The Times They Are A Changin' (1960s)

Fiction and non-fiction covering the 1960s

Updated August 8, 2023
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California dreamin'
Bagieu, Pe ne lope
Paper Book
California Dreamin' from Pénélope Bagieu depicts Mama Cass as you've never known her, in this poignant graphic novel about the remarkable vocalist who rocketed The Mamas & the Papas to stardom. Before she was the legendary Mama Cass of the folk group The Mamas and the Papas,...
Crossroads
Franzen, Jonathan
Paper Book
Jonathan Franzen's gift for wedding depth and vividness of character with breadth of social vision has never been more dazzlingly evident than in Crossroads. It's December 23, 1971, and the Hildebrandt family is at a crossroads. The patriarch, Russ, the associate pastor of a...
Dirty pictures : how an underground network of nerds, feminists, geniuses, bikers, potheads, printers, intellectuals, and art school rebels revolutionized art and invented comix
Doherty, Brian
Paper Book
In the 1950s, comics meant POW! BAM! superheroes, family-friendly gags, and Sunday funnies, but in the 1960s, inspired by these strips and the satire of MAD magazine, a new generation of creators set out to subvert the medium, and with it, American culture. Their "comix,"...
Dune
Herbert, Frank
CD
Woodstock : 3 days of peace & music
Lang, Michael
Paper Book
This large coffee table edition is the official 50th anniversary celebration of Woodstock with the festival's creator and founder Michael Lang. It includes hundreds of photographs and documents accompanied by Lang's fascinating memories and insights into the most famous and successful festival of...
The Sullivanians : sex, psychotherapy, and the wild life of an American commune
Stille, Alexander
Paper Book
FINALIST FOR THE 2024 GOTHAM BOOK PRIZE The devolution of the Sullivan Institute, from psychoanalytic organization to insular, radical cult. In the middle of the Ozzie and Harriet 1950s, the birth control pill was introduced and a maverick...
Summer of '69
Hilderbrand, Elin
Paper Book
Four siblings experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval of the '60s summer when everything changed in Elin Hilderbrand's #1 New York Times bestselling historical novel. Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century. It's 1969,...
A thousand steps
Parker, T. Jefferson
Paper Book
A USA Today Best of 2022, and a Los Angeles Times Bestseller! A Thousand Steps is a beguiling thriller, an incisive coming-of-age story, and a vivid portrait of a turbulent time and place by three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times...

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