YA Fiction set in the 1960s

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Summer of '69
Summer of '69 3.91 avg rating — 546 ratings
2.
The Wednesday Wars
The Wednesday Wars 4.12 avg rating — 46,367 ratings
3.
Gloss (Gloss, #1)
Gloss (Gloss, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 164 ratings
4.
Three Day Summer
Three Day Summer 3.68 avg rating — 599 ratings
5.
I’m Glad I Did
I’m Glad I Did 3.70 avg rating — 558 ratings
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Fallout
Fallout 3.74 avg rating — 3,751 ratings
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Jasper Jones
Jasper Jones 4.09 avg rating — 42,327 ratings
8.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,445 ratings
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Purple Daze
Purple Daze 3.47 avg rating — 198 ratings
10.
My Beautiful Hippie
My Beautiful Hippie 3.70 avg rating — 126 ratings
11.
Chasing Jupiter
Chasing Jupiter 3.99 avg rating — 639 ratings
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Fin & Lady
Fin & Lady 3.54 avg rating — 6,343 ratings
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Clover Blue
Clover Blue 4.12 avg rating — 1,917 ratings
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The Pigman (The Pigman, #1)
The Pigman (The Pigman, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 28,533 ratings
15.
Half in Love with Death
Half in Love with Death 3.84 avg rating — 269 ratings
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Sekret (Sekret, #1)
Sekret (Sekret, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 2,147 ratings
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What I Was
What I Was 3.50 avg rating — 4,629 ratings
18.
What We Hide
What We Hide 3.07 avg rating — 361 ratings
19.
A Night Divided
A Night Divided 4.33 avg rating — 45,809 ratings
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When JFK Was My Father
When JFK Was My Father 3.85 avg rating — 91 ratings
21.
Sources of Light
Sources of Light 3.79 avg rating — 577 ratings
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Family
Family 3.14 avg rating — 594 ratings
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Skandal (Sekret, #2)
Skandal (Sekret, #2) 3.64 avg rating — 362 ratings
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Looking for Jack Kerouac
Looking for Jack Kerouac 3.85 avg rating — 167 ratings
25.
The Tightrope Walkers
The Tightrope Walkers 3.58 avg rating — 826 ratings
26.
A Death on the Wolf
A Death on the Wolf 3.92 avg rating — 1,321 ratings
27.
The Golden Day
The Golden Day 3.47 avg rating — 1,317 ratings
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Bad Tickets
Bad Tickets 3.35 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Painting the Rainbow
Painting the Rainbow 3.52 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Missing Girls
Missing Girls 3.16 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Summer Scandal (Gloss, #2)
Summer Scandal (Gloss, #2) 3.54 avg rating — 37 ratings
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We Walked the Sky
We Walked the Sky 3.97 avg rating — 1,331 ratings
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The Vinyl Underground
The Vinyl Underground
by: Rob Rufus
4.06 avg rating — 329 ratings
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My Name Is Not Easy
My Name Is Not Easy 3.63 avg rating — 2,112 ratings
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World of Pies
World of Pies 3.48 avg rating — 1,025 ratings
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Freedom's Just Another Word
Freedom's Just Another Word 3.71 avg rating — 45 ratings
37.
Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers
Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers 3.86 avg rating — 689 ratings
38.
Endangered (Ape Quartet #1)
Endangered (Ape Quartet #1) 4.04 avg rating — 6,139 ratings
39.
Bliss (Crestview Academy, #1)
Bliss (Crestview Academy, #1) 3.38 avg rating — 3,973 ratings
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The Boy Who Could Make Himself Disappear
The Boy Who Could Make Himself Disappear
by: Kin Platt
4.07 avg rating — 164 ratings
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Lisa, Bright and Dark
Lisa, Bright and Dark 3.63 avg rating — 3,937 ratings
42.
Before We Were Free
Before We Were Free 3.91 avg rating — 9,247 ratings
43.
Are You Experienced?
Are You Experienced? 4.03 avg rating — 857 ratings
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968 3.83 avg rating — 2,212 ratings
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Summer Days, Starry Nights
Summer Days, Starry Nights 3.75 avg rating — 286 ratings
45.
Holding Up the Earth
Holding Up the Earth really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 231 ratings
47.
Life: An Exploded Diagram
Life: An Exploded Diagram
by: Mal Peet
3.75 avg rating — 1,827 ratings
48.
Camp
Camp 3.51 avg rating — 384 ratings
49.
The Notorious Pagan Jones (Pagan Jones, #1)
The Notorious Pagan Jones (Pagan Jones, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 489 ratings
50.
The River Runs
The River Runs 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
50.
Dancing in Cadillac Light
Dancing in Cadillac Light 3.74 avg rating — 284 ratings
52.
Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood
Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood 3.88 avg rating — 1,578 ratings
53.
A Hole in My Heart
A Hole in My Heart 3.67 avg rating — 27 ratings
54.
The Town That Drowned
The Town That Drowned 3.82 avg rating — 825 ratings
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A Summer of Kings
A Summer of Kings
by: Han Nolan
3.96 avg rating — 510 ratings
56.
Saying It Out Loud
Saying It Out Loud 3.46 avg rating — 238 ratings
57.
Paint Me a Monster
Paint Me a Monster 3.82 avg rating — 148 ratings
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Long Time Passing
Long Time Passing 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
59.
The Secret Life of a Boarding School Brat
The Secret Life of a Boarding School Brat 3.40 avg rating — 48 ratings
60.
The Ninth Day (The Blue Thread Saga)
The Ninth Day (The Blue Thread Saga) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 44 ratings
61.
The Shark Curtain
The Shark Curtain 4.14 avg rating — 43 ratings
62.
Spite Fences
Spite Fences 3.68 avg rating — 264 ratings
62.
The Secret Life of Kitty Granger
The Secret Life of Kitty Granger 3.76 avg rating — 216 ratings
64.
The Weight of Our Sky
The Weight of Our Sky 4.19 avg rating — 5,543 ratings
65.
Bad Girls Never Say Die
Bad Girls Never Say Die 3.69 avg rating — 2,391 ratings
66.
Summer's End
Summer's End 3.29 avg rating — 85 ratings
67.
Long Time Passing
Long Time Passing 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
68.
The Leaving Year
The Leaving Year 3.84 avg rating — 136 ratings
68.
I Am Here Now
I Am Here Now 3.60 avg rating — 243 ratings
70.
The Road Home (Echo Company, #5)
The Road Home (Echo Company, #5) 4.54 avg rating — 628 ratings
70.
Too Big a Storm
Too Big a Storm 4.03 avg rating — 37 ratings
70.
One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1)
One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 37,257 ratings
70.
Short Candles
Short Candles it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
70.
Shine Until Tomorrow
Shine Until Tomorrow 3.84 avg rating — 49 ratings
75.
Welcome to Vietnam (Echo Company, #1)
Welcome to Vietnam (Echo Company, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 236 ratings
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Bonnie
Bonnie 3.65 avg rating — 20 ratings
77.
Hill 568 (Echo Company, #2)
Hill 568 (Echo Company, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 175 ratings
77.
The Book of Jude
The Book of Jude 2.94 avg rating — 48 ratings
77.
The Thundering Good Today
The Thundering Good Today really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
80.
'Tis the Season (Echo Company, #3)
'Tis the Season (Echo Company, #3) 4.41 avg rating — 171 ratings
80.
The Silver Grill
The Silver Grill
by: Joan Tate
2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
80.
Caribou
Caribou really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings
83.
Stand Down (Echo Company, #4)
Stand Down (Echo Company, #4) 4.41 avg rating — 163 ratings
83.
The Earth Kitchen
The Earth Kitchen 3.57 avg rating — 28 ratings
83.
I'm Really Dragged but Nothing Gets Me Down
I'm Really Dragged but Nothing Gets Me Down 3.35 avg rating — 37 ratings
83.
All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages
All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages 3.92 avg rating — 6,400 ratings
87.
Shadow Witch
Shadow Witch 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
88.
Seeking Cassandra
Seeking Cassandra 3.55 avg rating — 22 ratings
89.
Isabelle Day Refuses to Die of a Broken Heart
Isabelle Day Refuses to Die of a Broken Heart 3.31 avg rating — 121 ratings
90.
Crazy
Crazy 3.99 avg rating — 396 ratings
91.
Come in from the Cold
Come in from the Cold 3.40 avg rating — 77 ratings
91.
The First Few Friends
The First Few Friends 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
93.
Death Coming Up the Hill
Death Coming Up the Hill 4.16 avg rating — 2,054 ratings
93.
Killing the Dead
Killing the Dead 3.54 avg rating — 917 ratings
95.
Channel '63 (The Age of Amy, #3)
Channel '63 (The Age of Amy, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Trap
The Trap 3.51 avg rating — 301 ratings
97.
His Own Where
His Own Where 4.23 avg rating — 262 ratings
98.
Leaving Yesler
Leaving Yesler 3.41 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Unseen Companion
Unseen Companion 3.19 avg rating — 101 ratings
100.
Tell Me Lies
Tell Me Lies 3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings
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