The best books for young adult of 1960s

Loved by 15 people

The Phantom Tollbooth

By Norton Juster , Jules Feiffer (illustrator) ,

Loved by 6 people

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

By e. l. konigsburg ,

Loved by 5 people

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

By James Hilton ,

Loved by 2 people

Shane

By Jack Schaefer ,

The Immigrant and the Outlaw

By Joy Neal Kidney ,

Reality

By Aaron Ryan,

Loved by 2 people

Stuart Little

By E.B. White , Garth Williams (illustrator) ,

Loved by 2 people

Billy Budd, Sailor

By Herman Melville ,

The Immigrant and the Outlaw

By Joy Neal Kidney ,

Reality

By Aaron Ryan,

Watch Them Grow

By Carrie A. Pearson ,

Loved by 1 person

The Dot and the Line

By Norton Juster ,

Loved by 1 person

The Amazing Mr. Blunden (Puffin books)

By Antonia Barber ,

The Immigrant and the Outlaw

By Joy Neal Kidney ,

Reality

By Aaron Ryan,

Watch Them Grow

By Carrie A. Pearson ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

Loved by 1 person

The Midnight Fox

By Betsy Cromer Byars ,

Loved by 1 person

The Cat Who Went to Heaven

By Elizabeth Coatsworth , Raoul Vitale (illustrator) ,

Watch Them Grow

By Carrie A. Pearson ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

The Immigrant and the Outlaw

By Joy Neal Kidney ,

Reality

By Aaron Ryan,

Watch Them Grow

By Carrie A. Pearson ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

War and Preservation

By Karen Lynne Klink ,

Loved by 1 person

Charlotte Sometimes

By Penelope Farmer ,

Loved by 1 person

The Search for Delicious

By Natalie Babbitt ,

Loved by 1 person

The Forgotten Door

By Alexander Key ,

Loved by 1 person

R Is for Rocket

By Ray Bradbury ,

The Immigrant and the Outlaw

By Joy Neal Kidney ,

Reality

By Aaron Ryan,

Watch Them Grow

By Carrie A. Pearson ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

War and Preservation

By Karen Lynne Klink ,

Reveille in Birdland

By Michael Sheldon , Lars Bo (illustrator),

Who Gave Sleep and Who Has Taken It Away?

By Carole McDonnell ,

Loved by 1 person

Rabbit Hill

By Robert Lawson ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

War and Preservation

By Karen Lynne Klink ,

Reveille in Birdland

By Michael Sheldon , Lars Bo (illustrator),

Loved by 1 person

Lisa, Bright and Dark

By John Neufeld ,

War and Preservation

By Karen Lynne Klink ,

Reveille in Birdland

By Michael Sheldon , Lars Bo (illustrator),

The Immigrant and the Outlaw

By Joy Neal Kidney ,

Reality

By Aaron Ryan,

Watch Them Grow

By Carrie A. Pearson ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

War and Preservation

By Karen Lynne Klink ,

Reveille in Birdland

By Michael Sheldon , Lars Bo (illustrator),

Who Gave Sleep and Who Has Taken It Away?

By Carole McDonnell ,

Tap Dancing on Everest

By Mimi Zieman ,

Blood Moon

By Evelyn M. Exley ,

Living the Dream in Rural Ireland

By Nick Albert ,

The Immigrant and the Outlaw

By Joy Neal Kidney ,

Reality

By Aaron Ryan,

Watch Them Grow

By Carrie A. Pearson ,

Performance Anxiety

By Jonathan Lerner ,

War and Preservation

By Karen Lynne Klink ,

Reveille in Birdland

By Michael Sheldon , Lars Bo (illustrator),

Who Gave Sleep and Who Has Taken It Away?

By Carole McDonnell ,

Tap Dancing on Everest

By Mimi Zieman ,

Blood Moon

By Evelyn M. Exley ,

Living the Dream in Rural Ireland

By Nick Albert ,

2026 Australasian Sky Guide

By Nick Lomb ,

Curiosity and the Cat

By Martin Treanor ,

The Cave of Past and Present

By Scott J. Bradley,

The Real Boys of the Civil War

By J. Arthur Moore ,

Adventures in the Radio Trade

By Joe Mahoney ,

The best books for young adult of the 1960s

The books our community loved the most.

The Phantom Tollbooth

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Shane

Books from our members

The Immigrant and the Outlaw

Reality

Stuart Little

Billy Budd, Sailor

Books from our members

The Immigrant and the Outlaw

Reality

Watch Them Grow

The Dot and the Line

The Amazing Mr. Blunden (Puffin books)

Books from our members

The Immigrant and the Outlaw

Reality

Watch Them Grow

Performance Anxiety

The Midnight Fox

The Cat Who Went to Heaven

Books from our members

Watch Them Grow

Performance Anxiety

Books from our members

The Immigrant and the Outlaw

Reality

Watch Them Grow

Performance Anxiety

War and Preservation

Charlotte Sometimes

The Search for Delicious

The Forgotten Door

R Is for Rocket

Books from our members

The Immigrant and the Outlaw

Reality

Watch Them Grow

Performance Anxiety

War and Preservation

Reveille in Birdland

Who Gave Sleep and Who Has Taken It Away?

Rabbit Hill

Books from our members

Performance Anxiety

War and Preservation

Reveille in Birdland

Lisa, Bright and Dark

Books from our members

War and Preservation

Reveille in Birdland

Books from our members

The Immigrant and the Outlaw

Reality

Watch Them Grow

Performance Anxiety

War and Preservation

Reveille in Birdland

Who Gave Sleep and Who Has Taken It Away?

Tap Dancing on Everest

Blood Moon

Living the Dream in Rural Ireland

Books from our members

The Immigrant and the Outlaw

Reality

Watch Them Grow

Performance Anxiety

War and Preservation

Reveille in Birdland

Who Gave Sleep and Who Has Taken It Away?

Tap Dancing on Everest

Blood Moon

Living the Dream in Rural Ireland

2026 Australasian Sky Guide

Curiosity and the Cat

The Cave of Past and Present

The Real Boys of the Civil War