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Thriller
The Best Thriller Books of the 1940's
The Best Thriller Books of the 1940's
Discover the captivating worlds of the best thriller books from the 1940s decade (1940-1949).
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★ 5.66
/ 3
The Stranger
by
Albert Camus
Category:
Crime Fiction
,
Psychological Thriller
,
Thriller
,
Mystery
Release date: May 19, 1942
★ 7.00
/ 2
The Hollow
(
Hercule Poirot
#26
/ 46
)
by
Agatha Christie
Category:
Short Stories
,
Crime Fiction
,
Thriller
,
Mystery
Release date: January 1, 1946
★ 7.00
/ 2
Five Little Pigs
(
Hercule Poirot
#25
/ 46
)
by
Agatha Christie
Category:
Short Stories
,
Crime Fiction
,
Thriller
,
Mystery
Release date: May 1, 1942
★ 7.00
/ 2
Evil Under the Sun
(
Hercule Poirot
#24
/ 46
)
by
Agatha Christie
Category:
Short Stories
,
Crime Fiction
,
Thriller
,
Mystery
Release date: June 1, 1941
★ 6.50
/ 2
Sad Cypress
(
Hercule Poirot
#22
/ 46
)
by
Agatha Christie
Category:
Short Stories
,
Crime Fiction
,
Thriller
,
Mystery
Release date: March 1, 1940
★ 6.50
/ 2
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
(
Hercule Poirot
#23
/ 46
)
by
Agatha Christie
Category:
Short Stories
,
Crime Fiction
,
Thriller
,
Mystery
Release date: November 11, 1940
★ 10.00
/ 1
The Shade of Time
by
David Duncan
Category:
Science Fiction
,
Thriller
Release date: 1946
★ 10.00
/ 1
Tales of Piracy, Crime and Ghosts
by
Daniel Defoe
Category:
Horror
,
Short Stories
,
Mainstream
,
Thriller
Release date: 1945
★ 7.00
/ 1
The Scarf
by
Robert Bloch
Category:
Horror
,
Psychological Horror
,
Psychological Thriller
,
Thriller
Release date: 1947
★ 7.00
/ 1
Taken at the Flood
(
Hercule Poirot
#29
/ 46
)
by
Agatha Christie
Category:
Crime Fiction
,
Thriller
,
Mystery
Release date: January 1, 1948
★ 7.00
/ 1
The Labors of Hercules
(
Hercule Poirot
#27
/ 46
)
by
Agatha Christie
Category:
Short Stories
,
Crime Fiction
,
Thriller
,
Mystery
Release date: January 1, 1947
★ 7.00
/ 1
The Body in the Library
(
Miss Marple
#2
/ 12
)
by
Agatha Christie
Category:
Crime Fiction
,
TV Series
,
Thriller
,
Mystery
Release date: February 1942
Unrated
The Madrone Tree
by
David Duncan
Category:
Thriller
Release date: 1949
Unrated
The Road Through the Wall
by
Shirley Jackson
Category:
Thriller
Release date: 1948
Unrated
Shadow of Fu Manchu
(
Fu Manchu
#11
/ 14
)
by
Sax Rohmer
Category:
Fantasy
,
Thriller
Release date: 1948
Unrated
The Island of Fu Manchu
(
Fu Manchu
#10
/ 14
)
by
Sax Rohmer
Category:
Fantasy
,
Thriller
Release date: 1941
Unrated
The Little Sister
(
Philip Marlowe
#5
/ 8
)
by
Raymond Chandler
Category:
Crime Fiction
,
Thriller
,
Mystery
Release date: January 1, 1949
Unrated
The Black Mirror
(
British Library Tales of the Weird
#76
/ 76
)
by
Johnny Mains
,
Winifred Duke
Category:
Horror
,
Crime Fiction
,
Gothic Horror
,
Historical Fiction
,
Thriller
,
Time Travel
Release date: 1948
Unrated
The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes
by
Ellery Queen
Category:
Crime Fiction
,
Sherlock Holmes
,
Historical Fiction
,
Thriller
,
Mystery
,
Humor
Release date: March 1944
Unrated
The Lady in the Lake
(
Philip Marlowe
#4
/ 8
)
by
Raymond Chandler
Category:
Crime Fiction
,
Thriller
,
Mystery
Release date: January 1, 1943
Unrated
The Moving Finger
(
Miss Marple
#3
/ 12
)
by
Agatha Christie
Category:
Crime Fiction
,
TV Series
,
Thriller
,
Mystery
Release date: July 1942
Unrated
The High Window
(
Philip Marlowe
#3
/ 8
)
by
Raymond Chandler
Category:
Crime Fiction
,
Thriller
,
Mystery
Release date: August 17, 1942
Unrated
Journey Into Fear
by
Eric Ambler
Category:
Crime Fiction
,
Suspense Thriller
,
Spy Thriller
,
Historical Fiction
,
Thriller
,
Mystery
Release date: 1940
Unrated
Farewell, My Lovely
(
Philip Marlowe
#2
/ 8
)
by
Raymond Chandler
Category:
Crime Fiction
,
Thriller
,
Mystery
Release date: January 1, 1940
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