Books Set in the 1950s
Fiction set in the 1950s, mostly lesbian & sapphic fiction, gothic fiction and ghost stories. The most-read are The Price of Salt (1952), Mexican Gothic (2020) and Tom's Midnight Garden (1958).
This list collects 14 books in this collection by 13 authors, published between 1950 and 2020. 1 is free to read. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
14 books
The Price of Salt
Patricia Highsmith
Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Tom's Midnight Garden
Philippa Pearce
Psycho
Robert Bloch
The Gabriel Hounds
Mary Stewart
Odd Girl Out
Ann Bannon
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David and the Phoenix
Edward Ormondroyd
The Deer Park
Norman Mailer
The L-shaped room
Lynne Reid Banks
The Kiss of Paris
Barbara Cartland
The Girls in 3-B
Valerie Taylor, Tania Modleski
A Kiss of Silk
Barbara Cartland
The Red Truck
Rudy Wilson
Where the Lake Becomes the River
Kate Betterton