1970s

3
The Silmarillion
by J. R. R. Tolkien
35,062 members
272 reviews
3.9
8 Members
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4
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino
12,557 members
260 reviews
4.1
7 Members
inge87, roby72, merrystar, Myyst, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963
5
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings
by Shel Silverstein
15,877 members
482 reviews
½ 4.3
8 Members
eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, sturlington, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
6
A Wind in the Door
by Madeleine L'Engle
12,724 members
123 reviews
3.9
8 Members
norabelle414, merrystar, sturlington, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA
7
The Princess Bride
by William Goldman
24,930 members
532 reviews
½ 4.3
6 Members
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8
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by Richard Bach
11,626 members
211 reviews
½ 3.6
7 Members
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9
Gravity's Rainbow
by Thomas Pynchon
10,784 members
141 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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10
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
by Heinrich Böll
2,506 members
47 reviews
½ 3.7
6 Members
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11
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
by Madeleine L'Engle
12,076 members
108 reviews
4
6 Members
norabelle414, merrystar, sturlington, fundevogel, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
12
The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
12,455 members
338 reviews
4.1
6 Members
merrystar, sturlington, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
13
Kindred
by Octavia E. Butler
8,443 members
354 reviews
4.2
6 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, EMS_24, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
14
Methuen Student Editions : Fo : Accidental Death of an Anarchist {Nye}
by Joseph Farrell
138 members
2 reviews
4
5 Members
eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963
15
The Shining
by Stephen King
23,250 members
453 reviews
4.1
6 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, fundevogel, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA
16
Invisible Cities
by Italo Calvino
9,406 members
205 reviews
4.1
5 Members
roby72, merrystar, Myyst, EMS_24, alex68
17
Humboldt's Gift
by Saul Bellow
2,992 members
39 reviews
3.8
4 Members
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18
In the Night Kitchen
by Maurice Sendak
2,852 members
117 reviews
3.9
5 Members
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19
Life: A User's Manual
by Georges Perec
3,802 members
55 reviews
½ 4.3
4 Members
roby72, EMS_24, thecoroner, alex68
20
The Monster at the End of This Book
by Jon Stone
5,198 members
105 reviews
½ 4.5
5 Members
hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
21
Flowers In The Attic
by V. C. Andrews
6,351 members
187 reviews
½ 3.5
5 Members
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22
J R
by William Gaddis
1,382 members
19 reviews
4.2
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
23
History
by Elsa Morante
1,386 members
29 reviews
4.2
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
24
Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
21,868 members
609 reviews
4
5 Members
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25
The Dark Is Rising
by Susan Cooper
8,483 members
227 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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26
The Farthest Shore
by Ursula K. Le Guin
7,896 members
122 reviews
4
4 Members
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27
The Tombs of Atuan
by Ursula K. Le Guin
8,966 members
164 reviews
4
4 Members
merrystar, Myyst, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda
28
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson
14,384 members
192 reviews
4
4 Members
Myyst, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963
29
The Perilous Gard
by Elizabeth Marie Pope
1,598 members
42 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
merrystar, fountainoverflows, cej1027
30
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison
10,870 members
124 reviews
4
4 Members
eromsted, EMS_24, alex68, EGBERTINA
31
The Neverending Story
by Michael Ende
12,137 members
228 reviews
4.1
4 Members
merrystar, sturlington, EMS_24, alex68
32
Ceremony
by Leslie Marmon Silko
3,573 members
60 reviews
3.8
3 Members
inge87, sturlington, cej1027
33
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
by Robert C. O'Brien
11,218 members
170 reviews
4.2
5 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA
34
84, Charing Cross Road
by Helene Hanff
5,871 members
349 reviews
4.2
4 Members
roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, ahef1963
35
Burger's Daughter
by Nadine Gordimer
1,072 members
19 reviews
½ 3.5
4 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963
36
Julie of the Wolves
by Jean Craighead George
7,601 members
120 reviews
3.9
3 Members
fundevogel, ahef1963, EGBERTINA
37
The Periodic Table
by Primo Levi
4,038 members
70 reviews
4.2
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
38
Horcynus Orca
by Stefano D'Arrigo
109 members
4 reviews
3.8
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
39
Touch Not the Cat
by Mary Stewart
1,547 members
32 reviews
3.8
3 Members
inge87, ahef1963, EGBERTINA
40
All the President's Men
by Bob Woodward
4,678 members
73 reviews
4.1
3 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, CarolynBurke7
41
A Five Year Sentence
by Bernice Rubens
149 members
10 reviews
4
2 Members
souloftherose, fountainoverflows
42
The Stand
by Stephen King
4,609 members
101 reviews
4.2
4 Members
sturlington, fundevogel, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
43
Night Shift
by Stephen King
9,129 members
114 reviews
3.8
4 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
44
The World According to Garp
by John Irving
15,317 members
196 reviews
4.1
4 Members
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45
The Stepford Wives
by Ira Levin
3,079 members
91 reviews
½ 3.6
4 Members
sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
46
Ragtime: A Novel
by E. L. Doctorow
6,263 members
125 reviews
3.9
3 Members
eromsted, alex68, CarolynBurke7
47
Frog and Toad are Friends
by Arnold Lobel
10,557 members
263 reviews
4.2
4 Members
sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
48
Time and Again
by Jack Finney
4,142 members
140 reviews
3.9
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
49
Fantastic Mr Fox
by Roald Dahl
9,549 members
141 reviews
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
50
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
by Angela Carter
5,534 members
149 reviews
4
3 Members
inge87, sturlington, fountainoverflows
51
The Dead Zone
by Stephen King
10,029 members
124 reviews
3.8
4 Members
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52
Grendel
by John Gardner
6,059 members
108 reviews
3.8
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
53
A Bend in the River
by V. S. Naipaul
3,196 members
57 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
54
‘Salem's Lot
by Stephen King
16,374 members
295 reviews
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
55
The Word for World is Forest
by Ursula K. Le Guin
2,917 members
94 reviews
3.8
3 Members
Myyst, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
56
Quartet in Autumn
by Barbara Pym
1,284 members
55 reviews
4
2 Members
souloftherose, fountainoverflows
57
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman
9,437 members
252 reviews
4
3 Members
sturlington, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda
58
The Executioner's Song
by Norman Mailer
2,899 members
50 reviews
4
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
59
Ghost Story
by Peter Straub
3,851 members
113 reviews
3.8
4 Members
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60
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice
22,908 members
333 reviews
3.8
4 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, EGBERTINA
61
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
by Judy Blume
7,720 members
241 reviews
3.8
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
62
Delta of Venus
by Anaïs Nin
4,858 members
61 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
63
Tuck Everlasting
by Natalie Babbitt
15,313 members
548 reviews
3.9
4 Members
merrystar, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
64
Love Story
by Erich Segal
2,887 members
62 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
dara85, merrystar
65
The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin
10,741 members
268 reviews
4.1
3 Members
Myyst, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
66
La stanza del vescovo
by Piero Chiara
109 members
4 reviews
3.2
3 Members
roby72, thecoroner, alex68
67
The Sea, the Sea
by Iris Murdoch
3,583 members
94 reviews
3.9
3 Members
souloftherose, alex68, ahef1963
68
The Boys from Brazil
by Ira Levin
2,065 members
42 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
eromsted, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963
69
The Autumn of the Patriarch
by Gabriel García Márquez
3,955 members
45 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
Myyst, EMS_24, alex68
70
The Lorax
by Dr. Seuss
8,877 members
306 reviews
½ 4.4
4 Members
sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA
71
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
by Deborah Howe
7,064 members
158 reviews
4
3 Members
hipdeep, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
72
Gnomes
by Rien Poortvliet
2,370 members
38 reviews
4.1
3 Members
sturlington, EMS_24, ahef1963
73
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
by Judi Barrett
9,811 members
330 reviews
4.2
4 Members
sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
74
All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
4,879 members
43 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
alex68, ahef1963, EGBERTINA
75
Breakfast of Champions
by Kurt Vonnegut
16,292 members
167 reviews
4
3 Members
eromsted, sturlington, ahef1963
76
The Trumpet of the Swan
by E. B. White
11,712 members
79 reviews
4.1
4 Members
sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, EGBERTINA
77
The Thorn Birds
by Colleen McCullough
7,575 members
147 reviews
4
4 Members
merrystar, alex68, ahef1963, EGBERTINA
78
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Judith Viorst
14,383 members
652 reviews
4.2
4 Members
sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
79
Carrie
by Stephen King
14,668 members
290 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, EGBERTINA
80
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
by John Bellairs
2,496 members
74 reviews
3.9
3 Members
merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
81
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
by Erma Bombeck
986 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, EGBERTINA
82
Amphigorey Too
by Edward Gorey
1,496 members
18 reviews
½ 4.4
3 Members
eromsted, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
83
Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner
5,473 members
183 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
84
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
by Ursula K. Le Guin
665 members
30 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
Myyst, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
85
The Book of the Dun Cow
by Walter Jr. Wangerin
1,588 members
21 reviews
3.9
2 Members
fundevogel, ahef1963
86
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
by Vincent Bugliosi
5,032 members
90 reviews
4
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, EGBERTINA
87
This Perfect Day
by Ira Levin
1,298 members
37 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ahef1963
88
The Other
by Thomas Tryon
1,366 members
33 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
89
Freaky Friday
by Mary Rodgers
1,393 members
15 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
90
Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things that Go
by Richard Scarry
2,133 members
19 reviews
4.2
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
91
Motel of the Mysteries
by David Macaulay
1,143 members
27 reviews
4.1
2 Members
merrystar, EMS_24
92
Ringworld
by Larry Niven
9,977 members
187 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
93
Travesties
by Tom Stoppard
1,005 members
12 reviews
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, Myyst
94
Charmed Life
by Diana Wynne Jones
2,719 members
61 reviews
4.1
2 Members
merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
95
Sula
by Toni Morrison
7,680 members
98 reviews
3.8
2 Members
eromsted, alex68
96
A Stitch in Time
by Penelope Lively
241 members
8 reviews
4
2 Members
inge87, merrystar
97
Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand
by Donald J. Sobol
951 members
1 review
3.8
3 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA
98
Ordinary People
by Judith Guest
2,258 members
36 reviews
3.8
2 Members
alex68, CarolynBurke7
99
Jaws
by Peter Benchley
4,037 members
148 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
sturlington, alex68, EGBERTINA
100
Celestial Navigation
by Anne Tyler
954 members
21 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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