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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
6,937 books — 980 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
6,620 books — 865 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
6,393 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
5,977 books — 754 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 — 695 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
6,060 books — 685 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 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 — 579 voters

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van PeltTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinDemon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
2023: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2023
6,961 books — 515 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 — 354 voters

The Wedding People by Alison EspachThe God of the Woods by Liz MooreAtmosphere by Taylor Jenkins ReidJames by Percival EverettBroken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
2025: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2025
5,741 books — 322 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
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Favorite Children / YA books from the 70's, 80's and earlier.
343 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 — 88 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
268 books — 70 voters

Card Game by David BulittCarrie by Stephen KingThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Best Fiction Books About The 70's
88 books — 57 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, Volume 01 by Nobuhiro WatsukiFruits Basket, Vol. 1 by Natsuki Takaya
Manga Released Before 2000
128 books — 38 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
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

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
Ghosts I Have Been by Richard PeckThe Ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope LivelyThe Ghost Belonged to Me by Richard PeckThe Ghost Next Door by Wylly Folk St. JohnThe Ghost in the Swing by Janet Patton Smith
Children's Ghost Stories of the 1970s
49 books — 17 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
165 books — 17 voters
A Summer to Die by Lois LowryAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeThen Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy BlumeDeenie by Judy BlumeThe Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
Realistic Adolescent Literature of the 1970s
64 books — 11 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
13 books — 9 voters

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