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Favorite Books from the 1970s

Description: Your favorite books written/published in the 1970s
Members: 3 participating members
ManWithAnAgenda, elkiedee, Julie_in_the_Library

Rank Title Author Added

1

by Octavia E. Butler

7,848 members

332 reviews

4.2

2 Members: elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda

2

Tales of the City

by Armistead Maupin

4,873 members

103 reviews

3.9

2 Members: elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

by Robert C. O'Brien

10,741 members

163 reviews

4.2

2 Members: elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda

4

by Agatha Christie

3,496 members

77 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Julie_in_the_Library

5

by Thomas Tryon

1,311 members

32 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Golden Ball and Other Stories

by Agatha Christie

1,004 members

14 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Julie_in_the_Library

7

Dancer from the Dance

by Andrew Holleran

974 members

12 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

8

by Richard Adams

24,080 members

462 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

9

Elephants Can Remember

by Agatha Christie

3,629 members

63 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Julie_in_the_Library

10

Roadside Picnic

by Arkady Strugatsky

3,363 members

123 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

11

by Joseph Hansen

448 members

21 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

12

2,313 members

52 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

13

by Stephen King

22,272 members

438 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

14

The Dispossessed

by Ursula K. Le Guin

10,323 members

260 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

15

by Joseph Hansen

282 members

12 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

16

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

by John Bellairs

2,396 members

75 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

17

by Diana Wynne Jones

957 members

18 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

18

Bridge to Terabithia

by Katherine Paterson

20,772 members

595 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

19

The Westing Game

by Ellen Raskin

11,876 members

330 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

20

The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring

by John Bellairs

716 members

12 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

21

by Marlys Millhiser

513 members

23 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

22

House of Stairs

by William Sleator

920 members

43 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

23

The Stepford Wives

2,958 members

88 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

24

Among the Dolls

by William Sleator

267 members

15 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

25

The Best Little Boy in the World

512 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

26

The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Stories

by Ursula K. Le Guin

2,300 members

30 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

27

Frog and Toad are Friends

by Arnold Lobel

9,983 members

255 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

28

Something Queer at the Library

by Elizabeth Levy

159 members

3 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

About This List

Started: Julie_in_the_Library
January 8
Type: Numbered and unnumbered

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