Mid Century


The Bell Jar
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Catcher in the Rye
Lolita
Invisible Man
You Should Be So Lucky
The Briar Club
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Giovanni’s Room
Play It As It Lays
Revolutionary Road
Animal Farm
The Mad Wife
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
We Could Be So Good
Pushback by John E. StithIn a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. HughesThe Trouble Makers by Celia FremlinThe Jealous One by Celia FremlinTwo Mysteries by Charlotte Armstrong
Mid-Century Domestic Noir
29 books — 3 voters
Exercises in Style by Raymond QueneauThe Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raise by Georges PerecCosmicomics by Italo CalvinoIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino
...nothing but Oulipo
39 books — 8 voters


Harper Lee
I need a watchman to go forth and proclaim to them all that twenty-six years is too long to play a joke on anybody, no matter how funny it is. (pg. 182)
Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman

Amy Matayo
He clung to his mid-century politics like plastic wrap clings to leftover Thanksgiving stuffing. Stubborn. Hard to separate. Impossible to straighten once it gets jumbled up, so you give up trying and toss it aside.
Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

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