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Description: Tag list covering anything 1960's. Anybody feeling for it, may vote for "the most sixtiesish item on the list. (It's an experiment, don't take it too seriously.)

Based on tag: 1960s

Members: 16 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2 3Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date
1
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
35,259 members, 472 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: sturlington (1), pitjrw (1), geitebukkeskjegg (2), fundevogel (4), ahef1963 (6), roby72 (23), thecoroner (25)

Thumbs down: eromsted, aulsmith

Score: 16.36

2
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
20,104 members, 403 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: dara85 (3), edwinbcn (3), roby72 (10), ahef1963 (10), thecoroner (14), aulsmith (46), ManWithAnAgenda (55)

Score: 15.65

3
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
21,117 members, 264 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: edwinbcn (1), ahef1963 (2), sturlington (3), fundevogel (3), eromsted (14)

Score: 15.51

4
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
32,198 members, 841 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (2), dara85 (4), ahef1963 (7), merrystar (12), fundevogel (12), ManWithAnAgenda (45)

Score: 14.49

5
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
19,619 members, 252 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: sturlington (4), pitjrw (4), ahef1963 (8), eromsted (13), ManWithAnAgenda (38)

Score: 11.75

6
A Clockwork Orange [novel]
by Anthony Burgess
22,353 members, 348 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: sturlington (5), edwinbcn (5), eromsted (15), thecoroner (24), roby72 (26)

Score: 10.96

7
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
10,014 members, 279 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), pitjrw (3), aulsmith (18), ManWithAnAgenda (39)

Score: 10.58

8
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
38,345 members, 601 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: sturlington (2), fundevogel (5), ahef1963 (12), roby72 (31), ManWithAnAgenda (34)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 9.54

9
Portnoy's Complaint
by Philip Roth
6,587 members, 139 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: edwinbcn (6), ahef1963 (21), thecoroner (26), roby72 (33), aulsmith (45)

Score: 9.41

10
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
23,987 members, 419 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: sturlington (6), roby72 (15), thecoroner (17), ManWithAnAgenda (40)

Score: 8.15

11
The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin
3,390 members, 93 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: fundevogel (1), aulsmith (8), eromsted (27)

Score: 8.13

12
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
9,338 members, 132 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (1), merrystar (16), ManWithAnAgenda (37)

Score: 7.62

13
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung
by Mao Tse-Tung
1,371 members, 23 reviews
2.63 stars (2.63 stars)

Lists: eromsted (8), thecoroner (27), roby72 (34), aulsmith (35)

Score: 7.43

14
Herzog
by Saul Bellow
4,571 members, 58 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: roby72 (1), thecoroner (3), edwinbcn (12)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 7.19

15
Up the Down Staircase
by Bel Kaufman
1,220 members, 34 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: dara85 (5), aulsmith (12), ahef1963 (16)

Score: 6.82

16
Harriet the Spy
by Louise Fitzhugh
5,882 members, 117 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (5), fundevogel (9), ManWithAnAgenda (35)

Score: 6.63

17
The Crying of Lot 49
by Thomas Pynchon
9,673 members, 168 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: edwinbcn (8), eromsted (12), roby72 (22)

Score: 6.38

18
Another Country
by James Baldwin
2,346 members, 34 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (10), ManWithAnAgenda (24), eromsted (29)

Score: 5.78

19
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys
7,111 members, 204 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (1), edwinbcn (13), ManWithAnAgenda (33)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 5.78

20
Spring Snow
by Yukio Mishima
2,124 members, 32 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (13), edwinbcn (15), roby72 (36)

Score: 5.77

21
Dune
by Frank Herbert
32,577 members, 518 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: fundevogel (2), aulsmith (3), ManWithAnAgenda (94)

Thumbs down: eromsted

Score: 5.69

22
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson
12,796 members, 172 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (4), sturlington (7), fundevogel (8)

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 5.67

23
11/22/63
by Stephen King
10,521 members, 673 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1), ahef1963 (3)

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 5.04

24
The Girls of Slender Means
by Muriel Spark
1,147 members, 50 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (3), edwinbcn (16)

Score: 5.04

25
Miami and the Siege of Chicago
by Norman Mailer
462 members, 6 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: pitjrw (2), aulsmith (44)

Score: 4.92

26
This Rough Magic
by Mary Stewart
1,192 members, 27 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (4), merrystar (11), ahef1963 (27)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 4.78

27
The Snowy Day
by Ezra Jack Keats
10,325 members, 720 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3), ManWithAnAgenda (30)

Score: 4.75

28
The Cricket in Times Square
by George Selden
6,126 members, 68 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (4), merrystar (13), ManWithAnAgenda (25)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 4.72

29
Blues for Mister Charlie: A Play
by James Baldwin
466 members, 5 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: eromsted (3), aulsmith (33)

Score: 4.71

30
The Egypt Game
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
3,901 members, 59 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: merrystar (8), ManWithAnAgenda (9)

Score: 4.69

31
Johnny the Partisan
by Beppe Fenoglio
296 members, 4 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: roby72 (8), thecoroner (9)

Score: 4.69

32
Conversation in the Cathedral
by Mario Vargas Llosa
1,033 members, 22 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: roby72 (9), thecoroner (10)

Score: 4.56

33
The Andromeda Strain
by Michael Crichton
8,699 members, 129 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9), fundevogel (14)

Score: 4.38

34
The Last Unicorn
by Peter S. Beagle
6,276 members, 162 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: merrystar (9), ManWithAnAgenda (15)

Score: 4.34

35
Over Sea, Under Stone
by Susan Cooper
5,694 members, 118 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (7), merrystar (14), ahef1963 (24)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 4.33

36
The Green House
by Mario Vargas Llosa
894 members, 15 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Lists: roby72 (7), thecoroner (22)

Score: 4.31

37
On Heroes and Tombs
by Ernesto Sábato
782 members, 14 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (11), roby72 (17)

Score: 4.17

39
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
by Edward Gorey
2,189 members, 49 reviews
4.56 stars (4.56 stars)

Lists: fundevogel (13), merrystar (17)

Score: 4.08

40
Go, Dog. Go!
by P. D. Eastman
6,911 members, 136 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: merrystar (7), ManWithAnAgenda (43)

Score: 4.02

41
A Personal Matter
by Kenzaburō Ōe
1,569 members, 29 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: roby72 (14), thecoroner (18)

Score: 4.01

42
A Fan's Notes
by Frederick Exley
996 members, 13 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (1)

Score: 4

43
At the Still Point
by Mary Benson
57 members, 2 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

Lists: inge87 (1)

Score: 4

44
The Physicists
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
0 members, 0 reviews

Lists: thecoroner (12), roby72 (32)

Score: 3.83

45
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
7,036 members, 77 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: fundevogel (11), aulsmith (37)

Score: 3.82

46
At Bertram's Hotel
by Agatha Christie
3,093 members, 62 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), ahef1963 (25)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 3.79

47
City of Night
by John Rechy
857 members, 8 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (11), ManWithAnAgenda (42)

Score: 3.77

48
Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society
by Paul Goodman
425 members, 4 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (21), eromsted (25)

Score: 3.66

49
Boredom
by Alberto Moravia
627 members, 10 reviews
3.49 stars (3.49 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (20), roby72 (27)

Score: 3.65

50
The Port Huron Statement: The Vision Call of the 1960s Revolution
by Tom Hayden
52 members, 0 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (24), eromsted (30)

Score: 3.52

51
American Power and the New Mandarins
by Noam Chomsky
377 members, 2 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (25), eromsted (31)

Score: 3.48

52
Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
by National Advisory Comm...
259 members, 0 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: eromsted (22), aulsmith (39)

Score: 3.45

54
Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delany
3,153 members, 70 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (2)

Score: 3.36

55
Asterix the Gaul
by René Goscinny
2,108 members, 33 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: merrystar (2)

Score: 3.36

56
The Boston Strangler
by Gerold Frank
286 members, 1 review
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2)

Score: 3.36

57
Revolution for the Hell of It
by Abbie Hoffman
254 members, 3 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: eromsted (2)

Score: 3.36

58
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
by Margaret Craven
1,872 members, 32 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: inge87 (3)

Score: 3.04

59
The Moon-Spinners
by Mary Stewart
1,303 members, 20 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (5), merrystar (10)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 2.92

60
Airs Above the Ground
by Mary Stewart
1,130 members, 20 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: merrystar (4)

Score: 2.83

61
Ship Of Fools
by Katherine Anne Porter
1,000 members, 16 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (4)

Score: 2.83

62
The Right Stuff
by Tom Wolfe
3,971 members, 62 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (6), eromsted (11)

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 2.75

63
Why We Can't Wait
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
1,173 members, 5 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (5)

Score: 2.68

64
Charlotte Sometimes
by Penelope Farmer
762 members, 21 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: merrystar (5)

Score: 2.68

66
Taran Wanderer
by Lloyd Alexander
4,191 members, 57 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (5), ManWithAnAgenda (18)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 2.62

67
The Black Cauldron
by Lloyd Alexander
5,666 members, 88 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (6), ManWithAnAgenda (16)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 2.56

68
The Guns of August
by Barbara W. Tuchman
5,432 members, 100 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: pitjrw (6)

Score: 2.56

69
The Pooh Perplex
by Frederick C. Crews
536 members, 8 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (6)

Score: 2.56

70
The New Moon with the Old
by Dodie Smith
190 members, 9 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: merrystar (6)

Score: 2.56

71
Cancer Ward
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
3,083 members, 43 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: fundevogel (7)

Score: 2.46

72
Picnic at Hanging Rock
by Joan Lindsay
1,432 members, 46 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (7)

Score: 2.46

73
Manchild in the Promised Land
by Claude Brown
933 members, 13 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: pitjrw (7)

Score: 2.46

74
An American Dream
by Norman Mailer
967 members, 7 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Lists: pitjrw (8)

Score: 2.38

75
A Grain of Wheat
by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
758 members, 16 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (8)

Score: 2.38

76
High King
by Lloyd Alexander
5,058 members, 52 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (7), ManWithAnAgenda (20)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 2.35

77
Cannibals and Christians
by Norman Mailer
134 members, 1 review
2.8 stars (2.8 stars)

Lists: pitjrw (9)

Score: 2.31

78
Play It As It Lays
by Joan Didion
2,317 members, 46 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: fundevogel (10)

Score: 2.25

79
The Sot-Weed Factor
by John Barth
1,870 members, 32 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: eromsted (10)

Score: 2.25

80
The Long Secret
by Louise Fitzhugh
806 members, 10 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (10)

Score: 2.25

81
Rocannon's World
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,164 members, 31 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (11)

Score: 2.2

82
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
by Beverly Cleary
7,549 members, 103 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (13)

Score: 2.11

83
The Boys in the Band: A Play in Two Acts
by Mart Crowley
249 members, 7 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (14)

Score: 2.07

84
Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
by Frances FitzGerald
693 members, 11 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (9), eromsted (28)

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 2.05

85
From Doon with Death
by Ruth Rendell
1,149 members, 57 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Lists: merrystar (15)

Score: 2.03

86
Do It!: Scenarios of the Revolution
by Jerry Rubin
247 members, 5 reviews
2.92 stars (2.92 stars)

Lists: eromsted (1)

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 2

87
The 1960s (Decades of the 20th Century)
by Nick Yapp
202 members, 2 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (1)

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 2

88
The Best and the Brightest
by David Halberstam
1,739 members, 23 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: eromsted (9), aulsmith (36)

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 1.94

89
City of Illusions
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,323 members, 29 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (19)

Score: 1.92

90
The Abyss
by Marguerite Yourcenar
1,432 members, 25 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: roby72 (20)

Score: 1.89

91
Planet of Exile
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,100 members, 30 reviews
3.49 stars (3.49 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (21)

Score: 1.87

92
Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton
by Bobby Seale
264 members, 1 review
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: eromsted (21)

Score: 1.87

93
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
26,125 members, 1,423 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (1), ahef1963 (23)

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda, aulsmith

Score: 1.83

94
The Gift
by Vladimir Nabokov
1,109 members, 8 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (23)

Score: 1.83

95
The Mouse and His Child
by Russell Hoban
909 members, 27 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (23)

Score: 1.83

96
Heavenly Breakfast
by Samuel R. Delany
134 members, 3 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (23)

Score: 1.83

97
Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
462 members, 9 reviews
4.56 stars (4.56 stars)

Lists: eromsted (24)

Score: 1.81

98
The Velvet Room
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
443 members, 10 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (26)

Score: 1.77

99
The Death of a President: November 1963
by William Manchester
1,041 members, 10 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (27)

Score: 1.76

100
The Day of the Owl
by Leonardo Sciascia
1,157 members, 33 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: roby72 (28)

Score: 1.74

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