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Fantasy books of the 1940s

Wartime fantasy. Escapism meets allegory as the world fights its darkest battle.

46 books from 1940–1949
Farmer Giles of Ham
Farmer Giles of Ham
J.R.R. Tolkien (1949)
G
Wonder Book
Wonder Book
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1947)
The magic Faraway Tree
The magic Faraway Tree
Enid Blyton (1943)
G
All Hallows' Eve
All Hallows' Eve
Charles Williams (1945)
Who Goes There?
Who Goes There?
John W. Campbell, William F. Nolan (1948)
G
The Haunted Woman
The Haunted Woman
David Lindsay (1946)
In the hall of the Dragon King
In the hall of the Dragon King
Stephen R. Lawhead (1943)
G
Hungry Hill
Hungry Hill
Daphne du Maurier (1943)
Superman
Superman
George Francis Lowther (1942)
G
The House on the Borderland
The House on the Borderland
William Hope Hodgson (1946)
G
Shadows of ecstacy
Shadows of ecstacy
Charles Williams (1948)
The Endless Knot (The Song of Albion #3)
The Endless Knot (The Song of Albion #3)
Stephen R. Lawhead (1942)
The Little Island
The Little Island
Margaret Wise Brown (1946)
G
Bartholomew and the oobleck
Bartholomew and the oobleck
Dr. Seuss (1949)
G
Great tales of terror and the supernatural
Great tales of terror and the supernatural
Herbert A. Wise (1944)
The Women of the Wood
The Women of the Wood
A. Merritt (1948)