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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
The Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienDragonsong by Anne McCaffreyThe Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Best Fantasy of the 70s
141 books — 309 voters

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
Sleeping Murder by Agatha ChristieElephants Can Remember by Agatha ChristieA Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis PetersCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersAn Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James
Best Mysteries from the 1970s
252 books — 86 voters

The Dark Is Rising by Susan CooperMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienWatership Down by Richard AdamsThe Grey King by Susan CooperGreenwitch by Susan Cooper
Children's Fantasy of the 1970s
156 books — 63 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingThe World According to Garp by John IrvingEye of the Needle by Ken FollettNight Shift by Stephen KingA Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Books 1978
234 books — 59 voters

Go Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksBurn Baby Burn by Meg MedinaFor What It's Worth by Janet TashjianLove and Haight by Susan CarltonDreams of Significant Girls by Cristina García
YA Fiction set in the 1970s
89 books — 47 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 — 36 voters

When You Reach Me by Rebecca SteadInside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà LạiMeet Julie by Megan McDonaldRevolution Is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang CompestineViolet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning by Danette Haworth
Middle Grade Fiction set in the 1970s
140 books — 22 voters
Parsley Sage, Rosemary and Time by Jane Louise CurryA String in the Harp by Nancy BondAll in Good Time by Edward OrmondroydIn the Keep of Time by Margaret J. AndersonRobinsheugh by Eileen Dunlop
Children's Time Travel Fiction of the 1970s
130 books — 20 voters

Summer of My German Soldier by Bette GreeneIt's OK If You Don't Love Me by Norma KleinSunshine by Norma KleinMy First Love and Other Disasters by Francine PascalA Striving After Wind by Norma Johnston
Teen Romance of the 1970s
52 books — 19 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

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienA Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'EngleA Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'EngleAlan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars by Daniel PinkwaterMatthew Looney in the Outback by Jerome Beatty Jr.
Children's Science Fiction of the 1970s
142 books — 18 voters
Hey, Diddle, Diddle! Nursery Rhymes by Hilda BoswellCakes and Custard by Brian AldersonDean's Gift Book of Nursery Rhymes Old and New by Janet Grahame-JohnstoneHumpty Dumpty's Favourite Nursery Rhymes by Dawn CopeTime for a Rhyme by Lucy Kincaid
Nursery Rhyme Collections of the 1970s
26 books — 2 voters

Ark of bones and other stories by Henry DumasGorilla, My Love by Toni Cade BambaraElbow Room by James Alan McPhersonMiss Muriel and Other Stories by Ann PetryYou Can't Keep a Good Woman Down by Alice Walker
Short Story Collections by African-Americans Published in Decade: 1970s
11 books — 1 voter
Deep Is the Hunger by Howard ThurmanTemptations of Jesus by Howard ThurmanThe Creative Encounter by Howard ThurmanHow Black Is the Gospel? by Tom SkinnerIs God a White Racist? by William R. Jones
Christian Religion Published by African-Americans in Decade: 1970s
8 books — 1 voter

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
Train Ride by John SteptoeUptown by John SteptoeMy Special Best Words by John SteptoeLittle Man, Little Man by James BaldwinMoja Means One by Muriel Feelings
Picture Books Published by African-Americans in Decade: 1970s
27 books — 1 voter

Sidewalk Story by Sharon Bell MathisGrowin' by Nikki GrimesRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorSong of the Trees by Mildred D. TaylorM.C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton
Middle Grade Books Published by African-Americans in Decade: 1970s
9 books — 1 voter
Listen for the Fig Tree by Sharon Bell MathisLudell by Brenda WilkinsonLudell and Willie by Brenda WilkinsonTeacup Full of Roses by Sharon Bell MathisA Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich by Alice Childress
Young Adult Books Published by African-Americans in Decade: 1970s
5 books — 1 voter

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