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1950s Books
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The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 296 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,883,918 ratings — published 1951
Fahrenheit 451 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 260 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,824,494 ratings — published 1953
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 234 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,191,454 ratings — published 1954
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 208 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.87 — 943,039 ratings — published 1955
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 183 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,308,075 ratings — published 1952
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 172 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,140,012 ratings — published 1954
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 167 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.81 — 392,739 ratings — published 1959
Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 155 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.34 — 249,812 ratings — published 1956
On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 152 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.61 — 447,356 ratings — published 1957
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
by (shelved 139 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,145,935 ratings — published 1950
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 131 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.74 — 411,700 ratings — published 1958
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 126 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.44 — 634,621 ratings — published 1952
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 125 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,120,894 ratings — published 1954
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 120 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,037,114 ratings — published 1955
Charlotte’s Web (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,041,415 ratings — published 1952
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.85 — 251,333 ratings — published 1958
Invisible Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.92 — 201,746 ratings — published 1952
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
by (shelved 104 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.82 — 178,585 ratings — published 2009
The Crucible (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.61 — 463,169 ratings — published 1953
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,360,670 ratings — published 1956
Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 92 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.84 — 221,855 ratings — published 1951
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 92 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.17 — 594,865 ratings — published 1951
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
by (shelved 88 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.95 — 116,539 ratings — published 1955
The Martian Chronicles (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.16 — 285,263 ratings — published 1950
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.66 — 440,524 ratings — published 2020
The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
by (shelved 79 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.05 — 603,860 ratings — published 1955
The Quiet American (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.98 — 71,064 ratings — published 1955
Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
by (shelved 78 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.98 — 483,420 ratings — published 1951
The Price of Salt (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.02 — 84,235 ratings — published 1952
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
by (shelved 72 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.21 — 378,375 ratings — published 1950
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
by (shelved 71 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.09 — 506,617 ratings — published 1952
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,771,240 ratings — published 2022
Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1)
by (shelved 69 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.74 — 159,213 ratings — published 2009
The Lord of the Rings (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.54 — 729,488 ratings — published 1959
The Lincoln Highway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.22 — 310,454 ratings — published 2021
Go Tell It on the Mountain (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.05 — 81,397 ratings — published 1953
The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
by (shelved 67 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.91 — 391,032 ratings — published 1954
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 66 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,609,650 ratings — published 2018
The Sirens of Titan (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.15 — 157,573 ratings — published 1959
The Briar Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.29 — 246,080 ratings — published 2024
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,065,622 ratings — published 2017
A Raisin in the Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.85 — 110,316 ratings — published 1959
A Separate Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.60 — 232,033 ratings — published 1959
The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
by (shelved 65 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.96 — 329,900 ratings — published 1953
Doctor Zhivago (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.01 — 102,820 ratings — published 1957
Nine Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.18 — 154,620 ratings — published 1953
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.46 — 98,487 ratings — published 1959
The Day of the Triffids (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as 1950s)
avg rating 4.01 — 117,300 ratings — published 1951
Go Set a Watchman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.31 — 290,595 ratings — published 2015
Revolutionary Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as 1950s)
avg rating 3.93 — 93,313 ratings — published 1961
“In truth, there was no systematic policy except that which engaged the various personalities that grew around the original nucleus assembled by George Devine and Tony Richardson. Most of these were, in the mild climate of the time, left of centre, though they would now be regarded as soft-meringue-liberals by the drowsy commissars who have long since taken over.”
― Looking Back: Never Explain, Never Apologise
― Looking Back: Never Explain, Never Apologise
“If a woman drank too much, it was probably because she wasn't fulfilling all her domestic duties. If a man drank too much, it was probably his wife's fault for not fulfilling all her domestic duties. . . . Many so-called experts of the 1950s believed that alcohol abuse was a manifestation of failed gender performance. Which almost shakes out, considering that trying to conform to the role of a perfect 1950s housewife would make any woman want to have a drink.”
― Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol
― Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol
