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1ostrom
Five books (good ones, in your opinion) from or about the 1960s.
Nixon Agonistes Garry Wills
Trout Fishing in America Richard Brautigan
Rabbit, Run John Updike
Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Tom Wolfe
The Fire Next Time James Baldwin
Nixon Agonistes Garry Wills
Trout Fishing in America Richard Brautigan
Rabbit, Run John Updike
Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Tom Wolfe
The Fire Next Time James Baldwin
2lilithcat
Rights in Conflict, by Daniel Walker
The Bust Book, by Kathy Boudin
Crisis at Columbia, by The Cox Commission
Long March, Short Spring, by Barbara Ehrenreich
Up Against the Ivy Wall, by Jerry L. Avorn
The Bust Book, by Kathy Boudin
Crisis at Columbia, by The Cox Commission
Long March, Short Spring, by Barbara Ehrenreich
Up Against the Ivy Wall, by Jerry L. Avorn
4usnmm2
Kent State by James A. Michener
The Last Picture Show and Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry
Seven Days In May by Fletcher Knebel
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Last Picture Show and Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry
Seven Days In May by Fletcher Knebel
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
5MarianV
Dr. Zhivago Boris Pasternak
Raintree county Ross Lockridge
Peyton Place Grace Metalious
Couples John Updike
The Ugly American Lederer & Burdick
Raintree county Ross Lockridge
Peyton Place Grace Metalious
Couples John Updike
The Ugly American Lederer & Burdick
6laytonwoman3rd
Great list, Marian, but only the last two fit the category. Peyton Place was published in 1956. Dr. Zhivago in 1957, Raintree County in 1948
Not picking on you---A Room at the Top and Lucky Jim were written in the 1950's as well.
The Sand pebbles (1962)
The Reivers (1962) by William Faulkner
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (set in 1962)
Myra Breckenridge (1968) by Gore Vidal
Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties by Robert Stone
Not picking on you---A Room at the Top and Lucky Jim were written in the 1950's as well.
The Sand pebbles (1962)
The Reivers (1962) by William Faulkner
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (set in 1962)
Myra Breckenridge (1968) by Gore Vidal
Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties by Robert Stone
7CarolO
The Hippie Handbook: How to Tie-Dye a T-Shirt, Flash a Peace Sign, and Other Essential Skills for the Carefree Life by Chelsea Cain
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
White Album by Joan Didion
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Jimi Hendrix Turns Eighty by Tim Sandlin
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
White Album by Joan Didion
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Jimi Hendrix Turns Eighty by Tim Sandlin
8christiguc
Oh, there are too many!
61: The Mighty and Their Fall by Ivy Compton-Burnett
62: Gambit by Rex Stout
63: The Bull from the Sea by Mary Renault
64: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
65: The Hound and the Falcon by Antonia White
66: The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
67: The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter
68: The Wedding Group by Elizabeth Taylor
69: Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser
61: The Mighty and Their Fall by Ivy Compton-Burnett
62: Gambit by Rex Stout
63: The Bull from the Sea by Mary Renault
64: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
65: The Hound and the Falcon by Antonia White
66: The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
67: The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter
68: The Wedding Group by Elizabeth Taylor
69: Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser
9ostrom
The Crying of Lot 49--nice choice.
10varielle
Good or not is subjective, but these at least were best sellers. I remember my aunt and my cousins hiding and sharing Valley of the Dolls until the cover came apart.
The Love Machine
Valley of the Dolls
Portnoy's Complaint
The Godfather
You Only Live Twice
The Love Machine
Valley of the Dolls
Portnoy's Complaint
The Godfather
You Only Live Twice
