Nifty Fifties

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Everything tagged 1950s
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1950s
1
The Fellowship of the Ring
by J. R. R. Tolkien
55,093 members
490 reviews
½ 4.4
7 Members
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2
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
54,274 members
1,006 reviews
4
7 Members
DorsVenabili, merrystar, souloftherose, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
3
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
46,115 members
769 reviews
4.1
7 Members
eromsted, mmignano11, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda
4
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
69,851 members
1,086 reviews
3.8
7 Members
eromsted, mmignano11, merrystar, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,raperper
5
The Two Towers
by J. R. R. Tolkien
48,735 members
310 reviews
½ 4.4
6 Members
mmignano11, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda
6
The Return of the King
by J. R. R. Tolkien
47,102 members
285 reviews
½ 4.5
6 Members
mmignano11, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda
7
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
20,815 members
435 reviews
3.8
6 Members
eromsted, DorsVenabili, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
8
Horton Hears a Who!
by Dr. Seuss
6,404 members
128 reviews
4.2
6 Members
eromsted, mmignano11, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
9
A Bear Called Paddington
by Michael Bond
4,160 members
70 reviews
4.1
6 Members
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10
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
5,803 members
112 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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11
Giovanni's Room
by James Baldwin
5,595 members
126 reviews
4.2
5 Members
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12
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
49,927 members
749 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
eromsted, aulsmith, mmignano11, ahef1963
13
The Magician's Nephew
by C. S. Lewis
29,607 members
366 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
14
Prince Caspian
by C. S. Lewis
26,728 members
240 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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15
The Horse and His Boy
by C. S. Lewis
25,782 members
244 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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16
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by C. S. Lewis
25,654 members
259 reviews
4
4 Members
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17
The Silver Chair
by C. S. Lewis
24,146 members
197 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
18
The Last Battle
by C. S. Lewis
23,495 members
194 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
19
Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
20,692 members
392 reviews
4
4 Members
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20
A Separate Peace
by John Knowles
12,831 members
191 reviews
½ 3.6
4 Members
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21
Our Man in Havana
by Graham Greene
5,386 members
140 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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22
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
28,027 members
387 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963
23
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
9,860 members
433 reviews
3.9
3 Members
mmignano11, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
24
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham
7,512 members
207 reviews
4
3 Members
DorsVenabili, souloftherose, ahef1963
25
Howl and Other Poems
by Allen Ginsberg
5,602 members
67 reviews
4
3 Members
eromsted, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
26
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
31,848 members
565 reviews
4.1
2 Members
Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
27
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
23,877 members
467 reviews
4.1
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
28
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
23,550 members
425 reviews
½ 4.4
2 Members
eromsted, mmignano11
29
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
16,732 members
325 reviews
4
2 Members
merrystar, Bretzky1
30
Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
by Samuel Beckett
13,014 members
161 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
31
Nine Stories
by J. D. Salinger
11,803 members
112 reviews
4.1
2 Members
eromsted, ManWithAnAgenda
32
The Borrowers
by Mary Norton
8,534 members
126 reviews
3.9
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
33
The Tin Drum
by Günter Grass
7,623 members
93 reviews
4
2 Members
eromsted, thorold
34
Beezus and Ramona
by Beverly Cleary
6,861 members
113 reviews
3.9
2 Members
cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda
35
The End of the Affair
by Graham Greene
6,571 members
172 reviews
3.9
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
36
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith
6,252 members
199 reviews
3.9
2 Members
thorold, ahef1963
37
Lucky Jim
by Kingsley Amis
5,826 members
155 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
thorold, ahef1963
38
Memoirs of Hadrian
by Marguerite Yourcenar
5,497 members
125 reviews
4.1
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
39
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
5,249 members
114 reviews
4.2
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
40
The Adventures of Augie March
by Saul Bellow
3,872 members
73 reviews
3.8
2 Members
eromsted, DorsVenabili
41
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable
by Samuel Beckett
3,055 members
28 reviews
4.2
2 Members
eromsted, ahef1963
42
Sweet Thursday
by John Steinbeck
2,867 members
46 reviews
4
2 Members
eromsted, ManWithAnAgenda
43
Excellent Women
by Barbara Pym
2,756 members
126 reviews
4
2 Members
thorold, merrystar
44
The King Must Die
by Mary Renault
2,690 members
55 reviews
3.9
2 Members
thorold, aulsmith
45
Seize the Day
by Saul Bellow
2,592 members
41 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
eromsted, Bretzky1
46
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
by Dodie Smith
2,411 members
50 reviews
4
2 Members
cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda
47
The Bell
by Iris Murdoch
2,044 members
49 reviews
3.8
2 Members
thorold, DorsVenabili
48
Notes of a Native Son
by James Baldwin
2,036 members
30 reviews
4.2
2 Members
aulsmith, DorsVenabili
49
The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse
by Kenneth Allott
266 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
thorold, ahef1963
50
Night
by Elie Wiesel
27,818 members
576 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
51
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
22,534 members
398 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Bretzky1
52
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
16,270 members
212 reviews
4
Member
Bretzky1
53
The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts
by Arthur Miller
15,439 members
160 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
eromsted
54
I, Robot
by Isaac Asimov
15,114 members
271 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
55
Foundation and Empire
by Isaac Asimov
13,105 members
157 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
56
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
12,273 members
116 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
57
Second Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
12,069 members
133 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
58
My Side of the Mountain
by Jean Craighead George
12,005 members
148 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
59
The Sirens of Titan
by Kurt Vonnegut
10,453 members
127 reviews
4
Member
eromsted
60
The Quiet American
by Graham Greene
8,076 members
181 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
61
Harold and the Purple Crayon
by Crockett Johnson
7,874 members
213 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
62
Dandelion Wine
by Ray Bradbury
7,577 members
191 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
63
Player Piano
by Kurt Vonnegut
6,861 members
81 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
eromsted
64
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
by J. D. Salinger
6,064 members
58 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
65
A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry
5,536 members
79 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
66
A Murder Is Announced
by Agatha Christie
4,712 members
93 reviews
3.8
Member
merrystar
67
4.50 from Paddington
by Agatha Christie
4,667 members
104 reviews
3.8
Member
merrystar
68
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
by William S. Burroughs
4,310 members
57 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
eromsted
69
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
by Flannery O'Connor
4,101 members
98 reviews
4.1
Member
mmignano11
70
A Town Like Alice
by Nevil Shute
3,768 members
140 reviews
4.1
Member
merrystar
71
Pebble in the Sky
by Isaac Asimov
3,729 members
63 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
eromsted
72
A Pocket Full of Rye
by Agatha Christie
3,706 members
70 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
merrystar
73
The Lottery and Other Stories
by Shirley Jackson
3,672 members
93 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
74
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt
3,631 members
36 reviews
4.2
Member
eromsted
75
Murder with Mirrors
by Agatha Christie
3,429 members
69 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
merrystar
76
Bonjour Tristesse
by Françoise Sagan
3,371 members
110 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
thorold
77
Kira-Kira
by Cynthia Kadohata
3,108 members
144 reviews
3.8
Member
cej1027
78
The Wheel on the School
by Meindert DeJong
2,966 members
35 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
79
Palace Walk
by Naguib Mahfouz
2,802 members
61 reviews
4
Member
eromsted
80
Gone-Away Lake
by Elizabeth Enright
2,537 members
32 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
81
Tom's Midnight Garden
by Philippa Pearce
2,492 members
41 reviews
4.1
Member
merrystar
82
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
by Carson McCullers
2,488 members
56 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
83
Black Skin, White Masks
by Frantz Fanon
2,431 members
18 reviews
4.1
Member
eromsted
84
The Recognitions
by William Gaddis
2,231 members
36 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
eromsted
85
The Grass Is Singing
by Doris Lessing
2,211 members
73 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
86
The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology
by Joseph Campbell
2,148 members
23 reviews
4
Member
eromsted
87
A Coney Island of the Mind
by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
1,899 members
31 reviews
4.1
Member
eromsted
88
Playback
by Raymond Chandler
1,834 members
30 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
89
Fences
by August Wilson
1,829 members
18 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
90
Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade
by Patrick Dennis
1,828 members
58 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
91
The Judge and His Hangman
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
1,739 members
22 reviews
3.8
Member
thorold
92
Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark
1,738 members
65 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
93
Zazie in the Metro
by Raymond Queneau
1,692 members
31 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
thorold
94
Peyton Place
by Grace Metalious
1,691 members
39 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
95
The Last of the Wine
by Mary Renault
1,676 members
25 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
96
Nine Coaches Waiting
by Mary Stewart
1,621 members
47 reviews
4
Member
merrystar
97
The Inheritors
by William Golding
1,522 members
46 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
98
Mary Poppins in the Park
by P. L. Travers
1,448 members
7 reviews
4.1
Member
merrystar
99
The Dying Earth
by Jack Vance
1,446 members
35 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
100
Voss
by Patrick White
1,425 members
22 reviews
4
Member
thorold