Hi Rick, thanks so much for voting! Are you sure that all of these books have main/major characters who are hippies? Several of them don't make any mention of hippies at all in the description.

Dhalgren is a post apocalyptic alternate reality of the 1960s. The characters and the setting are all influenced and inspired by the culture of that era.
Bless the Beasts and Children is about a group of boys who don’t fit in and are all outcasts in one way or another. And it is set in the period.
The Compleat Moonshadow and its sequel Farewell, Moonshadow are fantasy that are deeply influenced by that era and the cultural groundswell that shock the society of the 1970s.
I added The Invisibles series as it deals with counter-culture and the “fight the system” attitudes that were so prominent of the times. Technically, these aren’t “hippies” in the strictest sense, but the stories and characters are deeply inspired by the movement.
The Steve Ditko Omnibus, Vol. 1: Starring Shade, the Changing Man spotlights a trippy character created in that time period that, at least for me, embodies all that psychedelic culture and trippy mentality. I didn’t include the newer series by Peter Milligan as I couldn’t really rationalize it as “hippie” even though it’s even more “far out” and trippy than the original by Steve Ditko.
If you don’t think they sound like they fit, it won’t bother me to remove any of them.

Okay, in reading back over your comment exchanges with other votes, I think I’m going to remove The Steve Ditko Omnibus, Vol. 1: Starring Shade, the Changing Man. It would really qualify as “fiction for hippies” I suppose.
The Invisibles series might be harder for me to rationalize, but the group is social outcasts and they sort of form a family for each other, or a commune-like community. But they’re definitely counterculture. But it certainly NOT set in the 60s or 70s. So I’ll leave that as your call.
The others I’d still stand firm on.
There were also some others I thought about adding and didn’t, like: Stranger in a Strange Land and The Word for World is Forest and The Lathe of Heaven. Actually I’m still trying to rationalize Stranger and Lathe. 🧐

Thanks! I would say that the hippies have to be either main or major characters. I don't think the word "hippie" absolutely has to appear in the text, but it should be obvious that's what the characters are and mentioned by other people who read and review the book.

For example, a book where the MC meets a hippie on a road trip in one scene would not qualify. But let's say the character travels with the hippies for several chapters and forms relationships with them, that would qualify. The whole book should really revolve around or feature hippies in some significant way.

There's also a great list for Counter-Culture books, so books about general outcasts or misfits of the era would be good there, or books that are sort of inspired by or provide inspiration for the counter culture. But for my list there actually have to be literal "dirty hippies," lol.

From Merriam-Webster “Definition of hippie: a usually young person who rejects the mores of established society (as by dressing unconventionally or favoring communal living) and advocates a nonviolent ethic
broadly : a long-haired unconventionally dressed young person”

I’d still stand by my selections for the list with this definition. Although, as one moves further from the traditional 60s & 70s hippie it does become more of a question of authenticity and interpretation. I do tend to go broad with my fishing nets, I grew up in the era and I’ve been called a ... ah hm ... “dirty hippie” almost as often as “filthy faggot” - although to be fair neither gets used all that much since the dearly departed 80s.

Modern hippies are ok, too! It doesn't necessarily have to be historical fiction. There are lots of older hippies or aging hippies, but I'd say definitely at least still on earth with human characters. Some of the YA and MG books I added have kids in the modern world with hippie families.