Novels set in the 1950s

1969 novel by Mario Puzo

It is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King. This is his 22nd book and his 17th novel written under his own name. The story follows seven children as they are terrorized by an evil entity called It, which exploits the fears of its victims to disguise itself while hunting its prey. It is a monstrous, shapeshifting predator that primarily appears in the form of Pennywise the Dancing Clown to attract its preferred prey of young children.

1962 novel by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

novel by Bernhard Schlink

1979 novel by Stephen King

11/22/63 is a novel by American author Stephen King about a time traveler who attempts to prevent the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy, which occurred on November 22, 1963. It is the 60th book published by Stephen King, his 49th novel and the 42nd under his own name. The novel required considerable research to accurately portray the late 1950s and early 1960s. King commented on the amount of research it required, saying "I've never tried to write anything like this before. It was really strange at first, like breaking in a new pair of shoes."

children's book series by René Goscinny

1962 novel by Kobo Abe

1955 novel by Graham Greene

1984 novel by Mario Puzo

1999 novel by Nicholas Sparks

2005 novel by Elizabeth Kostova

novel by Harper Lee

1953 novel by Raymond Chandler

novel by John Fowles

novel by Kurt Vonnegut

2003 novel by Dennis Lehane

1990 novel by James Ellroy

1957 novel by Vladimir Nabokov

novel by Mario Vargas Llosa

2004 novel by Marilynne Robinson

1990 novel by Ian McEwan

novel by Natsuhiko Kyogoku

novel by Mario Vargas Llosa

novel by Heinrich Böll

novel by Mark Winegardner

novel by Philip Roth

2016 novel by Matt Ruff

2021 novel by Joshua Cohen

1982 novel by Harry Mulisch

novel by V. C. Andrews

1998 novel by Philip Roth

novel by Ken Follett

novel by Chaim Potok

novel by Jack Ketchum