READING LIST FOR 1957

I have now posted reviews of almost all the books I read from 1957 for My Big Fat Reading Project. In general, the books in this year show a continuation of the change from a long tradition of historical novels, dense and formal writing, a certain stodginess (in my opinion) to lighter, currently relevant stories told in livelier prose with examples of innovation. New authors appearing on the list include Ayn Rand, Muriel Spark, Marion Zimmer Bradley, V S Naipaul and John Barth.

If you know of anyone important that I missed, I would be glad to hear about it.



 

BESTSELLERS

1.By Love Possessed, James Gould Cozzens

2. Peyton Place, Grace Metalious

3. Compulsion, Meyer Levin

4 .Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, Max Shulman

5. Blue Camellia, Frances Parkinson Keyes

6.  Eloise in Paris, Kay Thompson

7. The Scapegoat, Daphne du Maurier

8. On the Beach, Nevil Shute

9. Below the Salt, Thomas B Costain

10 Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

OTHERS

1.    PULITZER: none

2.    NBA: The Field of Vision, Wright Morris

3.    NEWBERY: Miracles on Maple Hill, Virginia Sorensen

4.    CALDECOTT: A Tree is Nice, Janice Udry

5.    EDGAR: A Dram of Poison, Charlotte Armstrong

6.    HUGO: None

7.    April Lady, Georgette Heyer

8.    The Assistant, Bernard Malamud

9.    The Bridge at Andau, James A Michener

10.                  Citizen of the Galaxy, Robert Heinlein

11.                  The Comforters, Muriel Spark

12.                  Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury

13.                  A Death in the Family, James Agee

14.                  The Deep Range, Arthur C Clarke

15.                  Deep Water, Patricia Highsmith

16.                  The Door Into Summer, Robert Heinlein

17.                  The Edge of Darkness, Mary Ellen Chase

18.                  Edna St Vincent Millay, Tobey Shafter (biog)

19.                  Falcons of Narabedla, Marion Zimmer Bradley

20.                  The Floating Opera, John Barth

21.                  Giants of Jazz, Studs Terkel

22.                  Houseboat Girl, Lois Lenski

23.                  Justine, Lawrence Durrell

24.                  Loser Takes All, Graham Greene

25.                  Memories of a Catholic Girlhood, Mary McCarthy

26.                  Mrs Daffodil, Gladys Tabor

27.                  The Mystic Masseur, V S Naipaul

28.                  The Naked Sun, Isaac Asimov

29.                  On the Road, Jack Kerouac

30.                  The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Evelyn Waugh

31.                  Palace of Desire, Naguib Mafouz

32.                  Papa, You’re Crazy, William Saroyan

33.                  Pnin, Vladimir Nabokov

34.                  Raising Demons, Shirley Jackson

35.                  The Sandcastle, Iris Murdoch

36.                  The Short Reign of Pippin IV, John Steinbeck

37.                  Sugar Street, Naguib Mafouz

38.                  Thunder on the Right, Mary Stewart

39.                  The Town, William Faulkner

40.                  White Man Listen, Richard Wright

41.                  The White Negro, Norman Mailer

42.                  A Winter’s Love, Madeleine L’Engle

Nobel: Albert Camus (French)