Most Popular Fiction Books of the 1940s

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories

Marjorie Bowen

Horror · Gothic Horror · Short Stories · Mystery

1949

The Alabaster Hand and Other Ghost Stories

A. N. L. Munby

Horror · Short Stories

1949

The Doge's Ring

Daniele Vare

Fantasy

1949

Earth Abides

George R. Stewart

Science Fiction

1949

The Kingslayer

L. Ron Hubbard

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1949

Triton

L. Ron Hubbard

Fantasy · Short Stories

1949

The Dowry

Maggie Gould

Horror

1949

Things That Go Bump in the Night

Louis Clark Jones

Horror · Short Stories

1949

What Mad Universe

Fredric Brown

Science Fiction

1949

Four-Sided Triangle

William F. Temple

Science Fiction

1949

John Carstairs: Space Detective

Frank Belknap Long

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1949

Life Everlasting and Other Tales of Science, Fantasy and Horror

David H. Keller

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1949

The Eternal Conflict

David H. Keller

Science Fiction

1949

The Homunculus

David H. Keller

Science Fiction

1949

The Last Space Ship

Murray Leinster

Science Fiction

1949

Fight for Life

Murray Leinster

Science Fiction

1949

Star Kings #1

The Star Kings

Edmond Hamilton

Science Fiction

1949

Lords of Creation

Eando Binder

Science Fiction

1949

Silverlock #1

Silverlock

John Myers Myers

Fantasy

1949

Pattern for Conquest

George O. Smith

Science Fiction

1949

Skylark #3

The Skylark of Valeron

E. E. Smith

Science Fiction

1949

Time Trap

Rog Phillips

Science Fiction

1949

Tales of the Uncanny and Supernatural

Algernon Blackwood

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1949

Aarn Munro

The Incredible Planet

John W. Campbell

Science Fiction

1949

The Madrone Tree

David Duncan

Thriller

1949

Worlds of Wonder

Olaf Stapledon

Science Fiction

1949

Oz #38

The Shaggy Man of Oz

Jack Snow

Fantasy · Childrens

1949

The Man Who Ate the Phoenix

Lord Dunsany

Fantasy · Short Stories

1949

The Steel Mirror

Donald Hamilton

Spy Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1948

Inspector Hazlerigg #2

They Never Looked Inside

Michael Gilbert

Crime Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1948

British Library Tales of the Weird #80

The Unwelcome

Claude Seignolle

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Witches

1948

British Library Tales of the Weird #76

The Black Mirror

Johnny Mains, Winifred Duke

Horror · Crime Fiction · Gothic Horror · Historical Fiction · Thriller

1948

Not for the Squeamish

D Scott-Moncrieff

Horror · Science Fiction · Psychological Horror · Vampires · Weird Fiction

1948

Slayer by Stealth

Wilton Hazzard

Fantasy · Horror · Psychological Horror

1948

Alas, That Great City

Francis Leslie Ashton

Science Fiction

1948

Sleep No More: Twelve Stories of the Supernatural

L. T. C. Rolt

Horror · Short Stories

1948