Books of an era.

 NOT much action on here lately and of course, SNOWY has been absent. I really hope we can have some convo over the following topic because it has been really bringing back memories for me. Here goes:

Background: When in my teens and early adulthood I was really into books that spoke to my generation. Some are still popular, some were a fad. Luckily, my highschool was very progressive for the times (60s, 70s), and allowed us students to read just about any material provided two things: That the books we read had SOME social commentary, and we could write about what attracted us, or repelled us.

Lately I was on the hunt for a book titled A Separate Peace by John Knowles (published 1959)
Found a copy on a dusty bookshelf in a 2nd hand book store.
Of course books with a social message didn't have to be written in the 60s or 70s, as long as they stimulated our minds and made us think about conditions outside of our personal experience.

Of course everyone is pretty much familiar with Catcher in the Rye, To Kill A Mockingbird, even earlier writings like The Grapes Of Wrath.

But what about those books who were all the rage in the day, but have long since been forgotten? Books like the one I mentioned, A Separate Peace, or who here remembers Black Like Me, Go Ask Alice, On The Road, Lolita, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test?

So IF you are of that generation or even a later or earlier generation, what books do you fondly remember as having had an impact on you, even if they now seem dated, and less relevant. Though many of the themes expressed back then are still relevant.

Name the books you remember fondly.

Just as an aside, even books I read later that left an impact, like................