The definitive ranking · Books
Books of the 1940s
Built from 530 forced-choice rankings by 39 Tāstmakers.
The highest-ranked book of the 1940s is Nineteen Eighty-Four, at 7.5 from 1 ranking.
| Book | Score | Rankings | Range of opinion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 |  |
Nineteen Eighty-Four1949 | 7.5 | 1 | Too few to say |
| 283 |  |
A Streetcar Named Desire1947 | 7.0 | 1 | Too few to say |