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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
1,957 books — 1,889 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
6,204 books — 1,529 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 — 1,047 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
6,938 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 — 849 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 — 695 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 — 516 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 — 340 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
267 books — 248 voters

The Correspondent by Virginia EvansHeart the Lover by Lily KingYesteryear by Caro Claire BurkeProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirTheo of Golden by Allen Levi
2026: What Women Born In The 1970s Have Read So Far This Year
2,725 books — 231 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
470 books — 173 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)
373 books — 116 voters
This I Know by Eldonna EdwardsDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidNobody's Children by WD OliveA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Ice Storm by Rick Moody
Best 1970s Historical Fiction
99 books — 104 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
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 Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
New York Times Bestsellers
231 books — 83 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
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
159 books — 65 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
93 books — 64 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
90 books — 48 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
166 books — 18 voters

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