Booking Through Thursday

A weekly meme about (mostly) books and reading.

Best sellers from 1956 June 1, 2006

Filed under: Author: Laura, Old Site Archives — --Deb @ 9:09 am

Jeanne came across this list of previous years’ best sellers, and thought it might be fun to base some of our questions on them. I thought I’d start with 1956, the year my parents got married.

  1. In 1956, these were the top ten best sellers for the year. Have you read any of them?
    1. Don’t Go Near the Water, William Brinkley
    2. The Last Hurrah, Edwin O’Connor
    3. Peyton Place, Grace Metalious
    4. Auntie Mame, Patrick Dennis
    5. Eloise, Kay Thompson
    6. Andersonville, MacKinlay Kantor
    7. A Certain Smile, Françoise Sagan
    8. The Tribe That Lost Its Head, Nicholas Monsarrat
    9. The Mandarins, Simone de Beauvoir
    10. Boon Island, Kenneth Roberts
  2. Which ones have you read? Did you like them?
  3. If you’re like me and haven’t read a single one, which ones have you heard of?
  4. Will you be putting any of these books in your reading list?
 

12 Responses to “Best sellers from 1956”

  1. Mary-LUE Says: June 1, 2006 at 9:48 am

    Here we go:

    http://ltuande.blogspot.com/2006/06/booking-through-previous-best-sellers.html

  2. Jessica Says: June 1, 2006 at 10:42 am

    I actually haven’t read any of them. My only excuse being that I wasn’t born yet (not a good excuse at all, unless I only read new books, which of course I don’t!). The one I’m most likely to read is the Simone de Beauvoir one.

  3. Fleur De Lisa Says: June 1, 2006 at 12:35 pm

    I played. That was quite a thought-provoking one!

  4. Jeanne Says: June 1, 2006 at 12:55 pm

    Mine’s up –

  5. --Deb Says: June 1, 2006 at 2:15 pm

    I’ve read Auntie Mame and think it’s hilarious. (Though, having seen Rosalind Russell–not to mention Lucille Ball–I did more or less know the story.) It still made me laugh out loud though!

  6. SAP Says: June 1, 2006 at 3:26 pm

    Posted and roasted.

  7. Irishcoda Says: June 1, 2006 at 8:47 pm

    Mine are up! I love this meme! I’ve read four of the books listed.

  8. Cat. Says: June 1, 2006 at 10:25 pm

    My answers are posted at http://sweetmemes.blogspot.com

  9. Bill Says: June 2, 2006 at 12:55 am

    I read 2 of the books listed (a certain smile and Peyton Place), heard of de Beauvoir. But I never heard of any of the others !
    I answered on my blog (http://bill.et.marie.over-blog.com/article-2892915.html) adding the list of the French prize winning books of the year 1956… but then, I dindn’t read any of those either (but I had heard of most of these authors !)

  10. Marie Says: June 2, 2006 at 3:44 am

    Sigh…I haven’t read any of them but my rather sad answers are up. :)

  11. Kim Says: June 2, 2006 at 10:23 am

    I love the idea of looking at previous best seller lists(even if I haven’t read them)! Mine’s up.

    http://knitterinprogress.blogspot.com/

  12. Kelli in the Mirror Says: June 15, 2006 at 1:28 pm

    I’m new, and late, but mine is up!

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