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Me Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Husband's Secret by Liane MoriartyGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
2014: Books read by women born in the 1960s this year
751 books — 159 voters
Young Donald by Michael BennettThis I Know by Eldonna EdwardsThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Fiction Set in 1960s
81 books — 124 voters

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeagleA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Best Fantasy of the 60s
76 books — 116 voters
Revolutionary Road by Richard YatesValley of the Dolls by Jacqueline SusannThe Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan WilsonThe Group by Mary McCarthyThe Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe
If You Like Mad Men . . .
63 books — 90 voters

The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Born in the 1960s - What We've Read in 2015
1,082 books — 88 voters
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankGo Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
Born in the 1960s - What We Read as Teens
574 books — 70 voters

An American Marriage by Tayari JonesLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregorySing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardThe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
What WOMEN Born in the 1960s Have Read So Far in 2018
674 books — 55 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

Buses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaAnd a Voice to Sing With by Joan BaezOutlaw Woman by Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MD
Sixties Memoirs & Biographies (nonfiction)
181 books — 47 voters
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert GalbraithMermaid by Eileen CroninThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGoing Dark by Ann ChristyCrooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
Born in the 1960s - What we've read in 2014
894 books — 42 voters

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner by Alan SillitoeSaturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan SillitoeLook Back in Anger by John OsborneA Kind of Loving by Stan BarstowA Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney
Britain's Angry Young Literature (50s & 60s)
28 books — 41 voters
The Moon's a Balloon by David NivenThe Star Machine by Jeanine BasingerSelf-Portrait by Gene TierneyLulu in Hollywood by Louise BrooksRobert Mitchum by Lee Server
it was just like a movie, it was just like a song ♫
610 books — 41 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
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlThe Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan AikenA Wizard of Earthsea by ursula-k-le-guin-illustrate...
Children's Fantasy of the 1960s
87 books — 38 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansMike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee BurtonLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Born in the 1960s - What We Read as Children
383 books — 36 voters
Nobody's Children by WD OliveBeneath the Bamboo by Stan TaylorOkay Okay by Fred KrebsbachA Bullet Through the Helmet by Douglas E. MooreMy Whirlwind Lives by Dee Knight
Vietnam War Biographies
108 books — 24 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Forgotten Door by Alexander KeyThe White Mountains by John ChristopherThe City of Gold and Lead by John ChristopherThe Pool of Fire by John Christopher
Children's Science Fiction of the 1960s
129 books — 23 voters
The Outsiders by S.E. HintonTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Pigman by Paul ZindelThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul ZindelI Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah Green
1960's Young Adult Standalones
167 books — 23 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleCharlotte Sometimes by Penelope FarmerWhen Marnie Was There by Joan G. RobinsonTime at the Top by Edward OrmondroydThe Wicked, Wicked Ladies in the Haunted House by Mary Chase
Children's Time Travel Fiction of the 1960s
48 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

Jane-Emily by Patricia ClappAn Enemy at Green Knowe by Lucy M. BostonThe Ghosts by Antonia BarberThe Ghost of Dibble Hollow by May Nickerson WallaceThe Ghost of Windy Hill by Clyde Robert Bulla
Children's Ghost Stories of the 1960s
20 books — 16 voters
Sister of the Bride by Beverly ClearyLight a Single Candle by Beverly ButlerStars in Her Eyes by Betty CavannaThe Stars Hang High by Janet LambertWedding Bells by Janet Lambert
Teen Romance of the 1960s
62 books — 15 voters

The Pigman by Paul ZindelThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonHarriet the Spy by Louise FitzhughLight a Single Candle by Beverly ButlerSister of the Bride by Beverly Cleary
Young Adult Realistic Fiction Published in the 1960s
15 books — 12 voters
What Happened In Vienna, Jack? by Daniel KempInsomnia by Ron CostelloThe Cipher by Isabella MaldonadoThe Spider Heist by Jason KasperBurn You Twice by Mary Burton
Best Real Life Action Thrillers set in US
6 books — 10 voters

Scary Modsters…and Creepy Freaks by Diane RinellaLS65 by Billy MorrisAbsolute Beginners by Colin MacInnesThe Return of the Discontinued Man by Mark HodderTo Be Someone by Peter Meadows
Mods in Fiction
8 books — 9 voters
Moon of the Wolf by Leslie H. Whitten Jr.Shorecliff by Marilyn RossThe Mandrake Scream by Melisand MarchAlien Sea by John RackhamBlack Candle by Christine Randell
Books with Cover Artwork by George Ziel
161 books — 9 voters

West Side Story by Irving ShulmanUp the Down Staircase by Bel KaufmanExplainers by Jules FeifferIt's Like This, Cat by Emily Cheney NevilleThe Pushcart War by Jean Merrill
New York City in the Sixties
22 books — 7 voters
Freakout on Sunset Strip by Donald F. GlutHere Come the Hippies by William Charles Spatari101 Hippie Jokes by Paul Laikin1001 Ways to Beat the Draft by Tuli KupferbergMy Share of Pot by Clarence B. Campbell
Building for a Paisley Formica Grave
175 books — 5 voters

The Mad Wife by Meagan ChurchThe Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives by Elizabeth ArnottShe's a Lamb! by Meredith HambrockMotherthing by Ainslie HogarthThe Once and Future Me by Melissa Pace
Uncanny 1950s Ladies
17 books — 3 voters
The Pool of Fire by John ChristopherThe White Mountains by John ChristopherThe Witches of Karres by James H. SchmitzThe City of Gold and Lead by John Christopher
YA Science Fiction, Dystopian, and Post-Apocalyptic Published in the 1960s
4 books — 1 voter

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