Best Books 1962

1.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,912 ratings
2.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,635 ratings
3.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating — 273,802 ratings
4.
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,375 ratings
5.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating — 122,130 ratings
6.
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes 3.90 avg rating — 145,996 ratings
7.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 4.06 avg rating — 72,630 ratings
8.
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook 3.77 avg rating — 24,228 ratings
9.
Pale Fire
Pale Fire 4.17 avg rating — 55,886 ratings
10.
The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle 3.59 avg rating — 229,239 ratings
11.
The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating — 82,598 ratings
12.
Silent Spring
Silent Spring 4.05 avg rating — 53,314 ratings
13.
King Rat (Asian Saga, #4)
King Rat (Asian Saga, #4) 4.19 avg rating — 43,415 ratings
14.
Mother Night
Mother Night 4.23 avg rating — 102,422 ratings
15.
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths 4.41 avg rating — 19,794 ratings
16.
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (The Wolves Chronicles, #1)
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (The Wolves Chronicles, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 22,169 ratings
17.
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple, #8)
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple, #8) 3.96 avg rating — 52,612 ratings
18.
Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Travels with Charley: In Search of America 4.08 avg rating — 103,297 ratings
19.
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil 3.81 avg rating — 10,838 ratings
20.
The Drowned World
The Drowned World 3.47 avg rating — 20,156 ratings
21.
Another Country
Another Country 4.30 avg rating — 32,342 ratings
22.
Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh, #1)
Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 41,170 ratings
23.
A Murder of Quality (George Smiley, #2)
A Murder of Quality (George Smiley, #2) 3.66 avg rating — 23,849 ratings
24.
Hand in Glove (Roderick Alleyn, #22)
Hand in Glove (Roderick Alleyn, #22) 3.95 avg rating — 2,672 ratings
25.
The Reivers
The Reivers 3.77 avg rating — 7,983 ratings
26.
The Bull from the Sea (Theseus, #2)
The Bull from the Sea (Theseus, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 4,161 ratings
27.
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present 3.89 avg rating — 2,157 ratings
28.
The Snowy Day (Peter, #1)
The Snowy Day (Peter, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 118,455 ratings
29.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 4.03 avg rating — 29,124 ratings
29.
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes 3.89 avg rating — 37,521 ratings
31.
The Slave
The Slave 4.22 avg rating — 4,018 ratings
32.
Uncle Fred in the Springtime (Blandings Castle, #6)
Uncle Fred in the Springtime (Blandings Castle, #6) 4.21 avg rating — 5,899 ratings
33.
The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1)
The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 17,643 ratings
34.
Dead Cert
Dead Cert 4.06 avg rating — 7,732 ratings
35.
The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays
The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays 4.29 avg rating — 415 ratings
36.
The Spy Who Loved Me (James Bond, #10)
The Spy Who Loved Me (James Bond, #10) 3.40 avg rating — 14,707 ratings
37.
Hothouse
Hothouse 3.62 avg rating — 6,025 ratings
38.
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis 3.78 avg rating — 14,336 ratings
39.
The Old Capital
The Old Capital 3.73 avg rating — 7,476 ratings
40.
Los funerales de la Mamá Grande
Los funerales de la Mamá Grande 3.76 avg rating — 10,322 ratings
41.
Owls in the Family
Owls in the Family 4.11 avg rating — 5,752 ratings
42.
Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
by: Dr. Seuss
4.19 avg rating — 11,498 ratings
43.
Kater Mikesch. Auswahl.
Kater Mikesch. Auswahl. 4.27 avg rating — 152 ratings
44.
Christmas in Noisy Village
Christmas in Noisy Village 4.23 avg rating — 1,577 ratings
45.
The Open Work
The Open Work 4.15 avg rating — 878 ratings
46.
The Moon-Spinners
The Moon-Spinners 4.06 avg rating — 10,597 ratings
47.
The Small Back Room
The Small Back Room 3.80 avg rating — 242 ratings
47.
The Time of the Doves
The Time of the Doves 3.82 avg rating — 15,548 ratings
49.
The Physicists
The Physicists 3.89 avg rating — 41,200 ratings
49.
The House on East 88th Street
The House on East 88th Street 4.20 avg rating — 1,714 ratings
51.
Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools 3.67 avg rating — 2,930 ratings
52.
Tales of Ten Worlds
Tales of Ten Worlds 3.99 avg rating — 2,139 ratings
53.
Rabbit and Skunk and the Scary Rock
Rabbit and Skunk and the Scary Rock 4.30 avg rating — 77 ratings
54.
Letting Go
Letting Go 3.73 avg rating — 1,913 ratings
55.
Against the American Grain: Essays of the Effects of Mass Culture
Against the American Grain: Essays of the Effects of Mass Culture 3.85 avg rating — 342 ratings
56.
Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings
Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings 4.44 avg rating — 33,252 ratings
57.
Wolf Willow
Wolf Willow 3.97 avg rating — 964 ratings
58.
The Age of Revolution, 1789–1848
The Age of Revolution, 1789–1848 4.22 avg rating — 8,102 ratings
58.
The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14,270 ratings
60.
Karlson Flies Again (Karlson, #2)
Karlson Flies Again (Karlson, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 2,192 ratings
60.
The Robber Hotzenplotz
The Robber Hotzenplotz 4.21 avg rating — 5,764 ratings
62.
The Death of Artemio Cruz
The Death of Artemio Cruz 3.86 avg rating — 11,454 ratings
63.
The fetish, & other stories
The fetish, & other stories 3.68 avg rating — 56 ratings
64.
On the Way Home
On the Way Home 4.07 avg rating — 10,407 ratings
64.
Little Fuzzy (Fuzzy Sapiens, #1)
Little Fuzzy (Fuzzy Sapiens, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 10,603 ratings
66.
Gambit (Nero Wolfe, #37)
Gambit (Nero Wolfe, #37)
by: Rex Stout
4.22 avg rating — 3,364 ratings
66.
Death and the Joyful Woman (The Felse Investigations #2)
Death and the Joyful Woman (The Felse Investigations #2) 3.86 avg rating — 996 ratings
68.
Bomarzo
Bomarzo 4.27 avg rating — 1,002 ratings
69.
Marine!: The Life of Chesty Puller
Marine!: The Life of Chesty Puller 4.45 avg rating — 3,264 ratings
69.
The Lonely Girl (The Country Girls Trilogy, #2)
The Lonely Girl (The Country Girls Trilogy, #2) 3.73 avg rating — 3,085 ratings
71.
On the Contrary: Articles of Belief, 1946-1961
On the Contrary: Articles of Belief, 1946-1961 3.55 avg rating — 22 ratings
71.
Light a Single Candle (Cathy Wheeler, #1)
Light a Single Candle (Cathy Wheeler, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 677 ratings
71.
Men of Athens
Men of Athens 2.63 avg rating — 30 ratings
74.
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society 3.87 avg rating — 2,148 ratings
74.
The Last Plantagenets (The Plantagenets, #4)
The Last Plantagenets (The Plantagenets, #4) 4.14 avg rating — 1,276 ratings
76.
The Dark Planet
The Dark Planet 3.48 avg rating — 29 ratings
77.
Little Runner of the Longhouse (An I Can Read Book)
Little Runner of the Longhouse (An I Can Read Book) 3.51 avg rating — 65 ratings
78.
The Little Virtues
The Little Virtues 4.10 avg rating — 9,830 ratings
78.
The King Who Learned to Smile
The King Who Learned to Smile 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
80.
Poems
Poems 4.35 avg rating — 1,105 ratings
80.
Nutshell Library: Alligators all around / Chicken Soup With Rice / One was Johnny / Pierre
Nutshell Library: Alligators all around / Chicken Soup With Rice / One was Johnny / Pierre 4.58 avg rating — 2,392 ratings
80.
The Meanest Squirrel I Ever Met
The Meanest Squirrel I Ever Met
by: Gene Zion
3.96 avg rating — 80 ratings
83.
Barney Beagle
Barney Beagle 4.78 avg rating — 50 ratings
84.
Famous Trials: Oscar Wilde (Famous Trials 7)
Famous Trials: Oscar Wilde (Famous Trials 7) 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings
84.
We Love You, Snoopy (Peanuts Coronet, #19)
We Love You, Snoopy (Peanuts Coronet, #19) 4.24 avg rating — 303 ratings
84.
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
by: C.G. Jung
4.17 avg rating — 37,266 ratings
87.
The Trouble with Terry
The Trouble with Terry 3.97 avg rating — 38 ratings
88.
Traveling Shoes (Shoes, #11)
Traveling Shoes (Shoes, #11) 4.01 avg rating — 707 ratings
89.
The Skin Chairs
The Skin Chairs 4.18 avg rating — 265 ratings
90.
L'Après-midi de Monsieur Andesmas
L'Après-midi de Monsieur Andesmas 3.34 avg rating — 349 ratings
90.
History of Art
History of Art 3.79 avg rating — 38,062 ratings
90.
The Super Barbarians
The Super Barbarians 3.20 avg rating — 41 ratings
93.
Hey, Peanuts!
Hey, Peanuts! 4.25 avg rating — 200 ratings
94.
Tobogán de hambrientos
Tobogán de hambrientos 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings
94.
The Path to Dictatorship 1918-1933: Ten Essays by German Scholars
The Path to Dictatorship 1918-1933: Ten Essays by German Scholars 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
94.
It's a Dog's Life, Charlie Brown
It's a Dog's Life, Charlie Brown 4.39 avg rating — 804 ratings
97.
Soul of Wood
Soul of Wood 3.79 avg rating — 266 ratings
97.
Big Sur
Big Sur 3.84 avg rating — 37,138 ratings
97.
The Clue of the Dancing Puppet (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #39)
The Clue of the Dancing Puppet (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #39) 3.93 avg rating — 5,464 ratings
100.
Portrait of a Jew
Portrait of a Jew 3.42 avg rating — 26 ratings
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