Literature in the 1950s

1950
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

1951
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg

1952
Giant by Edna Ferber
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

1953
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin

1954
Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter

Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
Unto a Good Land by Vilhelm Moberg

1955
Night of the Letter by Dorothy Eden

I am Gabriella! by Anne Maybury
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson

1956

Death is a Red Rose by Dorothy Eden

Hannah Fowler* by Janice Holt Giles
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz

Peyton Place by Grace Metalious

1957
On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Palace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz

Sugar Street by Naguib Mahfouz

1958

Listen to Danger by Dorothy Eden
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Moderato Cantabile by Marquerite Duras
The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
A Summer Place by Sloan Wilson

1959
To Sir, with Love by E. R. Braithwaite