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| 1938 |
| | | In Homage to Catalonia George Orwell describes his experiences fighting for the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War | |
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| 1938 |
| | | British author Graham Greene publishes Brighton Rock, a novel following 17-year-old Pinkie in the criminal underworld of the seaside town | |
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| 1938 |
| | | Maxim de Winter's house, Manderley, holds dark secrets in Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca | |
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| 1939 |
| | | W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood emigrate together to the USA, later becoming US citizens | |
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| 1939 |
| | | Irish author Flann O'Brien publishes his first novel, At Swim-Two-Birds | |
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| 1939 |
| | | British author Christopher Isherwood publishes his novel Goodbye to Berlin, based on his own experiences in the city | |
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| 1939 |
| | | T.S. Eliot gives cats a poetic character in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats | |
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| 1940 |
| | | Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman is rejected by numerous publishers before becoming, decades later, his best-known novel | |
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| 1941 |
| | | British author Rebecca West publishes an account of Yugoslavia, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon | |
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| 1942 |
| | | English children's author Enid Blyton introduces the Famous Five in Five on a Treasure Island | |
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