1960's Babies (Books Set in the Decade You Were Born - 1960s) - Summer Adventure 2025Like this list

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• Imagine and Build Summer Adventure at AC Library

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  June 1 - August 1, 2025 Put your Summer together at AC Library! Activities, reading, and more! Build your own Summer Adventure…

• The Women

  Hannah, Kristin,

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  In 1965, nursing student Frankie McGrath, after hearing the words "Women can be heroes, too," impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows her brother to Vietnam where she is overwhelmed by the destruction of war, as well as the unexpected…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Broken Country

  a Novel

  Hall, Clare Leslie,

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  Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth’s brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn’t realize that the gunshot will alter the course…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An American Marriage

  Jones, Tayari,

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  When her new husband is arrested and imprisoned for a crime she knows he did not commit, a rising artist takes comfort in a longtime friendship, only to encounter unexpected challenges in resuming her life when her husband's sentence is suddenly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• California Golden

  a Novel

  Benjamin, Melanie, 1962-

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  Two teens in 1960s California grapple with the unconventional path of their mother, who defies societal expectations as a talented female surfer in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of The Children's Blizzard.

• This Cursed House

  Sandeen, Del,

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  A young Black woman abandons her life in 1960s Chicago for a position with a mysterious family in New Orleans, only to discover the dark truth: they're under a curse, and they think she can break it.

• Funny Girl

  a Novel

  Hornby, Nick,

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  Intrepid young Sophie Straw navigates her transformation from ingenue to television starlet, in 1960's London.

• The Nix

  a Novel

  Hill, Nathan, 1975-

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  Astonished to see the mother who abandoned him in childhood throwing rocks at a presidential candidate, a bored college professor struggles to reconcile the radical media depictions of his mother with his small-town memories and decides to draw her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hippie

  Coelho, Paulo,

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  Drawing on the rich experience of his own life, best-selling author Paulo Coelho takes us back in time to re-live the dreams of a generation that longed for peace and dared to challenge the established social order.

• The Road to the Country

  a Novel

  Obioma, Chigozie, 1986-

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  In 1960s Nigeria, Kunle, when his younger brother disappears as the country explodes in civil war, sets out on an impossible rescue mission, which becomes a journey of atonement that will see him forced to fight a war he hardly understands while…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Don't Forget to Write

  a Novel

  Confino, Sara Goodman,

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  In 1960, a young woman discovers a freedom she never knew existed.

• Love & Saffron

  a Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love

  Fay, Kim,

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  When 27-year-old Joan Bergstrom sends a fan letter - as well as a gift of saffron - to 59-year-old food writer Imogen Fortier, so begins an enduring friendship that sustains them through the Cuban Missile Crisis, the assassination of President…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lowland

  a Novel

  Lahiri, Jhumpa,

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  Brothers Subhash and Udayan Mitra pursue vastly different lives--Udayan in rebellion-torn Calcutta, Subhash in a quiet corner of America--until a shattering tragedy compels Subhash to return to India, where he endeavors to heal family wounds.

• How the García Girls Lost Their Accents

  Alvarez, Julia

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  (Teen) Forced to flee their native Caribbean island after an attempted coup, the Garcias--Carlos, Laura, and their four daughters--must learn a new way of life in the Bronx, while trying to cling to the old ways that they loved.

• The Help

  Stockett, Kathryn

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  Limited and persecuted by racial divides in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, three women, including an African-American maid, her sassy and chronically unemployed friend, and a recently graduated white woman, team up for a clandestine project.

• The Greatest Beer Run Ever

  A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War

  Donohue, John "Chick",

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  A U.S. Marine Corps veteran-turned-merchant mariner recounts how in 1967 he accepted a neighborhood challenge to sneak into Vietnam, track down local friends on the front line and share beer over messages of love from home.

• A Thousand Steps

  Parker, T. Jefferson,

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  Laguna Beach, California, 1968. The Age of Aquarius is in full swing. Timothy Leary is a rock star. LSD is God. Folks from all over are flocking to Laguna, seeking peace, love, and enlightenment. Matt Antony is just trying get by. Matt is sixteen,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ordinary Grace

  a Novel

  Krueger, William Kent

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  Looking back at a tragic event that occurred during his 13th year, a man explores how a complicated web of secrets, adultery and betrayal shattered his Methodist family and their small 1961 Minnesota community.

• Summer of '69

  Hilderbrand, Elin,

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  As a man flies to the moon and Ted Kennedy sinks a car in Chappaquiddick, four siblings experience the drama, intrigue and upheaval along with the rest of the country during the summer of 1969.

• You Should Be So Lucky

  a Novel

  Sebastian, Cat,

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  Ordered by the team's owner to give a bunch of interviews to reporter Mark Bailey, baseball shortstop, Eddie O'Leary, during the 1960 season, slowly gives in to the attraction between them, and when it's just them against the world, they must decide…Read moreRead more of this annotation