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Oldest Books

Below is a list of best books from the oldest to the newest.

Harry the Dirty Dog
by Gene Zion
Age: 3+
Year: 1956
Pages: 32
Word count: 470
Old Yeller
by Fred Gipson
Age: 10+
Year: 1956
Pages: 144
Word count: 35,968
Till We Have Faces
by C. S. Lewis
Age: 0+
Year: 1956
Pages: 314
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The Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss
Age: 4+
Year: 1957
Word count: 1,621
Sales (millions): 10
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On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
Age: 16+
Year: 1957
Pages: 293
Word count: 116,158
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
Age: 0+
Year: 1957
Pages: 1,192
Word count: 561,996
Betty Crocker’s Cookbook
by Betty Crocker
Age: 13+
Year: 1957
Sales (millions): 27
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The Three Railway Engines (...
by Wilbert Awdry
Age: 0+
Year: 1957
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Doctor Zhivago
by Boris Pasternak
Age: 13+
Year: 1957
Pages: 592
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A Bear Called Paddington
by Michael Bond
Age: 8+
Year: 1958
Pages: 176
Word count: 8,113
The Once and Future King
by T. H. White
Age: 0+
Year: 1958
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Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
by Dr. Seuss
Age: 5+
Year: 1958
Pages: 96
Word count: 2,769
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
by Dr. Seuss
Age: 4+
Year: 1958
Pages: 72
Word count: 1,602
Sales (millions): 4
The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
by Hans Christian Andersen
Age: 9+
Year: 1958
Sales (millions): 20
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Nicomachean Ethics
by Aristotle
Age: 0+
Year: 1958
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The Dharma bums
by Jack Kerouac
Age: 0+
Year: 1958
Pages: 187
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
by
Age: 0+
Year: 1958
Pages: 179
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
by Elizabeth George Speare
Age: 0+
Year: 1958
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Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
Age: 17+
Year: 1958
Pages: 209
Sales (millions): 11
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Age: 0+
Year: 1959
Pages: 320
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See also:
Classic Children Books
Classic School Age Children Books
Classic Books for Teenagers
Classic Children Books by Age
Best-selling Books of All Time
The Benefits of Reading for Kids
Why Learn English Language?
Shortest Books
Shortest Books (unique words)
Longest Books
Best way to learn English
How NOT to Learn English!
CVC Words
What you need to know to learn a new language?
Why I forget what I learned?
Vocabulary Size
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See also:
Classic Children Books
Classic School Age Children Books
Classic Books for Teenagers
Classic Children Books by Age
Best-selling Books of All Time
The Benefits of Reading for Kids
Why Learn English Language?
Shortest Books
Shortest Books (unique words)
Longest Books
Best way to learn English
How NOT to Learn English!
CVC Words
What you need to know to learn a new language?
Why I forget what I learned?
Vocabulary Size
More...

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