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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

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1

by Truman Capote

23,721 members

467 reviews

4.1

8 Members: dara85, edwinbcn, aulsmith, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

2

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

39,402 members

960 reviews

4

7 Members: dara85, merrystar, sturlington, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

by Joseph Heller

40,001 members

526 reviews

4.1

7 Members: pitjrw, roby72, geitebukkeskjegg, sturlington, fundevogel, thecoroner, ahef1963,eromsted ,aulsmith

4

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

24,205 members

298 reviews

4.1

5 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, sturlington, fundevogel, ahef1963

5

by Kurt Vonnegut

22,316 members

300 reviews

4.1

5 Members: eromsted, pitjrw, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

A Clockwork Orange

by Anthony Burgess

25,860 members

389 reviews

4

5 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner

7

Stranger in a Strange Land

by Robert A. Heinlein

10,970 members

157 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

8

Portnoy's Complaint

7,369 members

154 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: edwinbcn, aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963

9

A Canticle for Leibowitz

by Walter M. Miller Jr.

11,744 members

308 reviews

3.9

4 Members: pitjrw, aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington

10

Harriet the Spy

by Louise Fitzhugh

6,982 members

121 reviews

4

4 Members: sturlington, fundevogel, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

11

The Fire Next Time

by James Baldwin

4,774 members

132 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: eromsted, aulsmith, fundevogel

12

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

44,013 members

704 reviews

4.1

5 Members: roby72, sturlington, fundevogel, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith

13

by Sylvia Plath

28,106 members

502 reviews

4

4 Members: roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda

14

Wide Sargasso Sea

8,458 members

254 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: edwinbcn, sturlington, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith

15

by Frank Herbert

42,520 members

690 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: aulsmith, sturlington, fundevogel, ManWithAnAgenda,eromsted

16

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung

by Mao Tse-Tung

1,708 members

26 reviews

½ 2.7

4 Members: eromsted, aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner

17

5,201 members

62 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: edwinbcn, roby72, thecoroner,aulsmith

18

The French Lieutenant's Woman

6,534 members

108 reviews

3.8

3 Members: roby72, sturlington, thecoroner

19

Up the Down Staircase

1,356 members

40 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dara85, aulsmith, ahef1963

20

Rosemary's Baby

4,618 members

138 reviews

3.8

3 Members: KimarieBee, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

21

The Crying of Lot 49

by Thomas Pynchon

10,995 members

194 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, roby72

22

by Ezra Jack Keats

14,718 members

757 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

23

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

by Muriel Spark

5,202 members

169 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: roby72, sturlington, thecoroner

24

The Andromeda Strain

by Michael Crichton

10,165 members

150 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: sturlington, fundevogel, ahef1963

25

Another Country

by James Baldwin

2,923 members

41 reviews

4.1

3 Members: eromsted, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

26

by Yukio Mishima

2,505 members

39 reviews

4.1

3 Members: edwinbcn, roby72, thecoroner

27

by P. D. Eastman

9,747 members

148 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

28

The Gashlycrumb Tinies

by Edward Gorey

2,546 members

61 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, fundevogel

29

The Girls of Slender Means

by Muriel Spark

1,322 members

57 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: edwinbcn, ManWithAnAgenda

30

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

by Tom Stoppard

8,002 members

90 reviews

4.2

3 Members: aulsmith, sturlington, fundevogel

31

Miami and the Siege of Chicago

by Norman Mailer

518 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: pitjrw, aulsmith

32

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

15,962 members

384 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

33

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

4,784 members

63 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

34

This Rough Magic

by Mary Stewart

1,403 members

38 reviews

3.9

3 Members: KimarieBee, merrystar, ahef1963,aulsmith

35

The Cricket in Times Square

by George Selden

8,200 members

75 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith

36

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

by Henry Farrell

319 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

37

Blues for Mister Charlie: A Play

by James Baldwin

568 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: eromsted, aulsmith

38

Johnny the Partisan

by Beppe Fenoglio

348 members

5 reviews

4

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

39

1,019 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

40

Conversation in the Cathedral

by Mario Vargas Llosa

1,252 members

24 reviews

4.1

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

41

Over Sea, Under Stone

by Susan Cooper

6,587 members

139 reviews

3.8

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith

42

The Last Unicorn

by Peter S. Beagle

7,527 members

191 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

43

To Kill a Mockingbird

78,460 members

1,433 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

44

The Green House

by Mario Vargas Llosa

1,066 members

21 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

45

On Heroes and Tombs

by Ernesto Sábato

970 members

21 reviews

4

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

46

by Lloyd Alexander

5,004 members

62 reviews

4.1

3 Members: sturlington, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith

47

The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade

1,240 members

13 reviews

3.9

2 Members: eromsted, aulsmith

48

The Black Cauldron (The Chronicles of Prydain)

by Lloyd Alexander

6,802 members

97 reviews

4.1

3 Members: sturlington, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith

49

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

17,450 members

425 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

50

A Personal Matter

by Kenzaburō Ōe

1,876 members

37 reviews

3.8

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

51

by Frederick Exley

1,111 members

14 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

52

This Sweet Sickness

by Patricia Highsmith

521 members

15 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

53

At the Still Point

63 members

2 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: inge87

54

by Lloyd Alexander

6,038 members

58 reviews

4.2

3 Members: sturlington, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith

55

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

1,925 members

11 reviews

4.1

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

56

At Bertram's Hotel

by Agatha Christie

3,803 members

81 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963,aulsmith

57

James and the Giant Peach

19,707 members

361 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

58

Rocannon's World

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,516 members

39 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

59

Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society

by Paul Goodman

487 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: eromsted, aulsmith

60

by Alberto Moravia

751 members

14 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

61

The Port Huron Statement: The Vision Call of the 1960s Revolution

60 members

3.9

2 Members: eromsted, aulsmith

62

American Power and the New Mandarins: Historical and Political Essays

by Noam Chomsky

439 members

2 reviews

3.9

2 Members: eromsted, aulsmith

63

Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders

by National Advisory Comm...

328 members

3.9

2 Members: eromsted, aulsmith

64

City of Illusions

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,588 members

37 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

65

Rights in Conflict: The Walker Report

by Daniel Walker

88 members

2 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: eromsted, aulsmith

66

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

by E. L. Konigsburg

16,177 members

278 reviews

4.2

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

67

by Samuel R. Delany

3,732 members

74 reviews

3.8

Member: aulsmith

68

Asterix the Gaul

by René Goscinny

2,534 members

37 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

69

The Boston Strangler

by Gerold Frank

338 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: dara85

70

Revolution for the Hell of It

by Abbie Hoffman

289 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: eromsted

71

Planet of Exile

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,342 members

35 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

72

15,041 members

421 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

73

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

24,968 members

450 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

74

by Stephen King

13,564 members

762 reviews

4.2

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda

75

I Heard the Owl Call My Name

by Margaret Craven

2,199 members

40 reviews

3.9

Member: inge87

76

by Katherine Anne Porter

1,140 members

18 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

77

A Stranger in My Grave

by Margaret Millar

246 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

78

The Complete Peanuts: 1963-1964 Dailies & Sundays

by Charles M. Schulz

411 members

4 reviews

½ 4.6

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

79

The Complete Peanuts: 1967-1968 Dailies & Sundays

by Charles M. Schulz

319 members

3 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

80

The Sneetches and Other Stories

4,500 members

91 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

81

A Kiss for Little Bear

by Else Holmelund Minarik

3,051 members

30 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

82

The Moon-Spinners

by Mary Stewart

1,522 members

27 reviews

4

2 Members: KimarieBee, merrystar,aulsmith

83

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,567 members

22 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

84

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

by William Steig

6,176 members

241 reviews

4.2

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

85

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective

by Donald J. Sobol

4,054 members

34 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

86

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

22,774 members

1,068 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

87

Airs Above the Ground

by Mary Stewart

1,283 members

24 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

88

The Pooh Perplex: A Freshman Casebook

by Frederick C. Crews

599 members

8 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

89

The Right Stuff

4,664 members

72 reviews

4.2

2 Members: eromsted, aulsmith,ManWithAnAgenda

90

A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

15,957 members

375 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

91

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

by Bill Martin Jr.

14,472 members

705 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

92

Revolutionary Road

by Richard Yates

6,790 members

246 reviews

4

Member: sturlington

93

Why We Can't Wait

by Martin Luther King, Jr.

1,492 members

7 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: aulsmith

94

Documents of Vatican II

by Walter M. Abbott

1,273 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: inge87

95

Charlotte Sometimes

by Penelope Farmer

869 members

23 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

96

by Peggy Parish

7,568 members

207 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

97

The Guns of August

by Barbara W. Tuchman

6,601 members

125 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: pitjrw

98

A Grain of Wheat

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

940 members

19 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

99

The New Moon with the Old

212 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: merrystar

100

by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

3,531 members

48 reviews

4.1

Member: fundevogel

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