1970s

1
Watership Down
by Richard Adams
27,994 members
515 reviews
4.2
12 Members
eromsted, inge87, norabelle414, merrystar, EMS_24, fundevogel, souloftherose, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA, CelticGreyWolf
3
The Silmarillion
by J. R. R. Tolkien
41,164 members
307 reviews
3.9
8 Members
eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, Myyst, souloftherose, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda,alex68
4
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino
14,311 members
284 reviews
4
7 Members
inge87, roby72, merrystar, Myyst, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963
5
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings
by Shel Silverstein
18,410 members
512 reviews
½ 4.3
7 Members
eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
6
A Wind in the Door
by Madeleine L'Engle
14,255 members
135 reviews
3.9
7 Members
norabelle414, merrystar, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA
7
The Princess Bride
by William Goldman
29,361 members
601 reviews
½ 4.3
6 Members
hipdeep, norabelle414, merrystar, fundevogel, souloftherose, ahef1963
8
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach
13,010 members
241 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
EMS_24, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA
9
Gravity's Rainbow
by Thomas Pynchon
12,140 members
155 reviews
4
4 Members
eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, alex68
10
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
by Heinrich Böll
2,795 members
53 reviews
3.8
6 Members
inge87, roby72, Myyst, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963
11
The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
14,856 members
366 reviews
4.1
6 Members
merrystar, sturlington, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
12
Kindred
by Octavia E. Butler
10,746 members
408 reviews
4.2
6 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, EMS_24, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
13
The Shining
by Stephen King
27,428 members
530 reviews
4.1
6 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, fundevogel, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA
14
Methuen Student Editions : Fo : Accidental Death of an Anarchist {Nye}
by Joseph Farrell
157 members
3 reviews
4
5 Members
eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963
15
Invisible Cities
by Italo Calvino
10,838 members
228 reviews
4.1
5 Members
roby72, merrystar, Myyst, EMS_24, alex68
16
Humboldt's Gift
by Saul Bellow
3,275 members
43 reviews
3.8
4 Members
eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, alex68
17
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
by Madeleine L'Engle
13,470 members
114 reviews
4
5 Members
norabelle414, merrystar, fundevogel, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
18
Life: A User's Manual
by Georges Perec
4,273 members
66 reviews
½ 4.3
4 Members
roby72, EMS_24, thecoroner, alex68
19
The Word for World Is Forest
by Ursula K. Le Guin
3,741 members
116 reviews
3.9
4 Members
Myyst, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda, skid0612
20
J R
by William Gaddis
1,611 members
20 reviews
4.1
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
21
History
by Elsa Morante
1,584 members
32 reviews
4.2
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
22
The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin
12,937 members
311 reviews
4.2
4 Members
Myyst, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda, skid0612
23
The Monster at the End of This Book
by Jon Stone
6,460 members
115 reviews
½ 4.5
4 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
24
Flowers in the Attic
by V. C. Andrews
7,282 members
213 reviews
½ 3.5
4 Members
merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA
25
The Farthest Shore
by Ursula K. Le Guin
8,981 members
137 reviews
4
4 Members
merrystar, Myyst, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda
26
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson
15,709 members
212 reviews
4
4 Members
Myyst, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963
27
The Tombs of Atuan
by Ursula K. Le Guin
10,245 members
187 reviews
4
4 Members
merrystar, Myyst, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda
28
The Perilous Gard
by Elizabeth Marie Pope
1,734 members
43 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
merrystar, fountainoverflows, cej1027
29
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison
12,600 members
137 reviews
4
4 Members
eromsted, EMS_24, alex68, EGBERTINA
30
Ceremony
by Leslie Marmon Silko
4,098 members
68 reviews
3.8
3 Members
inge87, sturlington, cej1027
31
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
by Robert C. O'Brien
13,358 members
187 reviews
4.2
5 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA
32
84, Charing Cross Road
by Helene Hanff
6,672 members
389 reviews
½ 4.3
4 Members
roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, ahef1963
33
In the Night Kitchen
by Maurice Sendak
3,181 members
124 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
34
Burger's Daughter
by Nadine Gordimer
1,184 members
21 reviews
½ 3.6
4 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963
35
Julie of the Wolves
by Jean Craighead George
8,880 members
130 reviews
3.9
3 Members
fundevogel, ahef1963, EGBERTINA
36
Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
26,406 members
653 reviews
4
4 Members
alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
37
The Periodic Table
by Primo Levi
4,504 members
74 reviews
4.2
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
38
Horcynus Orca
by Stefano D'Arrigo
129 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
39
Touch Not the Cat
by Mary Stewart
1,678 members
36 reviews
3.8
3 Members
inge87, ahef1963, EGBERTINA
40
The Dark Is Rising
by Susan Cooper
9,587 members
243 reviews
4.1
3 Members
merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
41
All the President's Men
by Carl Bernstein
5,271 members
80 reviews
4.1
3 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, CarolynBurke7
42
The Stand
by Stephen King
5,705 members
123 reviews
½ 4.3
4 Members
sturlington, fundevogel, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
43
Night Shift
by Stephen King
10,594 members
129 reviews
3.8
4 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
44
A Five Year Sentence
by Bernice Rubens
167 members
10 reviews
4.1
2 Members
souloftherose, fountainoverflows
45
Ragtime
by E. L. Doctorow
6,842 members
139 reviews
3.9
3 Members
eromsted, alex68, CarolynBurke7
46
Time and Again
by Jack Finney
4,430 members
154 reviews
3.9
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
47
Fantastic Mr. Fox
by Roald Dahl
11,776 members
156 reviews
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
48
The Neverending Story
by Michael Ende
13,901 members
251 reviews
4.1
3 Members
merrystar, EMS_24, alex68
49
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
by Angela Carter
6,446 members
163 reviews
4
3 Members
inge87, sturlington, fountainoverflows
50
The Dead Zone
by Stephen King
11,472 members
144 reviews
3.8
4 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA
51
Grendel
by John Gardner
6,699 members
118 reviews
3.8
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
52
A Bend in the River
by V. S. Naipaul
3,480 members
58 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
53
Salem's Lot
by Stephen King
19,102 members
339 reviews
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
54
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman
10,445 members
272 reviews
4
3 Members
sturlington, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda
55
Quartet in Autumn
by Barbara Pym
1,453 members
69 reviews
4
2 Members
souloftherose, fountainoverflows
56
The Executioner's Song
by Norman Mailer
3,195 members
50 reviews
4
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
57
Delta of Venus
by Anaïs Nin
5,358 members
69 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
58
Tuck Everlasting
by Natalie Babbitt
18,238 members
578 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
59
Amphigorey Too
by Edward Gorey
1,585 members
22 reviews
½ 4.4
4 Members
eromsted, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA
60
Love Story
by Erich Segal
3,122 members
67 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
dara85, merrystar
61
Shōgun
by James Clavell
9,261 members
151 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
alex68, ahef1963, skid0612
62
The World According to Garp
by John Irving
16,302 members
208 reviews
4.1
3 Members
alex68, ahef1963, CarolynBurke7
63
La stanza del vescovo
by Piero Chiara
155 members
9 reviews
½ 3.3
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
64
Frog and Toad Are Friends
by Arnold Lobel
13,512 members
293 reviews
4.2
3 Members
cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
65
The Sea, the Sea
by Iris Murdoch
4,148 members
107 reviews
3.9
3 Members
souloftherose, alex68, ahef1963
66
The Autumn of the Patriarch
by Gabriel García Márquez
4,443 members
52 reviews
3.8
3 Members
Myyst, EMS_24, alex68
67
Gnomes
by Rien Poortvliet
2,666 members
40 reviews
4.1
3 Members
sturlington, EMS_24, ahef1963
68
Breakfast of Champions
by Kurt Vonnegut
17,836 members
195 reviews
4
3 Members
eromsted, sturlington, ahef1963
69
All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
5,518 members
58 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
alex68, ahef1963, EGBERTINA
70
The Stepford Wives
by Ira Levin
3,544 members
107 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
71
The Thorn Birds
by Colleen McCullough
8,397 members
162 reviews
4
4 Members
merrystar, alex68, ahef1963, EGBERTINA
72
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
by John Bellairs
2,879 members
90 reviews
3.9
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
73
Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner
5,989 members
198 reviews
4.2
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
74
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
by Judy Blume
8,901 members
260 reviews
3.8
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
75
The Book of the Dun Cow
by Walter Jr. Wangerin
1,778 members
25 reviews
3.9
2 Members
fundevogel, ahef1963
76
Ghost Story
by Peter Straub
4,407 members
117 reviews
3.8
3 Members
ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA, CarolynBurke7
77
This Perfect Day
by Ira Levin
1,439 members
42 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
78
The Other
by Thomas Tryon
1,567 members
35 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
79
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice
25,630 members
363 reviews
3.8
3 Members
hipdeep, ahef1963, EGBERTINA
80
Freaky Friday
by Mary Rodgers
1,605 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
81
The Boys from Brazil [abridged]
by Ira Levin
2,337 members
52 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
eromsted, alex68, ahef1963
82
The Lorax
by Dr. Seuss
10,794 members
325 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
alex68, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA
83
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
by Deborah Howe
8,828 members
170 reviews
4
2 Members
hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
84
Motel of the Mysteries
by David Macaulay
1,313 members
33 reviews
4.1
2 Members
merrystar, EMS_24
85
Ringworld
by Larry Niven
11,019 members
213 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
86
Travesties
by Tom Stoppard
1,090 members
12 reviews
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, Myyst
87
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
by Judi Barrett
12,396 members
335 reviews
4.2
3 Members
alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
88
Charmed Life
by Diana Wynne Jones
3,028 members
68 reviews
4
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
89
Sula
by Toni Morrison
8,922 members
117 reviews
3.9
2 Members
eromsted, alex68
90
A Stitch in Time
by Penelope Lively
273 members
10 reviews
4
2 Members
inge87, merrystar
91
Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand
by Donald J. Sobol
1,125 members
2 reviews
3.8
3 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA
92
The Trumpet of the Swan
by E. B. White
14,200 members
89 reviews
4.1
3 Members
alex68, ahef1963, EGBERTINA
93
Down a Dark Hall
by Lois Duncan
964 members
22 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
94
Ordinary People
by Judith Guest
2,466 members
40 reviews
3.9
2 Members
alex68, CarolynBurke7
95
Fletch
by Gregory Mcdonald
1,201 members
27 reviews
3.8
Member
skid0612
96
Celestial Navigation
by Anne Tyler
1,020 members
21 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
CarolynBurke7
97
Tow-Truck Pluck
by Annie M.G. Schmidt
605 members
26 reviews
4.2
Member
EMS_24
98
The Headless Cupid
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
1,184 members
24 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
99
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Judith Viorst
18,029 members
671 reviews
4.2
3 Members
alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
100
Harvest Home
by Thomas Tryon
1,339 members
41 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda