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
57,041 members
500 reviews
½ 4.4
7 Members
eromsted, mmignano11, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda
2
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
56,009 members
1,031 reviews
4
7 Members
DorsVenabili, merrystar, souloftherose, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
3
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
48,040 members
790 reviews
4.1
7 Members
eromsted, mmignano11, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda
4
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
71,371 members
1,100 reviews
3.8
7 Members
eromsted, mmignano11, merrystar, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,raperper
5
The Two Towers
by J. R. R. Tolkien
50,246 members
312 reviews
½ 4.4
6 Members
mmignano11, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda
6
The Return of the King
by J. R. R. Tolkien
48,509 members
284 reviews
½ 4.5
6 Members
mmignano11, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda
7
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
21,423 members
440 reviews
3.8
6 Members
eromsted, DorsVenabili, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
8
Horton Hears a Who!
by Dr. Seuss
6,800 members
128 reviews
4.2
6 Members
eromsted, mmignano11, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
9
A Bear Called Paddington
by Michael Bond
4,394 members
70 reviews
4.1
6 Members
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10
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
6,045 members
115 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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11
Giovanni's Room
by James Baldwin
5,969 members
133 reviews
4.2
5 Members
eromsted, thorold, aulsmith, DorsVenabili, ManWithAnAgenda
12
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
51,410 members
751 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
eromsted, aulsmith, mmignano11, ahef1963
13
The Magician's Nephew
by C. S. Lewis
30,759 members
372 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
14
Prince Caspian
by C. S. Lewis
27,835 members
244 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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15
The Horse and His Boy
by C. S. Lewis
26,851 members
245 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
16
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by C. S. Lewis
26,635 members
265 reviews
4
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
17
The Silver Chair
by C. S. Lewis
25,149 members
201 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
18
The Last Battle
by C. S. Lewis
24,386 members
194 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
19
Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
21,301 members
395 reviews
4
4 Members
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20
A Separate Peace
by John Knowles
13,172 members
194 reviews
½ 3.6
4 Members
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21
Our Man in Havana
by Graham Greene
5,526 members
143 reviews
3.9
4 Members
eromsted, thorold, Bretzky1, ahef1963
22
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
28,568 members
392 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963
23
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
10,530 members
448 reviews
3.9
3 Members
mmignano11, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
24
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham
7,716 members
216 reviews
4
3 Members
DorsVenabili, souloftherose, ahef1963
25
Howl and Other Poems
by Allen Ginsberg
5,750 members
67 reviews
4
3 Members
eromsted, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
26
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
32,624 members
571 reviews
4.1
2 Members
Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
27
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
24,542 members
480 reviews
4.1
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
28
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
24,260 members
435 reviews
½ 4.4
2 Members
eromsted, mmignano11
29
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
17,184 members
324 reviews
4
2 Members
merrystar, Bretzky1
30
Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
by Samuel Beckett
13,359 members
164 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
31
Nine Stories
by J. D. Salinger
11,984 members
117 reviews
4.1
2 Members
eromsted, ManWithAnAgenda
32
The Borrowers
by Mary Norton
8,936 members
129 reviews
3.9
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
33
Beezus and Ramona
by Beverly Cleary
8,443 members
127 reviews
3.9
2 Members
cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda
34
The Tin Drum
by Günter Grass
7,807 members
94 reviews
4
2 Members
eromsted, thorold
35
The End of the Affair
by Graham Greene
6,710 members
176 reviews
3.9
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
36
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith
6,467 members
203 reviews
3.9
2 Members
thorold, ahef1963
37
Lucky Jim
by Kingsley Amis
5,944 members
156 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
thorold, ahef1963
38
Memoirs of Hadrian
by Marguerite Yourcenar
5,672 members
129 reviews
4.2
2 Members
aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda
39
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
5,403 members
115 reviews
4.2
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
40
The Adventures of Augie March
by Saul Bellow
3,952 members
75 reviews
3.8
2 Members
eromsted, DorsVenabili
41
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable
by Samuel Beckett
3,115 members
29 reviews
4.2
2 Members
eromsted, ahef1963
42
Sweet Thursday
by John Steinbeck
2,930 members
46 reviews
4
2 Members
eromsted, ManWithAnAgenda
43
Excellent Women
by Barbara Pym
2,817 members
127 reviews
4
2 Members
thorold, merrystar
44
The King Must Die
by Mary Renault
2,756 members
55 reviews
3.9
2 Members
thorold, aulsmith
45
Seize the Day
by Saul Bellow
2,662 members
43 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
eromsted, Bretzky1
46
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
by Dodie Smith
2,477 members
52 reviews
4
2 Members
cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda
47
Notes of a Native Son
by James Baldwin
2,092 members
31 reviews
4.2
2 Members
aulsmith, DorsVenabili
48
The Bell
by Iris Murdoch
2,081 members
49 reviews
3.8
2 Members
thorold, DorsVenabili
49
The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse
by Kenneth Allott
272 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
thorold, ahef1963
50
Night
by Elie Wiesel
28,569 members
587 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
51
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
22,972 members
396 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Bretzky1
52
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
16,756 members
213 reviews
4
Member
Bretzky1
53
The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts
by Arthur Miller
15,960 members
165 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
eromsted
54
I, Robot
by Isaac Asimov
15,541 members
280 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
55
Foundation and Empire
by Isaac Asimov
13,435 members
164 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
56
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
12,694 members
117 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
57
My Side of the Mountain
by Jean Craighead George
12,557 members
150 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
58
Second Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
12,361 members
133 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
59
The Sirens of Titan
by Kurt Vonnegut
10,751 members
132 reviews
4
Member
eromsted
60
Harold and the Purple Crayon
by Crockett Johnson
8,275 members
217 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
61
The Quiet American
by Graham Greene
8,261 members
186 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
62
Dandelion Wine
by Ray Bradbury
7,791 members
194 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
63
Player Piano
by Kurt Vonnegut
6,966 members
80 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
eromsted
64
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
by J. D. Salinger
6,304 members
62 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
65
A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry
5,770 members
79 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
66
A Murder Is Announced
by Agatha Christie
4,860 members
94 reviews
3.8
Member
merrystar
67
4.50 from Paddington
by Agatha Christie
4,805 members
108 reviews
3.8
Member
merrystar
68
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
by William S. Burroughs
4,439 members
58 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
eromsted
69
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
by Flannery O'Connor
4,222 members
98 reviews
4.1
Member
mmignano11
70
The Lottery and Other Stories
by Shirley Jackson
3,864 members
93 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
71
A Pocket Full of Rye
by Agatha Christie
3,847 members
72 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
merrystar
72
Pebble in the Sky
by Isaac Asimov
3,842 members
63 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
eromsted
73
A Town Like Alice
by Nevil Shute
3,835 members
143 reviews
4
Member
merrystar
74
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt
3,814 members
37 reviews
4.2
Member
eromsted
75
They Do It With Mirrors
by Agatha Christie
3,544 members
72 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
merrystar
76
Bonjour Tristesse
by Françoise Sagan
3,472 members
106 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
thorold
77
Kira-Kira
by Cynthia Kadohata
3,189 members
144 reviews
3.8
Member
cej1027
78
The Wheel on the School
by Meindert DeJong
3,097 members
39 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
79
Palace Walk
by Naguib Mahfouz
2,882 members
62 reviews
4
Member
eromsted
80
Gone-Away Lake
by Elizabeth Enright
2,654 members
34 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
81
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
by Carson McCullers
2,561 members
57 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
82
Black Skin, White Masks
by Frantz Fanon
2,558 members
19 reviews
4.1
Member
eromsted
83
Tom's Midnight Garden
by Philippa Pearce
2,557 members
42 reviews
4.1
Member
merrystar
84
The Recognitions
by William Gaddis
2,313 members
34 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
eromsted
85
The Grass Is Singing
by Doris Lessing
2,254 members
74 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
86
The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology
by Joseph Campbell
2,183 members
22 reviews
4
Member
eromsted
87
A Coney Island of the Mind
by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
1,931 members
31 reviews
4.1
Member
eromsted
88
Fences
by August Wilson
1,898 members
20 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
89
Playback
by Raymond Chandler
1,881 members
32 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
90
Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade
by Patrick Dennis
1,871 members
59 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
91
The Judge and His Hangman
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
1,786 members
23 reviews
3.8
Member
thorold
92
Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark
1,770 members
68 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
93
Peyton Place
by Grace Metalious
1,751 members
39 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
94
Zazie in the Metro
by Raymond Queneau
1,736 members
31 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
thorold
95
The Last of the Wine
by Mary Renault
1,704 members
26 reviews
4.1
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
96
Nine Coaches Waiting
by Mary Stewart
1,653 members
47 reviews
4
Member
merrystar
97
The Inheritors
by William Golding
1,563 members
45 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
98
Mary Poppins in the Park
by P. L. Travers
1,533 members
8 reviews
4.1
Member
merrystar
99
The Dying Earth
by Jack Vance
1,482 members
36 reviews
3.8
Member
aulsmith
100
Voss
by Patrick White
1,460 members
22 reviews
4
Member
thorold