genre novels and novellas, early–1949

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Novels in italics, novellas in 'inverted commas'.

19th Century
Best of 19th Century
Camille Flammarion, Lumen  (RÉCITS DE L'INFINITI, 1872)
H.G. Wells, 'The Time Machine'  (WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 1895)
H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man  (C. ARTHUR PEARSON, 1897)
H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds  (PEARSON'S MAGAZINE, APRIL–DECEMBER 1897)
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1900
Best of 1900
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1901
Best of 1901
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1902
Best of 1902
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1903
Best of 1903
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1904
Best of 1904
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1905
Best of 1905
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Sōseki Natsume, I Am a Cat  (HOTOTOGISU, 1905-1906)
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1906
Best of 1906
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Jack London, Before Adam  (EVERYBODY'S MAGAZINE, 1906-1907)
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1907
Best of 1907
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1908
Best of 1908
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1909
Best of 1909
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1910
Best of 1910
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1911
Best of 1911
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1912
Best of 1912
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1913
Best of 1913
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1914
Best of 1914
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1915
Best of 1915
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1916
Best of 1916
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1917
Best of 1917
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1918
Best of 1918
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1919
Best of 1919
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1920
Best of 1920
H.P. Lovecraft, 'Nyarlathotep' (THE UNITED AMATEUR, NOVEMBER 1920)
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1921
Best of 1921
Karel Capek, R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (1921)  (DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO., 1924)
Yevgeny Zamyatin, We  (E.P. DUTTON, 1924)
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1922
Best of 1922
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1923
Best of 1923
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Alexei N. Tolstoy, Aelita  (FOREIGN LANGUAGES PUBLISHING HOUSE, 1923)  [ review ]
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1924
Best of 1924
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1925
Best of 1925
Mikhail Bulgakov, The Heart of a Dog (1925)  (GROVE PRESS, 1968)  [ review ]
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1926
Best of 1926
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1927
Best of 1927
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1928
Best of 1928
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1929
Best of 1929
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1930
Best of 1930
Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men  (METHUEN, 1930)
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1931
Best of 1931
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1932
Best of 1932
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World  (CHATTO & WINDUS, 1932)  [ review ]
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Hermann Hesse, 'The Journey to the East'  (SAMUEL FISCHER, 1932)
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Fletcher Pratt, The Onslaught from Rigel  (WONDER STORIES QUARTERLY, WINTER 1932)

1933
Best of 1933
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1934
Best of 1934
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1935
Best of 1935
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1936
Best of 1936
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Donald E. Keyhoe, The Mystery of the Dragon's Shadow  (POPULAR PUBLICATIONS, 1936)

1937
Best of 1937
Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker  (METHUEN, 1937)
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1938
Best of 1938
C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet  (JOHN LANE, 1938)
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1939
Best of 1939
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1940
Best of 1940
Adolfo Bioy Casares, The Invention of Morel  (EDITORIAL LOSADA, 1940)
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1941
Best of 1941
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1942
Best of 1942
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C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters  (GEOFFREY BLES, 1942)
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Edgar Rice Burroughs, Beyond the Farthest Star  (BLUE BOOK, JANUARY 1942)

1943
Best of 1943
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince  (REYNAL & HITCHCOCK, 1943)
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Curt Siodmak, Donovan's Brain  (ALFRED A. KNOPF, 1943)
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1944
Best of 1944
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1945
Best of 1945
George Orwell, Animal Farm  (SECKER & WARBURG, 1945)
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1946
Best of 1946
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Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore), The Fairy Chessmen  (ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, JANUARY–FEBRUARY 1946)  [ review ]
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Harold Sherman, The Green Man  (AMAZING STORIES, OCTOBER 1946)

1947
Best of 1947
Lawrence O'Donnell (Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore), Fury  (ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, MAY–JUNE 1947)
Theodore Sturgeon, 'Maturity'  (ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, FEBRUARY 1947)
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Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore), Tomorrow and Tomorrow  (ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, JANUARY–FEBRUARY 1947)  [ review ]
Olaf Stapledon, The Flames  (SECKER & WARBURG, 1947)  [ review ]

1948
Best of 1948
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Edward E. Smith, Triplanetary  (FANTASY PRESS, 1948)

1949
Best of 1949
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