Nifty Fifties

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Everything tagged 1950s
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1950s
1
The Fellowship of the Ring
by J. R. R. Tolkien
64,100 members
577 reviews
½ 4.4
7 Members
eromsted, mmignano11, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda
2
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
63,719 members
1,144 reviews
4
7 Members
DorsVenabili, merrystar, souloftherose, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
3
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
54,237 members
855 reviews
4.1
7 Members
eromsted, mmignano11, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda
4
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
77,421 members
1,199 reviews
3.8
7 Members
eromsted, mmignano11, merrystar, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,raperper
5
The Two Towers
by J. R. R. Tolkien
56,598 members
359 reviews
½ 4.4
6 Members
mmignano11, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda
6
The Return of the King
by J. R. R. Tolkien
54,952 members
339 reviews
½ 4.5
6 Members
mmignano11, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda
7
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
23,473 members
463 reviews
3.8
6 Members
eromsted, DorsVenabili, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
8
Horton Hears a Who!
by Dr. Seuss
8,009 members
138 reviews
4.2
6 Members
eromsted, mmignano11, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
9
A Bear Called Paddington
by Michael Bond
5,092 members
83 reviews
4.1
6 Members
eromsted, thorold, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
10
Giovanni's Room
by James Baldwin
7,763 members
179 reviews
4.2
5 Members
eromsted, thorold, aulsmith, DorsVenabili, ManWithAnAgenda
11
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
6,950 members
134 reviews
3.9
5 Members
eromsted, thorold, aulsmith, DorsVenabili, ManWithAnAgenda
12
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
57,605 members
821 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
eromsted, aulsmith, mmignano11, ahef1963
13
The Magician's Nephew
by C. S. Lewis
34,752 members
411 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
14
Prince Caspian
by C. S. Lewis
31,507 members
284 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
15
The Horse and His Boy
by C. S. Lewis
30,487 members
273 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
16
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by C. S. Lewis
30,126 members
299 reviews
4
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
17
The Silver Chair
by C. S. Lewis
28,680 members
226 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
18
The Last Battle
by C. S. Lewis
27,547 members
224 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
19
Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
23,464 members
444 reviews
4
4 Members
eromsted, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
20
A Separate Peace
by John Knowles
14,315 members
205 reviews
½ 3.6
4 Members
eromsted, mmignano11, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
21
Our Man in Havana
by Graham Greene
6,000 members
156 reviews
3.9
4 Members
eromsted, thorold, Bretzky1, ahef1963
22
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
30,508 members
426 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963
23
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
12,935 members
521 reviews
3.9
3 Members
mmignano11, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
24
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham
8,446 members
240 reviews
4
3 Members
DorsVenabili, souloftherose, ahef1963
25
Howl and Other Poems
by Allen Ginsberg
6,204 members
71 reviews
4
3 Members
eromsted, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
26
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
35,407 members
637 reviews
4.1
2 Members
Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
27
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
27,606 members
483 reviews
½ 4.4
2 Members
eromsted, mmignano11
28
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
27,000 members
519 reviews
4.1
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
29
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
18,697 members
366 reviews
4
2 Members
merrystar, Bretzky1
30
Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
by Samuel Beckett
14,698 members
191 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
31
Nine Stories
by J. D. Salinger
12,783 members
124 reviews
4.1
2 Members
eromsted, ManWithAnAgenda
32
The Borrowers
by Mary Norton
10,317 members
133 reviews
3.9
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
33
Beezus and Ramona
by Beverly Cleary
9,802 members
134 reviews
3.9
2 Members
cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda
34
Dandelion Wine
by Ray Bradbury
8,538 members
215 reviews
4
2 Members
Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
35
The Tin Drum
by Günter Grass
8,422 members
104 reviews
4
2 Members
eromsted, thorold
36
The End of the Affair
by Graham Greene
7,268 members
193 reviews
3.9
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
37
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith
7,268 members
227 reviews
3.9
2 Members
thorold, ahef1963
38
Lucky Jim
by Kingsley Amis
6,393 members
161 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
thorold, ahef1963
39
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
5,891 members
126 reviews
4.2
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
40
The Adventures of Augie March
by Saul Bellow
4,254 members
80 reviews
3.8
2 Members
eromsted, DorsVenabili
41
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable
by Samuel Beckett
3,366 members
30 reviews
4.2
2 Members
eromsted, ahef1963
42
Sweet Thursday
by John Steinbeck
3,245 members
56 reviews
4
2 Members
eromsted, ManWithAnAgenda
43
Excellent Women
by Barbara Pym
3,121 members
137 reviews
4
2 Members
thorold, merrystar
45
The King Must Die
by Mary Renault
2,983 members
61 reviews
3.9
2 Members
thorold, aulsmith
46
Seize the Day
by Saul Bellow
2,878 members
48 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
eromsted, Bretzky1
47
The 101 Dalmatians
by Dodie Smith
2,716 members
59 reviews
4
2 Members
cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda
48
Notes of a Native Son
by James Baldwin
2,517 members
34 reviews
4.2
2 Members
aulsmith, DorsVenabili
49
The Bell
by Iris Murdoch
2,269 members
57 reviews
3.9
2 Members
thorold, DorsVenabili
50
The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse
by Kenneth Allott
296 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
thorold, ahef1963
51
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
24,741 members
429 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Bretzky1
52
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
18,479 members
232 reviews
4
Member
Bretzky1
53
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
17,967 members
187 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
eromsted
54
I, Robot [Anthology]
by Isaac Asimov
17,207 members
313 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
55
Foundation and Empire
by Isaac Asimov
14,677 members
188 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
56
My Side of the Mountain
by Jean Craighead George
14,611 members
162 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
57
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
14,336 members
139 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
58
Second Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
13,563 members
152 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
59
Night
by Elie Wiesel
12,974 members
240 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
60
The Sirens of Titan
by Kurt Vonnegut
11,720 members
150 reviews
4
Member
eromsted
61
Harold and the Purple Crayon
by Crockett Johnson
9,339 members
228 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
62
The Quiet American
by Graham Greene
8,758 members
206 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
63
Player Piano
by Kurt Vonnegut
7,626 members
88 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
eromsted
64
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
by J. D. Salinger
6,694 members
64 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
65
A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry
6,428 members
87 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
66
A Murder Is Announced
by Agatha Christie
5,527 members
113 reviews
3.8
Member
merrystar
67
What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!
by Agatha Christie
5,434 members
121 reviews
3.8
Member
merrystar
68
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
by William S. Burroughs
4,914 members
62 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
eromsted
69
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
by Flannery O'Connor
4,734 members
110 reviews
4.1
Member
mmignano11
70
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt
4,600 members
45 reviews
4.2
Member
eromsted
71
The Lottery and Other Stories
by Shirley Jackson
4,421 members
108 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
72
A Pocket Full of Rye
by Agatha Christie
4,287 members
82 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
merrystar
73
Pebble in the Sky
by Isaac Asimov
4,251 members
73 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
eromsted
74
A Town Like Alice
by Nevil Shute
4,100 members
151 reviews
4
Member
merrystar
75
They Do It With Mirrors
by Agatha Christie
3,970 members
80 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
merrystar
76
Bonjour Tristesse
by Françoise Sagan
3,860 members
113 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
thorold
77
Kira-Kira
by Cynthia Kadohata
3,464 members
148 reviews
3.8
Member
cej1027
78
The Wheel on the School
by Meindert DeJong
3,358 members
40 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
79
Palace Walk
by Naguib Mahfouz
3,088 members
65 reviews
4
Member
eromsted
80
Black Skin, White Masks
by Frantz Fanon
3,012 members
18 reviews
4.1
Member
eromsted
81
Gone-Away Lake
by Elizabeth Enright
2,932 members
35 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
82
Tom's Midnight Garden
by Philippa Pearce
2,822 members
47 reviews
4.1
Member
merrystar
83
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
by Carson McCullers
2,786 members
64 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
84
The Recognitions
by William Gaddis
2,640 members
34 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
eromsted
85
The Grass Is Singing
by Doris Lessing
2,441 members
79 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
86
The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology
by Joseph Campbell
2,352 members
25 reviews
4
Member
eromsted
87
Fences
by August Wilson
2,185 members
21 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
88
A Coney Island of the Mind
by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
2,058 members
32 reviews
4.1
Member
eromsted
89
Playback
by Raymond Chandler
2,026 members
34 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
90
Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade
by Patrick Dennis
2,017 members
62 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
91
Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark
1,950 members
75 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
92
The Judge and His Hangman
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
1,900 members
26 reviews
3.8
Member
thorold
93
Zazie in the Metro
by Raymond Queneau
1,897 members
35 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
thorold
94
Peyton Place
by Grace Metalious
1,857 members
40 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
95
The Last of the Wine
by Mary Renault
1,847 members
30 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
96
Nine Coaches Waiting
by Mary Stewart
1,764 members
49 reviews
4
Member
merrystar
97
Mary Poppins in the Park
by P. L. Travers
1,758 members
14 reviews
4.1
Member
merrystar
98
The Inheritors
by William Golding
1,718 members
52 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
99
The Dying Earth
by Jack Vance
1,628 members
43 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
100
Voss
by Patrick White
1,588 members
27 reviews
4
Member
thorold