Magicians & Illusionists Books of the 1940s
The 8 most-read magicians & illusionists books first published between 1940 and 1949, led by Four Great Comedies (Midsummer Night's Dream / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night) (1948), The Portable Shakespeare (1944) and Freddy the Magician (1947).
This list collects 8 books from the 1940s by 4 authors, published between 1940 and 1949. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
8 books

Four Great Comedies (Midsummer Night's Dream / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth Night)
William Shakespeare

The Portable Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

Freddy the Magician
Walter R. Brooks, Kurt Wiese

Strange life of Ivan Osokin
Uspenskiĭ Petr Demʹi͡anovich

The Headless Lady
Clayton Rawson

Best Loved Plays (As You Like It / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry VIII / King Richard III / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Merry Wives of Windsor / Midsummer Night's Dream / Much Ado About Nothing / Romeo and Juliet / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest / Twelfth-Night)
William Shakespeare

No Coffin for the Corpse
Clayton Rawson
Six Plays of Shakespeare (Hamlet / King Henry IV. Part 1 / Othello / Romeo and Juliet / Twelfth Night / Tempest)
William Shakespeare