Best Books 1960

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,933 ratings
2.
Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham
by: Dr. Seuss
4.31 avg rating — 830,144 ratings
3.
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
by: Dr. Seuss
4.18 avg rating — 212,511 ratings
4.
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins 3.88 avg rating — 345,766 ratings
5.
Are You My Mother?
Are You My Mother? 4.22 avg rating — 250,331 ratings
6.
The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)
The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 66,662 ratings
7.
The Incredible Journey
The Incredible Journey 4.16 avg rating — 52,464 ratings
8.
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 62,564 ratings
9.
Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1)
Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 33,673 ratings
10.
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 — 144,582 ratings
11.
Silent Spring
Silent Spring 4.05 avg rating — 53,315 ratings
12.
Five on Finniston Farm (Famous Five, #18)
Five on Finniston Farm (Famous Five, #18) 4.03 avg rating — 9,241 ratings
13.
Hawaii
Hawaii 4.22 avg rating — 80,875 ratings
14.
The Four Loves
The Four Loves 4.17 avg rating — 65,634 ratings
15.
Mistress of Mellyn
Mistress of Mellyn 3.92 avg rating — 9,697 ratings
16.
Butcher's Crossing
Butcher's Crossing 4.18 avg rating — 31,894 ratings
17.
The Sot-Weed Factor
The Sot-Weed Factor 4.12 avg rating — 7,626 ratings
18.
Advise and Consent
Advise and Consent 4.09 avg rating — 10,016 ratings
19.
The Leopard
The Leopard 4.01 avg rating — 44,216 ratings
20.
A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts
A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts 3.89 avg rating — 14,707 ratings
21.
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers 4.01 avg rating — 241,829 ratings
22.
The L-Shaped Room (Jane Graham, #1)
The L-Shaped Room (Jane Graham, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 3,536 ratings
23.
Russia and the West under Lenin and Stalin
Russia and the West under Lenin and Stalin 4.15 avg rating — 159 ratings
24.
The Country Girls (The Country Girls Trilogy, #1)
The Country Girls (The Country Girls Trilogy, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 8,298 ratings
24.
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ 4.18 avg rating — 15,287 ratings
26.
My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1)
My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 83,253 ratings
27.
How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market
How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market 4.23 avg rating — 5,846 ratings
27.
Put Me in the Zoo
Put Me in the Zoo 4.16 avg rating — 49,569 ratings
29.
La force de l'âge
La force de l'âge 4.18 avg rating — 2,021 ratings
29.
Hons and Rebels
Hons and Rebels 4.11 avg rating — 5,316 ratings
31.
Clea
Clea 4.17 avg rating — 3,316 ratings
31.
The Sandbox & The Death of Bessie Smith
The Sandbox & The Death of Bessie Smith 3.60 avg rating — 371 ratings
31.
The Days of His Grace
The Days of His Grace 3.86 avg rating — 174 ratings
31.
Dreamtigers
Dreamtigers 4.16 avg rating — 4,993 ratings
35.
Baboushka and the Three Kings
Baboushka and the Three Kings 3.67 avg rating — 2,122 ratings
35.
Vulcan's Hammer
Vulcan's Hammer 3.55 avg rating — 2,842 ratings
35.
The Hours Before Dawn
The Hours Before Dawn 3.79 avg rating — 1,751 ratings
35.
A Descant for Gossips
A Descant for Gossips 3.92 avg rating — 133 ratings
39.
The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War
The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War 4.37 avg rating — 466 ratings
39.
Browning
Browning 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
39.
Dr. Futurity
Dr. Futurity 3.50 avg rating — 3,174 ratings
42.
The Metaphysical Poets
The Metaphysical Poets 4.21 avg rating — 1,111 ratings
42.
Trouble with Lichen
Trouble with Lichen 3.68 avg rating — 6,358 ratings
42.
Onion John
Onion John 3.45 avg rating — 3,984 ratings
45.
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (Tales of Alderley, #1)
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (Tales of Alderley, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 8,618 ratings
45.
After the Banquet
After the Banquet 3.70 avg rating — 3,203 ratings
45.
Rainbow Garden
Rainbow Garden 4.11 avg rating — 1,032 ratings
48.
The Ballad of Peckham Rye
The Ballad of Peckham Rye 3.45 avg rating — 2,729 ratings
48.
For Passion, For Heaven
For Passion, For Heaven really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
50.
The Bachelors
The Bachelors 3.48 avg rating — 1,124 ratings
50.
Orphans in Gethsemane (Testament of Man #12)
Orphans in Gethsemane (Testament of Man #12) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
52.
The Love Pavilion
The Love Pavilion 3.32 avg rating — 62 ratings
52.
Oliver
Oliver
by: Syd Hoff
4.06 avg rating — 845 ratings
54.
The Dean's Watch
The Dean's Watch 4.49 avg rating — 2,027 ratings
54.
Bedtime for Frances
Bedtime for Frances 4.14 avg rating — 27,987 ratings
56.
The Witch Family
The Witch Family 4.05 avg rating — 2,848 ratings
56.
Set This House on Fire
Set This House on Fire 3.60 avg rating — 1,101 ratings
56.
The Chapman Report
The Chapman Report 3.37 avg rating — 347 ratings
56.
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver 4.26 avg rating — 9,193 ratings
56.
Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life
Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life 4.25 avg rating — 27,529 ratings
61.
In Pursuit of the English: A Documentary
In Pursuit of the English: A Documentary 3.65 avg rating — 294 ratings
61.
The Lovely Ambition
The Lovely Ambition 3.59 avg rating — 34 ratings
61.
The Tomten
The Tomten 4.23 avg rating — 2,929 ratings
64.
The Pirates of Colonial North Carolina
The Pirates of Colonial North Carolina 3.68 avg rating — 63 ratings
64.
Problems of Modern Music
Problems of Modern Music liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
64.
The House of Five Talents
The House of Five Talents 4.04 avg rating — 51 ratings
64.
Cindy Lou
Cindy Lou
by: Sonia Fox
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
64.
Dawn
Dawn 3.83 avg rating — 22,540 ratings
69.
Meet the Austins (Austin Family, #1)
Meet the Austins (Austin Family, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 10,458 ratings
69.
The Forest and the Sea: A Look at the Economy of Nature and the Ecology of Man
The Forest and the Sea: A Look at the Economy of Nature and the Ecology of Man 3.90 avg rating — 122 ratings
69.
The Child Buyer: A Novel in the Form of Hearings Before the Standing Committee on Education, Welfare, and Public Morality of a Certain State Senate
The Child Buyer: A Novel in the Form of Hearings Before the Standing Committee on Education, Welfare, and Public Morality of a Certain State Senate 3.81 avg rating — 381 ratings
69.
Suzu and the Bride Doll
Suzu and the Bride Doll 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
73.
The Little Community and Peasant Society and Culture
The Little Community and Peasant Society and Culture 3.57 avg rating — 23 ratings
73.
The Life of John Birch
The Life of John Birch 4.20 avg rating — 25 ratings
73.
Walt Disney's Peter Pan
Walt Disney's Peter Pan 4.35 avg rating — 47,895 ratings
76.
Beethoven: Letters, Journals and Conversations
Beethoven: Letters, Journals and Conversations 4.42 avg rating — 81 ratings
76.
The Listener
The Listener 4.08 avg rating — 895 ratings
76.
Sacco Vanzetti: The Murder and the Myth
Sacco Vanzetti: The Murder and the Myth 2.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
79.
Open House for Butterflies
Open House for Butterflies 4.38 avg rating — 520 ratings
79.
Lost Race of Mars
Lost Race of Mars 3.77 avg rating — 111 ratings
81.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.22 avg rating — 14,237 ratings
81.
Watcher in the Shadows
Watcher in the Shadows 3.79 avg rating — 263 ratings
83.
For Your Eyes Only (James Bond, #8)
For Your Eyes Only (James Bond, #8) 3.67 avg rating — 15,908 ratings
83.
Man on a Raft: Fifty Days Adrift at Sea
Man on a Raft: Fifty Days Adrift at Sea 4.50 avg rating — 117 ratings
83.
Life and Fate
Life and Fate 4.45 avg rating — 14,758 ratings
86.
The Violent Bear It Away
The Violent Bear It Away 4.07 avg rating — 15,074 ratings
86.
New Shoes (Shoes, #10)
New Shoes (Shoes, #10) 3.86 avg rating — 205 ratings
86.
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (Hercule Poirot, #37)
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (Hercule Poirot, #37) 3.77 avg rating — 26,189 ratings
89.
Trustee from the Toolroom
Trustee from the Toolroom 4.31 avg rating — 5,547 ratings
89.
My 21 Years in the White House
My 21 Years in the White House 3.99 avg rating — 598 ratings
91.
Diamond Head
Diamond Head 4.12 avg rating — 24 ratings
91.
A Night in Cold Harbour
A Night in Cold Harbour 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
93.
The Nylon Pirates
The Nylon Pirates 3.54 avg rating — 59 ratings
93.
Outlaws on Parnassus
Outlaws on Parnassus 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
95.
Take a Girl Like You
Take a Girl Like You 3.30 avg rating — 955 ratings
96.
Water of Life
Water of Life 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings
96.
How Right You Are, Jeeves (Jeeves, #12)
How Right You Are, Jeeves (Jeeves, #12) 4.09 avg rating — 7,992 ratings
98.
Don't Tell Alfred (Radlett & Montdore, #3)
Don't Tell Alfred (Radlett & Montdore, #3) 3.54 avg rating — 3,102 ratings
98.
The Most of P.G. Wodehouse
The Most of P.G. Wodehouse 4.50 avg rating — 2,196 ratings
100.
Welcome to Hard Times
Welcome to Hard Times 3.84 avg rating — 2,388 ratings
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