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Oldest Books

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

The Sneetches
by Dr. Seuss
Age: 5+
Year: 1961
Word count: 1,872
Ten Apples Up On Top!
by Dr. Seuss
Age: 3+
Year: 1961
Pages: 72
Word count: 422
Mastering the Art of French Cooking
by Julia Child
Age: 13+
Year: 1961
Pages: 726
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Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
Age: 17+
Year: 1961
Word count: 174,269
Sales (millions): 10
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
Age: 8+
Year: 1961
Pages: 160
Word count: 23,843
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Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
Age: 0+
Year: 1961
Pages: 408
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Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls
Age: 9+
Year: 1961
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A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
Age: 0+
Year: 1962
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D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths
by Ingri D’Aulaire
Age: 8+
Year: 1962
Word count: 37,436
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L’Engle
Age: 9+
Year: 1962
Word count: 49,965
Sales (millions): 14
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Age: 0+
Year: 1962
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The Snowy Day
by Ezra Jack Keats
Age: 2+
Year: 1962
Word count: 316
Unique word count: 158
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Ken Kesey
Age: 17+
Year: 1962
Pages: 272
Word count: 113,855
Pale Fire
by Vladimir Nabokov
Age: 0+
Year: 1962
Pages: 315
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
by Thomas S. Kuhn
Age: 0+
Year: 1962
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
Age: 0+
Year: 1962
Pages: 293
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Travels with Charley
by
Age: 0+
Year: 1962
Pages: 288
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The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
Age: 0+
Year: 1962
Pages: 240
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The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
Age: 17+
Year: 1963
Pages: 244
Word count: 69,583
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Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever!
by Richard Scarry
Age: 3+
Year: 1963
Pages: 70
Word count: 1,400
Sales (millions): 4

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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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