By The Book

I unintentionally tweaked this week’s Top 10 Tuesday. I checked this week’s challenge before doing research and inadvertently settled on books that were published or were bestsellers the year I was born and that I read at least a few years later 😉 . I will own up to my age by saying that 1960 seems to have been a good year for books! I have included children’s, as well as adult fiction, because I have been an avid reader from the get-go. In a world that is all about the next shiny thing, it is great to see many books that have stood the test of time — at least 60+ years of it.

Do you read books from days gone by?

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Top Books from 1960

Hawaii was the year’s New York Times number one bestseller. I think this was the first book I ever read by Michener. He was a favorite of mine throughout high school.

The saga of a land from the time when the volcanic islands rose out of the sea to the decade in which they become the 50th state. Michener uses individuals’ experiences to symbolize the struggle of the various races to establish themselves in the islands.

Here are other favorites published in 1960

Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman

Green Eggs And Ham by Dr. Seuss

The Clue in The Old Stagecoach by Carolyn Keene

The Island of The Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell

Exodus by Leon Uris

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Tags: Carolyn Keene, children's books, classic fiction, Dr. Seus, Harper Lee, historical fiction, James Michener, Leon Uris, P.D. Eastman, Scott O'Dell