A Century of Reading: 1960s

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating β€” 6,690,026 ratings
2.
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 1,263,473 ratings
3.
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are 4.25 avg rating β€” 1,043,067 ratings
4.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating β€” 873,401 ratings
5.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land 3.92 avg rating β€” 323,302 ratings
6.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating β€” 710,457 ratings
7.
The Snowy Day (Peter, #1)
The Snowy Day (Peter, #1) 4.20 avg rating β€” 118,461 ratings
8.
Silent Spring
Silent Spring 4.05 avg rating β€” 53,326 ratings
9.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 912,095 ratings
10.
The Collector
The Collector 3.97 avg rating β€” 89,288 ratings
11.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating β€” 1,451,476 ratings
12.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating β€” 59,337 ratings
13.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,154,234 ratings
14.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 4.06 avg rating β€” 72,640 ratings
15.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 330,518 ratings
16.
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3) 4.09 avg rating β€” 122,085 ratings
17.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating β€” 1,538,707 ratings
18.
A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast 4.02 avg rating β€” 162,882 ratings
19.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating β€” 569,018 ratings
19.
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) 4.40 avg rating β€” 452,964 ratings
21.
Portnoy’s Complaint
Portnoy’s Complaint 3.71 avg rating β€” 72,181 ratings
22.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating β€” 103,294 ratings
23.
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook 3.77 avg rating β€” 24,231 ratings
24.
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1) 3.66 avg rating β€” 29,108 ratings
25.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 753,994 ratings
26.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating β€” 767,705 ratings
27.
Sex and The Single Girl
Sex and The Single Girl 3.39 avg rating β€” 1,036 ratings
28.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4.09 avg rating β€” 496,056 ratings
29.
The Group
The Group 3.68 avg rating β€” 16,964 ratings
30.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating β€” 273,876 ratings
31.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,570,606 ratings
32.
Harriet the Spy
Harriet the Spy 3.95 avg rating β€” 100,381 ratings
33.
The Giving Tree
The Giving Tree 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,209,882 ratings
33.
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by: Ira Levin
4.05 avg rating β€” 153,685 ratings
35.
The Magus
The Magus 4.05 avg rating β€” 62,331 ratings
36.
The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique 3.87 avg rating β€” 30,224 ratings
37.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating β€” 285,206 ratings
38.
The Diary of AnaΓ―s Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
The Diary of AnaΓ―s Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934 4.17 avg rating β€” 8,068 ratings
38.
The Confessions of Nat Turner
The Confessions of Nat Turner 3.96 avg rating β€” 15,968 ratings
40.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem 4.19 avg rating β€” 78,772 ratings
41.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 4.04 avg rating β€” 92,120 ratings
42.
The Double Helix
The Double Helix 3.84 avg rating β€” 19,755 ratings
43.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating β€” 122,146 ratings
44.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,334,378 ratings
45.
The Moviegoer
The Moviegoer 3.64 avg rating β€” 30,281 ratings
46.
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1) 3.66 avg rating β€” 76,602 ratings
47.
Franny and Zooey
Franny and Zooey 3.96 avg rating β€” 235,185 ratings
48.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by: Tom Wolfe
3.92 avg rating β€” 78,164 ratings
49.
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Agony and the Ecstasy 4.09 avg rating β€” 93,736 ratings
50.
Pale Fire
Pale Fire 4.17 avg rating β€” 55,901 ratings
51.
Herzog
Herzog 3.76 avg rating β€” 22,523 ratings
52.
The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 14,271 ratings
52.
A Single Man
A Single Man 4.06 avg rating β€” 36,555 ratings
54.
The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1)
The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1) 3.91 avg rating β€” 267,330 ratings
55.
The Painted Bird
The Painted Bird 3.90 avg rating β€” 27,863 ratings
56.
Blues People: Negro Music in White America
Blues People: Negro Music in White America 4.15 avg rating β€” 2,386 ratings
57.
The Crying of Lot 49
The Crying of Lot 49 3.69 avg rating β€” 93,758 ratings
58.
The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time 4.55 avg rating β€” 115,175 ratings
59.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating β€” 401,162 ratings
60.
Why We Can't Wait
Why We Can't Wait 4.54 avg rating β€” 8,975 ratings
61.
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress 4.15 avg rating β€” 136,884 ratings
62.
The Pushcart War
The Pushcart War 4.20 avg rating β€” 5,049 ratings
63.
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 349,032 ratings
64.
Wake in Fright
Wake in Fright 3.98 avg rating β€” 3,112 ratings
65.
The Edible Woman
The Edible Woman 3.69 avg rating β€” 39,572 ratings
66.
Lyckan (Het geluk) : roman van een aardse liefde
Lyckan (Het geluk) : roman van een aardse liefde liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
67.
Ariel
Ariel 4.19 avg rating β€” 86,773 ratings
67.
Unsafe at Any Speed
Unsafe at Any Speed 3.69 avg rating β€” 259 ratings
67.
The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating β€” 82,615 ratings
70.
The Edwardian Turn of Mind
The Edwardian Turn of Mind 3.87 avg rating β€” 30 ratings
71.
The Making of the President 1960
The Making of the President 1960 4.15 avg rating β€” 7,922 ratings
72.
The Making of the President 1968
The Making of the President 1968 4.18 avg rating β€” 766 ratings
73.
The Water Is Wide
The Water Is Wide 4.17 avg rating β€” 26,377 ratings
74.
The Sot-Weed Factor
The Sot-Weed Factor 4.12 avg rating β€” 7,626 ratings
75.
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1) 3.59 avg rating β€” 62,571 ratings
76.
The Alexandria Quartet (The Alexandria Quartet, #1-4)
The Alexandria Quartet (The Alexandria Quartet, #1-4) 4.18 avg rating β€” 12,161 ratings
77.
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 4.16 avg rating β€” 217,114 ratings
78.
The Country Girls (The Country Girls Trilogy, #1)
The Country Girls (The Country Girls Trilogy, #1) 3.69 avg rating β€” 8,303 ratings
78.
Desert Solitaire
Desert Solitaire 4.18 avg rating β€” 53,118 ratings
80.
The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle 3.59 avg rating β€” 229,272 ratings
80.
The Stone Angel
The Stone Angel 3.77 avg rating β€” 13,219 ratings
82.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany 4.22 avg rating β€” 144,601 ratings
83.
A House for Mr Biswas
A House for Mr Biswas 3.81 avg rating β€” 21,972 ratings
84.
Tell Me a Riddle
Tell Me a Riddle 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,554 ratings
85.
The Making of the English Working Class
The Making of the English Working Class 4.21 avg rating β€” 3,644 ratings
86.
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road 3.93 avg rating β€” 92,061 ratings
86.
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade 4.01 avg rating β€” 4,975 ratings
88.
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil 4.20 avg rating β€” 31,567 ratings
89.
Up the Down Staircase
Up the Down Staircase 3.96 avg rating β€” 10,350 ratings
90.
The Drowned World
The Drowned World 3.47 avg rating β€” 20,159 ratings
91.
In the Clearing
In the Clearing 3.56 avg rating β€” 379 ratings
92.
Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings
Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings 4.44 avg rating β€” 33,254 ratings
93.
Being and Time
Being and Time 4.05 avg rating β€” 27,069 ratings
94.
All My Pretty Ones
All My Pretty Ones 4.19 avg rating β€” 1,005 ratings
95.
Myra Breckinridge
Myra Breckinridge 3.57 avg rating β€” 5,192 ratings
96.
Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems
Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems 4.22 avg rating β€” 1,567 ratings
97.
Our Lady of the Flowers
Our Lady of the Flowers 4.01 avg rating β€” 6,846 ratings
98.
V.
V. 3.97 avg rating β€” 24,778 ratings
99.
Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s Cradle 4.15 avg rating β€” 428,445 ratings
100.
Sometimes a Great Notion
Sometimes a Great Notion
by: Ken Kesey
4.26 avg rating β€” 23,504 ratings
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