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NOVELS of the 1950's
1.
Charlotte's Web
by:
E.B. White
4.21 avg rating β 1,994,376 ratings
2.
The Martian Chronicles
by:
Ray Bradbury
4.16 avg rating β 279,679 ratings
3.
On the Beach
by:
Nevil Shute
3.98 avg rating β 48,167 ratings
3.
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by:
J.R.R. Tolkien
4.40 avg rating β 3,051,524 ratings
5.
East of Eden
by:
John Steinbeck
4.43 avg rating β 602,401 ratings
6.
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
by:
Isaac Asimov
4.21 avg rating β 369,958 ratings
7.
The Catcher in the Rye
by:
J.D. Salinger
3.80 avg rating β 3,801,015 ratings
8.
Lord of the Flies
by:
William Golding
3.70 avg rating β 3,117,951 ratings
8.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
by:
Walter M. Miller Jr.
3.99 avg rating β 116,717 ratings
10.
Peyton Place (Peyton Place, #1)
by:
Grace Metalious
3.81 avg rating β 13,123 ratings
11.
Fahrenheit 451
by:
Ray Bradbury
3.97 avg rating β 2,719,557 ratings
12.
A Town Like Alice
by:
Nevil Shute
4.15 avg rating β 60,771 ratings
13.
The City and the Stars
by:
Arthur C. Clarke
4.08 avg rating β 35,759 ratings
14.
Gormenghast (Gormenghast, #2)
by:
Mervyn Peake
4.09 avg rating β 14,682 ratings
15.
Katherine
by:
Anya Seton
4.21 avg rating β 35,120 ratings
15.
The Quiet American
by:
Graham Greene
3.98 avg rating β 68,875 ratings
17.
Good Morning, Miss Dove (Pocket Books)
by:
Frances Gray Patton
3.93 avg rating β 484 ratings
18.
The Iron King (The Accursed Kings, #1)
by:
Maurice Druon
4.08 avg rating β 22,388 ratings
19.
The 13 Clocks
by:
James Thurber
3.99 avg rating β 8,410 ratings
20.
The White Witch
by:
Elizabeth Goudge
4.08 avg rating β 733 ratings
21.
Alas, Babylon
by:
Pat Frank
4.09 avg rating β 47,861 ratings
22.
A Death in the Family
by:
James Agee
3.89 avg rating β 17,372 ratings
23.
A Separate Peace
by:
John Knowles
3.60 avg rating β 229,406 ratings
24.
The Old Man and the Sea
by:
Ernest Hemingway
3.81 avg rating β 1,265,921 ratings
25.
Swerve: Little Bastards 2
by:
Jim Lindsay
3.78 avg rating β 27 ratings
26.
The Master of Go
by:
Yasunari Kawabata
3.82 avg rating β 5,487 ratings
27.
Breakfast at Tiffanyβs and Three Stories
by:
Truman Capote
3.83 avg rating β 286,601 ratings
27.
Candy
by:
Terry Southern
3.14 avg rating β 1,650 ratings
27.
The Cosmic Puppets
by:
Philip K. Dick
3.48 avg rating β 3,952 ratings
30.
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #1)
by:
C.S. Forester
4.18 avg rating β 18,789 ratings
30.
The World Jones Made
by:
Philip K. Dick
3.65 avg rating β 3,910 ratings
32.
L'AbbΓ© C
by:
Georges Bataille
3.34 avg rating β 788 ratings
32.
The Grand Sophy
by:
Georgette Heyer
4.17 avg rating β 35,604 ratings
34.
El Laberinto De LA Soledad / The Labyrinth of Solitude
by:
Octavio Paz
4.10 avg rating β 14,443 ratings
34.
Night at the Vulcan (Roderick Alleyn, #16)
by:
Ngaio Marsh
4.05 avg rating β 3,493 ratings
36.
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings
by:
Octavio Paz
4.10 avg rating β 14,443 ratings
36.
Lucky Jim
by:
Kingsley Amis
3.75 avg rating β 31,471 ratings
36.
The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
by:
C.S. Lewis
4.05 avg rating β 588,382 ratings
39.
The Third Man
by:
Graham Greene
3.79 avg rating β 16,180 ratings
39.
Childhoodβs End
by:
Arthur C. Clarke
4.12 avg rating β 170,022 ratings
41.
Sweet Thursday (Cannery Row, #2)
by:
John Steinbeck
4.12 avg rating β 18,696 ratings
41.
The Chrysalids
by:
John Wyndham
3.93 avg rating β 60,791 ratings
43.
The Puppet Masters
by:
Robert A. Heinlein
3.89 avg rating β 33,863 ratings
44.
The Grass Is Singing
by:
Doris Lessing
3.83 avg rating β 14,772 ratings
44.
The Stars My Destination
by:
Alfred Bester
4.06 avg rating β 54,404 ratings
44.
Henry Huggins (Henry Huggins, #1)
by:
Beverly Cleary
4.02 avg rating β 30,730 ratings
47.
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by:
J.R.R. Tolkien
4.50 avg rating β 1,084,453 ratings
47.
Starship Troopers
by:
Robert A. Heinlein
4.01 avg rating β 241,865 ratings
47.
The King's Cavalier
by:
Samuel Shellabarger
4.05 avg rating β 185 ratings
50.
Invisible Man
by:
Ralph Ellison
3.92 avg rating β 198,749 ratings
50.
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by:
J.R.R. Tolkien
4.58 avg rating β 1,004,687 ratings
50.
The Demolished Man
by:
Alfred Bester
3.97 avg rating β 33,426 ratings
50.
Jennie
by:
Paul Gallico
4.28 avg rating β 2,178 ratings
54.
Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade (Auntie Mame, #1)
by:
Patrick Dennis
4.03 avg rating β 16,915 ratings
54.
Barabbas
by:
PΓ€r Lagerkvist
3.87 avg rating β 6,065 ratings
56.
Maggie-Now
by:
Betty Smith
3.92 avg rating β 2,745 ratings
57.
Five Boys in a Cave
by:
Richard Church
4.14 avg rating β 58 ratings
58.
Homer's Daughter
by:
Robert Graves
3.78 avg rating β 1,036 ratings
58.
Some Tame Gazelle
by:
Barbara Pym
3.92 avg rating β 4,190 ratings
60.
Raising Demons
by:
Shirley Jackson
4.15 avg rating β 2,962 ratings
60.
Jubilee Trail
by:
Gwen Bristow
4.15 avg rating β 4,387 ratings
62.
The King Must Die
by:
Mary Renault
3.97 avg rating β 10,102 ratings
62.
Helena
by:
Evelyn Waugh
3.64 avg rating β 1,864 ratings
64.
Pebble in the Sky (Galactic Empire, #3)
by:
Isaac Asimov
3.90 avg rating β 26,677 ratings
64.
Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)
by:
Ralph Moody
4.28 avg rating β 15,549 ratings
66.
A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #4)
by:
Agatha Christie
4.01 avg rating β 82,285 ratings
66.
Emily of Deep Valley (Deep Valley, #2)
by:
Maud Hart Lovelace
4.30 avg rating β 3,702 ratings
68.
Bennett's Welcome
by:
Inglis Fletcher
3.93 avg rating β 41 ratings
69.
The Horns of Capricorn
by:
Helen Topping Miller
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 5 ratings
70.
To Love and Be Wise
by:
Josephine Tey
4.03 avg rating β 6,710 ratings
70.
Poison in Pimlico
by:
Elbur Ford
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 2 ratings
72.
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by:
Isaac Asimov
4.17 avg rating β 580,976 ratings
72.
Flesh and the Devil
by:
Elbur Ford
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 1 rating
74.
Foundation and Empire
by:
Isaac Asimov
4.22 avg rating β 220,374 ratings
74.
King's Rhapsody
by:
Hester W. Chapman
3.76 avg rating β 17 ratings
76.
Second Foundation (Foundation, #3)
by:
Isaac Asimov
4.27 avg rating β 197,728 ratings
76.
Midsummer Madness
by:
Langdon Dodge
3.50 avg rating β 4 ratings
78.
This Was Tomorrow (Williamsburg, #6)
by:
Elswyth Thane
4.32 avg rating β 511 ratings
78.
Through a Glass, Darkly
by:
Helen McCloy
3.78 avg rating β 528 ratings
80.
The Teahouse of the August Moon
by:
Vern Sneider
3.91 avg rating β 190 ratings
80.
Rivers Parting
by:
Shirley Barker
4.44 avg rating β 9 ratings
82.
The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)
by:
Josephine Tey
3.89 avg rating β 37,204 ratings
82.
Flight to Forever
by:
Poul Anderson
3.85 avg rating β 84 ratings
84.
Spartacus
by:
Howard Fast
3.90 avg rating β 2,180 ratings
85.
They Do It With Mirrors (Miss Marple, #5)
by:
Agatha Christie
3.78 avg rating β 43,875 ratings
85.
The Horseman on the Roof
by:
Jean Giono
3.86 avg rating β 1,928 ratings
87.
A Pocket Full of Rye (Miss Marple, #6)
by:
Agatha Christie
3.93 avg rating β 51,405 ratings
87.
The Day of the Triffids
by:
John Wyndham
4.01 avg rating β 115,114 ratings
89.
The Caves of Steel (Robot, #1)
by:
Isaac Asimov
4.19 avg rating β 109,419 ratings
89.
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
by:
Max Shulman
4.08 avg rating β 306 ratings
91.
A Mirror for Observers
by:
Edgar Pangborn
3.80 avg rating β 459 ratings
91.
The Duke's Daughter
by:
Angela Thirkell
4.06 avg rating β 256 ratings
93.
Before Midnight (Nero Wolfe #25)
by:
Rex Stout
4.07 avg rating β 3,253 ratings
93.
Conscience of the King
by:
Alfred Duggan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 119 ratings
95.
Bath Tangle
by:
Georgette Heyer
3.92 avg rating β 9,469 ratings
95.
DΓ©sirΓ©e
by:
Annemarie Selinko
4.16 avg rating β 12,204 ratings
97.
Hickory Dickory Dock (Hercule Poirot, #34)
by:
Agatha Christie
3.76 avg rating β 37,442 ratings
97.
The Iron Mistress
by:
Paul I. Wellman
4.01 avg rating β 168 ratings
99.
The Mouse That Roared (The Mouse That Roared, #1)
by:
Leonard Wibberley
4.03 avg rating β 2,456 ratings
99.
A Breath of Air
by:
Rumer Godden
3.54 avg rating β 87 ratings
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