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Fog Magic by Julia L. SauerMagic Elizabeth by Norma KassirerJane-Emily by Patricia ClappKatie John by Mary CalhounA Stitch in Time by Penelope Lively
Obscure Children's Vintage Gems
661 books — 238 voters
Bride of the MacHugh by Jan Cox SpeasThis Other Eden by Marilyn HarrisMy Lord Monleigh by Jan Cox SpeasLady Vixen by Shirlee BusbeeThe Black Swan by Day Taylor
They Don't Make Covers Like This Anymore
550 books — 94 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Vintage Classics (Red Spine)
216 books — 75 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

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierSecrets of Rose Briar Hall by Kelsey JamesNine Coaches Waiting by Mary StewartMistress of Mellyn by Victoria HoltThe Shivering Sands by Victoria Holt
20th Century Gothic Romances
255 books — 55 voters
Mia's Magic Wand by Peter VolkofskyFalling Angel by William HjortsbergThe Other by Thomas TryonHell House by Richard MathesonThe Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
Obscure Vintage Horror/Thriller Paperbacks
313 books — 49 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryBlack Beauty by Anna SewellLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
Vintage Children's Classics
96 books — 46 voters
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. SeussStellaluna by Janell CannonThe Kissing Hand by Audrey PennThe Rainbow Fish by Marcus PfisterChrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Picture Books of the 1990s
416 books — 46 voters

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussHorton Hears a Who! by Dr. SeussLittle Bear by Else Holmelund MinarikMadeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
Picture Books of the 1950s
264 books — 44 voters
Loose Lips Sink Ships by Hilary LawrenceThe Moon's a Balloon by David NivenThe Star Machine by Jeanine BasingerSelf-Portrait by Gene TierneyLulu in Hollywood by Louise Brooks
it was just like a movie, it was just like a song ♫
609 books — 41 voters

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix PotterMake Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskeyThe Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
Picture Books of the 1940s and Before
291 books — 38 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeBreathe by Sara FujimuraBreakfast at Tiffany's by Truman CapoteAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Fetch Your White Gloves, and Swing to Jazz. Vintage and Vintage-esque Reads
62 books — 33 voters

Flowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
Vintage Young Adult
184 books — 30 voters
The Alice Network by Kate QuinnLilac Girls by Martha Hall KellyThe Kommandant's Girl by Pam JenoffThe Atomic City Girls by Janet BeardThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Women From the Back
317 books — 30 voters

Ballet Shoes by Noel StreatfeildA Dream of Sadler's Wells by Lorna HillDancing Through Fire by Kathryn LaskyBallet for Drina by Jean EstorilEllen Tebbits by Beverly Cleary
Middle Grade Ballet & Dance Fiction
243 books — 27 voters
Collective Vengeance by Joseph StanleyDear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly ClearyDon't Make Me Smile by Barbara ParkFamily Reunion by Caroline B. CooneyWhat's Best For You by Judie Angell
20th Century YA & Middle Grade Fiction about Divorce
116 books — 24 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
Desire by Haruki MurakamiDepression by William StyronRace by Toni MorrisonWork by Joseph HellerDeath by Julian Barnes
Vintage Minis
43 books — 21 voters

Modern Pattern Design by Harriet PepinPatterns of Fashion 3 by Janet ArnoldPatterns of Fashion 2 by Janet ArnoldStandard Work on Cutting by Jno J. MitchellGarment Patterns 1889, with Instructions by Jules Kliot
Vintage and reprinted sewing / dressmaking / tailoring manuals
28 books — 14 voters
Calling Romeo by Alexandra PotterPhoning Home by Jacob M. AppelCall Waiting by Michelle CunnahMy Legendary Girlfriend by Mike GayleThe Ladybird Book of Red Tape by Jason A. Hazeley
Rotary Phones
45 books — 10 voters

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia WoolfOrlando by Virginia WoolfA Room of One's Own and Three Guineas by Virginia WoolfThe Waves by Virginia WoolfTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Vintage Classics Woolf
8 books — 8 voters
The Six Pillars Of Effective Leadership by Jim CarloughThe Nightclerk by Stephen SchneckTwilight Candelabra by William J. CraddockLogan's Run by William F. NolanNog by Rudolph Wurlitzer
Mmm Mmm Paperbacks
130 books — 8 voters

The Beast House by Richard LaymonWhere Terror Stalked and Other Horror Stories by Charles BirkinCroc by David JamesThe Shiny Narrow Grin by Jane GaskellOnly By Daylight by Christine Campbell Thomson
Retro Horror Books (list 28)
100 books — 8 voters
Wilderness Nurse by Marguerite Mooers MarshallThe Nurse and the Pirate by Peggy DernNurse Kathy by Adeline McElfreshNurse Craig by Isabel CabotThe Listening Nurse by Peggy Dern
Vintage Nurse Romance Novels
197 books — 8 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodVermilion Sands by J.G. BallardWe by Yevgeny ZamyatinHerland and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Vintage futures
9 books — 6 voters
Bonjour tristesse by Françoise SaganThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverLolita by Vladimir NabokovPeyton Place by Grace Metalious
Step Back in the 50s/60s
25 books — 5 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterPersuasion by Jane AustenEmma by Jane Austen
Vintage Classics
12 books — 4 voters
Fadeout by Joseph HansenDeath Claims by Joseph HansenThe Death of Friends by Michael NavaRag and Bone by Michael NavaThe Burning Plain by Michael Nava
Vintage Gay Mystery
64 books — 4 voters

Life Turns Man Up and Down by Kurt Thometz1929 and Mad Balls by Louis AragonSin-a-Rama by Adam ParfreyThe Book of Zines by Chip RoweThree Naughty French Novels by Alfred de Musset
Löwenbrow
104 books — 3 voters
Secret in the Old Mansion by Stephen MooserThe Case of the Slippery Sharks by Stephen MooserMystery at Bluff Point Dunes by Lisa EisenbergThe Ten Creepiest Places in America by Allan ZulloCharley Skedaddle by Patricia Beatty
Troll Communications / Troll Associates
86 books — 3 voters

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