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Goodreads' Best Books 1970-1979

Top 400 (stopped when there was nothing more of interest in the list) best books as voted by goodreads users between the year 1970 and the year 1979. I have not included books that I know personally I will not enjoy. These are generally YA books (all except the most popular ones) and romance. You will find no teen vampire romance books in this list :)
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84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross Road
1
Helene Hanff
Abel's Island (William Steig)
Abel's Island
2
William Steig
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (Spike Milligan)
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
3
Spike Milligan
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Judith Viorst)
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
4
Judith Viorst
Alive (Piers Paul Read)
Alive
5
Piers Paul Read
All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
All Creatures Great and Small
6
James Herriot
All the President's Men (Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward)
All the President's Men
7
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Things Bright and Beautiful
8
All Things Wise and Wonderful
All Things Wise and Wonderful
9
Amadeus
Amadeus
10
The Amytiville Horror
The Amytiville Horror
11
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
12
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose
13
ANOTHER FINE MYTH
ANOTHER FINE MYTH
14
Another Roadside Attraction
Another Roadside Attraction
15
Are You There God? It's Me Margaret (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me Margaret
16
Judy Blume
Arthur (King) (Silver on the Tree)
Arthur (King) (Silver on the Tree)
17
The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski
The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski
18
The Atrocity Exhibition
The Atrocity Exhibition
19
Audrey Rose (Frank De Felitta)
Audrey Rose
20
Frank De Felitta
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (Mario Vargas Llosa)
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
21
Mario Vargas Llosa
Autumn of the Patriarch
Autumn of the Patriarch
22
The Bastard (John Jakes)
The Bastard
23
John Jakes
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
24
Being There
Being There
25
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
26
V.S. Naipaul
Betrayal (Harold Pinter)
Betrayal
27
Harold Pinter
Bicentennial Man
Bicentennial Man
28
Bilbo's Last Song (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Bilbo's Last Song
29
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Black Prince
The Black Prince
30
Bless Me Ultima
Bless Me Ultima
31
The Blessing Way
The Blessing Way
32
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
33
Angela Carter
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
34
Toni Morrison
Bomber
Bomber
35
The Book of Daniel (E.L. Doctorow)
The Book of Daniel
36
E.L. Doctorow
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Milan Kundera)
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
37
Milan Kundera
The Bookshop (Penelope Fitzgerald)
The Bookshop
38
Penelope Fitzgerald
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
39
Kurt Vonnegut
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
Bridge to Terabithia
40
Katherine Paterson
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