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Fiction (Mostly) of the Fifties

Notable fiction of the fifties, as international as I could make it, with a smattering of significant nonfiction books of the period as well.
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Across the River and Into the Trees
Across the River and Into the Trees
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Bonjour Tristesse (Francoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
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Francoise Sagan
The Man With the Golden Arm (Nelson Algren)
The Man With the Golden Arm
3
Nelson Algren
Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
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JRR Tolkien
The Return of the King (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Return of the King
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J.R.R. Tolkien
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
6
J.D. Salinger
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
7
Allen Ginsberg
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
8
Jack Kerouac
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
9
Ray Bradbury
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
10
William Golding
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
11
E.B. White
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
12
Vladimir Nabokov
The Wapshot Chronicle (John Cheever)
The Wapshot Chronicle
13
John Cheever
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
14
Ernest Hemingway
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
15
John Steinbeck
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
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Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
17
Arthur Miller
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
18
Ray Bradbury
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
19
Black Boy
Black Boy
20
The Mandarins (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Mandarins
21
Simone De Beauvoir
Arthur (King) (The Once and Future King)
Arthur (King) (The Once and Future King)
22
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
23
Chinua Achebe
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
24
Graham Greene
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
25
Boris Pasternak
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
26
Samuel Beckett
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
27
Albert Camus
Foundation (Asimov)
Foundation
28
Asimov
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
29
Patricia Highsmith
Cross Creek (Marjorie Kinnon Rawlings)
Cross Creek
30
Marjorie Kinnon Rawlings
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Other Plays
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Other Plays
31
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
32
Günter Grass
Under the Net (Iris Murdoch)
Under the Net
33
Iris Murdoch
Exodus (Leon Uris)
Exodus
34
Leon Uris
The Glass Family (Franny and Zooey) (J. D. Salinger)
The Glass Family (Franny and Zooey)
35
J. D. Salinger
Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut)
Sirens of Titan
36
Kurt Vonnegut
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
37
Graham Greene
The Bell (Iris Murdoch)
The Bell
38
Iris Murdoch
The Horse's Mouth
The Horse's Mouth
39
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
40
Flannery O'Connor
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