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The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,312,313 ratings — published 1963
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,116,893 ratings — published 1960
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,009,509 ratings — published 1951
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.87 — 977,817 ratings — published 1955
Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.34 — 299,466 ratings — published 1956
Invisible Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.93 — 206,729 ratings — published 1952
You Should Be So Lucky (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.26 — 19,304 ratings — published 2024
The Briar Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.27 — 327,864 ratings — published 2024
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,425,356 ratings — published 2017
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.69 — 63,777 ratings — published 1961
Pale Fire (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.17 — 60,346 ratings — published 1962
Play It As It Lays (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.90 — 99,783 ratings — published 1970
Franny and Zooey (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.95 — 246,195 ratings — published 1957
Revolutionary Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.94 — 95,694 ratings — published 1961
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,802,205 ratings — published 1945
The Mad Wife (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.85 — 184,221 ratings — published 2025
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.85 — 257,037 ratings — published 1958
The Easter Parade (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.03 — 11,279 ratings — published 1976
We Could Be So Good (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.25 — 24,669 ratings — published 2023
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,899,621 ratings — published 2022
The Secrets We Kept (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.64 — 81,213 ratings — published 2019
A Separate Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.60 — 236,196 ratings — published 1959
On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.61 — 459,981 ratings — published 1957
The 1950s Kitchen (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.84 — 56 ratings — published 2011
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,638 ratings — published 1954
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.09 — 755,170 ratings — published 1966
Out of the Easy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.03 — 74,233 ratings — published 2013
The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.12 — 812,685 ratings — published 1998
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.00 — 791,911 ratings — published 1962
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,095,472 ratings — published 2009
The Stories of John Cheever (Vintage International)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.26 — 16,011 ratings — published 1978
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,374,274 ratings — published 1952
The Martian Chronicles (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.16 — 293,632 ratings — published 1950
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,522,748 ratings — published 1942
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,526,641 ratings — published 1969
The Quiet American (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.98 — 75,316 ratings — published 1955
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,986,658 ratings — published 1963
The 42nd Parallel (U.S.A. #1)
by (shelved 2 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.83 — 8,029 ratings — published 1930
There's Only One Sin in Hollywood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,693 ratings — published 2026
The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.53 — 22,689 ratings — published 2026
The Constant Nymph (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.62 — 885 ratings — published 1924
Country Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.92 — 339 ratings — published 1947
Broken Country (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.26 — 724,032 ratings — published 2025
Keeper of Lost Children (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.43 — 43,830 ratings — published 2026
Quartet in Autumn (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.89 — 6,925 ratings — published 1978
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.66 — 465,884 ratings — published 2020
The Echo of Old Books (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.25 — 133,845 ratings — published 2023
Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963 (Americans and the California Dream #7)
by (shelved 2 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.16 — 177 ratings — published 2009
The Price of Salt (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mid-century)
avg rating 4.02 — 89,059 ratings — published 1952
Uncle Paul (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as mid-century)
avg rating 3.22 — 2,797 ratings — published 1959
“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.”
― They Call Her Dirty Sally
― They Call Her Dirty Sally
“Just a penis with a thesaurus”
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