Where Can I Find A Complete List Of Best Selling Books Of The 60s?
2026-07-21 18:53:35
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PaulFinn
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Has anyone put together a Spotify-style 'wrapped' for 1960s books? That'd be hilarious. 'Your top genre was sprawling historical fiction. You spent 400 hours with James Michener this year.' But for real, a clean, sortable digital list is the dream. I think the demand isn't high enough for a developer to scrape all that old data into a nice app. It's a niche hobbyist thing. Maybe a Reddit community like r/DataIsBeautiful could inspire someone to make an infographic. Until then, we're all just collating info from dusty corners of the internet.
2026-07-22 16:56:23
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LeonSmith
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Sometimes the easiest answer is a book. Go to Amazon or a used book site and search 'New York Times Bestsellers 1960s compiled'. There are books that are literally just reprinted lists, sometimes with commentary. 'The New York Times Bestsellers: A Guide to the Most Popular Books of the 20th Century' or similar titles. Buy a cheap used copy. It's a one-stop shop. It might not be online, but it's physical, reliable, and you can stick it on your shelf. For a deep dive, that's the most efficient method if you don't want to mess with digital archives.
2026-07-26 15:47:24
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NellPayne
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I feel like a fraud because I mostly know the 60s list from parody references in cartoons. 'Man, that's selling like 'Valley of the Dolls'!' But it makes me curious about the real thing. How do you even measure 'best selling' back then? Book clubs? Store sales? It seems like a minefield. I'm just here to learn from you all who actually know how to find this stuff. The comments are a masterclass in research methods.
2026-07-27 05:58:57
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ReesePage
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Is it just me, or does the phrase 'bestseller of the 1960s' conjure a specific smell? That old paperback smell. Glue and ink and time. Any list should probably come with a scratch-and-sniff card of that. Anyway, carry on with the useful answers, folks.
2026-07-27 10:13:20
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CoraCase
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Don't overlook the 'List of best-selling books' page on Wikipedia. It has a table for 'best-selling books of all time' which includes many from the 60s, like 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and 'The Godfather'. But it's based on lifetime sales estimates, not their performance specifically within the 1960s. A book published in 1960 could have sold most of its copies in the 70s or later. So it's not a decade-specific list, but it does highlight the absolute giants that originated in that era. It's a different, but related, piece of the puzzle.
2026-07-27 14:59:33
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