Mid Century


The Bell Jar
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Catcher in the Rye
Lolita
Giovanni’s Room
Invisible Man
You Should Be So Lucky
The Briar Club
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Pale Fire
Play It As It Lays
Franny and Zooey
Revolutionary Road
Animal Farm
Pushback by John E. StithThe Jealous One by Celia FremlinIn a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. HughesThe Trouble Makers by Celia FremlinTwo Mysteries by Charlotte Armstrong
Mid-Century Domestic Noir
29 books — 4 voters
Exercises in Style by Raymond QueneauThe Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raise by Georges PerecCosmicomics by Italo CalvinoIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino
...nothing but Oulipo
39 books — 8 voters

The Mad Wife by Meagan ChurchThe Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives by Elizabeth ArnottShe's a Lamb! by Meredith HambrockMotherthing by Ainslie HogarthThe Once and Future Me by Melissa  Pace
Uncanny 1950s Ladies
17 books — 3 voters
Sex and The Single Girl by Helen Gurley BrownHow to Run Your Home Without Help by Kay SmallshawMake Do and Mend by Imperial War MuseumsMiss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior by Judith MartinKeeping Up Appearances by Roy Clarke
How to be a Lady (Vintage Advice)
37 books — 3 voters

Harper Lee
I need a watchman to go forth and proclaim to them all that twenty-six years is too long to play a joke on anybody, no matter how funny it is. (pg. 182)
Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman

Amy Matayo
He clung to his mid-century politics like plastic wrap clings to leftover Thanksgiving stuffing. Stubborn. Hard to separate. Impossible to straighten once it gets jumbled up, so you give up trying and toss it aside.
Amy Matayo, They Call Her Dirty Sally

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