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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
77 books — 118 voters
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidLost Highway by Peter GuralnickBetween a Heart and a Rock Place by Pat BenatarThanks to Life by Ericka Kim VerbaUtopia Avenue by David Mitchell
Best Books about Musicians, Singers, and Bands
290 books — 76 voters

DMT by Rick StrassmanFood of the Gods by Terence McKennaThe Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos CastanedaTrue Hallucinations by Terence McKennaThe Psychedelic Explorer's Guide by James Fadiman
Best Altered States and More
62 books — 54 voters
Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaThe Lost Promise by Ellen SchreckerMarch by John LewisNational Lampoon's 1964 High School Yearbook by P.J. O'Rourke
Best Books on Sixties History (Non-Fiction)
189 books — 42 voters

On the Road by Jack KerouacSummer of '69 by Todd StrasserDays in the Life by Jonathon GreenThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom WolfeIt Was Twenty Years Ago Today by Derek Taylor
Barry Miles' Top 10 Counterculture Books
36 books — 35 voters
De Rerum Natura by David HillstromKafka Was the Rage by Anatole BroyardHowl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergChronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanThe Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
Greenwich Village
128 books — 21 voters

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgThe Grey King by Susan CooperA Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'EngleThe Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
Best Kids’ Books From the 60s and 70s
272 books — 21 voters
Being Plumville by Savannah J. FriersonThe Summer of Tsunami by S. Campbell WilliamsMessage From Nam by Danielle SteelThe Clouds Beneath the Sun by Mackenzie FordAcross 7th Street by Marino Amoruso
Romance Novels Set in the 1960's
28 books — 14 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
14 books — 11 voters
Peyton Place by Grace MetaliousValley of the Dolls by Jacqueline SusannWood, Talc And Mr. J by Chris RoseFear of Flying by Erica JongThe Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe
Vintage Deliciousness
10 books — 8 voters

Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne MoodyThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XSpeak, Memory by Vladimir NabokovI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouHell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson
Best Memoirs Published in the 1960s
32 books — 5 voters
Biker Heaven by David DonagheOne Undead Step by Ian McClellanAngela's Arm by Roland AllnachSummer of 68 by Kevin Millikin
Best Zombie Books that Take Place in the 60's
4 books — 4 voters

West Side Story by Irving ShulmanUp the Down Staircase by Bel KaufmanExplainers by Jules FeifferWriting the Record by Devon PowersGypsy Girl's Best Shoes by Anne Rockwell
New York City in the Sixties
21 books — 4 voters
У карнавалі історії. Свідчення. by Leonid PlyushchЛюди не зі страху. Українська сага by Світлана КириченкоHomo feriens by Ірина ЖиленкоВолодимирський Централ by Зенон КрасівськийГенерал Петро Григоренко by Petro Hryhorenko
Спогади Шістдесятників
15 books — 3 voters

Black Water Sister by Zen ChoI Walk Between the Raindrops by T.C. BoyleTullie's Receipts by Kitchen Guild of the Tulli...It's not all Airy-Fairy Loads of Crap by Julie RasmussenDirty Hippies by Scott Paulsen
D'yer Mak'er: Dyed Covers
65 books — 3 voters
The 'Great' Kickin'dog by Kenneth Allen Crutchfield, Sr.Love & Haight by Tracey Madeley
Books set in the 1960's
2 books — 2 voters

The Skinner by Jay GilbertThe Threshold by Michael StapletonInterrupted Journey by James WilsonLight Cakes for Tea by Eirlys TreforA Short Answer by Stanley Middleton
New Authors Limited
65 books — 1 voter
The Plague by Albert CamusTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerRabbit, Run by John UpdikeBorn Free by Joy Adamson
The Sixties Chronicle
36 books — 1 voter

Back Channel by Stephen L. CarterHarlem Shuffle by Colson WhiteheadHome Front Lines by Brenda Sparks PrescottVirgin Soul by Judy JuanitaThe Air Between Us by Deborah Johnson
Adult Historical Fiction Set in the 1960s By African-Americans
12 books — 1 voter

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