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
63,491 members
572 reviews
½ 4.4
7 Members
eromsted, mmignano11, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda
2
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
63,114 members
1,140 reviews
4
7 Members
DorsVenabili, merrystar, souloftherose, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
3
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
53,885 members
852 reviews
4.1
7 Members
eromsted, mmignano11, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda
4
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
76,935 members
1,194 reviews
3.8
7 Members
eromsted, mmignano11, merrystar, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,raperper
5
The Two Towers
by J. R. R. Tolkien
56,089 members
353 reviews
½ 4.4
6 Members
mmignano11, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda
6
The Return of the King
by J. R. R. Tolkien
54,463 members
335 reviews
½ 4.5
6 Members
mmignano11, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda
7
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
23,296 members
459 reviews
3.8
6 Members
eromsted, DorsVenabili, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
8
Horton Hears a Who!
by Dr. Seuss
7,905 members
137 reviews
4.2
6 Members
eromsted, mmignano11, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
9
A Bear Called Paddington
by Michael Bond
5,049 members
82 reviews
4.1
6 Members
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10
Giovanni's Room
by James Baldwin
7,596 members
176 reviews
4.2
5 Members
eromsted, thorold, aulsmith, DorsVenabili, ManWithAnAgenda
11
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
6,884 members
134 reviews
3.9
5 Members
eromsted, thorold, aulsmith, DorsVenabili, ManWithAnAgenda
12
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
56,693 members
810 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
eromsted, aulsmith, mmignano11, ahef1963
13
The Magician's Nephew
by C. S. Lewis
34,437 members
409 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
14
Prince Caspian
by C. S. Lewis
31,198 members
280 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
15
The Horse and His Boy
by C. S. Lewis
30,348 members
271 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
16
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by C. S. Lewis
29,866 members
296 reviews
4
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
17
The Silver Chair
by C. S. Lewis
28,301 members
224 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
18
The Last Battle
by C. S. Lewis
27,360 members
222 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
19
Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
23,289 members
439 reviews
4
4 Members
eromsted, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
20
A Separate Peace
by John Knowles
14,218 members
205 reviews
½ 3.6
4 Members
eromsted, mmignano11, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
21
Our Man in Havana
by Graham Greene
5,956 members
156 reviews
3.9
4 Members
eromsted, thorold, Bretzky1, ahef1963
22
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
30,604 members
423 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963
23
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
12,716 members
516 reviews
3.9
3 Members
mmignano11, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
24
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham
8,398 members
239 reviews
4
3 Members
DorsVenabili, souloftherose, ahef1963
25
Howl and Other Poems
by Allen Ginsberg
6,163 members
71 reviews
4
3 Members
eromsted, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
26
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
35,165 members
633 reviews
4.1
2 Members
Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
27
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
27,369 members
480 reviews
½ 4.4
2 Members
eromsted, mmignano11
28
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
26,961 members
515 reviews
4.1
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
29
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
18,566 members
363 reviews
4
2 Members
merrystar, Bretzky1
30
Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
by Samuel Beckett
14,651 members
189 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
31
Nine Stories
by J. D. Salinger
12,721 members
120 reviews
4.1
2 Members
eromsted, ManWithAnAgenda
32
The Borrowers
by Mary Norton
10,194 members
133 reviews
3.9
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
33
Beezus and Ramona
by Beverly Cleary
9,708 members
134 reviews
3.9
2 Members
cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda
34
Dandelion Wine
by Ray Bradbury
8,529 members
214 reviews
4
2 Members
Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
35
The Tin Drum
by Günter Grass
8,380 members
104 reviews
4
2 Members
eromsted, thorold
36
The End of the Affair
by Graham Greene
7,246 members
191 reviews
3.9
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
37
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith
7,225 members
221 reviews
3.9
2 Members
thorold, ahef1963
38
Lucky Jim
by Kingsley Amis
6,388 members
160 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
thorold, ahef1963
39
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
5,860 members
126 reviews
4.2
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
40
The Adventures of Augie March
by Saul Bellow
4,233 members
80 reviews
3.8
2 Members
eromsted, DorsVenabili
41
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable
by Samuel Beckett
3,354 members
30 reviews
4.2
2 Members
eromsted, ahef1963
42
Sweet Thursday
by John Steinbeck
3,242 members
56 reviews
4
2 Members
eromsted, ManWithAnAgenda
43
Excellent Women
by Barbara Pym
3,100 members
136 reviews
4
2 Members
thorold, merrystar
45
The King Must Die
by Mary Renault
2,952 members
60 reviews
3.9
2 Members
thorold, aulsmith
46
Seize the Day
by Saul Bellow
2,861 members
47 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
eromsted, Bretzky1
47
The 101 Dalmatians
by Dodie Smith
2,693 members
59 reviews
4
2 Members
cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda
48
Notes of a Native Son
by James Baldwin
2,485 members
34 reviews
4.2
2 Members
aulsmith, DorsVenabili
49
The Bell
by Iris Murdoch
2,245 members
57 reviews
3.9
2 Members
thorold, DorsVenabili
50
The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse
by Kenneth Allott
292 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
thorold, ahef1963
51
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
24,569 members
425 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Bretzky1
52
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
18,358 members
230 reviews
4
Member
Bretzky1
53
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
17,797 members
187 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
eromsted
54
I, Robot [Anthology]
by Isaac Asimov
17,086 members
311 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
55
Foundation and Empire
by Isaac Asimov
14,560 members
187 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
56
My Side of the Mountain
by Jean Craighead George
14,486 members
162 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
57
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
14,233 members
139 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
58
Second Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
13,465 members
150 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
59
Night
by Elie Wiesel
12,895 members
240 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
60
The Sirens of Titan
by Kurt Vonnegut
11,651 members
148 reviews
4
Member
eromsted
61
Harold and the Purple Crayon
by Crockett Johnson
9,272 members
228 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
62
The Quiet American
by Graham Greene
8,698 members
206 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
63
Player Piano
by Kurt Vonnegut
7,560 members
87 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
eromsted
64
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
by J. D. Salinger
6,660 members
64 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
65
A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry
6,394 members
87 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
66
A Murder Is Announced
by Agatha Christie
5,466 members
112 reviews
3.8
Member
merrystar
67
What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!
by Agatha Christie
5,369 members
121 reviews
3.8
Member
merrystar
68
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
by William S. Burroughs
4,866 members
62 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
eromsted
69
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
by Flannery O'Connor
4,700 members
110 reviews
4.1
Member
mmignano11
70
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt
4,524 members
45 reviews
4.1
Member
eromsted
71
The Lottery and Other Stories
by Shirley Jackson
4,457 members
106 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
72
A Pocket Full of Rye
by Agatha Christie
4,247 members
82 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
merrystar
73
Pebble in the Sky
by Isaac Asimov
4,232 members
73 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
eromsted
74
A Town Like Alice
by Nevil Shute
4,083 members
150 reviews
4
Member
merrystar
75
They Do It With Mirrors
by Agatha Christie
3,944 members
80 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
merrystar
76
Bonjour Tristesse
by Françoise Sagan
3,826 members
113 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
thorold
77
Kira-Kira
by Cynthia Kadohata
3,455 members
147 reviews
3.8
Member
cej1027
78
The Wheel on the School
by Meindert DeJong
3,337 members
40 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
79
Palace Walk
by Naguib Mahfouz
3,085 members
65 reviews
4
Member
eromsted
80
Black Skin, White Masks
by Frantz Fanon
2,982 members
18 reviews
4.1
Member
eromsted
81
Gone-Away Lake
by Elizabeth Enright
2,915 members
35 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
82
Tom's Midnight Garden
by Philippa Pearce
2,790 members
46 reviews
4.1
Member
merrystar
83
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
by Carson McCullers
2,780 members
63 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
84
The Recognitions
by William Gaddis
2,598 members
34 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
eromsted
85
The Grass Is Singing
by Doris Lessing
2,424 members
78 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
86
The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology
by Joseph Campbell
2,338 members
24 reviews
4
Member
eromsted
87
Fences
by August Wilson
2,156 members
21 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
88
A Coney Island of the Mind
by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
2,052 members
32 reviews
4.1
Member
eromsted
89
Playback
by Raymond Chandler
2,014 members
33 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
90
Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade
by Patrick Dennis
2,012 members
62 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
91
Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark
1,954 members
75 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
92
The Judge and His Hangman
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
1,893 members
25 reviews
3.8
Member
thorold
93
Zazie in the Metro
by Raymond Queneau
1,891 members
34 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
thorold
94
Peyton Place
by Grace Metalious
1,843 members
40 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
95
The Last of the Wine
by Mary Renault
1,838 members
30 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
96
Nine Coaches Waiting
by Mary Stewart
1,753 members
49 reviews
4
Member
merrystar
97
Mary Poppins in the Park
by P. L. Travers
1,741 members
14 reviews
4.1
Member
merrystar
98
The Inheritors
by William Golding
1,712 members
52 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
99
The Dying Earth
by Jack Vance
1,611 members
42 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
100
Voss
by Patrick White
1,573 members
27 reviews
4
Member
thorold