Most Popular Mainstream Books of the 1940s

Discover popular Mainstream books from the 1940s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Mika Waltari

Translation · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

Tarzan #22

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Mainstream

Daniel Defoe

Horror · Short Stories · Mainstream · Thriller

Ayn Rand

Science Fiction · Mainstream

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream

Stanislaw Lem

Translation · Mainstream

Oliver Onions

Fantasy · Mainstream

Olaf Stapledon

Science Fiction · Social Science Fiction · Mainstream

P. L. Travers

Mainstream

Lobsang Pun

Talbot Mundy

Fantasy · Mainstream