Which book was a hit in the year of your birth
Do you know which books has fascinated the world in the year of your birth?
AdMe.ru editors reviewed the charts of bestsellers and studied literature news in different years of the XX century and early XXI. See which book was a hit in the year of your birth, and if you have not read it, do it. Who knows, maybe you apromeni your life.
50s of the 20th century
1950 - "Beyond the river, the trees," Ernest Hemingway
1951 - "From Here to Eternity," James Jones
1952 - "The Catcher in the Rye" Jerome Salinger
1953 - "East of Eden" John Steinbeck
1954 - "The Lord of the Rings", J.. RR Tolkien
1955 - "hello pain," Francoise Sagan
1956 - "Eloise," Kay Thompson
1957 - "Peyton Place" by Grace Metalias
1958 - "Lolita," Vladimir Nabokov
1959 - "Doctor Zhivago", Boris Pasternak
60s of the 20th century
1960 - "To Kill a Mockingbird," Harper Lee
1961 - "Tropic of Cancer" Henry Miller
1962 - "Franny and Zooey" JK. Salinger
1963 - "Shoes of the Fisherman," Morris West
1964 - "You Only Live Twice" "Ian Fleming
1965 - "Hotel" Arthur Hailey
1966 - "Valley of the Dolls" Jacqueline Susan
1967 - "Rosemary's Baby," Ira Levin
1968 - "Couple" John Updike
1969 - "The Godfather," Mario Puzo
wow awesome post nice research :)
saludos son mucho recuerdos
This post makes me feel so young
What about the other decades?
This is very interesting. In Germany we have thats lists too. in 1991 - my birthyear - Nr. 1 was Rosamunde Pilcher with "the shell seekers". Normally Pilcher is known for her cheesy love stories but this one is said to be very good. I should give it a try.