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The Most Popular Books Published in 1959

These are popular books published in 1959 most frequently added to Goodreads members' shelves. Books are ordered from most shelved to least shelved.
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Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
1
Daniel Keyes
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
2
Shirley Jackson
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
3
John Knowles
Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein)
Starship Troopers
4
Robert A. Heinlein
The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut Jr)
The Sirens of Titan
5
Kurt Vonnegut Jr
The Magic of Thinking Big (David J. Schwartz)
The Magic of Thinking Big
6
David J. Schwartz
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
7
William S. Burroughs
Endurance (Alfred Lansing)
Endurance
8
Alfred Lansing
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
9
Miller
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
10
Lorraine Hansberry
My Side of the Mountain (Jean Craighead George)
My Side of the Mountain
11
Jean Craighead George
Hawaii (James. A. Michener)
Hawaii
12
James. A. Michener
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
13
Robert Bloch
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass, Trans. Breon Mitchell)
The Tin Drum
14
Günter Grass, Trans. Breon Mitchell
Alas, Babylon, Pat Frank (1959)
Alas, Babylon, Pat Frank (1959)
15
All but My Life (Gerda Weissman Klein)
All but My Life
16
Gerda Weissman Klein
Cat Among the Pigeons (Agatha Christie)
Cat Among the Pigeons
17
Agatha Christie
100 Love Sonnets (Pablo Neruda)
100 Love Sonnets
18
Pablo Neruda
The Longest Day (Cornelius Ryan)
The Longest Day
19
Cornelius Ryan
The Manchurian Candidate (Richard Condon)
The Manchurian Candidate
20
Richard Condon
Goldfinger (Ian Fleming)
Goldfinger
21
Ian Fleming
Goodbye, Columbus (Philip Roth)
Goodbye, Columbus
22
Philip Roth
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (C.G. Jung)
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
23
C.G. Jung
Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
Henderson the Rain King
24
Saul Bellow
The Gormenghast Trilogy
The Gormenghast Trilogy
25
Cider With Rosie (Laurie Lee)
Cider With Rosie
26
Laurie Lee
Tintin in Tibet (Georges Remi Herge)
Tintin in Tibet
27
Georges Remi Herge
What the Buddha Taught (Walpola Rahula)
What the Buddha Taught
28
Walpola Rahula
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (Erving Goffman)
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
29
Erving Goffman
To Sir, With Love (E.R. Braithwaite)
To Sir, With Love
30
E.R. Braithwaite
Time Out of Joint (Philip K. Dick)
Time Out of Joint
31
Philip K. Dick
Advise and Consent
Advise and Consent
32
A Medicine for Melancholy (Ray Bradbury)
A Medicine for Melancholy
33
Ray Bradbury
Arabian Sands (Wilfred Thesiger)
Arabian Sands
34
Wilfred Thesiger
Kiss Kiss (Roald Dahl)
Kiss Kiss
35
Roald Dahl
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Mordecai Richler)
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
36
Mordecai Richler
The American Dream & the Zoo Story (Edward Albee)
The American Dream & the Zoo Story
37
Edward Albee
Primitive Mythology (The Masks of God #1) (Joseph Campbell)
Primitive Mythology (The Masks of God #1)
38
Joseph Campbell
Selected Poems of Langston Hughes (Langston Hughes)
Selected Poems of Langston Hughes
39
Langston Hughes
Autobiography of Mark Twain (Mark Twain)
Autobiography of Mark Twain
40
Mark Twain
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