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1961 Books
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Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.99 — 895,178 ratings — published 1961
Stranger in a Strange Land (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.92 — 328,491 ratings — published 1961
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.69 — 62,281 ratings — published 1961
Solaris (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.98 — 135,336 ratings — published 1961
Revolutionary Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.94 — 94,515 ratings — published 1961
Mother Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.24 — 108,376 ratings — published 1961
The Phantom Tollbooth (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.19 — 310,020 ratings — published 1961
James and the Giant Peach (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.04 — 522,284 ratings — published 1961
The Winter of Our Discontent (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.01 — 55,111 ratings — published 1961
Ordinary Grace (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.27 — 200,566 ratings — published 2013
Where the Red Fern Grows (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.13 — 445,722 ratings — published 1961
Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.85 — 49,244 ratings — published 1961
The Moviegoer (Vintage International)
by (shelved 7 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.64 — 31,394 ratings — published 1961
Franny and Zooey (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.96 — 242,913 ratings — published 1957
Harrison Bergeron (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.13 — 23,350 ratings — published 1961
Travels with Charley: In Search of America (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.08 — 109,584 ratings — published 1961
The Sneetches and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.31 — 66,055 ratings — published 1961
A Grief Observed (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.22 — 98,907 ratings — published 1961
Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.18 — 39,070 ratings — published 1962
Asterix the Gaul (Asterix, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.18 — 34,276 ratings — published 1961
Thunderball (James Bond, #9)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.84 — 18,876 ratings — published 1961
Go, Dog. Go! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.16 — 96,843 ratings — published 1961
West Side Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.10 — 19,623 ratings — published 1961
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.80 — 69,489 ratings — published 1961
A Severed Head (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.75 — 6,960 ratings — published 1961
The Pale Horse (Ariadne Oliver, #5)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.84 — 33,574 ratings — published 1961
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.08 — 14,775 ratings — published 1961
Harpo Speaks! (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.23 — 4,303 ratings — published 1961
The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy #1)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.43 — 7,135 ratings — published 1961
The Carpetbaggers (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.96 — 5,049 ratings — published 1961
The Time Machine / The War of the Worlds (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.14 — 8,915 ratings — published 1950
Guerrilla Warfare (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.78 — 4,451 ratings — published 1961
Kaddish and Other Poems (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.19 — 9,579 ratings — published 1961
Ten Apples Up on Top (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.14 — 39,709 ratings — published 1961
The Agony and the Ecstasy (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.09 — 98,095 ratings — published 1961
Hombre (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.01 — 5,529 ratings — published 1961
Mila 18 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.32 — 26,677 ratings — published 1961
Happy Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,554 ratings — published 1961
What Is History? (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.94 — 4,735 ratings — published 1961
The Man-Eater of Malgudi (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.84 — 3,467 ratings — published 1961
Nobody Knows My Name (Vintage International)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,987 ratings — published 1961
Memoirs Found in a Bathtub (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.75 — 4,267 ratings — published 1961
Asterix and the Goths (Asterix, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.17 — 11,998 ratings — published 1963
Diary of a Mad Old Man (Vintage International)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.45 — 3,937 ratings — published 1961
Il giorno della civetta (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.72 — 18,946 ratings — published 1961
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,996,328 ratings — published 1960
The Stainless Steel Rat (Stainless Steel Rat, #4)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.92 — 16,869 ratings — published 1961
The Bronze Bow (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.02 — 28,569 ratings — published 1961
The Golden Goblet (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.82 — 10,186 ratings — published 1961
“The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings...Our way of life is under attack. Those who make themselves our enemy are advancing around the globe...no war ever posed a greater threat to our security. If you are awaiting a finding of "clear and present danger," then I can only say that the danger has never been more clear and its presence has never been more imminent...For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence–on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed.”
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“The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings...Our way of life is under attack. Those who make themselves our enemy are advancing around the globe...no war ever posed a greater threat to our security. If you are awaiting a finding of "clear and present danger," then I can only say that the danger has never been more clear and its presence has never been more imminent...For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence–on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed.”
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