Most Popular Fantasy Books of the 1940s

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The Moomin Books #1

Comet in Moominland

Tove Jansson

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1946

8.2/10 171 ratings

The Moomin Books #2

Finn Family Moomintroll

Tove Jansson

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1948

8.0/10 127 ratings

Animal Farm

George Orwell

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Hugo Award

1945

8.0/10 172 ratings

The Lurker at the Threshold

H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction

1945

7.9/10 33 ratings

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Fantasy · Childrens · Translation

1943

7.6/10 230 ratings

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins Opens the Door

P. L. Travers

Fantasy · Childrens

1943

7.4/10 16 ratings

Farmer Giles of Ham

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Childrens

1949

6.6/10 121 ratings

Beyond the Wall of Sleep

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1943

10.0/10 2 ratings

Out of Space and Time

Clark Ashton Smith

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1942

9.0/10 1 ratings

Best Supernatural Stories of H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1945

8.5/10 4 ratings

Gormenghast #1

Titus Groan

Mervyn Peake

Fantasy

1946

8.4/10 9 ratings

Genius Loci and Other Tales

Clark Ashton Smith

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1948

8.0/10 1 ratings

Night's Black Agents

Fritz Leiber

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1947

8.0/10 1 ratings

The Opener of the Way

Robert Bloch

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1945

8.0/10 1 ratings

Portrait of Jennie

Robert Nathan

Fantasy

1940

8.0/10 1 ratings

The Great Divorce

C. S. Lewis

Fantasy

1946

8.1/10 14 ratings

Harold Shea #1

The Incomplete Enchanter

L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt

Fantasy · Short Stories

1941

7.5/10 2 ratings

The Once and Future King #3

The Ill-Made Knight

T. H. White

Fantasy

1940

7.3/10 3 ratings

The Women of the Wood

A. Merritt

Fantasy · Horror · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1948

7.0/10 1 ratings

Stuart Little

E. B. White

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Childrens

1945

6.3/10 7 ratings

The Wind on the Moon

Eric Linklater

Fantasy · Childrens · Carnegie Medal

1944

7.0/10 3 ratings

The People of the Pit

A. Merritt

Fantasy · Short Stories

1948

6.0/10 1 ratings

The Fox Woman / The Blue Pagoda

A. Merritt, Hannes Bok

Fantasy

1946

6.0/10 1 ratings

Over to You

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream

1945

6.0/10 1 ratings

The Gremlins

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Childrens

1943

6.0/10 1 ratings

Zimiamvia #2

A Fish Dinner in Memison

E. R. Eddison

Fantasy

1941

6.0/10 1 ratings

Darker Than You Think

Jack Williamson

Fantasy · Horror

1948

5.0/10 1 ratings

The Doge's Ring

Daniele Vare

Fantasy

1949

Triton

L. Ron Hubbard

Fantasy · Short Stories

1949

Life Everlasting and Other Tales of Science, Fantasy and Horror

David H. Keller

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1949

Silverlock #1

Silverlock

John Myers Myers

Fantasy

1949

Tales of the Uncanny and Supernatural

Algernon Blackwood

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

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

Slayer by Stealth

Wilton Hazzard

Fantasy · Horror · Psychological Horror

1948

The Magic Woodland #2

The Stream That Stood Still

Beverley Nichols

Fantasy · Young Adult

1948