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Books of the 1970s

Magic realism broke through globally — García Márquez won the Nobel in 1982 for work begun in this decade. Toni Morrison's first novels appeared. The literary map was redrawn. 67 titles in the catalogue from this decade.

The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison · 1970 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
Maurice E.M. Forster · 1971 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →
Ways of Seeing John Berger · 1972 Editor's Choice Get it on Amazon →
Invisible Cities Italo Calvino · 1972 Essential Read See details →
Sula Toni Morrison · 1973 Essential Read See details →
The Shining Stephen King · 1977 Essential Read See details →
Ceremony Leslie Marmon Silko · 1977 Essential Read See details →
The Bookshop Penelope Fitzgerald · 1978 Essential Read See details →
The Sea the Sea Iris Murdoch · 1978 Essential Read See details →
The World According to Garp John Irving · 1978 Essential Read See details →
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams · 1979 Essential Read See details →
Kindred Octavia Butler · 1979 Essential Read See details →
The Bloody Chamber Angela Carter · 1979 Essential Read See details →
Sophie's Choice William Styron · 1979 Essential Read See details →
This Perfect Day Ira Levin · 1970 Recommended See details →
Zone Null Herbert W. Franke · 1970 Recommended See details →
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Judy Blume · 1970 Recommended See details →
Nobody knew they were there! Evan Hunter · 1971 Recommended See details →
The Lathe of Heaven Ursula K. Le Guin · 1971 Recommended See details →
Conformity and conflict James P. Spradley · 1971 Recommended See details →
Our bodies, ourselves Boston Women's Health Book Collective · 1971 Recommended See details →
The Exorcist William Peter Blatty · 1971 Recommended See details →
The new Oxford book of English verse, 1250-1950, chosen and edited by Helen Gardner Helen Louise Gardner · 1971 Recommended See details →
Go Ask Alice Beatrice Sparks · 1971 Recommended See details →
The Tombs of Atuan Ursula K. Le Guin · 1971 Recommended See details →
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman Angela Carter · 1972 Recommended See details →
Watership Down Richard Adams · 1972 Recommended See details →
The Planning (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 Rand McNally · 1972 Recommended See details →
Stone age economics Marshall Sahlins · 1972 Recommended See details →
Bless Me, Ultima Rudolfo A. Anaya · 1972 Recommended See details →
The profession of violence John Pearson · 1972 Recommended See details →
Food in history Reay Tannahill · 1973 Recommended See details →
Astérix en Corse René Goscinny · 1973 Recommended See details →
Biogeography C. Barry Cox · 1973 Recommended See details →
The Book of Dragons Edith Nesbit · 1973 Recommended See details →
One man's wilderness Richard Proenneke · 1973 Recommended See details →
The onion field Joseph Wambaugh · 1973 Recommended See details →
The Summer of My German Soldier Bette Greene · 1973 Recommended See details →
The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin · 1974 Recommended See details →
Carrie Stephen King · 1974 Recommended See details →
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Annie Dillard · 1974 Recommended See details →
The Forever War Joe Haldeman · 1974 Recommended See details →
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert M. Pirsig · 1974 Recommended See details →
The Great Railway Bazaar Paul Theroux · 1975 Recommended See details →
The Miracle of Mindfulness Thich Nhat Hanh · 1975 Recommended See details →
'Salem’s Lot Stephen King · 1975 Recommended See details →
The Tao of Physics Fritjof Capra · 1975 Recommended See details →
Life After Life Raymond A. Moody · 1975 Recommended See details →
The complete Jack the Ripper Donald Rumbelow · 1975 Recommended See details →
Behind a Mask, or, A Woman's Power Louisa May Alcott · 1975 Recommended See details →
Danny, The Champion of the World Roald Dahl · 1975 Recommended See details →
Interview with the Vampire Anne Rice · 1976 Recommended See details →
The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins · 1976 Recommended See details →
International business John D. Daniels · 1976 Recommended See details →
Histoire des croyances et des idées religieuses Mircea Eliade · 1976 Recommended See details →
Song of Solomon Toni Morrison · 1977 Recommended See details →
The Silmarillion J.R.R. Tolkien · 1977 Recommended See details →
On Photography Susan Sontag · 1977 Recommended See details →
A Time of Gifts Patrick Leigh Fermor · 1977 Recommended See details →
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More Roald Dahl · 1977 Recommended See details →
And Still I Rise Maya Angelou · 1978 Recommended See details →
Collins Robert French English Dictionary Beryl T. Atkins · 1978 Recommended See details →
Fat is a feminist issue Susie Orbach · 1978 Recommended See details →
The Stand Stephen King · 1978 Recommended See details →
The Great Gilly Hopkins (M Books) Katherine Paterson · 1978 Recommended See details →
Organizational Behavior Stephen P. Robbins · 1979 Recommended See details →
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams · 1979 Recommended See details →

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