Books Set in 1950s

1.
11/22/63
11/22/63 4.35 avg rating — 614,224 ratings
2.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,823 ratings
3.
Circle of Friends
Circle of Friends 4.07 avg rating — 67,568 ratings
4.
Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1)
Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 151,355 ratings
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The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,154,073 ratings
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Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,309 ratings
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Swerve: Little Bastards 2
Swerve: Little Bastards 2 3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings
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The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 696,787 ratings
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The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 36,713 ratings
10.
It
It 4.24 avg rating — 1,227,572 ratings
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Margreete's Harbor
Margreete's Harbor 3.87 avg rating — 986 ratings
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The Secrets of Greystone House
The Secrets of Greystone House 3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 344,120 ratings
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The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules 4.17 avg rating — 192,683 ratings
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The Good Dream
The Good Dream 4.09 avg rating — 6,600 ratings
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The Country Girls (The Country Girls Trilogy, #1)
The Country Girls (The Country Girls Trilogy, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 8,300 ratings
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The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating — 226,250 ratings
18.
The Bookshop
The Bookshop 3.27 avg rating — 25,956 ratings
19.
Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars 3.86 avg rating — 192,466 ratings
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories 3.83 avg rating — 286,593 ratings
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The Little Bastards
The Little Bastards 3.93 avg rating — 61 ratings
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A Penny A Day
A Penny A Day 4.35 avg rating — 93 ratings
23.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany 4.24 avg rating — 332,404 ratings
24.
The Perfume Collector
The Perfume Collector really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 41,910 ratings
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A Boy's Own Story (The Edmund Trilogy, #1)
A Boy's Own Story (The Edmund Trilogy, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 9,053 ratings
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The Betrayal
The Betrayal 4.04 avg rating — 2,819 ratings
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Bonjour tristesse
Bonjour tristesse 3.73 avg rating — 66,263 ratings
28.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,827 ratings
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Saturday's Child
Saturday's Child 4.29 avg rating — 199 ratings
30.
The Huntress
The Huntress 4.30 avg rating — 199,956 ratings
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My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 435,710 ratings
32.
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets
by: Eva Rice
3.97 avg rating — 8,258 ratings
33.
Meet Me in Monaco
Meet Me in Monaco 3.90 avg rating — 11,746 ratings
33.
Cape May
Cape May 2.97 avg rating — 5,728 ratings
35.
Peyton Place (Peyton Place, #1)
Peyton Place (Peyton Place, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 13,123 ratings
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The Stationery Shop of Tehran
The Stationery Shop of Tehran 4.23 avg rating — 110,024 ratings
37.
Natives and Strangers
Natives and Strangers 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Summer the Wind Whispered My Name
The Summer the Wind Whispered My Name
by: Don Locke
3.86 avg rating — 42 ratings
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The Summer Wives
The Summer Wives 3.74 avg rating — 47,817 ratings
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Hushabye: The Mystics, the Music, and the Mob
Hushabye: The Mystics, the Music, and the Mob 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings
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The Zig Zag Girl (The Brighton Mysteries #1)
The Zig Zag Girl (The Brighton Mysteries #1) 3.65 avg rating — 16,250 ratings
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The Invitation
The Invitation 3.59 avg rating — 21,130 ratings
43.
Blackwattle Creek (Charlie Berlin, #2)
Blackwattle Creek (Charlie Berlin, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 488 ratings
43.
Safe at Home
Safe at Home 3.93 avg rating — 216 ratings
43.
On Swift Horses
On Swift Horses 3.10 avg rating — 1,674 ratings
43.
Tourmaline
Tourmaline 3.16 avg rating — 112 ratings
43.
The Apothecary (The Apothecary, #1)
The Apothecary (The Apothecary, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 15,085 ratings
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The Trouble with You
The Trouble with You 3.82 avg rating — 878 ratings
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With a Vengeance
With a Vengeance 3.43 avg rating — 22,494 ratings
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The L-Shaped Room (Jane Graham, #1)
The L-Shaped Room (Jane Graham, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 3,537 ratings
50.
The Swans of Fifth Avenue
The Swans of Fifth Avenue 3.63 avg rating — 36,823 ratings
50.
The Invitation
The Invitation 3.59 avg rating — 21,130 ratings
50.
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
Gilead (Gilead, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 121,023 ratings
50.
Out of the Easy
Out of the Easy 4.03 avg rating — 70,099 ratings
50.
Every Time We Say Goodbye (Jane Austen Society, #3)
Every Time We Say Goodbye (Jane Austen Society, #3) 3.50 avg rating — 1,496 ratings
56.
En skugga blott
En skugga blott 3.43 avg rating — 327 ratings
56.
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai
by: Wang Anyi
3.93 avg rating — 772 ratings
56.
The Secrets We Kept
The Secrets We Kept 3.65 avg rating — 75,866 ratings
56.
The Last Days of New Paris
The Last Days of New Paris 3.54 avg rating — 7,485 ratings
56.
In Lazzaretto
In Lazzaretto 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Wonderful, Wonderful Times
Wonderful, Wonderful Times 3.79 avg rating — 1,674 ratings
61.
A View from the Bridge: A Play in Two Acts
A View from the Bridge: A Play in Two Acts 3.71 avg rating — 17,559 ratings
61.
Serpent's Delight
Serpent's Delight
by: Ruth Park
4.09 avg rating — 35 ratings
61.
Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic 3.67 avg rating — 416,549 ratings
65.
The Librarian
The Librarian 3.37 avg rating — 6,459 ratings
65.
The Dollhouse
The Dollhouse 3.83 avg rating — 47,694 ratings
67.
Recipe for a Perfect Wife
Recipe for a Perfect Wife 3.67 avg rating — 23,782 ratings
68.
The Women in Black
The Women in Black 3.56 avg rating — 12,207 ratings
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The Delinquents
The Delinquents 3.68 avg rating — 154 ratings
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Absolute Beginners
Absolute Beginners 3.60 avg rating — 2,237 ratings
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Searching for Grace Kelly
Searching for Grace Kelly 3.67 avg rating — 1,826 ratings