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Works of {{literature}} from [[The40s the 1940s]].
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* ''Literature/AgentOfVega''. Series started in 1949.
* "Literature/AliceAndTheAllergy"
* ''Literature/AllTheKingsMen''
* "Literature/AndHeBuiltACrookedHouse"
* ''Literature/AnimalFarm''
* ''Literature/AuthorAuthor1964''
* ''Literature/BartholomewAndTheOobleck''
* ''Literature/BedknobAndBroomstick''
* ''Literature/ABellForAdano''
* ''Literature/BendSinister''
* ''Literature/TheBestScienceFictionStories1949''
* ''Literature/BetsyTacy''
* ''Literature/BeyondThisHorizon''
* ''Literature/BhowaniJunction''
* ''Literature/TheBigWave''
* ''Literature/TheBlackStallion''
* ''Literature/BlindAlley''
* ''Literature/BloodOnBiscayneBay''
* ''Literature/BloodOnTheBlackMarket''
* ''Literature/BloodOnTheStars''
* ''Literature/BodiesAreWhereYouFindThem''
* ''Literature/TheBodyInTheLibrary''
* ''Literature/{{Bony}}'' series continued through the decade.
* ''Literature/BratFarrar''
* ''Literature/BridesheadRevisited''
* ''Literature/TheBridgeOnTheDrina''
* ''Literature/ByHisBootstraps''
* ''Literature/TheCallistanMenace''
* ''Literature/CanneryRow''
* ''Literature/CaptainFuture'' Series started in 1940.
* ''Literature/TheCaseOfCharlesDexterWard''
* ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye''[[note]]Serialized from 1946-1948, published as a book in 1951[[/note]]
* ''Literature/CatchThatRabbit''
* ''Literature/CheaperByTheDozen''
** ''Literature/BellesOnTheirToes''
* ''Literature/CherryAmes'' Series started in 1943.
* ''Literature/TheCircusSeries''. Series ended in 1942.
* ''Literature/ComradeDeath''
* ''Literature/ConfessionsOfAMask''
* ''Literature/TheCorinthian''
* ''Literature/TheCorpseCameCalling''
* ''Literature/CounterfeitWife''
* ''Literature/CryTheBelovedCountry''
* ''Literature/CuriousGeorge'' The series started in 1941.
* ''Literature/DarknessAtNoon''
* ''Literature/DarkerThanYouThink''
* ''Literature/DeathComesAsTheEnd''
* ''Literature/DoctorFaustus''
* ''Literature/DragonsTeeth''
* ''Literature/TheDwarf''
* ''Literature/EarthAbides''
* ''Literature/TheEgyptian''
* ''Literature/TheEmigrants''
* "Literature/{{Enoch}}"
* ''Literature/TheEncyclopedists''
* ''{{Literature/Escape}}''
* ''{{Literature/Evidence}}''
* ''Literature/EvilUnderTheSun''
* ''Literature/FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser''. Series started in 1940.
* ''Literature/TheFamousFive''. The series started in 1942.
* ''Literature/FarewellMyLovely''
* ''Literature/FarmerGilesOfHam''
* ''Literature/FiveFindOuters''
* ''Literature/FiveLittlePigs''
* ''Literature/ForWhomTheBellTolls''
* ''Literature/ForeverAmber''
* ''Literature/TheFountainhead''
* ''Literature/FridaysChild''
* ''Literature/FrothOnTheDaydream''
* ''Literature/FutureTimesThree''. First published between 1943 and 1944.
* "Literature/TheGeneralFoundation"
* ''Literature/GervaseFen''. Series that began in 1944.
* ''Literature/{{Gimlet}}''
* ''Literature/TheGlassKey''
* ''Literature/GoodnightMoon''
* ''Literature/GoofusAndGallant''
* ''Literature/{{Gormenghast}}''
* ''Literature/TheGreatDivorce''
* ''Literature/TheGreenHillsOfEarth''
* ''Literature/GreenPatches''
* ''Literature/GuardOfHonor''
* ''Literature/{{Gulf}}''
* ''Literature/HaroldShea''. Series started in 1940.
* ''Literature/TheHarpInTheSouth''
* ''Literature/TheHauntingOfTobyJugg''
* "Literature/TheHazing"
* ''Literature/TheHeroWithAThousandFaces''
* ''Literature/TheHighWindow''
* ''Literature/HistoryOfUSNavalOperationsInWorldWarII''
* ''Literature/TheHollow''
* ''Literature/HomoSol''
* ''Literature/HortonHatchesTheEgg''
* ''Literature/TheHouseOfAsterion''
* ''Literature/TheHundredDresses''
* ''Literature/ICaptureTheCastle''
* ''Literature/IfThisGoesOn''
* ''Literature/IfThisIsAMan''
* "Literature/TheImaginary"
* ''Literature/{{Insupu}}''
* ''Literature/IntruderInTheDust''
* "Literature/{{It|1940}}"
* ''Literature/{{Jill}}''
* ''Literature/JohnnyTremain''
* ''Literature/JoyInTheMorning''
* ''Literature/JudysJourney''
* ''Literature/KariusAndBactus'' (1949)
* ''Literature/KingOfTheWind''
* ''Literature/TheLaboursOfHercules''
* ''Literature/TheLadyInTheLake''
* ''Literature/{{Laura}}''
* ''Literature/Liar1941''
* ''Literature/TheLibraryOfBabel''
* "Literature/LittleLostRobot"
* ''Literature/TheLittleGreyMenSeries.'' Series started in 1942.
* ''Literature/TheLittlePrince''
* ''Literature/TheLittleSister''
* ''Literature/TheLittleWhiteHorse''
* "Literature/TheLivingManikins"
* ''Literature/TheLongShips''
* ''Literature/TheLotteryAndOtherStories''
** "Literature/TheLottery"
* ''Literature/LottieAndLisa''
* ''Literature/TheLoveOfTheLastTycoon''
* ''Literature/TheLovedOne''
* ''Literature/MagicInc''
* ''Literature/MakeWayForDucklings''
* ''Literature/TheMakiokaSisters''
* ''Literature/MalgudiDays''
* ''Literature/MaloryTowers''
* ''Literature/TheManWithoutQualities''
* ''Literature/TheMatingSeason''
* ''Literature/MayDayEve''
* ''Literature/TheMayors''
* ''Literature/McElligotsPool''
* ''Literature/MelendyQuartet''
* ''Literature/TheMerchantPrinces''
* ''Literature/MethuselahsChildren''
* ''Literature/MikeHammer''
* ''Literature/MildredPierce''
* ''Literature/MichaelShaynesLongChance''
* "Literature/MilesPennoyer" (first short story collection published in 1945)
** ''Literature/NumberSevenQueerStreet''
* "Literature/MimsyWereTheBorogoves"
* ''Literature/{{Miriam}}''
* ''Literature/MisterRoberts''
* ''Literature/MistressMashamsRepose''
* ''Literature/TheMonster''
* ''Literature/TheMoomins''
* ''Literature/MotherEarth''
* ''Literature/TheMovingFinger''
* ''Literature/MrBlandingsBuildsHisDreamHouse''
* ''Literature/MrsPiggleWiggle''
* ''Literature/TheMule''
* ''Literature/MurderIsMyBusiness''
* ''Literature/MurderAndTheMarriedVirgin''
* ''Literature/MurderWearsAMummersMask''
* ''Literature/MyBestScienceFictionStory''
* ''Literature/MyFathersDragon''
* ''Literature/TheNakedAndTheDead''
* ''Literature/NativeSon''
* ''Literature/TheNaughtiestGirl''
* ''Literature/NeroWolfe'' Series started in 1934 but continued through the decade.
** ''Literature/OverMyDeadBody''
** ''Literature/WhereTheresAWill''
** ''Literature/TheSilentSpeaker''
** ''Literature/TooManyWomen''
** ''Literature/AndBeAVillain''
** ''Literature/TheSecondConfession''
* ''Literature/Nightfall1941''
* ''Literature/NightmareAlley''
* ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''
* ''[[WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures Noddy]]'' Series started in 1949.
* ''Literature/NoLongerHuman''
* ''Literature/NotFinal''
* ''Literature/NoWomanBorn''
* ''Literature/Olivia1949''
* ''Literature/OnFairyStories''
* ''Literature/OneTwoBuckleMyShoe''
* ''Literature/LosPajarosDeFuego''
* ''Literature/{{Papelucho}}''
* ''Literature/PavilionOfWomen''
* ''Literature/ThePearl''
* ''Literature/PennyParker'' series:
** ''The Vanishing Houseboat''
** ''Tale of the Witch Doll''
** ''[[Recap/PennyParkerBookThreeDangerAtTheDrawbridge Danger at the Drawbridge]]''
** ''[[Recap/PennyParkerBookFourBehindTheGreenDoor Behind the Green Door]]''
** ''[[Recap/PennyParkerBookFiveClueOfTheSilkenLadder Clue of the Silken Ladder]]''
** ''[[Recap/PennyParkerBookSixTheSecretPact The Secret Pact]]''
** ''[[Recap/PennyParkerBookSevenTheClockStrikesThirteen The Clock Strikes Thirteen]]''
** ''[[Recap/PennyParkerBookEightTheWishingWell The Wishing Well]]''
** ''[[Recap/PennyParkerBookNineSaboteursOnTheRiver Saboteurs on the River]]''
** ''[[Recap/PennyParkerBookTenGhostBeyondTheGate Ghost Beyond the Gate]]''
** ''[[Recap/PennyParkerBookElevenHoofbeatsOnTheTurnpike Hoofbeats on the Turnpike]]''
** ''[[Recap/PennyParkerBookTwelveVoiceFromTheCave Voice From the Cave]]''
** ''[[Recap/PennyParkerBookThirteenGuiltOfTheBrassThieves Guilt of the Brass Thieves]]''
** ''[[Recap/PennyParkerBookFourteenSignalInTheDark Signal In the Dark]]''
** ''[[Recap/PennyParkerBookFifteenWhisperingWalls Whispering Walls]]''
** ''[[Recap/PennyParkerBookSixteenSwampIsland Swamp Island]]''
** ''[[Recap/PennyParkerBookSeventeenTheCryAtMidnight The Cry At Midnight]]''
* ''Literature/PippiLongstocking'' series started in 1944.
* ''Literature/ThePlague''
* ''Literature/ThePoorMouth''
* ''Literature/ThePowerAndTheGlory''
* ''Literature/ThePrivatePracticeOfMichaelShayne''
* ''Literature/ThePursuitOfLove''
** ''Literature/LoveInAColdClimate''
* ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' started in 1945.
* ''Film/TheRazorsEdge''
* ''Literature/TheReluctantWidow''
* ''Literature/RideThisNight''
* ''{{Literature/Reason}}''
* ''Literature/TheRedLion''
* ''Literature/RedPlanet''
* ''Literature/RickBrant''
* ''{{Literature/Robbie}}''
* ''Literature/RobotAL76GoesAstray''
* ''Literature/RobotsHaveNoTails'' (series of short stories started in 1943)
* ''Literature/RocketShipGalileo'' (part of the Heinlein juveniles series)
* ''{{Literature/Runaround}}''
* ''Literature/SadCypress''
* ''Literature/ScannersLiveInVain''
* ''Literature/TheScrewtapeLetters''
* ''Literature/SearchByTheFoundation''
* ''Literature/SearchByTheMule''
* ''Literature/TheSecretSense''
* ''Literature/SevenMenOfGascony''
* ''Literature/{{Shane}}''
* ''Literature/TheSixBullerbyChildren''
* ''Literature/SixthColumn''
* ''Literature/{{Slan}}''
* ''Literature/SometimeNeverAFableForSupermen''
* ''Literature/{{Space Cadet|Heinlein}}''
* ''Literature/TheaterShoes''
* ''Literature/TheStarKings''
* ''Literature/StClares''
* ''Literature/TheStolenSpring''
* ''Literature/TheStranger''
* ''Literature/StuartLittle''
* ''[[Literature/SuiteFrancaise Suite Française]]''
* ''Literature/TakenAtTheFlood''
* ''Literature/TalesOfTheSouthPacific''
* ''Literature/TallTaleAmerica''
* ''Literature/ThidwickTheBigHeartedMoose''
* ''Literature/TicketsForDeath''
* ''Literature/TlonUqbarOrbisTertius''
* ''Literature/{{Tootle}}''
* "Literature/TheTraders"
* ''Literature/ATreeGrowsInBrooklyn''
* ''Literature/TrixieBelden'' Series began in 1948.
* ''Literature/TheTunnel''
* ''Literature/TheTwentyOneBalloons''
* ''Literature/TypewriterInTheSky''
* ''Literature/TheUncomplainingCorpses''
* ''Literature/UnderTheVolcano''
* ''Literature/ViagensInterplanetarias'' Series began in 1949.
* "Literature/VictoryUnintentional"
* ''{{Literature/Waldo}}''
* ''Literature/TheWayWest''
* ''Literature/TheWindOnTheMoon''
* ''Literature/WithoutSeeingTheDawn''
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