1950s


The Catcher in the Rye
Fahrenheit 451
Lord of the Flies
Lolita
The Old Man and the Sea
The Haunting of Hill House
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
On the Road
Giovanni’s Room
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
East of Eden
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
Charlotte’s Web
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerExodus by Leon UrisMy Cousin Rachel by Daphne du MaurierEast of Eden by John SteinbeckDoctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Fifties Fiction Favorites
99 books — 112 voters

Revolutionary Road by Richard YatesValley of the Dolls by Jacqueline SusannThe Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan WilsonThe Group by Mary McCarthyThe Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe
If You Like Mad Men . . .
63 books — 90 voters
Man Of A Thousand Fails by Bernie DowlingHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussHorton Hears a Who! by Dr. SeussHarold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
Picture Books of the 1950s
265 books — 70 voters

Betty Friedan
Then, it was easier to build the need for love and sex into the end-all purpose of life, avoiding personal commitment to truth in a catch-all commitment to "home" and "family." . . . . Irwin Shaw, who once goaded the American conscience on the great issues of war and peace and racial prejudice now wrote about sex and adultery; Norman Mailer and the young beatnik writers confined their revolutionary spirit to sex and kicks and drugs and advertising themselves in four-letter words. It was easier a ...more
Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique

Dolores Lane
A real moonlight serenade under the stars. Say what you want about me, but I am romantic.
Dolores Lane, Bloody Fingers & Red Lipstick

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