We started at 1918, bringing you the bestselling books of the last one hundred years. We’re moving along now and we’re into the 1970s as today we cover the bestselling fiction of 1974.
In 1974, a global recession deepened and inflation reached sky-high rates. Technology got smaller and the world’s smallest word processor was launched. In Ethiopia, the skeleton of Lucy was found, proving humans had walked the earth for millions of years. In the USA Nixon became the first president forced to resign office after the Watergate scandal.
Among all that, there were plenty of books published and read too, and today we’re featuring the bestselling novels of 1974, and some that didn’t make the list but have stood the test of time.
1974 also saw the release of Stephen King’s Carrie, and The Dispossessed from Ursula K. Le Guin
We’ll continue this series right through to 2018, keep an eye out for 1975, coming soon!
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