Books Set in the 1970s
Fiction set in the 1970s, mostly horror, witch fiction and ghost stories. The most-read are 'Salem’s Lot (1959), Danse Macabre (1980) and The Stepford Wives (1972).
This list collects 17 books in this collection by 15 authors, published between 1959 and 2024. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
17 books

'Salem’s Lot
Stephen King

Danse Macabre
Stephen King

The Stepford Wives
Ira Levin

My Sweet Audrina
V.C. Andrews

Works (Carrie / Night Shift / 'Salem's Lot / Shining)
Stephen King

La fête du mais
Thomas Tryon

Faggots
Larry Kramer

The Ghost Next Door
St. John, Wylly Folk., Wylly Folk St. John

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Grady Hendrix

The Omen
David Seltzer
The Ghost in the Swing
Janet Patton Smith

Witch in the House
Ruth Chew

Damon
C. Terry Cline

Thomas Lyster
David Wurtzel

The Folly
David Anne

The passions of Medora Graeme
Elsie Lee

Bats Out of Hell
Guy N. Smith