"This is the New York Times Best Seller List, from October, 1961. A depressing reminder that we have slid several rungs down the evolutionary/intellectual ladder –– as it stands, today’s NY Times list features a “telepathic waitress” called “Sookie Stackhouse” who solves crimes; no end of mob lawyers; an ex-government operative called “Cotton Malone”; yet another Star Wars novel; two Emily Griffin joints (both, predictably, about weddings); no less than seven works featuring would-be detectives. Sobering.
1 THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY, by Irving Stone.
2 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, by Harper Lee.
3 THE CARPETBAGGERS, by Harold Robbins.
4 MILA 18, by Leon Uris.
5 THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT, by John Steinbeck.
6 THE EDGE OF SADNESS, by Edwin O’Connor.
7 TROPIC OF CANCER, by Henry Miller.
8 FRANNY AND ZOOEY, by J.D. Salinger.
9 REMBRANDT, by Gladys Schmitt.
10 CLOCK WITHOUT HANDS, by Carson McCullers.
11 THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY, by Sheila Burnford.
12 A MAN IN A MIRROR, by Richard Llewellyn.
13 A JOURNEY TO MATECUMBE, by Robert Lewis Taylor.
14 THE SMALL ROOM, by May Sarton.
15 THE HOUSE AT OLD VINE, by Norah Lofts.
16 MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS, by Evan Hunter."
Via (The Essayist)2 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, by Harper Lee.
3 THE CARPETBAGGERS, by Harold Robbins.
4 MILA 18, by Leon Uris.
5 THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT, by John Steinbeck.
6 THE EDGE OF SADNESS, by Edwin O’Connor.
7 TROPIC OF CANCER, by Henry Miller.
8 FRANNY AND ZOOEY, by J.D. Salinger.
9 REMBRANDT, by Gladys Schmitt.
10 CLOCK WITHOUT HANDS, by Carson McCullers.
11 THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY, by Sheila Burnford.
12 A MAN IN A MIRROR, by Richard Llewellyn.
13 A JOURNEY TO MATECUMBE, by Robert Lewis Taylor.
14 THE SMALL ROOM, by May Sarton.
15 THE HOUSE AT OLD VINE, by Norah Lofts.
16 MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS, by Evan Hunter."
Time it was, oh what a time it was.
*sigh*
5 comments:
Haha, turns out the past really is a foreign country. With smarter people in it!
It was golden to say the least! :) :) And that book by Robin Sharma, is it nice? I would read it soon :)
Cheers,
I agree, i totally miss that era. Literature was what we had then.
Bestsellers aimed at hoarding money is what we have now.
And you have been awarded:
http://crossroads-tarunima.blogspot.com/2011/07/award-time.html?spref=bl
:)
i really didnt know the current best seller list would feature such books .. i always thought nyt best sellers were the kind of books one could buy with eyes closed..the kind of books that would become classics..i guess i was naive..
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