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The Most Popular Books of 1961

A list of the top 100 most shelved books of 1961 on Goodreads.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/popular_by_date/1961
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
1
Joseph Heller
James and the Giant Peach (Roald Dahl)
James and the Giant Peach
2
Roald Dahl
Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls)
Where the Red Fern Grows
3
Wilson Rawls
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
4
Robert A. Heinlein
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
5
Norton Juster
Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)
Solaris
6
Stanislaw Lem
Mastering the Art of French Cooking (Julia Child)
Mastering the Art of French Cooking
7
Julia Child
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
8
Kurt Vonnegut
Travels With Charley (John Steinbeck)
Travels With Charley
9
John Steinbeck
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
10
Richard Yates
Go, Dog, Go! (P. D. Eastman)
Go, Dog, Go!
11
P. D. Eastman
Black Like Me (John Howard Griffin)
Black Like Me
12
John Howard Griffin
A Grief Observed (C. S. Lewis)
A Grief Observed
13
C. S. Lewis
Memories, Dreams, Reflections (C. G. Jung)
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
14
C. G. Jung
The Wretched of the Earth (Franz Fanon)
The Wretched of the Earth
15
Franz Fanon
The Sneetches and Other Stories (Dr. Seuss)
The Sneetches and Other Stories
16
Dr. Seuss
On Becoming a Person (Carl R. Rogers)
On Becoming a Person
17
Carl R. Rogers
The Winter of Our Discontent (John Steinbeck)
The Winter of Our Discontent
18
John Steinbeck
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
19
Muriel Spark
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
20
Fernando Pessoa
The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Jane Jacobs)
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
21
Jane Jacobs
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
22
V.S. Naipaul
Madness and Civilisation (Michel Foucault)
Madness and Civilisation
23
Michel Foucault
Ten Apples Up on Top
Ten Apples Up on Top
24
A Fish Out of Water (Helen Palmer)
A Fish Out of Water
25
Helen Palmer
Call for the Dead (John Le Carré)
Call for the Dead
26
John Le Carré
Day (Eliel Wiesel)
Day
27
Eliel Wiesel
Mila 18
Mila 18
28
Asterix the Gaul
Asterix the Gaul
29
The Game of Kings (Dorothy Dunnett)
The Game of Kings
30
Dorothy Dunnett
The Bronze Bow (Elizabeth George Speare)
The Bronze Bow
31
Elizabeth George Speare
Harrison Bergeron
Harrison Bergeron
32
The Undiscovered Self (C.G. Jung)
The Undiscovered Self
33
C.G. Jung
The Virtue of Selfishness (Ayn Rand)
The Virtue of Selfishness
34
Ayn Rand
The Pale Horse (Agatha Christie)
The Pale Horse
35
Agatha Christie
No One Writes to the Colonel (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
No One Writes to the Colonel
36
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
West Side Story
West Side Story
37
Thunderball (Ian Fleming)
Thunderball
38
Ian Fleming
The Stainless Steel
The Stainless Steel
39
Nobody Knows My Name (James Baldwin)
Nobody Knows My Name
40
James Baldwin
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