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The Most Popular Books of 1959

A list of the top 100 most shelved books of 1959 on Goodreads.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/popular_by_date/1959
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Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
1
Daniel Keyes
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
2
Shirley Jackson
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
3
John Knowles
Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein)
Starship Troopers
4
Robert A. Heinlein
The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut)
The Sirens of Titan
5
Kurt Vonnegut
The Magic of Thinking Big
The Magic of Thinking Big
6
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
7
William S. Burroughs
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Alfred Lansing)
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
8
Alfred Lansing
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
9
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
10
Lorraine Hansberry
My Side of the Mountain (Jean Craighead George)
My Side of the Mountain
11
Jean Craighead George
Hawaii (James. A. Michener)
Hawaii
12
James. A. Michener
Psycho (Robert Bloch)
Psycho
13
Robert Bloch
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
14
Günter Grass
Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon
15
All but My Life (Gerda Weissmann Klein)
All but My Life
16
Gerda Weissmann Klein
Cat Among the Pigeons (Agatha Christie)
Cat Among the Pigeons
17
Agatha Christie
100 Love Sonnets (Pablo Neruda)
100 Love Sonnets
18
Pablo Neruda
The Longest Day (Cornelius Ryan)
The Longest Day
19
Cornelius Ryan
The Manchurian Candidate (Richard Condon)
The Manchurian Candidate
20
Richard Condon
Goldfinger (Ian Fleming)
Goldfinger
21
Ian Fleming
Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth
Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth
22
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (C.G. Jung)
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
23
C.G. Jung
Henderson the Rain King (Saul Bellow)
Henderson the Rain King
24
Saul Bellow
Cider With Rosie (Laurie Lee)
Cider With Rosie
25
Laurie Lee
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (Erving Goffman)
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
26
Erving Goffman
What the Buddha Taught (Walpola Rahula)
What the Buddha Taught
27
Walpola Rahula
Tintin in Tibet (Hergé)
Tintin in Tibet
28
Hergé
To Sir, With Love (E.R. Braithwaite)
To Sir, With Love
29
E.R. Braithwaite
Time Out of Joint (Philip K. Dick)
Time Out of Joint
30
Philip K. Dick
Advise and Consent
Advise and Consent
31
Kiss Kiss (Roald Dahl)
Kiss Kiss
32
Roald Dahl
Arabian Sands (Wilfred Thesiger)
Arabian Sands
33
Wilfred Thesiger
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Mordecai Richler)
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
34
Mordecai Richler
The American Dream & the Zoo Story (Edward Albee)
The American Dream & the Zoo Story
35
Edward Albee
The Masks of God (4 Book Series) (Joseph Campbell)
The Masks of God (4 Book Series)
36
Joseph Campbell
Mrs. Bridge (Evan S. Connell, Jr.)
Mrs. Bridge
37
Evan S. Connell, Jr.
Selected Poems of Langston Hughes
Selected Poems of Langston Hughes
38
Autobiography of Mark Twain (Mark Twain)
Autobiography of Mark Twain
39
Mark Twain
The Unknown Ajax (Georgette Heyer)
The Unknown Ajax
40
Georgette Heyer
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