List of 36 Books Based in the 1950s
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Looking for books based in the 1950s? Take a look at this handy list of relevant examples. In this collection, you'll find a variety of books that are set in that time period.
| Title | Author | Publishing Year | Genre |
| A Boy's Own Story | Edmund White | 1982 | Novel, Fiction, Autobiography, Autobiographical novel, Bildungsroman |
| Absolute Beginners | Colin MacInnes | 1959 | Novel, Fiction |
| Baby of the Family | Tina McElroy Ansa | 1989 | Bildungsroman, Occult Fiction, Domestic Fiction |
| Brooklyn | Colm Tóibín | 2009 | Novel, Romance novel, Psychological Fiction |
| Bunny Lake Is Missing | Evelyn Piper | 1957 | Novel, Fiction, Mystery |
| Circle of Friends | Maeve Binchy | 1990 | Novel, Fiction, Romance novel, Drama |
| England Expects | Sara Sheridan | 2014 | Mystery, Historical Fiction, Crime Fiction |
| Gods of Howl Mountain | Taylor Brown | 2018 | Historical Fiction, Southern Fiction |
| It | Stephen King | 1986 | Novel, Horror fiction, Thriller, Dark fantasy, Coming-of-age story |
| Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov | 1955 | Novel, Fiction, Erotic literature, Tragicomedy |
| Meet Me in Monaco | Hazel Gaynor | 2019 | Historical Fiction, Romance novel, Biographical Fiction |
| Mexican Gothic | Silvia Moreno-Garcia | 2020 | Horror fiction, Gothic fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Historical fantasy |
| Seventh Heaven | Alice Hoffman | 1990 | Novel, Domestic Fiction |
| Snow | John Banville | 2020 | Mystery, Thriller, Historical Fiction |
| Snow Falling on Cedars | David Guterson | 1994 | Novel, Fiction, Legal Story |
| The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath | 1963 | Novel, Autobiography, Autobiographical novel, Psychological Fiction, Roman à clef, Fictional Autobiography |
| The Calculating Stars | Mary Robinette Kowal | 2018 | Historical Fiction, Historical, Adult, Space, Science Fiction Fantasy |
| The Catcher in the Rye | J.D. Salinger | 1951 | Novel, Young adult fiction, Bildungsroman, Coming-of-age story, Literary realism, First-person narrative |
| The Huntress | Kate Quinn | 2019 | Novel, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, War story |
| The Invitation | Lucy Foley | 2016 | Romance novel, Historical Fiction |
| The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets | Eva Rice | 2005 | Romance novel, Historical Fiction |
| The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love | Oscar Hijuelos | 1989 | Novel, Domestic Fiction |
| The Perfume Collector | Kathleen Tessaro | 2013 | Novel, Historical Fiction |
| The Poisonwood Bible | Barbara Kingsolver | 1998 | Novel, Historical Fiction, Women's fiction, Domestic Fiction |
| The Reader | Bernhard Schlink | 1995 | Novel, Romance novel, Psychological Fiction |
| The Remains of the Day | Kazuo Ishiguro | 1989 | Novel, Romance novel, Historical Fiction, historical novel |
| The Secrets We Kept | Lara Prescott | 2019 | Thriller, Historical Fiction, Spy fiction |
| The Stationery Shop of Tehran | Marjan Kamali | 2019 | Romance novel, Historical Fiction, Domestic Fiction |
| The Summer Wives | Beatriz Williams | 2018 | Novel, Romance novel, Historical Fiction, Domestic Fiction |
| The Swans of Fifth Avenue | Melanie Benjamin | 2016 | Novel, Historical Fiction, Biographical Fiction |
| The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie | Alan Bradley | 2009 | Novel, Mystery, Fiction |
| The Wedding | Dorothy West | 1995 | Novel, Domestic Fiction |
| The Women in Black | Madeleine St. John | 1993 | Literature, Fiction |
| The Women’s Room | Marilyn French | 1977 | Novel, Fiction |
| Wishing You Were Here | Catherine Chant | 2012 | Science Fiction, Time Travel, Romance, Young Adult, Music, Fantasy |
| Women Like Us | Erica Abeel | 1994 | Domestic Fiction |
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