1970s Narratives

Description
Narratives (biography, history, memoir, novel) that take place (wholly or predominantly) in the 1970s.
1
The Buddha of Suburbia
by Hanif Kureishi
3,215 members
60 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
elkiedee, Dilara86
2
The Rotters' Club
by Jonathan Coe
2,202 members
42 reviews
3.8
2 Members
elkiedee, Dilara86
3
The Fortress of Solitude
by Jonathan Lethem
4,243 members
70 reviews
3.9
2 Members
eromsted, BogAl
5
The Burning Bed
by Faith McNulty
183 members
½ 4.5
Member
dara85
6
Fatal Vision
by Joe McGinniss
1,042 members
24 reviews
4
Member
dara85
7
Just Kids
by Patti Smith
6,630 members
267 reviews
4.1
Member
elkiedee
8
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
by Loung Ung
2,545 members
64 reviews
4.1
Member
dara85
9
Karen Ann: The Quinlans Tell Their Story
by Joseph Quinlan
35 members
½ 2.5
Member
dara85
10
Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter
by Randy L. Schmidt
219 members
13 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85
11
In My Father's House
by Min S. Yee
34 members
1 review
½ 3.5
Member
dara85
12
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
by Piers Paul Read
2,661 members
69 reviews
4
Member
dara85
13
California Girl
by T. Jefferson Parker
590 members
13 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
dara85
14
The Ice Storm
by Rick Moody
1,113 members
15 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
BogAl
16
Confession of a Buddhist Atheist
by Stephen Batchelor
535 members
16 reviews
3.8
Member
BogAl
17
Beneath the Lion's Gaze
by Maaza Mengiste
504 members
34 reviews
3.9
Member
BogAl
18
Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live
by Doug Hill
292 members
6 reviews
4
Member
BogAl
19
Forced Entries: The Downtown Diaries, 1971-1973
by Jim Carroll
288 members
4 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
BogAl
20
Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards
by Josh Wilker
142 members
13 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
BogAl
21
Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America
by Richard Zoglin
127 members
4 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
BogAl
22
Dali & I: The Surreal Story
by Stan Lauryssens
97 members
30 reviews
½ 2.6
Member
BogAl
24
AJA
by Don Breithaupt
80 members
3 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
BogAl
26
The Greatest Game: The Yankees, the Red Sox, and the Playoff of '78
by Richard Bradley
75 members
3.2
Member
BogAl
28
Backstage with the Original Hollywood Square
by Peter Marshall
34 members
3.1
Member
BogAl
29
Memoirs of an Ex-Hippie: Seven Years in the Counterculture
by Robert A. Roskind
28 members
½ 3.3
Member
BogAl
32
The Mudge Pond Express
by Sam Posey
13 members
4
Member
BogAl
33
The Man Who Made Milwaukee Famous: A Salute to Henry Aaron
by Don Money
5 members
1
Member
BogAl
34
Miracle in Miami: The Miami Dolphins story
by Lou Sahadi
4 members
1
Member
BogAl
35
Early '70s Radio: The American Format Revolution
by Kim Simpson
9 members
Member
BogAl
36
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
58,005 members
1,374 reviews
4.2
37
A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry
9,992 members
271 reviews
½ 4.4
38
The Coroner's Lunch
by Colin Cotterill
1,835 members
150 reviews
3.9
39
Burn Baby Burn
by Meg Medina
527 members
33 reviews
3.8
40
Tales of the Madman Underground
by John Barnes
467 members
23 reviews
4.1