Books Set in the 1940s
Fiction set in the 1940s, mostly angel fiction, gay fiction and horror. The most-read are The Maltese Falcon (1929), Confessions of a Mask (1958) and The Loved One (1948).
This list collects 8 books in this collection by 8 authors, published between 1929 and 2025. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
8 books
The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett
Confessions of a Mask
三島由紀夫, Meredith Weatherby
The Loved One
Evelyn Waugh
DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
Walter Mosley
Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank / Excerpts from Anne Frank)
Frances Goodrich, Anne Frank
Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry
Rosalie K. Fry
The Book of the Lion / The Whip / No Tears for the Dead
Elizabeth Daly, Sara Elizabeth Mason
Where the River Settles
Kemma MarShall