 ratings score: 1,652, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima 3.95 avg rating — 32,393 ratings score: 1,587, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	The Moving Finger (Miss Marple, #4) by Agatha Christie 3.86 avg rating — 50,411 ratings score: 1,566, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Earth Abides by George R. Stewart 3.95 avg rating — 30,374 ratings score: 1,554, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker 4.34 avg rating — 11,856 ratings score: 1,546, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Embers by Sándor Márai 3.99 avg rating — 35,696 ratings score: 1,533, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati 4.21 avg rating — 32,947 ratings score: 1,516, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey 4.02 avg rating — 10,998 ratings score: 1,503, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois 3.96 avg rating — 25,218 ratings score: 1,503, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton 4.30 avg rating — 41,624 ratings score: 1,480, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	All My Sons by Arthur Miller 3.90 avg rating — 28,454 ratings score: 1,456, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi 4.33 avg rating — 77,550 ratings score: 1,450, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	The Love of the Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.64 avg rating — 13,005 ratings score: 1,422, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	The Egg and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #1) by Betty MacDonald 3.89 avg rating — 9,838 ratings score: 1,410, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'Neill 3.90 avg rating — 9,859 ratings score: 1,372, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Finn Family Moomintroll (The Moomins, #3) by Tove Jansson 4.30 avg rating — 16,915 ratings score: 1,314, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Pippi Goes on Board by Astrid Lindgren 4.13 avg rating — 13,598 ratings score: 1,284, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3) by Raymond Chandler 4.04 avg rating — 23,631 ratings score: 1,279, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	The Hamlet (The Snopes Trilogy, #1) by William Faulkner 3.87 avg rating — 5,602 ratings score: 1,278, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars