1950s Novel Rankings
Top 50 novels published between 1950–1959.
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Invisible Man – Ralph Ellison—
The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger—
Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov—
Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury—
Lord of the Flies – William Golding—
On the Road – Jack Kerouac—
Go Tell It on the Mountain – James Baldwin—
The Talented Mr. Ripley – Patricia Highsmith—
Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand—
Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe—
The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway—
East of Eden – John Steinbeck—
The Winter of Our Discontent – John Steinbeck—
The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck—
Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck—
The Quiet American – Graham Greene—
Our Man in Havana – Graham Greene—
The End of the Affair – Graham Greene—
The Power and the Glory – Graham Greene—
Brighton Rock – Graham Greene—
The Naked Lunch – William S. Burroughs—
Junky – William S. Burroughs—
The Recognitions – William Gaddis—
A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess—
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – Muriel Spark—
The Ballad of the Sad Café – Carson McCullers—
The Member of the Wedding – Carson McCullers—
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter – Carson McCullers—
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit – Sloan Wilson—
Peyton Place – Grace Metalious—
The Shrinking Man – Richard Matheson—
I Am Legend – Richard Matheson—
The Haunting of Hill House – Shirley Jackson—
We Have Always Lived in the Castle – Shirley Jackson—
The Lottery – Shirley Jackson—
The Borrowers – Mary Norton—
Charlotte's Web – E.B. White—
The Once and Future King – T.H. White—
The Bridge on the River Kwai – Pierre Boulle—
Bonjour Tristesse – Françoise Sagan—
The Mandarins – Simone de Beauvoir—
The Fall – Albert Camus—
The Plague – Albert Camus—
The Stranger – Albert Camus—
The Rebel – Albert Camus—
The Outsider – Colin Wilson—
Lord of the World – Robert Hugh Benson—