Most Popular Fiction Books of the 1940s

Alas, That Great City

Francis Leslie Ashton

Science Fiction

1948

Sleep No More: Twelve Stories of the Supernatural

L. T. C. Rolt

Horror · Short Stories

1948

The Magic Woodland #2

The Stream That Stood Still

Beverley Nichols

Fantasy · Young Adult

1948

The Sunken World

Stanton A. Coblentz

Science Fiction

1948

Mr. Adam

Pat Frank

Science Fiction

1948

Dreadful Sanctuary

Eric Frank Russell

Science Fiction

1948

Slaves of Sleep #1

Slaves of Sleep

L. Ron Hubbard

Fantasy

1948

Death's Deputy

L. Ron Hubbard

Fantasy

1948

Final Blackout

L. Ron Hubbard

Science Fiction

1948

Fu Manchu #11

Shadow of Fu Manchu

Sax Rohmer

Fantasy · Thriller

1948

Terror Strikes

N. Wesley Firth

Horror

1948

Spooks in the Valley

Louis Clark Jones

Horror · Short Stories

1948

Fires Burn Blue

Andrew Caldecott

Horror · Short Stories

1948

The Ghostly Tales of Henry James

Henry James

Horror · Short Stories

1948

Death of a World

J. Jefferson Farjeon

Science Fiction

1948

Sometime Never: A Fable for Supermen

Roald Dahl

Fantasy

1948

The Works of M. P. Shiel

M. P. Shiel

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction

1948

The Best Short Stories of M. P. Shiel

M. P. Shiel

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1948

The Travelling Grave and Other Stories

L. P. Hartley

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1948

The Road Through the Wall

Shirley Jackson

Thriller

1948

Not Long for This World

August Derleth

Horror · Short Stories

1948

Tales of Horror and the Supernatural

Arthur Machen

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1948

Fursey #2

The Return of Fursey

Mervyn Wall

Fantasy

1948

Without Sorcery

Theodore Sturgeon

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1948

Solitary Hunters and The Abyss

David H. Keller

Science Fiction

1948

The Abyss

David H. Keller

Science Fiction

1948

Skylark #2

Skylark Three

E. E. Smith

Science Fiction

1948

Lensman #1

Triplanetary

E. E. Smith

Science Fiction

1948

...And Some Were Human

Lester del Rey

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1948

Rhythm of the Spheres

A. Merritt

1948

The Well of the Unicorn

Fletcher Pratt

Fantasy

1948

The Web of Easter Island

Donald Wandrei

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction

1948

Who Goes There?

John W. Campbell

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1948

Divide and Rule

L. Sprague de Camp

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1948

The Wheels of If and Other Science Fiction

L. Sprague de Camp

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1948

The Carnelian Cube

L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt

Fantasy

1948