Most Popular Mainstream Books of the 1950s

Discover popular Mainstream books from the 1950s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Our Ancestors

The Baron in the Trees

Italo Calvino

Fantasy · Translation · Mainstream

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

Horror · Mainstream

Our Man in Havana

Graham Greene

Spy Thriller · Historical Fiction · Mainstream · Thriller

Theseus #1

The King Must Die

Mary Renault

Greek Mythology · Minotaur · Mythology · Historical Fiction · Mainstream

The Naked Lunch

William S. Burroughs

Science Fiction · Mainstream

Green Town

Dandelion Wine

Ray Bradbury

Mainstream

Troubled Star

George O. Smith

Mainstream

August Bondi: Border Hawk

Lloyd Alexander

Mainstream

Wilderness of Spring

Edgar Pangborn

Mainstream

An Elephant for Aristotle

L. Sprague de Camp

Historical Fiction · Mainstream

Cubby in Wonderland #3

Tike & Tiny in the Tetons

Frances Joyce Farnsworth

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Childrens · Mainstream

Junky

William S. Burroughs

Mainstream

The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories

Lord Dunsany

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream