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THE 10 BOOKS THAT DEFINED THE 1960s

From Lit Hub, a list of 10 books that, if read together, would give a fair picture of the landscape of literary culture for that decade—both as it was and as it is remembered. Here is the list for the 1960s.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert a Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
2
Robert a Heinlein
The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
The Feminine Mystique
3
Betty Friedan
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X & Alex Haley)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
4
Malcolm X & Alex Haley
Ariel (Sylvia Plath)
Ariel
5
Sylvia Plath
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
6
Truman Capote
Slouching Towards Bethlehem (Joan Didion)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
7
Joan Didion
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
8
Maya Angelou
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
9
Kurt Vonnegut
Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth)
Portnoy's Complaint
10
Philip Roth
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