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
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