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What’s the Story? 60s Best Selling Books

Holiday time is over for me and schools are getting ready to receive their pupils so here’s a trip down Memory Lane for some of us who were children in the 60s. Certain books define their era and Good Reads have lists o ...

Holiday time is over for me and schools are getting ready to receive their pupils so here’s a trip down Memory Lane for some of us who were children in the 60s. Certain books define their era and Good Reads have lists organised in decades if you want to connect with yours: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/18

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Here is their top 10 from 100 for the 1960s.

1
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
4.25 avg rating — 2,982,839 ratings

2
The Outsiders
The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 616,802 ratings

3
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's ...
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Ken Kesey
4.18 avg rating — 477,163 ratings

4
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
4.04 avg rating — 810,622 ratings

5
Charlie and the Chocolate F...
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
by Roald Dahl
4.10 avg rating — 470,371 ratings

6
Catch-22
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
3.97 avg rating — 526,044 ratings

7
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkl...
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
by Madeleine L’Engle
4.04 avg rating — 581,262 ratings

8
Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr. Seuss
4.29 avg rating — 443,303 ratings

9
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
4.04 avg rating — 379,512 ratings

10
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
4.22 avg rating — 575,115 ratings

My top 10 would look quite different – take a look and choose yours – and maybe even get some down from your shelves and  re-live the moment.

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