Best Books 1958

1.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 403,052 ratings
2.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories 3.83 avg rating β€” 286,551 ratings
3.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Witch of Blackbird Pond 4.02 avg rating β€” 157,956 ratings
4.
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (The Cat in the Hat, #2)
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (The Cat in the Hat, #2)
by: Dr. Seuss
3.91 avg rating β€” 32,250 ratings
5.
The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5)
The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5) 4.07 avg rating β€” 116,431 ratings
6.
The Leopard
The Leopard 4.01 avg rating β€” 44,209 ratings
7.
A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington, #1)
A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington, #1) 4.24 avg rating β€” 85,611 ratings
8.
Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder 4.05 avg rating β€” 3,586 ratings
9.
Our Man in Havana
Our Man in Havana 3.94 avg rating β€” 39,682 ratings
10.
Brave New World Revisited
Brave New World Revisited 3.94 avg rating β€” 21,792 ratings
11.
Ordeal by Innocence
Ordeal by Innocence 3.83 avg rating β€” 30,943 ratings
12.
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
by: Dr. Seuss
4.15 avg rating β€” 35,835 ratings
13.
The Bell
The Bell 3.92 avg rating β€” 10,038 ratings
14.
Doctor No (James Bond, #6)
Doctor No (James Bond, #6) 3.81 avg rating β€” 25,657 ratings
15.
The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville 4.44 avg rating β€” 13,428 ratings
16.
Crictor
Crictor 4.11 avg rating β€” 2,093 ratings
16.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,334,095 ratings
18.
Suddenly Last Summer
Suddenly Last Summer 3.94 avg rating β€” 7,607 ratings
19.
The Three Edwards (The Plantagenets, #3)
The Three Edwards (The Plantagenets, #3) 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,151 ratings
20.
Old Yeller
Old Yeller 4.10 avg rating β€” 102,360 ratings
21.
Venetia
Venetia 4.11 avg rating β€” 19,544 ratings
22.
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning 3.80 avg rating β€” 5,339 ratings
23.
Once There Was a War
Once There Was a War 3.84 avg rating β€” 3,937 ratings
24.
Marianne Dreams (The Magic Drawing Pencil, #1)
Marianne Dreams (The Magic Drawing Pencil, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 1,530 ratings
25.
Exodus
Exodus
by: Leon Uris
4.34 avg rating β€” 100,893 ratings
26.
The Dharma Bums
The Dharma Bums 3.93 avg rating β€” 99,781 ratings
27.
The King Must Die (Theseus, #1)
The King Must Die (Theseus, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 10,100 ratings
28.
Danny and the Dinosaur (Danny and the Dinosaur, #1)
Danny and the Dinosaur (Danny and the Dinosaur, #1)
by: Syd Hoff
4.03 avg rating β€” 30,953 ratings
29.
Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7)
Playback (Philip Marlowe, #7) 3.79 avg rating β€” 10,811 ratings
30.
Champion Dog: Prince Tom
Champion Dog: Prince Tom 4.42 avg rating β€” 233 ratings
31.
Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids
Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids 3.81 avg rating β€” 5,304 ratings
32.
Balthazar
Balthazar 4.13 avg rating β€” 4,300 ratings
33.
Scent of Cloves
Scent of Cloves 3.90 avg rating β€” 358 ratings
33.
All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown
All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown 4.29 avg rating β€” 6,508 ratings
35.
From the Terrace
From the Terrace 3.92 avg rating β€” 438 ratings
35.
MΓ©moires d'une jeune fille rangΓ©e
MΓ©moires d'une jeune fille rangΓ©e 4.13 avg rating β€” 17,743 ratings
37.
Around the World with Auntie Mame (Auntie Mame, #2)
Around the World with Auntie Mame (Auntie Mame, #2) 4.09 avg rating β€” 2,291 ratings
37.
The White Witch
The White Witch 4.08 avg rating β€” 733 ratings
39.
Nine Coaches Waiting
Nine Coaches Waiting 4.06 avg rating β€” 16,770 ratings
40.
Silenzio a Milano
Silenzio a Milano 3.84 avg rating β€” 58 ratings
40.
Mountolive
Mountolive 4.23 avg rating β€” 3,601 ratings
42.
J.B.: A Play in Verse
J.B.: A Play in Verse 3.73 avg rating β€” 1,764 ratings
43.
Molloy / Malone Dies / The Unnamable
Molloy / Malone Dies / The Unnamable 4.28 avg rating β€” 9,327 ratings
44.
Tom's Midnight Garden
Tom's Midnight Garden 4.05 avg rating β€” 27,471 ratings
45.
The Family Under the Bridge
The Family Under the Bridge 3.96 avg rating β€” 16,328 ratings
46.
And Four to Go (Nero Wolfe, #30)
And Four to Go (Nero Wolfe, #30)
by: Rex Stout
4.13 avg rating β€” 3,432 ratings
47.
Champagne for One (Nero Wolfe, #31)
Champagne for One (Nero Wolfe, #31)
by: Rex Stout
4.11 avg rating β€” 3,683 ratings
48.
Mrs. Pepperpot Stories
Mrs. Pepperpot Stories 4.10 avg rating β€” 825 ratings
48.
The Zimmermann Telegram
The Zimmermann Telegram 4.06 avg rating β€” 5,054 ratings
48.
The Other Side Of The Sky
The Other Side Of The Sky 4.01 avg rating β€” 2,436 ratings
51.
Umbrella
Umbrella 3.75 avg rating β€” 886 ratings
51.
The Year When Stardust Fell
The Year When Stardust Fell 3.65 avg rating β€” 126 ratings
51.
Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewish Woman
Rahel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewish Woman 3.73 avg rating β€” 181 ratings
51.
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters 3.97 avg rating β€” 3,250 ratings
51.
Operators and Things: The Inner Life of a Schizophrenic
Operators and Things: The Inner Life of a Schizophrenic 4.03 avg rating β€” 786 ratings
51.
The Getaway
The Getaway 3.91 avg rating β€” 7,169 ratings
57.
Henry Reed, Inc.
Henry Reed, Inc. 4.06 avg rating β€” 3,115 ratings
57.
Gold in the Sky
Gold in the Sky 3.47 avg rating β€” 49 ratings
57.
Hughie
Hughie 3.55 avg rating β€” 157 ratings
60.
The Young Caesar
The Young Caesar 3.87 avg rating β€” 144 ratings
60.
Buffalo Chief
Buffalo Chief 4.33 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
60.
Tokyo Express
Tokyo Express 3.68 avg rating β€” 19,314 ratings
63.
The Conscience of the Rich
The Conscience of the Rich
by: C.P. Snow
3.77 avg rating β€” 263 ratings
63.
Pharaoh
Pharaoh 3.90 avg rating β€” 59 ratings
63.
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Agony and the Ecstasy 4.09 avg rating β€” 93,727 ratings
66.
Nabokov's Dozen
Nabokov's Dozen really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,545 ratings
66.
Recipes from Old Virginia
Recipes from Old Virginia really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
66.
Something for Christmas
Something for Christmas 4.22 avg rating β€” 99 ratings
66.
Collected Poems
Collected Poems 4.15 avg rating β€” 577 ratings
70.
My Holy Satan (The Testament Of Man, #11)
My Holy Satan (The Testament Of Man, #11) 4.33 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
70.
To the Islands
To the Islands 3.87 avg rating β€” 309 ratings
72.
The Suffrage of Elvira
The Suffrage of Elvira 3.74 avg rating β€” 375 ratings
72.
Tale Of Valor
Tale Of Valor 4.43 avg rating β€” 21 ratings
72.
The Greengage Summer
The Greengage Summer 4.04 avg rating β€” 3,269 ratings
75.
The Little Ballerina
The Little Ballerina 4.67 avg rating β€” 75 ratings
76.
Krapp's Last Tape & Embers
Krapp's Last Tape & Embers 4.01 avg rating β€” 4,931 ratings
76.
Red Alert
Red Alert 3.87 avg rating β€” 1,212 ratings
76.
The Naked Sun (Robot, #2)
The Naked Sun (Robot, #2) 4.19 avg rating β€” 61,738 ratings
79.
Two Women
Two Women 4.08 avg rating β€” 3,744 ratings
79.
Treasure of Green Knowe (Green Knowe, #2)
Treasure of Green Knowe (Green Knowe, #2) 4.11 avg rating β€” 2,322 ratings
79.
Snoopy
Snoopy 4.43 avg rating β€” 261 ratings
82.
Teatro (I grandi tascabili)
Teatro (I grandi tascabili) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
82.
The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Biblical Studies
The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Biblical Studies 4.24 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
82.
Snoopy Come Home: A Peanuts Book
Snoopy Come Home: A Peanuts Book 4.40 avg rating β€” 171 ratings
85.
The Firebugs: A Morality Without a Moral, A Play
The Firebugs: A Morality Without a Moral, A Play 3.65 avg rating β€” 6,834 ratings
85.
The Sundial
The Sundial 3.80 avg rating β€” 7,423 ratings
85.
To Marry Medusa
To Marry Medusa 3.65 avg rating β€” 1,000 ratings
88.
Doktor Murkes gesammeltes Schweigen und andere Satiren
Doktor Murkes gesammeltes Schweigen und andere Satiren 4.01 avg rating β€” 675 ratings
88.
The Best Short Stories of Edith Wharton
The Best Short Stories of Edith Wharton 3.77 avg rating β€” 56 ratings
88.
Cage
Cage 3.70 avg rating β€” 30 ratings
91.
Randall Jarrell's Book of Stories
Randall Jarrell's Book of Stories 4.27 avg rating β€” 92 ratings
91.
Have Space Suitβ€”Will Travel
Have Space Suitβ€”Will Travel 3.93 avg rating β€” 31,059 ratings
91.
Hobby Horse Cottage
Hobby Horse Cottage
by: Miss Read
4.50 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
94.
Moderato cantabile
Moderato cantabile 3.48 avg rating β€” 6,594 ratings
94.
Laboring Classes and Dangerous Classes in Paris During the First Half of the 19th Century
Laboring Classes and Dangerous Classes in Paris During the First Half of the 19th Century 3.74 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
94.
The World's Religions
The World's Religions 4.04 avg rating β€” 13,794 ratings
94.
Storm in the Village (Chronicles of Fairacre, #3)
Storm in the Village (Chronicles of Fairacre, #3)
by: Miss Read
4.28 avg rating β€” 1,823 ratings
98.
The Sea and Poison
The Sea and Poison 3.95 avg rating β€” 1,694 ratings
98.
The Rainbow Comes and Goes
The Rainbow Comes and Goes 3.59 avg rating β€” 70 ratings
98.
The Human Condition
The Human Condition 4.20 avg rating β€” 9,180 ratings
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