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Collected Millar: Legendary Novels of Suspense
by Margaret Millar
The four novels in this collection straddle one of the most tumultuous decades of the 20th century and display Millar's uncanny ability to craft truly disturbing suspense fiction while still addressing social issues. Complex discussions of feminism, child abuse, and racism blend seamlessly into four of the most chilling tales ever told.
Year: 1960
Genre: Cold Case, Missing Person, Private Eye
The Warriors
by Sol Yurick
The basis for the cult-classic film The Warriors chronicles one New York City gang's nocturnal journey through the seedy, dangerous subways and city streets of the 1960s. Every gang in the city meets on a sweltering July 4 night in a Bronx park for a peace rally. The Warriors follows the Dominators making their way back to their home territory without being killed.
Year: 1965
Genre: Coming of Age, Crime Fiction
Fertig
by Sol Yurick
Sol Yurick's cult novel, originally published in 1966, blasts the American judicial system and society in general. It was called 'one of the fiercest and most effective satires to come out of America in a decade' by The Spectator. Although written before his debut published novel The Warriors (1965), like that work, Fertig was eventually made into a movie--The Confession (1999) starring Ben Kingsley.
Year: 1966
Genre: Satire
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe
To most, Ken Kesey is best known as the author of the celebrated novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. But for Tom Wolfe, Ken was the leader of the Merry Pranksters, a band of counter-culture bohemians who traveled cross-country in a far-out, brightly painted school bus they dubbed Furthur.
Year: 1968
Genre: New Journalism, Non-fiction
The Drifters
by James A. Michener
In this triumphant bestseller, renowned novelist James A. Michener unfolds a powerful and poignant drama of disenchanted youth during the Vietnam era. Against exotic backdrops including Spain, Morocco, and Mozambique, he weaves together the heady dreams, shocking tribulations, and heartwarming bonds of six young runaways cast adrift in the world--as well as the hedonistic pursuit of drugs and pleasure that collapses all around them.
Year: 1971
Titles
| Got It | Want It | Read It | Year | Title | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1960 | Collected Millar: Legendary Novels of Suspense | by Margaret Millar | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1965 | The Warriors | by Sol Yurick | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1966 | Fertig | by Sol Yurick | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1968 | The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test | by Tom Wolfe | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1971 | The Drifters | by James A. Michener | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1973 | Souvenirs of a Blown World | by Gregory Mcdonald | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1979 | The Right Stuff | by Tom Wolfe | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1986 | Forrest Gump | by Winston Groom | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1995 | American Tabloid | by James Ellroy | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1997 | The Last of the Savages | by Jay McInerney | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2001 | The Cold Six Thousand | by James Ellroy | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2009 | Blood's a Rover | by James Ellroy | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2014 | Conversations with Ken Kesey | by Ken Kesey | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2020 | Utopia Avenue | by David Mitchell | ||||||
