1940's Books

 1940

How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
Kitty Foyle by Christopher Morley
Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
The Nazarene by Sholem Asch
Stars on the Sea by F. van Wyck Mason
Oliver Wiswell by Kenneth Roberts
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Night in Bombay by Louis Bromfield
The Family by Nina Fedorova

1941

The Keys of the Kingdom by A. J. Cronin
Random Harvest by James Hilton
This Above All by Eric Knight
The Sun Is My Undoing by Marguerite Steen
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Oliver Wiswell by Kenneth Roberts
H.M. Pulham, Esquire by John P. Marquand
Mr. and Mrs. Cugat by Isabel Scott Rorick
Saratoga Trunk by Edna Ferber
Windswept by Mary Ellen Chase

1942

The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel
The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck
Dragon Seed by Pearl S. Buck
And Now Tomorrow by Rachel Field
Drivin' Woman by Elizabeth Pickett
Windswept by Mary Ellen Chase
The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
The Sun Is My Undoing by Marguerite Sheen
King's Row by Henry Bellamann
The Keys of the Kingdom by A. J. Cronin

1943

The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
The Valley of Decision by Marcia Davenport
So Little Time by John P. Marquand
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Human Comedy by William Saroyan
Mrs. Parkington by Louis Bromfield
The Apostle by Sholem Asch
Hungry Hill by Daphne du Maurier
The Forest and the Fort by Hervey Allen
The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel

1944

Strange Fruit by Lillian Smith
The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
The Green Years by A. J. Cronin
Leave Her to Heaven by Ben Ames Williams
Green Dolphin Street by Elizabeth Goudge
A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
The Apostle by Sholem Asch

1945

Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
The Black Rose by Thomas B. Costain
The White Tower by James Ramsey Ullman
Cass Timberlane by Sinclair Lewis
A Lion Is in the Streets by Adria Locke Langley
So Well Remembered by James Hilton
Captain from Castile by Samuel Shellabarger
Earth and High Heaven by Gwethalyn Graham
Immortal Wife by Irving Stone

1946

The King's General by Daphne du Maurier
This Side of Innocence by Taylor Caldwell
The River Road by Frances Parkinson Keyes
The Miracle of the Bells by Russell Janney
The Hucksters by Frederic Wakeman, Sr.
The Foxes of Harrow by Frank Yerby
Arch of Triumph by Erich Maria Remarque
The Black Rose by Thomas B. Costain
B.F.'s Daughter by John P. Marquand
The Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward

1947

The Miracle of the Bells by Russell Janney
The Moneyman by Thomas B. Costain
Gentleman's Agreement by Laura Z. Hobson
Lydia Bailey by Kenneth Roberts
The Vixens by Frank Yerby
The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck
House Divided by Ben Ames Williams
Kingsblood Royal by Sinclair Lewis
East Side, West Side by Marcia Davenport
Prince of Foxes by Samuel Shellabarger

1948

The Big Fisherman by Lloyd C. Douglas
The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
Dinner at Antoine's by Frances Parkinson Keyes
The Bishop's Mantle by Agnes Sligh Turnbull
Tomorrow Will Be Better by Betty Smith
The Golden Hawk by Frank Yerby
Raintree County by Ross Lockridge, Jr.
Shannon's Way by A. J. Cronin
Pilgrim's Inn by Elizabeth Goudge
The Young Lions by Irwin Shaw

1949

The Egyptian by Mika Waltari
The Big Fisherman by Lloyd C. Douglas
Mary by Sholem Asch
A Rage to Live by John O'Hara
Point of No Return by John P. Marquand
Dinner at Antoine's by Frances Parkinson Keyes
High Towers by Thomas B. Costain
Cutlass Empire by Van Wyck Mason
Pride's Castle by Frank Yerby
Father of the Bride by Edward Streeter

1950

The Cardinal, Henry Morton Robinson
Joy Street, Frances Parkinson Keyes
Across the River and into the Trees, Hemingway
The Wall, John Hersey
Star Money, Kathleen Winsor
The Parasites, Daphne du Maurier
Floodtide, Frank Yerby
Jubilee Trail, Gwen Bristow
The Adventurer, Mika Waltari
The Disenchanted, Budd Schulberg

1951

From Here to Eternity, James Jones
The Caine Mutiny, Herman Wouk
Moses, Sholem Asch
The Cardinal, Henry Morton Robinson
A Woman Called Fancy, Frank Yerby
The Cruel Sea, Nicholas Monsarrat
Melville Goodwin, U.S.A., John P. Marquand
Return to Paradise, James A. Michener
The Foundling, Cardinal Spellman
The Wanderer, Mika Waltari

1952

The Silver Chalice, Thomas B. Costain
The Caine Mutiny, Herman Wouk
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
My Cousin Rachel, Daphne du Maurier
Steamboat Gothic, Frances Parkinson Keyes
Giant, Edna Ferber
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
The Gown of Glory, Agnes Sligh Turnbull
The Saracen Blade, Frank Yerby
The Houses in Between, Howard Spring

1953

The Robe, Lloyd C. Douglas
The Silver Chalice, Thomas B. Costain
Désirée, Annemarie Selinko
Battle Cry, Leon M. Uris
From Here to Eternity, James Jones
The High and the Mighty, Ernest K. Gann
Beyond This Place, A. J. Cronin
Time and Time Again, James Hilton
Lord Vanity, Samuel Shellabarger
The Unconquered, Ben Ames Williams

1954

Not as a Stranger, Morton Thompson
Mary Anne, Daphne du Maurier
Love Is Eternal, Irving Stone
The Royal Box, Frances Parkinson Keyes
The Egyptian, Mika Waltari
No Time for Sergeants, Mac Hyman
Sweet Thursday, John Steinbeck
The View from Pompey's Head, Hamilton Basso
Never Victorious, Never Defeated, Taylor Caldwell
Benton's Row, Frank Yerby

1955

Marjorie Morningstar, Herman Wouk
Auntie Mame, Patrick Dennis
Andersonville, MacKinlay Kantor
Bonjour Tristesse, Françoise Sagan
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, Sloan Wilson
Something of Value, Robert Ruark
Not As a Stranger, Morton Thompson
No Time for Sergeants, Mac Hyman
The Tontine, Thomas B. Costain
Ten North Frederick, John O'Hara

1956

Don't Go Near the Water, William Brinkley
The Last Hurrah, Edwin O'Connor
Peyton Place, Grace Metalious
Eloise, Kay Thompson
Andersonville, MacKinlay Kantor
A Certain Smile, Françoise Sagan
The Tribe That Lost Its Head, Nicholas Monsarrat
The Mandarins, Simone de Beauvoir
Boon Island, Kenneth Roberts

1957

By Love Possessed, James Gould Cozzens
Peyton Place, Grace Metalious
Compulsion, Meyer Levin
Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, Max Shulman
Blue Camellia, Frances Parkinson Keyes
Eloise in Paris, Kay Thompson
The Scapegoat, Daphne du Maurier
On the Beach, Nevil Shute
Below the Salt, Thomas B. Costain
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

1958

The Dud Avocado, Elaine Dundy
Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
Anatomy of a Murder, Robert Traver
Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
Around the World with Auntie Mame, Patrick Dennis
From the Terrace, John O'Hara
Eloise at Christmastime, Kay Thompson
Ice Palace, Edna Ferber
The Winthrop Woman, Anya Seton
The Enemy Camp, Jerome Weidman
Victorine, Frances Parkinson Keyes

1959

Exodus, Leon Uris
Doctor Zhivago, Boris Pasternak
Hawaii, James Michener
Advise and Consent, Allen Drury
Lady Chatterley's Lover, D. H. Lawrence
The Ugly American, William J. Lederer
Dear and Glorious Physician, Taylor Caldwell
Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris, Paul Gallico
Poor No More, Robert Ruark

1960's books...

1960

Advise and Consent, Allen Drury
Hawaii, James A. Michener
The Leopard, Giuseppe di Lampedusa
The Chapman Report, Irving Wallace
Ourselves To Know, John O'Hara
The Constant Image, Marcia Davenport
The Lovely Ambition, Mary Ellen Chase
The Listener, Taylor Caldwell
Trustee from the Toolroom, Nevil Shute
Sermons and Soda-Water, John O'Hara

1961

The Agony and the Ecstasy, Irving Stone
Franny and Zooey, J. D. Salinger
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Mila 18, Leon Uris
The Carpetbaggers, Harold Robbins
Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller
Winnie Ille Pu, Alexander Lenard, trans.
Daughter of Silence, Morris West
The Edge of Sadness, Edwin O'Connor
The Winter of Our Discontent, John Steinbeck

1962

Ship of Fools, Katherine Anne Porter
Dearly Beloved, Anne Morrow Lindbergh
A Shade of Difference, Allen Drury
Youngblood Hawke, Herman Wouk
Fail-Safe, Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler
Seven Days in May, Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II
The Prize, Irving Wallace
The Agony and the Ecstasy, Irving Stone
The Reivers, William Faulkner

1963

The Shoes of the Fisherman, Morris L. West
The Group, Mary McCarthy
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, and Seymour
Caravans, James A. Michener
Elizabeth Appleton, John O'Hara
Grandmother and the Priests, Taylor Caldwell
City of Night, John Rechy
The Glass-Blowers, Daphne du Maurier
The Sand Pebbles, Richard McKenna
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita, Rumer Godden

1964

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, John Le Carré
Candy, Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg
Herzog, Saul Bellow
Armageddon, Leon Uris
The Man, Irving Wallace
The Rector of Justin, Louis Auchincloss
The Martyred, Richard E. Kim
You Only Live Twice, Ian Fleming
This Rough Magic, Mary Stewart
Convention, Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey

1965

The Source, James A. Michener
Up the Down Staircase, Bel Kaufman
Herzog, Saul Bellow
The Looking Glass War, John Le Carré
The Green Berets, Robin Moore
Those Who Love, Irving Stone
The Man with the Golden Gun, Ian Fleming
Hotel, Arthur Hailey
The Ambassador, Morris West
Don't Stop the Carnival, Herman Wouk

1966

Valley of the Dolls, Jacqueline Susann
The Adventurers, Harold Robbins
The Secret of Santa Vittoria, Robert Crichton
Capable of Honor, Allen Drury
The Double Image, Helen MacInnes
The Fixer, Bernard Malamud
Tell No Man, Adela Rogers St. Johns
Tai-Pan, James Clavell
The Embezzler, Louis Auchincloss
All in the Family, Edwin O'Connor

1967

The Arrangement, Elia Kazan
The Confessions of Nat Turner, William Styron
The Chosen, Chaim Potok
Topaz, Leon Uris
Christy, Catherine Marshall
The Eighth Day, Thornton Wilder
Rosemary's Baby, Ira Levin
The Plot, Irving Wallace
The Gabriel Hounds, Mary Stewart
The Exhibitionist, Henry Sutton

1968

Airport, Arthur Hailey
Couples, John Updike
The Salzburg Connection, Helen MacInnes
A Small Town in Germany, John Le Carré
Testimony of Two Men, Taylor Caldwell
Preserve and Protect, Allen Drury
Myra Breckinridge, Gore Vidal
Vanished, Fletcher Knebel
Christy, Catherine Marshall
The Tower of Babel, Morris L. West

1969

Portnoy's Complaint, Philip Roth
The Godfather, Mario Puzo
The Love Machine, Jacqueline Susann
The Inheritors, Harold Robbins
The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton
The Seven Minutes, Irving Wallace
Naked Came the Stranger, Penelope Ashe
The Promise, Chaim Potok
The Pretenders, Gwen Davis
The House on the Strand, Daphne du Maurier

1970's Books

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Love Story, Erich Segal
The French Lieutenant's Woman, John Fowles
Islands in the Stream, Ernest Hemingway
The Crystal Cave, Mary Stewart
Great Lion of God, Taylor Caldwell
QB VII, Leon Uris
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, Jimmy Breslin
The Secret Woman, Victoria Holt
Travels with My Aunt, Graham Greene
Rich Man, Poor Man, Irwin Shaw

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Wheels, Arthur Hailey
The Exorcist, William P. Blatty
The Passions of the Mind, Irving Stone
The Day of the Jackal, Frederick Forsyth
The Betsy, Harold Robbins
Message from Malaga, Helen MacInnes
The Winds of War, Herman Wouk
The Drifters, James A. Michener
The Other, Thomas Tryon
Rabbit Redux, John Updike
 
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach
August, 1914, Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The Odessa File, Frederick Forsyth
The Day of the Jackal, Frederick Forsyth
The Word, Irving Wallace
The Winds of War, Herman Wouk
Captains and the Kings, Taylor Caldwell
Two from Galilee, Marjorie Holmes
My Name Is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok
Semi-Tough, Dan Jenkins
 
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach
Once Is Not Enough, Jacqueline Susann
Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut
The Odessa File, Frederick Forsyth
Burr, Gore Vidal
The Hollow Hills, Mary Stewart
Evening in Byzantium, Irwin Shaw
The Matlock Paper, Robert Ludlum
The Billion Dollar Sure Thing, Paul E. Erdman
The Honorary Consul, Graham Greene
 
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Centennial, James A. Michener
Watership Down, Richard Adams
Jaws, Peter Benchley
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, John Le Carré
Something Happened, Joseph Heller
The Dogs of War, Frederick Forsyth
The Pirate, Harold J. Robbins
I Heard the Owl Call My Name, Margaret Craven
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
The Fan Club, Irving Wallace
 
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Ragtime, E. L. Doctorow
The Moneychangers, Arthur Hailey
Curtain, Agatha Christie
Looking for Mister Goodbar, Judith Rossner
The Choirboys, Joseph Wambaugh
The Eagle Has Landed, Jack Higgins
The Greek Treasure: Sophia Schliemann, Irving Stone
The Great Train Robbery, Michael Crichton
Shogun, James Clavell
Humboldt's Gift, Saul Bellow
 
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Trinity, Leon Uris
Sleeping Murder, Agatha Christie
Dolores, Jacqueline Susann
Storm Warning, Jack Higgins
The Deep, Peter Benchley
1876, Gore Vidal
Slapstick: or, Lonesome No More!, Kurt Vonnegut
The Lonely Lady, Harold Robbins
Touch Not the Cat, Mary Stewart
A Stranger in the Mirror, Sidney Sheldon
 
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The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien; Christopher Tolkien
The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough
The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, Richard Bach
The Honourable Schoolboy, John Le Carré
Oliver's Story, Erich Segal
Dreams Die First, Harold Robbins
Beggarman, Thief, Irwin Shaw
How To Save Your Own Life, Erica Jong
Delta of Venus: Erotica, Anaïs Nin
Daniel Martin, John Fowles
 
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Chesapeake, James A. Michener
War and Remembrance, Herman Wouk
Fools Die, Mario Puzo
Bloodlines, Sidney Sheldon
Scruples, Judith Krantz
Evergreen, Belva Plain
The Holcroft Covenant, Robert Ludlum
Second Generation, Howard Fast
Eye of the Needle, Ken Follett
 
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The Matarese Circle, Robert Ludlum
Sophie's Choice, William Styron
Overload, Arthur Hailey
Memories of Another Day, Harold Robbins
Jailbird, Kurt Vonnegut
The Dead Zone, Stephen King
The Last Enchantment, Mary Stewart
The Establishment, Howard Fast
The Third World War: August 1985, Gen. Sir John Hackett
Smiley's People, John Le Carré