1960s Deep Dive ☮️

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4 participants (38 books)

Overview

Read 60 books written during, taking place in, or about the 1960s. “Book” is used loosely and can include influential essays/articles, poems, fiction, or nonfiction. The goal is to better understand the political and artistic climate and the broader historical context of activist movements during the period. 

Challenge Books

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The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins

The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World

Vincent Bevins

320 pages • 2020 • 16 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

The Feminine Mystique

Betty Friedan

562 pages • 1963 • 50 editions

nonfiction classics feminism challenging informative slow-paced
Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara

City Lights Pocket Poets

Lunch Poems

Frank O'Hara

76 pages • 1964 • 7 editions

nonfiction classics poetry reflective slow-paced
Ariel by Sylvia Plath

Ariel

Sylvia Plath

128 pages • 1965 • 71 editions

fiction classics poetry dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson

368 pages • 1962 • 63 editions

nonfiction classics nature politics science informative reflective slow-paced
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

275 pages • 1969 • 270 editions

fiction classics historical literary science fiction dark funny reflective medium-paced
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

389 pages • 2017 • 169 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

287 pages • 1963 • 327 editions

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Being Elvis: A Lonely Life by Ray Connolly

Being Elvis: A Lonely Life

Ray Connolly

384 pages • 2017 • 13 editions

nonfiction biography history music emotional informative sad slow-paced
Dreamgirl: My Life as a Supreme by Mary Wilson

Dreamgirl: My Life as a Supreme

Mary Wilson

337 pages • 1986 • 2 editions

nonfiction biography memoir music informative medium-paced