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ALA Notable Books for Adults: 1970-1974

Here is a list of ALA's Notable Books for Adults from 1970-1974. How many of these books have you read?
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The 12-Year Reich: A Social History of Nazi Germany (Richard Grunberger)
The 12-Year Reich: A Social History of Nazi Germany
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Richard Grunberger
365 Days (Ronald Glasser)
365 Days
2
Ronald Glasser
800,000,000: The Real China (Ross Terrill)
800,000,000: The Real China
3
Ross Terrill
Aldous Huxley: A Biography (Sybille Bedford)
Aldous Huxley: A Biography
4
Sybille Bedford
All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw (Theodore Rosengarten)
All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw
5
Theodore Rosengarten
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein)
All the President's Men
6
Carl Bernstein
The Americans: The Democratic Experience (Daniel Boorstin)
The Americans: The Democratic Experience
7
Daniel Boorstin
The Arab Mind (Raphael Patai)
The Arab Mind
8
Raphael Patai
The Ascent of Man (Jacob Bronowski)
The Ascent of Man
9
Jacob Bronowski
August 1914 (Solzhenitsyn)
August 1914
10
Solzhenitsyn
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (Ernest J. Gaines)
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
11
Ernest J. Gaines
Back to the Top of the World (Hans Ruesch)
Back to the Top of the World
12
Hans Ruesch
Bare Ruined Choirs: Doubt, Prophecy, and Radical Religion (Garry Wills)
Bare Ruined Choirs: Doubt, Prophecy, and Radical Religion
13
Garry Wills
The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel/Sticks and Bones (David Rabe)
The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel/Sticks and Bones
14
David Rabe
A Beggar in Jerusalem (Elie Wiesel)
A Beggar in Jerusalem
15
Elie Wiesel
Bell: Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude (Robert V. Bruce)
Bell: Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude
16
Robert V. Bruce
Best and the Brightest (David Halberstam)
Best and the Brightest
17
David Halberstam
Betrayed by Rita Hayworth (Manuel Puig)
Betrayed by Rita Hayworth
18
Manuel Puig
Between Me and Life: A Biography of Romaine Brooks (Meryle Secrest)
Between Me and Life: A Biography of Romaine Brooks
19
Meryle Secrest
Beyond Freedom & Dignity (B.F. Skinner)
Beyond Freedom & Dignity
20
B.F. Skinner
Bird Lives!: The High Life & Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker (Ross Russell)
Bird Lives!: The High Life & Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker
21
Ross Russell
Black Fiddler (Richard Piro)
Black Fiddler
22
Richard Piro
The Black Prince (Iris Murdoch)
The Black Prince
23
Iris Murdoch
The Book of Daniel (E.L. Doctorow)
The Book of Daniel
24
E.L. Doctorow
Bound to Violence (Yambo Ouologuem)
Bound to Violence
25
Yambo Ouologuem
Bright Book of Life (Alfred Kazin)
Bright Book of Life
26
Alfred Kazin
Burr (Gore Vidal)
Burr
27
Gore Vidal
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
28
Dee Brown
Calcutta (Geoffrey Moorhouse)
Calcutta
29
Geoffrey Moorhouse
Cancerqueen (Tommaso Landolfi)
Cancerqueen
30
Tommaso Landolfi
The Case Worker (Gyorgy Konrad)
The Case Worker
31
Gyorgy Konrad
Catholics (Brian Moore)
Catholics
32
Brian Moore
The Children of Pride (Robert Manson Myers)
The Children of Pride
33
Robert Manson Myers
City Life (Donald Barthelme)
City Life
34
Donald Barthelme
The Clocks of Columbus (Charles S. Holmes)
The Clocks of Columbus
35
Charles S. Holmes
Cocteau: A Biography (Francis Steegmuller)
Cocteau: A Biography
36
Francis Steegmuller
Collected Poems (James Wright)
Collected Poems
37
James Wright
Collected Poems, 1951-1971 (A.R. Ammons)
Collected Poems, 1951-1971
38
A.R. Ammons
The Coming of Age (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Coming of Age
39
Simone De Beauvoir
The Coming of Post-Industrial Society (Daniel Bell)
The Coming of Post-Industrial Society
40
Daniel Bell
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