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1974 Books

Carrie
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
Where the Sidewalk Ends
All the President’s Men
Jaws (Jaws, #1)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
Marathon Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1)
The Rats (Rats, #1)
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanRingworld by Larry NivenRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Classic Science Fiction - 1970-1979
273 books — 247 voters
Carrie by Stephen KingWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréJaws by Peter BenchleyCentennial by James A. Michener
Best Books 1974
194 books — 56 voters

Developmental Psychology of the Black Child by Amos N. WilsonBlack Psychology by Reginald Lanier Jones
Psychology by African-Americans Published in Decade: 1970s
2 books — 1 voter
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsWatership Down by Richard AdamsThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,879 voters

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeThat Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. HintonDeenie by Judy BlumeForever... by Judy BlumeThen Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy Blume
1970's Young Adult Standalones
253 books — 35 voters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanPoecabulary by Francis DiClementeAlive by Piers Paul ReadThe Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1970s
249 books — 19 voters

Quotes Tagged “1974”

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“ Without even discussing the question of talent, can a person become a jailer in a prison or camp if he is capable of the very least kind of useful activity? Let us ask: On the whole, can a camp keeper be a good human being? What system of moral selection does life arrange for them? The first selection takes place on assignment to the MVD armies, MVD schools, or MVD courses. Every man with the slightest speck of spiritual training, with a minimally circumspect conscience, or capacity to distingui ...more ”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books III-IV
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Georgia O'Keeffe
“ My friend Doris Bry says now that I’ve ruined her spelling because I misspell with such confidence. ”
― Georgia O'Keeffe, O'Keeffe
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