1957


On the Road
Atlas Shrugged
Dandelion Wine
The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)
Doctor Zhivago
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
On the Beach
The Baron in the Trees
The Midwich Cuckoos
From Russia with Love (James Bond, #5)
Pnin
The Wapshot Chronicle
Justine (The Alexandria Quartet, #1)
Angel
That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana
Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars by Ellen MacGregorCitizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. HeinleinFarmer in the Sky by Robert A. HeinleinStarman Jones by Robert A. HeinleinHave Space Suit—Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein
Children's Science Fiction of the 1950s
153 books — 13 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisCharlotte's Web by E.B. WhiteThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. LewisPrince Caspian by C.S. LewisThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
Children's Fantasy of the 1950s
54 books — 35 voters

Fifteen by Beverly ClearyThe Luckiest Girl by Beverly ClearyJean and Johnny by Beverly ClearySister of the Bride by Beverly ClearyThe Boy Next Door by Betty Cavanna
Teen Romance of the 1950s
100 books — 27 voters
Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin TalleyOut of the Easy by Ruta SepetysThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerJean and Johnny by Beverly ClearySister of the Bride by Beverly Cleary
YA Fiction set in the 1950s
88 books — 47 voters

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussDoctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakOn the Road by Jack KerouacOn the Beach by Nevil Shute
Best Books 1957
147 books — 39 voters

Albert Camus
In the world there is, parallel to the force of death and constraint, an enormous force of persuasion that is called culture.
Albert Camus, Notebooks 1951-1959

Steven Magee
Mother nature took millions of years to remove all but one satellite, the Moon, from Earth’s orbit. The modern human has undone that process since the launch of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957.
Steven Magee

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