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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 Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsBig Little Lies by Liane MoriartyAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrMe Before You by Jojo MoyesGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
2015: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2015
6,238 books — 1,530 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMe Before You by Jojo MoyesGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionThe Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
2014: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2014
4,495 books — 1,046 voters
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 — 351 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
5,749 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

1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonJohn Adams by David McCulloughA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
U.S. History Reading List
446 books — 144 voters
A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreIron Curtain by Anne ApplebaumThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonThe Billion Dollar Spy by David E. HoffmanThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
The Cold War (nonfiction)
358 books — 105 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
This I Know by Eldonna EdwardsDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Ice Storm by Rick MoodyWhite Teeth by Zadie Smith
Best 1970s Historical Fiction
84 books — 86 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCharlotte's Web by E.B. WhiteThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Chosen by Chaim Potok
New York Times Bestsellers
231 books — 80 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

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
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 — 61 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

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
You Can't Buy Love Like That by Carol E. AndersonCompulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence by Adrienne RichLesbian Ethics by Sarah Lucia HoaglandThe Straight Mind by Monique WittigCall Me Lesbian by Julia Penelope
Lesbian-Feminist Nonfiction
66 books — 30 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
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

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