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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgThe Woman in the Window by A.J. FinnThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
2018: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2018
6,938 books — 978 voters
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensBecoming by Michelle ObamaEducated by Tara WestoverEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
2019: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2019
6,621 books — 867 voters

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Dutch House by Ann PatchettThe Giver of Stars by Jojo MoyesThe Silent Patient by Alex MichaelidesSuch a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
2020: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2020
6,368 books — 848 voters
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanBig Little Lies by Liane MoriartyThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
2017: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2017
5,954 books — 756 voters

The Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabAnxious People by Fredrik BackmanThe Four Winds by Kristin HannahWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
2021: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2021
6,717 books — 696 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMe Before You by Jojo MoyesWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2013: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2013
2,957 books — 684 voters

The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahMe Before You by Jojo MoyesAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrA Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
2016: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2016
6,038 books — 684 voters
The Maid by Nita ProseLessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidMalibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Midnight Library by Matt Haig
2022: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2022
6,696 books — 580 voters

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van PeltDemon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
2023: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2023
6,950 books — 517 voters
The Women by Kristin HannahNone of This Is True by Lisa JewellFirst Lie Wins by Ashley ElstonFunny Story by Emily HenryThe Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
2024: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2024
6,108 books — 353 voters

The Wedding People by Alison EspachThe God of the Woods by Liz MooreAtmosphere by Taylor Jenkins ReidJames by Percival EverettMy Friends by Fredrik Backman
2025: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2025
5,752 books — 341 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
145 books — 310 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
315 books — 251 voters
The Correspondent by Virginia EvansHeart the Lover by Lily KingTheo of Golden by Allen LeviYesteryear by Caro Claire BurkeProject Hail Mary by Andy Weir
2026: What Women Born In The 1970s Have Read So Far This Year
3,124 books — 248 voters

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Favorite Children / YA books from the 70's, 80's and earlier.
342 books — 162 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
2012: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2012
1,129 books — 89 voters

The Outsiders by S.E. HintonGo Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksI Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah GreenThat Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. HintonSteffie Can't Come Out to Play by Fran Arrick
Classic Teens in Trouble
273 books — 71 voters
Card Game by David BulittCarrie by Stephen KingThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniBobby's Girl by Bernie MorrisDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Best Fiction Books About The 70's
96 books — 66 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyAnnie on My Mind by Nancy GardenI'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip. by John DonovanThe Year They Burned the Books by Nancy GardenForever... by Judy Blume
20th Century YA with LGBT Themes
177 books — 50 voters
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettFrom the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Books Mentioned in Lizzie Skurnick's "Shelf Discovery"
73 books — 48 voters

Cardcaptor Sakura, Vol. 1 by ClampSailor Moon, Vol. 1 by Naoko TakeuchiInuYasha, Vol. 1 by Rumiko TakahashiRurouni Kenshin, Vol. 1 by Nobuhiro WatsukiFruits Basket, Vol. 1 by Natsuki Takaya
Manga Released Before 2000
128 books — 38 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 PinkwaterEnchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Engdahl
Children's Science Fiction of the 1970s
146 books — 23 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyForever... by Judy BlumeIn the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora PierceThe Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora PierceLioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce
20th Century YA Fiction with Sex
139 books — 23 voters
Anthem by Deborah WilesHideous Kinky by Esther FreudHippie by Paulo CoelhoDrop City by T. Coraghessan BoyleMy Beautiful Hippie by Janet Nichols Lynch
Hippie Fiction
167 books — 19 voters

Ghosts I Have Been by Richard PeckThe Ghost Belonged to Me by Richard PeckThe Ghost Next Door by Wylly Folk St. JohnThe Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope LivelyThe Watch House by Robert Westall
Children's Ghost Stories of the 1970s
50 books — 17 voters
Clown in a Cornfield by Adam CesareMy Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady HendrixDead Flip by Sara FarizanMotherthing by Ainslie HogarthI Am Not Your Final Girl by Claire C. Holland
Modern Horror with Retro Covers
32 books — 13 voters

Jaws by Peter BenchleyCujo by Stephen KingSlugs by Shaun HutsonBats by William W. JohnstoneSlither by John Halkin
Retro killer animal novels
19 books — 11 voters
Stainer by Iolanthe WoulffRuby by Rosa GuyTales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy BlumeCittà in fiamme by Garth Risk HallbergPunk Avenue by Phil Marcade
New York City in the Seventies
14 books — 9 voters

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