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1961 Books
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Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.99 — 883,959 ratings — published 1961
Stranger in a Strange Land (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.92 — 326,074 ratings — published 1961
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.70 — 60,826 ratings — published 1961
Solaris (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.98 — 129,515 ratings — published 1961
Revolutionary Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.93 — 93,201 ratings — published 1961
James and the Giant Peach (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.04 — 513,802 ratings — published 1961
Mother Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.24 — 104,607 ratings — published 1961
The Phantom Tollbooth (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.20 — 305,737 ratings — published 1961
Ordinary Grace (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.27 — 192,298 ratings — published 2013
The Winter of Our Discontent (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.01 — 53,488 ratings — published 1961
Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.85 — 46,875 ratings — published 1961
Where the Red Fern Grows (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.13 — 439,063 ratings — published 1961
The Moviegoer (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.64 — 30,783 ratings — published 1961
Franny and Zooey (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.96 — 239,042 ratings — published 1957
The Sneetches and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.31 — 65,954 ratings — published 1961
A Grief Observed (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.22 — 95,033 ratings — published 1961
Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.17 — 38,183 ratings — published 1962
Asterix the Gaul (Asterix, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.18 — 32,910 ratings — published 1961
Thunderball (James Bond, #9)
by (shelved 5 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.84 — 18,469 ratings — published 1961
Harrison Bergeron (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.13 — 22,667 ratings — published 1961
Go, Dog. Go! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.15 — 95,839 ratings — published 1961
West Side Story (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.10 — 19,569 ratings — published 1961
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.80 — 66,268 ratings — published 1961
A Severed Head (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.74 — 6,746 ratings — published 1961
The Pale Horse (Ariadne Oliver, #5)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.84 — 32,316 ratings — published 1961
Travels with Charley: In Search of America (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.08 — 106,403 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 — 14,498 ratings — published 1961
Harpo Speaks! (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.23 — 4,236 ratings — published 1961
The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy #1)
by (shelved 4 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.43 — 7,044 ratings — published 1961
The Carpetbaggers (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,005 ratings — published 1961
The Time Machine / The War of the Worlds (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.14 — 8,857 ratings — published
Guerrilla Warfare (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.78 — 4,270 ratings — published 1961
Kaddish and Other Poems (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.19 — 9,506 ratings — published 1961
Ten Apples Up on Top (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.14 — 39,499 ratings — published 1961
The Agony and the Ecstasy (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.09 — 96,456 ratings — published 1961
Hombre (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.01 — 5,316 ratings — published 1961
Mila 18 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.32 — 26,506 ratings — published 1961
Happy Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.84 — 7,404 ratings — published 1961
What Is History? (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.94 — 4,596 ratings — published 1961
The Man-Eater of Malgudi (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.84 — 3,449 ratings — published 1961
Nobody Knows My Name (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,780 ratings — published 1961
Memoirs Found in a Bathtub (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.76 — 4,187 ratings — published 1961
Asterix and the Goths (Asterix, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.16 — 11,742 ratings — published 1963
Diary of a Mad Old Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.45 — 3,822 ratings — published 1961
Il giorno della civetta (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.72 — 18,111 ratings — published 1961
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,829,756 ratings — published 1960
The Stainless Steel Rat (Stainless Steel Rat, #4)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.92 — 16,620 ratings — published 1961
The Bronze Bow (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 4.02 — 27,928 ratings — published 1961
The Golden Goblet (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as 1961)
avg rating 3.82 — 10,009 ratings — published 1961
“Öyle sanıyorum ki, sorular üzerinde düşünebilmem için bana yeterince uzun zaman bıraktınız, karşı çıkıcı bir tavır almama yetecek uzunlukta bir zaman.
"Siz, Sözcükler"i (Ihr Worte) yazdığımda, artık şiir yazmaya cesaret edemeyeli beş yıl olmuştu, artık tek bir şiir bile yazmak istemiyordum, adına şiir denen yaratıdan bir daha kaleme almayı kendime yasaklamıştım. Şiirlere bir düşmanlığım yok elbet, ama şunu düşünmelisiniz ki, insan ansızın her şeye karşı çıkabilir, her metafora, her tınıya, sözcükleri bir araya getirmeye ilişkin her türlü zorlamaya, sözcüklerle görüntülerin bu mutlak anlamda mutlu birlikteliğine karşı çıkabilir. İnsan bunun ne olduğunu, ne olması gerektiğini bir kez daha denetlemek için, bu birlikteliği boğmak isteyebilir.
Şiirler üzerine bildiklerim hâlâ az, ama bildiğim az şeyler arasında kuşku denen şey de var. Kendinden yeterince kuşkulanmalısın, sözcüklerden kuşkulanmalısın, demişimdir kendime sık sık, dilden kuşkulan, bu kuşkuyu derinleştir -derinleştir ki, günün birinde belki yeni bir şey ortaya çıkabilsin- ya da artık hiçbir şey çıkmasın.”
― Bu Tufandan Sonra
"Siz, Sözcükler"i (Ihr Worte) yazdığımda, artık şiir yazmaya cesaret edemeyeli beş yıl olmuştu, artık tek bir şiir bile yazmak istemiyordum, adına şiir denen yaratıdan bir daha kaleme almayı kendime yasaklamıştım. Şiirlere bir düşmanlığım yok elbet, ama şunu düşünmelisiniz ki, insan ansızın her şeye karşı çıkabilir, her metafora, her tınıya, sözcükleri bir araya getirmeye ilişkin her türlü zorlamaya, sözcüklerle görüntülerin bu mutlak anlamda mutlu birlikteliğine karşı çıkabilir. İnsan bunun ne olduğunu, ne olması gerektiğini bir kez daha denetlemek için, bu birlikteliği boğmak isteyebilir.
Şiirler üzerine bildiklerim hâlâ az, ama bildiğim az şeyler arasında kuşku denen şey de var. Kendinden yeterince kuşkulanmalısın, sözcüklerden kuşkulanmalısın, demişimdir kendime sık sık, dilden kuşkulan, bu kuşkuyu derinleştir -derinleştir ki, günün birinde belki yeni bir şey ortaya çıkabilsin- ya da artık hiçbir şey çıkmasın.”
― Bu Tufandan Sonra
“Two Leningrad women were summoned to the police station. Had they been at a party with some men? Yes. Had sexual intercourse taken place? (This had already been established with the aid of a reliable informer.) Er—yes. Right, then, which is it: did you take part in the sexual act voluntarily or against your will? If voluntarily, we shall have to regard you as prostitutes, you will hand over your passports and get out of Leningrad in forty-eight hours. If it was against your will, you must bring a charge of rape! The women were not a bit anxious to leave Leningrad! So the men got twelve years each.”
― The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books V-VII
― The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Books V-VII
