The following books reached the status of being the Number 1 best selling book for each year from 1940 to 1949. These books and their authors other books can be easily found in any used book store.
- How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn ( 1940 )
- The Keys of the Kingdom by A J Cronin (1941)
- The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel (1942)
- The Robe by Lloyd C Douglas (1943)
- Strange Fruit by Lillian Smith (1944)
- Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor (1945)
- The King’s General by Daphne du Maurier (1946)
- The Miracle of the Bells by Russel Janney (1947)
- The Big Fisherman by Lloyd C Douglas ( 1948 )
- The Egyptian by Mika Waltari ( 1949 )
Lloyd C Douglas (a Hoosier) was the only author to have two Number 1 best sellers in this decade.
