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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 3 4Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date
1
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
21,188 members, 428 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: dara85 (3), edwinbcn (3), roby72 (10), ahef1963 (10), thecoroner (14), sturlington (30), ManWithAnAgenda (44), aulsmith (46)

Score: 17.44

2
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
34,212 members, 878 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (2), dara85 (4), ahef1963 (7), merrystar (12), fundevogel (12), sturlington (16), ManWithAnAgenda (38)

Score: 16.56

3
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
36,690 members, 491 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: pitjrw (1), geitebukkeskjegg (2), fundevogel (4), ahef1963 (6), sturlington (10), roby72 (23), thecoroner (25)

Thumbs down: eromsted, aulsmith

Score: 14.61

4
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
21,964 members, 274 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

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

Score: 14.54

5
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
20,465 members, 266 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: pitjrw (4), ahef1963 (8), eromsted (13), sturlington (21), ManWithAnAgenda (32)

Score: 10.86

6
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
23,543 members, 363 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: edwinbcn (5), eromsted (15), sturlington (17), thecoroner (24), roby72 (26)

Score: 10.26

7
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
9,873 members, 142 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (1), sturlington (9), merrystar (16), ManWithAnAgenda (31)

Score: 10.01

8
Portnoy's Complaint
by Philip Roth
6,907 members, 142 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

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

Score: 9.41

9
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
10,572 members, 290 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), pitjrw (3), aulsmith (18), ManWithAnAgenda (33)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 8.65

10
Harriet the Spy
by Louise Fitzhugh
6,242 members, 117 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (5), fundevogel (9), ManWithAnAgenda (29), sturlington (49)

Score: 8.22

11
The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin
3,916 members, 108 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

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

Score: 8.13

12
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
40,256 members, 644 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: fundevogel (5), ahef1963 (12), ManWithAnAgenda (28), roby72 (31), sturlington (45)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 7.8

13
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
25,120 members, 448 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: roby72 (15), thecoroner (17), sturlington (19), ManWithAnAgenda (34)

Score: 7.58

14
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys
7,587 members, 223 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (1), edwinbcn (13), ManWithAnAgenda (27), sturlington (34)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 7.52

15
Dune
by Frank Herbert
35,831 members, 596 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: fundevogel (2), aulsmith (3), sturlington (28), ManWithAnAgenda (79)

Thumbs down: eromsted

Score: 7.48

16
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung
by Mao Tse-Tung
1,486 members, 25 reviews
2.61 stars (2.61 stars)

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

Score: 7.43

17
Herzog
by Saul Bellow
4,777 members, 58 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

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

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 7.19

18
The French Lieutenant's Woman
by John Fowles
6,095 members, 98 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (4), roby72 (6), sturlington (47)

Score: 6.91

19
Up the Down Staircase
by Bel Kaufman
1,246 members, 35 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

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

Score: 6.82

20
Rosemary's Baby
by Ira Levin
3,991 members, 118 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (2), ManWithAnAgenda (31), sturlington (39)

Score: 6.66

21
The Crying of Lot 49
by Thomas Pynchon
10,177 members, 175 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

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

Score: 6.38

22
The Snowy Day
by Ezra Jack Keats
11,400 members, 728 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3), ManWithAnAgenda (25), sturlington (50)

Score: 6.33

23
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
by Muriel Spark
4,803 members, 153 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: sturlington (6), roby72 (24), thecoroner (28)

Score: 6.1

24
The Andromeda Strain
by Michael Crichton
9,162 members, 135 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9), fundevogel (14), sturlington (48)

Score: 5.9

25
Another Country
by James Baldwin
2,544 members, 37 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (10), ManWithAnAgenda (22), eromsted (29)

Score: 5.82

26
Spring Snow
by Yukio Mishima
2,242 members, 32 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

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

Score: 5.77

27
Go, Dog. Go!
by P. D. Eastman
7,578 members, 141 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: merrystar (7), ManWithAnAgenda (36), sturlington (51)

Score: 5.59

28
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
by Edward Gorey
2,307 members, 53 reviews
4.55 stars (4.55 stars)

Lists: fundevogel (13), merrystar (17), sturlington (52)

Score: 5.57

29
The Girls of Slender Means
by Muriel Spark
1,206 members, 52 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (2), edwinbcn (16)

Score: 5.36

30
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
7,326 members, 82 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: fundevogel (11), aulsmith (37), sturlington (53)

Score: 5.3

31
Miami and the Siege of Chicago
by Norman Mailer
482 members, 6 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: pitjrw (2), aulsmith (44)

Score: 4.92

32
The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin
13,819 members, 339 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (2), sturlington (46)

Score: 4.9

33
The Egypt Game
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
4,159 members, 62 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (7), merrystar (8)

Score: 4.84

34
This Rough Magic
by Mary Stewart
1,255 members, 28 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 4.78

35
The Cricket in Times Square
by George Selden
6,729 members, 70 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (4), merrystar (13), ManWithAnAgenda (23)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 4.76

36
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
by Henry Farrell
259 members, 15 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: sturlington (2), ManWithAnAgenda (70)

Score: 4.75

37
Blues for Mister Charlie: A Play
by James Baldwin
493 members, 5 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: eromsted (3), aulsmith (33)

Score: 4.71

38
Johnny the Partisan
by Beppe Fenoglio
309 members, 4 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: roby72 (8), thecoroner (9)

Score: 4.69

39
City of Night
by John Rechy
919 members, 9 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (8), aulsmith (11)

Score: 4.58

40
Conversation in the Cathedral
by Mario Vargas Llosa
1,102 members, 23 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: roby72 (9), thecoroner (10)

Score: 4.56

41
Over Sea, Under Stone
by Susan Cooper
5,967 members, 129 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (5), merrystar (14), ahef1963 (24)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 4.55

42
The Last Unicorn
by Peter S. Beagle
6,591 members, 170 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: merrystar (9), ManWithAnAgenda (14)

Score: 4.38

43
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
69,905 members, 1,347 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: sturlington (4), ManWithAnAgenda (46)

Score: 4.36

44
The Green House
by Mario Vargas Llosa
945 members, 17 reviews
3.45 stars (3.45 stars)

Lists: roby72 (7), thecoroner (22)

Score: 4.31

45
On Heroes and Tombs
by Ernesto Sábato
845 members, 18 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (11), roby72 (17)

Score: 4.17

46
Taran Wanderer
by Lloyd Alexander
4,467 members, 59 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (5), ManWithAnAgenda (17), sturlington (54)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 4.12

48
The Black Cauldron
by Lloyd Alexander
6,087 members, 89 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (6), ManWithAnAgenda (15), sturlington (55)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 4.06

49
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
15,234 members, 402 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: sturlington (11), ManWithAnAgenda (22)

Score: 4.04

50
A Personal Matter
by Kenzaburō Ōe
1,667 members, 29 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: roby72 (14), thecoroner (18)

Score: 4.01

51
A Fan's Notes
by Frederick Exley
1,041 members, 13 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (1)

Score: 4

52
This Sweet Sickness
by Patricia Highsmith
460 members, 13 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: sturlington (1)

Score: 4

53
At the Still Point
by Mary Benson
60 members, 2 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

Lists: inge87 (1)

Score: 4

54
The High King
by Lloyd Alexander
5,290 members, 50 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (7), ManWithAnAgenda (19), sturlington (56)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 3.84

55
The Physicists
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
1,747 members, 11 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (12), roby72 (32)

Score: 3.83

56
At Bertram's Hotel
by Agatha Christie
3,330 members, 67 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), ahef1963 (25)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 3.79

57
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
16,692 members, 334 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: sturlington (8), ManWithAnAgenda (72)

Score: 3.75

58
Rocannon's World
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,267 members, 34 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (10), sturlington (57)

Score: 3.71

59
Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society
by Paul Goodman
446 members, 3 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (21), eromsted (25)

Score: 3.66

60
Boredom
by Alberto Moravia
671 members, 11 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (20), roby72 (27)

Score: 3.65

61
The Port Huron Statement: The Vision Call of the 1960s Revolution
by Tom Hayden
54 members, 0 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (24), eromsted (30)

Score: 3.52

62
American Power and the New Mandarins
by Noam Chomsky
398 members, 2 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (25), eromsted (31)

Score: 3.48

63
Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
by National Advisory Comm...
307 members, 0 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: eromsted (22), aulsmith (39)

Score: 3.45

64
City of Illusions
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,416 members, 32 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (18), sturlington (58)

Score: 3.39

66
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg
13,549 members, 262 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (27), sturlington (38)

Score: 3.37

67
Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delany
3,337 members, 71 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (2)

Score: 3.36

68
Asterix the Gaul
by René Goscinny
2,203 members, 35 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: merrystar (2)

Score: 3.36

69
The Boston Strangler
by Gerold Frank
301 members, 1 review
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2)

Score: 3.36

70
Revolution for the Hell of It
by Abbie Hoffman
268 members, 3 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: eromsted (2)

Score: 3.36

71
Planet of Exile
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,175 members, 32 reviews
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (20), sturlington (59)

Score: 3.34

72
Corduroy
by Don Freeman
11,618 members, 395 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (26), sturlington (60)

Score: 3.21

73
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
21,310 members, 408 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: sturlington (23), ManWithAnAgenda (73)

Score: 3.2

74
11/22/63
by Stephen King
11,553 members, 704 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1), ahef1963 (3)

Thumbs down: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 3.04

75
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
by Margaret Craven
1,967 members, 34 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: inge87 (3)

Score: 3.04

76
Ship of Fools
by Katherine Anne Porter
1,049 members, 17 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (3)

Score: 3.04

77
A Stranger in My Grave
by Margaret Millar
217 members, 6 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: sturlington (3)

Score: 3.04

78
The Complete Peanuts: 1963-1964 Dailies & Sundays
by Charles M. Schulz
369 members, 3 reviews
4.61 stars (4.61 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (41), sturlington (61)

Score: 3.01

79
The Complete Peanuts: 1967-1968 Dailies & Sundays
by Charles M. Schulz
278 members, 4 reviews
4.53 stars (4.53 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (42), sturlington (62)

Score: 3

80
The Sneetches and Other Stories
by Dr. Seuss
3,666 members, 88 reviews
4.35 stars (4.35 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (45), sturlington (63)

Score: 2.96

81
A Kiss for Little Bear
by Else Holmelund Minarik
2,364 members, 28 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (49), sturlington (64)

Score: 2.93

82
The Moon-Spinners
by Mary Stewart
1,385 members, 24 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (5), merrystar (10)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 2.92

83
Orsinian Tales
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1,439 members, 22 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (50), sturlington (65)

Score: 2.91

84
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
by William Steig
5,068 members, 237 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (55), sturlington (66)

Score: 2.87

85
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
by Donald J. Sobol
3,243 members, 30 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (56), sturlington (67)

Score: 2.86

86
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
18,381 members, 1,007 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: sturlington (44), ManWithAnAgenda (89)

Score: 2.86

87
Airs Above the Ground
by Mary Stewart
1,177 members, 21 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: merrystar (4)

Score: 2.83

88
The Pooh Perplex
by Frederick C. Crews
556 members, 8 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (4)

Score: 2.83

89
The Right Stuff
by Tom Wolfe
4,187 members, 63 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (6), eromsted (11)

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 2.75

90
A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
14,008 members, 341 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: sturlington (43), ManWithAnAgenda (129)

Score: 2.75

91
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
by Bill Martin Jr.
11,473 members, 668 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: sturlington (68), ManWithAnAgenda (88)

Score: 2.7

92
Revolutionary Road
by Richard Yates
6,382 members, 241 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: sturlington (5)

Score: 2.68

93
Why We Can't Wait
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
1,277 members, 6 reviews
4.44 stars (4.44 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (5)

Score: 2.68

94
The Sixteen Documents of Vatican II
by Walter M. Abbott
1,145 members, 6 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: inge87 (5)

Score: 2.68

95
Charlotte Sometimes
by Penelope Farmer
797 members, 22 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: merrystar (5)

Score: 2.68

96
Amelia Bedelia
by Peggy Parish
5,835 members, 201 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: sturlington (69), ManWithAnAgenda (115)

Score: 2.61

97
The Guns of August
by Barbara W. Tuchman
5,797 members, 104 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: pitjrw (6)

Score: 2.56

98
A Grain of Wheat
by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
831 members, 16 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (6)

Score: 2.56

99
The New Moon with the Old
by Dodie Smith
200 members, 9 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: merrystar (6)

Score: 2.56

100
Cancer Ward
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
3,242 members, 44 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: fundevogel (7)

Score: 2.46

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