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200 Quintessential Books of the 1970s - Page 3

A list of 200+ must read books that defined the 1970s. Books may be fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, or drama. All had their first English language publication between 1970 and 1979. Limit of two titles per author.
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The Front Runner (Patricia Nell Warren)
The Front Runner
81
Patricia Nell Warren
Future Shock
Future Shock
82
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth by James Lovelock
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth by James Lovelock
83
Go Ask Alice
Go Ask Alice
84
Gorilla, My Love (Toni Cade Bambara)
Gorilla, My Love
85
Toni Cade Bambara
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
86
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
87
Thomas Pynchon
Group Portrait With a Lady
Group Portrait With a Lady
88
Gulag Archipelago
Gulag Archipelago
89
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas R. Hofstadter)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
90
Douglas R. Hofstadter
The Happy Hooker
The Happy Hooker
91
A Hero Ain't Nothing but a Sandwich (Alice Childress)
A Hero Ain't Nothing but a Sandwich
92
Alice Childress
The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom)
The Hiding Place
93
Corrie Ten Boom
High Rise
High Rise
94
The History of Sexuality (Michel Foucault)
The History of Sexuality
95
Michel Foucault
The Hite Report
The Hite Report
96
The House of Medici (Christopher Hibbert)
The House of Medici
97
Christopher Hibbert
Humboldt's Gift (Saul Bellow)
Humboldt's Gift
98
Saul Bellow
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk
99
James Baldwin
If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries Then Why Am I in the Pits
If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries Then Why Am I in the Pits
100
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
101
Italo Calvino
Illness as Metaphor (Susan Sontag)
Illness as Metaphor
102
Susan Sontag
In Love and Trouble (Alice Walker)
In Love and Trouble
103
Alice Walker
In the Night Kitchen (Maurice Sendak)
In the Night Kitchen
104
Maurice Sendak
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
105
Italo Calvino
An Invitation to Indian Cooking (Madhur Jaffrey)
An Invitation to Indian Cooking
106
Madhur Jaffrey
Jejuri (Arun Kolatkar)
Jejuri
107
Arun Kolatkar
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
108
Richard Bach
Journal of a Solitude (May Sarton)
Journal of a Solitude
109
May Sarton
Julie of the Wolves (Jean Craighead George)
Julie of the Wolves
110
Jean Craighead George
Just Above My Head
Just Above My Head
111
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
112
Octavia Butler
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Manuel Puig)
Kiss of the Spider Woman
113
Manuel Puig
Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions (John Lame Deer)
Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions
114
John Lame Deer
The Living End
The Living End
115
Lone Wolf and Cub: Volume One (Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Volume One
116
Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (Judith Rossner)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
117
Judith Rossner
The Lorax (Dr. Seuss)
The Lorax
118
Dr. Seuss
Love Is a Dog From Hell (Charles Bukowski)
Love Is a Dog From Hell
119
Charles Bukowski
Love Story (Erich Segal)
Love Story
120
Erich Segal
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